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- MontereyRick - 03-13-2003 Anyone else waiting for their A Rafanelli order form which usually arrives around April 1? I've heard great things about the soon to be released 2001 A Raf Zin. Not so much looking forward to their 2000 Cab which will also be released. Also hoping they don't raise prices. - Drew - 03-13-2003 Sorry, I live in a Felony State.....not excited. Drew - MontereyRick - 04-02-2003 my order form arrived and I'm pleased to say prices did not go up. 2001 Zin $26/bottle (I expect this to be great) 2000 Cab $34/bottle (not as excited here) 1998 Terrace Select (their Bordeaux blend) $90/bottle (3 bottle limit only 100 cases made) - Bucko - 04-02-2003 Well-made wines but too much wood for my palate. - Glass_A_Day - 04-02-2003 Seems to be a trend with you Bucko. A low tolerance for oak? You said the same about Flowers Pinot and the oak there is almost non exsistant. - Bucko - 04-02-2003 We're not drinking the same Flowers or they have drastically decreased their oak influence. Actually some of my tasting group friends accuse me of being an oak whore, so I don't think I have an unreasonable approach to oak. Oak should compliment a wine, not dominate it or compete with the fruit for dominance. No, I don't have a low tolerance for oak, only poor wine making. - Glass_A_Day - 04-03-2003 I agree with your philosophy on how much oak should be in wine and... that we MUST be drinking a different Flowers Pinot. It is so far in the background that you have to look to find it... - winoweenie - 04-04-2003 GAD what you have to unnerstan' is, if after bottling the truck carring the wine passes thru a forest on the way to the warehouse, THAT'S WAY TOO MUCH WOOD! (snort,giggle,wink) WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] - Glass_A_Day - 04-04-2003 What I'm a big sucker for is some genuine Frenchie wood. Gets me every time. It can make a bad wine tolerable, an ok wine good, and sometimes makes a good wine great. Then, if the wine is great to start with, you might have a hard time gettin me to pass her along. - Bucko - 04-04-2003 No, I'm being serious -- we must have tried different wines. Flowers makes a host of different Pinots. I've only had them a couple of times and both times I thought the wines were well made but oaky. I only remember one wine, the Sonoma Coast Hirsch Vineyard 1997. To each their own. Why do you think that WW has those two big front teeth? - NorCalGirl - 04-17-2003 Rick - Have you spent much time visiting the wineries in Sonoma County? Interested in spending a weekend in the next month or so but the selection of wineries is overwhelming. Any suggestions on where to start or who I shouldn't miss would be welcome....I spend more of my time in the El Dorado foothills area - great wine, less people, easy day trip :-) I haven't met a wine I don't like so I'm open to trying any wineries "specialty" although I especially like Zins...Thanks to you or anyone else with suggestions! |