The last few weeks we've noticed the RiverRock Clone-6 cab was getting a sharp nose and flavor from the barrel. Very intense french vanilla like nose compared to a carboy that had seen no oak time. We racked the wine out, cleaned the barrel lightly with some oxyfresh and then a meta/citric rinse. We'll monitor the wine to see how it changes.
We smelled and tasted the Malbecs looking for any rotten egg--they are good. Maybe a tich in the barrel but it is slight if there at all. We agree we want to rack once more over copper to be safe--plus to blow off the extra SO2 that was added.
Topped and tasted the rest of the wines. The Merlot #1 had a little off nose--but nothing bad. The Syrah was the least favorite right now with a harsh aftertaste.
We shared a bottle of 2005 Pend'Oreille Malbec that came to us from Dennis. We all liked it very much. A little lighter color and flavor, but very nice fruit expression w/o any green flavors. A delightful Malbec that we aspire to make. :)
The 06 reserves continue to impress us and we have to hold back from bottling them for a few more months. We would love to get Roger in to taste what we've done with his grapes and hope to get more in 2008.
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