JonF
Well-Known Member
There's a small but growing cadre of wine makers out west doing decent nebbiolos and other cal/ital varietals. Castelli, Harrington and Idlewild are some of the few doing great nebbiolo in Sonoma. There's also a vineyard in Paso Robles that a number of people have sourced from but can't say for like that vineyard fruit. There's always this strong streak of salinity and gameyness this from that region. Not sure if it's hotter there but even their cabs exhibit that darker concentration. When gap aka pax Mahle produced one from there for a while.Interesting. I am a fan of Nebbiolo in all forms (and most wines from Piemonte). Haven’t tried a California version yet though.
Speaking of which, my wife yanked a bottle of the pessimist from Daou vineyards tonight. Another inky, paso blend that's not really my cup of tea. That and too much syrah. I'm just a little too young to have caught the syrah bug and see no appeal in SQN. lol