I don’t have a whole ton of friends, but the ones I do have are
as close (if not closer than) family to me. I have no problem with that, I
prefer having few close friends, who I can count on no matter what, to having
several fair-weather ones I can’t rely on. Of course most of these friends are
spread out all over this state (and Louisiana) at the moment, not surprising
considering how badly we all wanted out of this city after High School... I'm just the only one so far to return. That just
means I appreciate the times they get suckered into coming back to SA all the
more and the last time it happened I celebrated by picking up Menguante Garnacha
Blanca 2009 from Specs (totally blanking on the price, but will fix that
shortly).
I’m not really sure why Grenache Blanc intrigues me so much
(in blends or as 100% varietals), but I’m not complaining, it usually works out
well for me. So far Spain and South Africa have impressed me the most with
their wines made with Grenache Blanc, but a lot of that is due to the fact that
you don’t see this varietal so often elsewhere.
This one was ripe with flavors of baked pear, orange peel, dried apricot and lemon zest. There was a bit of oiliness that reminded of the
one (and only) Condrieu I’ve ever had. This was balanced out with crisp acidity
and bright floral notes that led to a creamy, honey-butterish finish. Really
glad I took a chance with this wine and even happier that I got to share it
with good people (especially since those seem hard to find these days).
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