Granitic

Philip (and sorry, John, I'm not attempting to hijack the thread), have you tried Reisetbauer Apfel Cuvee Sparkling Apple Wine? Very well done, from a guy in Austria who knows surprisingly well how to make fruit wines....

Well, there's always the Parker ratings... ;-) Unfortunately he has been the main culprit in the rise to the stratosphere of premium Rhone wine prices in the past decade or two. I had a small 'horizontal' the other night...

Uh oh! We're gonna have a disagreement here! There is no true definition for mineraly in white. To me it's a combination of high acid and almost salty. I do get the flavors of minerals sometimes in wines. At the extreme...

California’s Sierra foothills appellation spans across some of the least ... edge to the nose, smells granitic.  A touch leaner and more transparent than the CF with a redder fruit profile. Bright acids and nicely...

I'm Chad Carns, author of The Gourmet Bachelor - Global Flavor, Local Ingredients cookbook. I've been studying food and wine for years but I'm not a wine expert or a chef. I try to bring global food and expert wine...

Weird title right? Who pulls Beaujolais from the cellar you might ask. Well I do but I can't say I'm a leader in that field. In fact several of my friends have rather varied assortments of Beaujolais resting in the deep...

So naturally what I mean by that title is,that much, if not most, of the wine ... green streak and some granitic minerality but not much fruit. 84pts Philip - vegetal, mineral, earthy dry finish Lance - smoky nose,...

Beaujolais it ain't all Nouveau So naturally what I mean by that title is,that ... green streak and some granitic minerality but not much fruit. 84pts Philip - vegetal, mineral, earthy dry finish Lance - smoky nose,...