2019 Vinous Obscura 'Thank You' Garanoir + Regent
THIS WINE HAS ALTERNATING LABELS. 1. Merci, Andre Jacquinet 2. Danke, Gerhardt Alleweldt
This co-fermentation is mostly Garanoir with a splash of Regent. You’ve probably never heard of these grapes and before the 2018 vintage, I hadn’t either. Now, I think they have MORE potential than Pinot Noir in the Willamette Valley. Especially if you are committed to organic farming as both of these grapes are resistant to powdery mildew.
ALPINE FRESH 🌲
Have you ever hiked in the Alps in the Spring or early Summer? The mountain flowers are in bloom along with the sweet smell of pine tips are in the air. The wild blueberries are just starting to ripen. If you pick some, make sure you wash them off in rushing glacial run off. Yeah, that is what this wine tastes like. It smells and tastes like a early summer hike in the Alps. Now, go put on your most comfortable hiking books and crack open a bottle of this wine.
WINE INFO
Appellation: Willamette Valley
Grapes: Garanoir, Regent
Soil: Laurelwood (Loess), Melbourne
Vineyard: REDACTED
Elevation: 425 ft. (129 m)
Harvest Date:
Brix @ Harvest: 20.8
Fermentation: Ambient Yeast
Maturation Vessel: Neutral French Oak
Alcohol (by vol): 10.15 %
Acidity Scale (pH):
Sulfur (SO₂): 22 mg/L
Fining Agent: Unfined (Vegan)
Filtering Method: Unfiltered
Closure: FineCorkX (99.99% TCA free)
Bottling Date: May 20th, 2020
Release Date: July 20th, 2020
This wine was bottled in 🇺🇸 made glass, with a cork from 🇮🇹 and a label that was designed and printed in the 🇺🇸 .
Please ♻︎ this bottle when you are finished enjoying it.
“The 2019 Danke Gerhardt Alleweldt from Vinous Obscura is composed of a blend of seventy percent Garanoir and thirty percent Regent grapes (two hybrids developed in the 1970s in Germany and Switzerland respectively). Gerhardt Alleweldt was the researcher who developed the Regent grape. The wine is nicely dark and color, yet only ten percent alcohol, delivering a fine bouquet of dark berries, woodsmoke, a bit of gamebird, herb tones, dark soil and a bit of cigar ash in the upper register. On the palate the wine is medium-bodied, complex and tangy, with a whisper of tannin, good focus and grip and a long, intensely flavored finish. This is quite tasty and a whole new world to me. 2020-2028. 89.”
