And then we saw it: The Path!Īnd it was very 50/50 for me. There we were, on the path toward wine drinkin', and it was a big ol' caber-net sa-VIG-nun, the like a-which I ain't never seen. So close to a thing I know intimately and yet, just different enough to make me question my approach to tasting. They were almost like parallel universe wines. All their wines were enticing and strange and exotic and alluring. The grapes were sourced from fields in Mexico and likely being so much closer to the equator, their chemical makeup was just different. So its dark fruit, but also savory notes, like sage and salt, were just.bewitching. Only 100 cases were made of this particular vintage. We picked up a couple of blends and a bottle of their port which was light a delicious. Varietals that were familiar, like Aglianico, but I recall also a Montepulciano and several others I no longer remember (and a search for the tasting sheet I kept from there yielded no results-worst report ever?). It was raining and a generally lovely day, and one of the best things to do, should one find oneself in just such a situation, is to secure comfort in the tasting of wines.Īll the wines here are a bit unusual. We discovered the tasting room of Witch Creek in the town of Julian, just outside of San Diego. This unusual wine was originally intended to be my Halloween post, but it will have to be Friday the 13th instead. There is arguably better value for your dollar out there. I'm happy to conduct more research.īottom line: Drink it if you must. And I'm not sure if that is the store's fault for not storing them properly, or if the grapes are so wild they are growing and changing unpredictably in the bottle. In my limited experience, I have found Rosenblum to be inconsistent. Some of their wines may really work for your palate, however don't be disappointed if these are a turnoff. One-and what am I really gaining by doing so? Should hold onto THAT bottle-you know the one, we all have at least
I often think long and hard about whether or not I That caused me to consider that some wines should be enjoyed sooner I had a couple of bottles of Rosenblum go bad, warning me that five years was apparently too long. If you want to cellar it, keep it for a couple of years at the most. It has a lot of character, big fruit, some spice, some tannins, but by no means is it a "cellar for years" type of wine.
This is better than its predecessor, however it still can't compete with XXXIII. The XXXIII was beautiful, a steal for the price. The last one of these that I had was XXXIV, and it was just not good.