An Inconvenient Yet Tasty Vintage

Intrigued by the title of this post? I finally had the opportunity this week to watch "An Inconvenient Truth", the documentary from Al Gore. It was very educational, but one thing that particularly jumped out at me, which will be very relevant to this blog, 2005 was the hottest year ever across the globe. What does this have to do with wine? If you've been reading my posts I frequently shower accolades on the Aussie 2005 vintage, so far I've yet to have a bad wine from this group. I'm not viticulturist but I do know that some grapes respond very well to lots of hot sun, the more robust varietals like Shiraz/Syrah for instance. The global warning threat is a serious problem, but it's fascinating to see that's there's a silver lining in this global disaster, intensely flavorful grapes!

Along this same "vine" of thought, I tasted the 2005 Rosenblum Heritage Clones last night. For $15 (on sale), I was not disappointed. It didn't match up to it's older 2004 brother in complexity, but it was an excellent drink. I liken it to licking the inside of a jelly jar, very jammy! The 2005 had a lot of the same flavor profiles of 2004, but it was a little more juvenile, with hints of tooty-fruity, believe it or not. I'm still very new to Petit Syrah but it seems Rosenblum knows what they are doing with this little grape.

Cheers!