What's in your glass tonight?

[Boatboy24]

My 2016 juice bucket Viognier. Sadly, after about a week of refrigeration, it has dropped a fairly large amount of tartrates. Lucky for me, I had the bottle upright in the fridge and they are all at the bottom. Its really good (this one is definitely better than my last), but I'm really disappointed w/ the acid fallout. I'm going to get Viognier right and when I do, the angels will sing.

 

[ibglowin]

Your making me appreciate more and more that CC Showcase Viognier Kit I made years ago. It won a blind taste test with against 3 commercial Viognier's!

I'm going to get Viognier right and when I do, the angels will sing.

 

[Boatboy24]

Your making me appreciate more and more that CC Showcase Viognier Kit I made years ago. It won a blind taste test with against 3 commercial Viognier's!

I keep thinking that getting fresh juice at 1/3 the price can't be bad. Granted, I've only done two - and the first was a total experiment. This was still an impulse buy and somewhat of an experiment. Don't get me wrong, its very good. Just have to deal w/ those crystals in the bottom of the bottle. My wife walked by my glass, picked it up and took a big whiff. She immediately asked if it was mine or commercial, stating that it smelled 'like a store bought wine' and that she liked it. I'm not sure how to take that.

 

[ibglowin]

Did you cold stabilize?

This was still an impulse buy and somewhat of an experiment.

 

[Boatboy24]

Did you cold stabilize?

Nope. Didn't for my first either, but didn't have this issue. I'll be CS'ing next time though.

 

[geek]

Never made a Vionier, so really hoping to see a good Viognier LE kit coming up in the next wave of LE/RQ.

 

[ibglowin]

Absolutely no need to wait on a LE/RQ kit as this is available year round. And it is worth every penny.

Cellar Craft Showcase Viognier

Never made a Vionier, so really hoping to see a good Viognier LE kit coming up in the next wave of LE/RQ.

 

[geek]

Absolutely no need to wait on a LE/RQ kit as this is available year round. And it is worth every penny.

Cellar Craft Showcase Viognier

I saw that kit in the past but it seems too high of a price.

 

[ibglowin]

Awwww LP doesn't carry CC Showcase do they.......

You get what you pay for Varis!

I saw that kit in the past but it seems too high of a price.

 

[geek]

Awwww LP doesn't carry CC Showcase do they.......

You get what you pay for Varis!

Ha!

I also buy from the other manufacturers, not WE alone...

 

[geek]

It seems like every bottle I open tastes better than the previous one, the grapefruit taste is more pronounced [emoji4]

 

[Johnd]

Drinking a glass of my Chilean Cab from Spring 2016, bottled a week or two ago and had on spare bottle after labeling 30.

Boosted the BRIX a tad before pitching BM 4x4, struggled a bit with MLF and didn't finish, then spent 6 months in a barrel. Finished up at pH 3.51 and TA 6.7, and wasn't very good 4 months ago, kinda blah.

It's way better today, and despite my wine snobbishness, I really like it. Did well with the oak, lots of dark fruit flavors, still has a slight tartness and tannins, but in another year or two, this could be really good.

Despite the MLF challenges, it has smoothed out pretty nicely, I give it thumbs up.

 

[sour_grapes]

Mmmmm, in addition to the commercial red and my WE Eclipse Pinot Gris documented elsewhere, I opened a relatively recent Amarone for late-night sipping. It is a bit over 2 years old; the only tweaks were a yeast swap to BM45 and some FT Tannin Rouge. It is drinking very nice right now. Very smooth and rich and chewy. Not much nose, and a little boozy, but fruit-forward and dense. I like it!

 

[Boatboy24]

Last night was a beer night.

 

[Redbird1]

I had that on nitro once. Even better than regular!

 

[geek]

At Costco they have these new Rose wines.

 

[geek]

Really cold [emoji106]

 

[geek]

Still celebrating the wife's birthday [emoji322]

 

[Boatboy24]

At Costco they have these new Rose wines.

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Whispering Angel is good. But I'm pretty sure I've bought it at the grocery store for a few bucks less. I'll have to double check.

 

[Boatboy24]

Pretty good. I'm thinking it is predominately Chardonnay (unoaked).