Another bottle from my first WineQ shipment of the season, this time a bottle of 2006 Esca Pinot Grigio. The wine hails from Sonoma, cost me $17.99 (free shipping!), and had a real cork closure. Again (becoming habit around here!) Matt tossed the bottle before I could record the alcohol content. You can get this wine here, from WineQ.I really liked the label on this bottle with the cute little bee! I'll put one of Matt's "artistic" photos at the end for a hopefully better angle....
On the nose of the wine I found pear, flowers, sweet citrus, and honey.
The wine was steel fermented and then aged in neutral oak barrels, but I didn't notice any oak on the nose. In the mouth there was lemon, other citrus, peach, and pear.Overall the wine was crisp and light, though I think the oak added a nice body to the wine. A good value, I'd get this bottle again.
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Sonadora,
"fermented in stainless steel and aged for 8 months in neutral French oak barrels"
That is why you can't notice any oak aroma on the nose.
This wine is a nice Pinto Grigio. However, at this price point, I don't think this is a particulary high QPR wine though.
Andrew
11/3/07, 12:40 AM
I tried to sign up for WineQ on your tip but unfortunately the archaic wine shipping rules here in MA don't allow it!
11/3/07, 7:09 AM
Hey Andrew, I know, but it still, in my mind tends to leave a hint of some oak in the wine. Eh, considering the shipping is free and I can't find the wine around here, I'd still get it again.
Yeah, David, MA is pretty bad about that stuff....my friends who live there end up shipping to family/friends in CT usually!
11/3/07, 9:55 AM