When picking up a shipment it’s always good to taste the wines that you are taking home just in case you want to take an extra bottle home to share with someone that you know or have an extra bottle that you know you will enjoy again. Luckily we are able to taste from the light through the dark wines.
The only thing negative that I have to say about the experience picking up this shipment was the fact that we needed to find a time that was much more quiet as the winery was super busy, being a July 4th weekend and all I’m sure didn’t help. Niner was hosting live music, which was great for background but
This shipment opened with Albarino. Turned out to be a very citrusy wine full of tropical notes with a very pinapple type taste. From one of their local vinyards in __ It is a white with a very white type taste, more notes of taste than the sauvigon blanc read for any light fish meal accented with tomatos or other subtle spices.
Second was Grenache Rose, with some good rose color to it very taste forward wine with dry taste and very taste forward. Finish is nice and light this would be best with a good strong fish rather than a fish with subtile fravor. Might also be good with
2010 Super Paso, Primarily Sangiovese and Malbec. Good thick smell full of good sweet notes, however on taste you a greated with a very nice taste full of oak and tannen that continues to finish as great as it starts, without any after taste that leeds you to either want to stop drinking it or follow it up with another swollow for any reason other than it’s great taste. Great for any lean meet that has been cooked with bellpepers and squash.
2010 Syrah, should have some notes of smoked cloves in it, was what I was told on the opening of the bottle and poor into my glass. The build of the tastes always does well for the winery, wanting to build the taste to something more really than it usually is. The boquet in the glass was very enjoyable however the finish on the wine was more than I wanted to taste, this will be a great wine for a good meat served with sauted mushrooms and some sort of cheese. It’s pepper type finish is subtile but there.
Remembering how great the Twisted Spur was in the fall shipment last year we asked if we could taste the 2009 Twisted Spur, we were not at all dissapointed with the taste. Being much more enjoyable than the 2010 Syrah in our opinion. Though the finish was a lot more taste than the Syrah it was much more enjoyable.
So far as other good food pairings have a look here, a list of items and recipes Niner has had published over the last number of Years.
The first a 2009 Niner Wine Estates Petite Sarah was made to go with a lean piece of meat, in this instance a Santa Maria Tri-tip from a local market near Pioneer, Ca. As a side note I will at some point be exploring the wines near Pioneer, Ca as I hear there are a number of really great white wines available in the area. If you are looking to make a trip to someplace outside of the Central California Coast and would like to visit the Pioneer area I would suggest a stay in Volcano at St. George Hotel, it’s a great place and really isn’t to far from Lake Tahoe if you’re just passing through on your way to ski Lake Tahoe or enjoy the Casino’s there.