Sean Thackrey Pleiades XVII - Printable Version +- WineBoard (https://www.wines.com/wineboard) +-- Forum: TASTING NOTES & WINE SPECIFIC FORUMS (https://www.wines.com/wineboard/forum-200.html) +--- Forum: Wines Without a Category (https://www.wines.com/wineboard/forum-37.html) +--- Thread: Sean Thackrey Pleiades XVII (/thread-14884.html) |
- VouvrayHead - 03-28-2010 Very similar to the XVI: Fruit-forward, with definite Eucalyptus and baking spice notes. Walks a very cool tight-rope between big and elegant, California cool and rustic. Very good, would have been great if I was drinking this back in Stinson. - wondersofwine - 03-29-2010 VH, do you know what grapes make up the blend? - VouvrayHead - 03-29-2010 There are a ton of different grapes in it. If I recall, it lists Sangiovese, syrah, viognier, roussanne, mourvedre and carignan "to name just a few." It changes yearly as well. To me it tastes like a slightly dirty Gigondas made in the Cotes de Nuit inside a eucalyptus grove. - wondersofwine - 03-31-2010 That's quite descriptive. - andrawes76 - 03-31-2010 That's a pretty cool description... I like my wine a little on the dirty side...just like my _________________. - winoweenie - 03-31-2010 _Shorts?_ WW(hehehe) |