Christopher: Alright, good people
Second wine in the September Wine Club shipment - yes, September 2020 - is the 2018 Dornfelder.
So Dornfelder is a German grape variety that we grow.
Darkly pigmented, kind of brambly, funky variety that’s great for blending in with Blaufrankish. And we’ve only released it as a varietal wine a few times before. Here we’ve blended in a little Zweigelt and Pinot Noir as well for some aromatic complexity, texture, acid balance, and this is a crisp, you know, youthful, little wine, super, like cranberry, strawberry, fruit, really reminds me almost like of a cru Beaujolais or regional Burgundy.
Yeah, really youthful, fun, kind of like I said, light red fruit aromas, a little bit of bramble, and kind of earth quality to it as well. Delicious with, and like I said, great, crisp, lively acid in this wine. So fatty foods, fatty fish, Arctic char, wild salmon would be awesome with this, like a Wild Boar Pappardelle would be delicious, any of those kind of game sausage would be amazing. Roast duck, a good Long Island roast duck with this, you know a fatty breast piece with this good juicy, kind of light tart cranberry fruit would cut right through that and be super delicious. So really charming wine, Beef Bourguignon, you know ‘cause it kind reminds me of a Burgundy. Or if you’re making Beef Stroganoff still, every now and then with that sour cream in there as well, that would be a hoot with a wine like this.
So again not a lot made, 188 cases. Dornfelder, fun, charming wine. It’s youthful, I think it’ll benefit from some time in bottle, help silken out kind of the acid and the tannins will soften and kind of silken. But if you’re gonna do it now, eat it with some fatty foods, maybe decant it. Or let it develop some bottle bouquet and some mellowness as well, you can go either way with it — so enjoy the 2018 Dornfelder.
