TN: An Orange & A Red....(short/boring)

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Tried these two last night at DinDin:

  1. Badalucco de la Iglesia Garcia Griddu Verde VinoBianco (13.5%; Lotto 271021; www.ViniBadalucco.It; mFrmtd: 15 days on skins w/ native yeasts; Grill0/Griddu + Verdelho; HausAlpenz/Edina/MN) Pierpaolo e Beatriz Badalucco/Siculo-Spagnoli/Palermo/Sicily 2020: Deep bronze very cloudy/hazy color; very strong resiny/VM/phenolic very little fruit rather pungent nose; very tart/very sour/very austere strong VM/skin-contact very resiny/pungent rather earthy/dusty/saline no fruit rather bitter flavor; long very tart/tangy/bitter very strong resiny/VM/phenolic rather earthy/dusty/pungent/saline no fruit finish; a very unpleasant/painful wine to taste because dominated by the VM character & no fruit to speak of; may evolve into something interesting in 5-10 yrs of age but rather doubtful; overpriced at $28.00 (KK)
  1. Guillaume Reynouard Tue-Tete Grolleau Gris Manosr de la Tete Rouge VdF (13%; 100% Grolleau Gris; 7 mo. in concrete tank; Biodynamic; Gamber & Co/Topanga/CA; Stork Wine Co) Loire 2020: Garnet/light rose/slight browning color; rather dusty/earthy/loamy slight strawberry/floral bit herbal/Gamay classic Loire red some attractive nose w/ no natty character; quite tart/tangy rather earthy/loamy/herbal slight strawberry/Gamay-like flavor w/ light brisk tannins; med.long slight prickle fairly earthy/loamy some herbal/floral/strawberry/Gamay-like rather pleasant finish w/ light brisk tannis; lots of Loire/herbal/loamy/earthy character that resembles a lighter Loire Gamay; a pleasant enough Loire red but nothing that makes Grolleau Gris particularly distinctive. $29.00 (SFW&S)

More girdlepotch from TheBloodyPulpit:

  1. Badalucco: Griddu is the local dialect name for Grillo. This is a Due Terre wine joining Sicily & Espana, for whatever that’s worth. It is also a natural wine but shows no natty character at all. The wine, served at a cool room temperature was very painful to taste. The next morning, at a room temperature, was not quite so painful to drink. But I doubt it’s ever going to be anything very special.
  1. Grolleau: This is the Gris mutation of Grolleau Noire. Another natural wine that shows no natty character or unclean. A pleasant enough Loire red but nothing that suggests Grolleau Gris is a grape worh following.
    Tom
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I just had a really nicw orange wine at S.K.Y. in Chicago this past weekend. Vitalba 2020 from Romagna, 100% Abana, raised in amphora. A touch honeyed, but nice complexity, including some tangerine and salinity. The oxidation was not harsh at all, very subtle–really nice bottling, Have you had this wine, Tom? (There from the beginning?)

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Nope, Joshua…I try a lot of VM wines. But this is one I’ve not seen before.
Tom

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