My last of two bottles I bought in New York around this time last year(!) after discovering it via a pairing at Alinea, drinking this makes me yearn for another trip to the city. Some wines are just fun; animated, hedonistic in the true sense of the word, wonderfully unsubtle. This wine absolutely jumps out of the glass with joyful tropical fruit - mango, guava, passionfruit, pineapple, and just the slightest touch of green Sauvignon Blanc character. The musqué variant of SB that Eisele uses really shines through with the aromatic, exotic quality of the fruit. Despite the 14.3% alcohol, there’s more than enough freshness and acidity to carry it through.
It’s so exuberant that it’s impossible not to smile when drinking it. Not something you’d want every day, but perfectly itself.
Nice note–I’ve always wondered about these. From time to time I also enjoy a wine like this, the Rochioli SB comes to mind and some of their single vineyard Pinots–not subtle, but exuberant.
I loved and consumed mass quantities at $35. Surprisingly, when I stopped buying the cab (which I also loved) because of price increases, my allocation disappeared. I also loved their grappa