TN: A Lo-Fi White & Red....(short/boring)

[TomHill]

A week or so ago, I tried the Lo-Fi SauvBlanc/Chard blend & thoroughly trashed it:

@Tom

Tried this natural wine over the weekend:

1. Lo-Fi SauvBlanc/Chard SantaBarbaraCnty (52% SB from CoquelicotVnyd/48% Chard from SpearVnyd; 12.5%; www.LoFi-Wines.com; 2 wks of skin-contact during fermentation; 245 cs) Buellton 2020: Deep golden/burnished bronze color w/ much cloudiness & lots of flocculant sediment; very strong phenolic/ViniMacerati/resiny somewhat funky/natty/bit mousey/hantavirus some SB/herbal/slight floral/pungent rather complex (in not a good way) nose; quite tart/tangy/quite sour strong natty/funky/hantavirus/some mousey some herbal/SB/floral flavor w/ some light tannins; very long rather natty/funky/mousey/hantavirus some VM/resiny/skin-contact very sour/hurtey slight herbal/SB finish w/ some bitey tannins; an interesting natural wine but too natty/unclean for my pleasure and so sour it hurts to drink; an intelluctual wine but certainly not a pleasurable wine; will only get more funky. $25.50 (KK)

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A wee BloodyPulpit:

1. This is exactly the kind of wine that gives natural wines a bad reputation. They don’t have to be that way. Just had two AltoAdige natural wines that were perfectly clean & a pleasure to dring. Probably won’t try Lo-Fi again until they become Hi-Fi.
   Tom

KenZinns replied that he liked the Lo-Fi wines & I should give them another try. So I did:

1. Lo-Fi SauvBlanc/Chard SantaBarbaraCnty (52% SB from CoquelicotVnyd/48% Chard from SpearVnyd; 12.5%; www.LoFi-Wines.com; 2 wks of skin-contact during fermentation; 245 cs) Buellton 2020: Essentially the same as before; a bit more herbal/SB/fruit but still rather funky/hantavirus/unclean nose; quite tart/tangy unpleasantly sour rather unclean/hantavirus/natty flavor; only slightly more fruit but still too natty/hantavirus for my taste and so sour it’s painful to drink. $25.50

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2. Lo-Fi Wines CabFranc SantaBarbaraCnty (12.5%) 2020: Rather light color more like a dark rose; quite earthy/loamy light herbal/CabFranc slight Loire-like pleasant/simple quiet nose; lightly tart rather earthy/loamy/dusty lightly herbal/CabFranc quite light/innocuous/quiet/low-key rather dull flavor w/ light/bland tannins; short rather earthy/dusty/loamy lightly herbal/CabFranc very quiet/bland/dull/mild-mannered finish w/ very light washed-out tannins; a dull/eviscerated/very quiet red but at least no natty/hantavirus character; an attempt at a glou-glou CabFranc but nobody showed up $22.00 (KK)

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A wee BloodyPulpit:

1. Move along, folks…nothing to see here. Doubt I’ll bother to try any Lo-Fi’s again unless it’s something pretty unusual.
   Sorry, Ken.
   Tom

[Dan_Sch]

Man usually we are on a similar page on this type of stuff. I do believe that the Clos Mullet and the Coquelicot cab francs are far superior to the SBC that you trash here. Also quite enjoy their Chenin and Chardonnay, neither of which was “natty” in character.