Okay, so that’s not the real theme. That’s me: completely forgetting about WBW until I read the tweet Dr. Debs left on Twitter last night about her turn at hosting. I had thought about it several times over the past month and had plans to compare the Rhone white hanging out in our collection to several of those made by Rosenblum Cellars. But there I was, Tuesday evening before my assignment was due, while BK was downstairs searing New York steak and sauteeing mushrooms and squash. Not exactly a match made in heaven.
Seeing as how I’m not in the mood for wine with breakfast, I’m going to have to do some fancy footwork here. My initial plan was to go into work early and look up tasting notes from my weekly menus and then take pictures of the bottles and load them and get everything all nice and pretty. But I just remembered that they’re taking our computers away this morning to install new ones on Thursday. So here I am, copying pictures from the website and going through the menus I posted on my other blog.
2007 Rosenblum Cellars Viognier, Kathy’s Cuvee
3750 cases, French & American oak, along wih stainless steel $18
Pineapples, apricots, peaches, and fuji apples will transport you
to an island in the middle of nowhere, as coconuts fall at your feet
2006 Rosenblum Cellars Roussanne, Fess Parker Vineyard, Santa Barbara
1121 cases 65% French oak, 35% stainless steel $25
A snack of gingersnaps and lychees with a little trip to Orange Julius to wash them down
2006 Rosenblum Cellars Marsanne, Preston Vineyard, Dry Creek Valley
304 cases, 60% French oak, 40% stainless steel $25 (sold out at Alameda tasting room)
Like drinking a tall cold glass of apple juice lightly laced with honey and toasted almond crumbs lining the rim
I’d have to say, of the three, the Marsanne was my favorite. I enjoyed the slightly more rounded quality along with the nuttiness that always seemed to flit between almonds and hazelnuts. Although this brand-new vintage of the Viognier is not quite as sweet as the last, and I’m really digging the intense peach flavor, like a jolly rancher melting on your tongue.
And to make up for this makeshift post: a link to a tasting of whites from the Rhone valley from what seems like ages ago…
Image source: Rosenblum Cellars website
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