Field Recordings Skins 2018
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Notes of apricot, Haitian orange and marzipan.
Blend: 40% Chenin Blanc, 25% Pinot Gris, 25% Riesling, 10% Verdelho
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COMMENTARY: What do I think about orange wines? My friend Shelley Lindgren, Proprietor of A-16, once poured me a glass. I looked at it, swirled it, and drank it. It was pleasant but different. I didn't know what to say. I could see a market for it, but I had to put the wine into the eclectic pantry. The 2018 Field Recordings Skins— the name of this wine is appropriate. This category of wine is all about skin, flavors, and tannins. TASTING NOTES: This wine is pleasant. Its aromas and flavors of bitter almonds and dried citrus peel makes it an easy drink and should pair with a savory Georgian tomato-based veal stew accented with Bermuda onions and sweet, fully-ripened red peppers. Hey Shelley, this is my follow-up to my introduction to orange wine. (Tasted: June 12, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
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Field Recordings is 40-year old winemaker Andrew Jones’ personal catalog of the people and places he values most. Spending his days as a vine nursery fieldman planning and planting vineyards for farmers all over California, Andrew is sometimes offered small lots of their best fruit on the side. Having stood in just about every vineyard on the Central Coast, he has a keen eye for diamonds in the rough: sites that are unknown or under-appreciated but hold enormous untapped potential. As friendships are made and opportunities are embraced, Andrew produces small quantities of soulful wine from these unusual, quiet vineyards.
Wonderwall focuses on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from extreme, coastal locations. Breaking through and breaking rules. Alloy Wine Works is a collection of varietal wines packaged only in tallboy 500 ml cans. The perfect balance of inventive spirit and rural charm. Each can is pure craft wine, not to be "hip" or "relevant", but because we want to. Fiction, the original spin-off label, is a white and red wine produced from multiple vineyards and multiple varieties. Taking what the season gives us and creating a blend made for every occasion. Ready for tonight, tomorrow or this weekend.
Field Recordings is an Oregon Tilth certified organic winery.
With hundreds of white grape varieties to choose from, winemakers have the freedom to create a virtually endless assortment of blended white wines. In many European regions, strict laws are in place determining the set of varieties that may be used in white wine blends, but in the New World, experimentation is permitted and encouraged. Blending can be utilized to enhance balance or create complexity, lending different layers of flavors and aromas. For example, a variety that creates a soft and full-bodied white wine blend, like Chardonnay, would do well combined with one that is more fragrant and naturally high in acidity. Sometimes small amounts of a particular variety are added to boost color or aromatics. Blending can take place before or after fermentation, with the latter, more popular option giving more control to the winemaker over the final qualities of the wine.
The largest and perhaps most varied of California’s wine-growing regions, the Central Coast produces a good majority of the state's wine. This vast California wine district stretches from San Francisco all the way to Santa Barbara along the coast, and reaches inland nearly all the way to the Central Valley.
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