Sep. 17, 2009
Vinedos De El Seque-2006 Alicante


Moist tobacco leaf, ripe fig, blueberry compote on the nose,
Palate, The oak being held by 2 Mesopotamian slaves
with an astringent emperor on the canopy.

White pepper, tiny circle of clove before wood..
I anticipate some lamb chops.
The dark fruit is still 1 dimensional, really, but getting fatter and riper.
It’ll be cute in another year.
Like the freshman girl with potential hourglassness
leaving class on an 80º sunny day.

This is a blackberry pie in Aunt Bea’s window, newly framed
right on the plank.
Give her some air and invite her inside.
I give it an 87.
2 pts for $.
Absolutely great for a $9.67 wine.
No 1st growth, but it knows her cousin’s cousin's cousin.

Crush

I have a crush on you. You're all covered in grape juice, and your brix testing is 2nd to none.
You're a vision in your knee high fishing boots-protecting yourself from the Rutherford Dust.You are a vision in your Viognier encrusted Carhartt. Your white truck full of harvest materials.

You have to taste the grapes after sort and crush before tank. Before yeast. Before the lovely alcohol that makes us all crave your craft with dinner.

After the stuff's all in tank, would you still be my crush?