Christopher: Alright, good people - the other wine club release for December- Sculpture Garden, 2017 Sculpture Garden.
91% Merlot as always, 6% Teroldego, 3% Blaufränkisch. 148 cases.
So this is a true field blend: everything is grown together, picked together, pressed together, well actually, this isn’t pressed, we uh, it’s red fruit so it’s grown together, picked, bring it up to the crush pad, through the de-stemmer, lots of whole berries into little one-ton bins
— (whispers) Oh, it smells really good! —
We need to stomp on it, we get in there with waiters, stomp on it by foot, then we punch down by hand and shovel. Wild ferments in the bins until it’s dry, the cap falls; then we press off at that point, let it settle in the tank, then it goes into barrels.
This spent 17 months in primarily neutral oak barrels so really displays that wonderful red and black cherry and plum fruit from our region. A savory rather than a sweet profile, really showcasing our Long Island terroir.
Beautiful floral, berry, fruit, great raspberry, great cherry, great plum.
Gonna be delicious on fancier evenings with a rack of lamb or roast leg of lamb, or mushroom or grain dishes
Even like a beef terriyaki - you know, skewers and rice, that would be super delicious with this
But moderate alcohol
Medium-bodied. Really beautiful, some high-toned aromas, little bit of tar and resin.
Great with a prime rib, but you can also have this with a burger, you know, and you could have this with meatballs, I mean, really, super delicious.
Long Island duck, a great roast duck, or duck confit, or seared duck breast would be super delicious.
Really youthful, wine’s gonna definitely improve with age, I really encourage people to buy at least a few bottles of this, and drink one now and put some away to see how it ages over time.
So 2017 Sculpture Garden, excited about this wine both in its youth and how it’ll age over the next decade, so you know, buy 4, 6 bottles and take advantage of that and see how things develop - that’s one of the great things to see the evolving story of the wine over time.
So cheers guys, enjoy
