Tonight’s supper was another set of sandwiches from our Xmas Prime Rib roast. They were nice with a Tuscan Chicken Soup - rich chicken stock, cannellini beans, carrots, zucchini, celery, basil. oregano, onion, & garlic. The soup was very brothy to go with the sandwiches. All was enjoyed with a 1996 Dobra Zemlja Zinfandel Eschen Vineyard, from Fiddletown - fill less than a cm below the cork; cork colored barely to almost a quarter inch on one side; rich nose & flavors of red and black berries; balanced mid-palate with adequate acidity, good fruit, and resolved tannins; and a medium long dark berry fruit finish. It was enjoyable with both the sandwich and the soup.
interesting producer whose wines stretch from rustic to refined and run the full gamut mouthfeel-wise too.
Milan’s wines vary all over the place. Some I open and throw out; most I find a way to enjoy.
Newcomers to our obsession don’t remember, but Ridge used to make wine from Eschen fruit. They also don’t realize that Sutter Home made a name for itself with excellent zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, notably Deaver Ranch Vineyard - before Bob Trinchero’s “great accident” changed the landscape.
What was Bob Trinchero’s ‘great accident’? We didn’t start visiting Amador County wineries until the early 90s.
I think Bob is referring to White Zinfandel.
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That what I kinda thought. But since I’ve never been able to handle white Zin; I was hoping it was something else.
Look on the bright side, Dick. For starters, it was a dry wine Bob made at Darrel Corti’s suggestion for the first two years until he had a fermentation stick. But more importantly, the white zin craze saved countless acres of zinfandel vines that would have otherwise been grafted to chardonnay or been ripped up altogether.