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Join Remy for a private and curated experience, exploring rare aged Lagrein. Ticket price includes library wine flight, light fare, and enjoyable conversation. Reservations required. Seats are limited.
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We kicked off this winter’s library tastings with Lagrein! We had a veritical from 2010 through 2013 and compared to the current release from 2020. The first three vintages were from a different vineyard further south, what is now Ilahe. The 2013 is the first vintage from the estate vineyard in the Dundee Hills.
2010 Lagrein: A cool vintage, 11% ABV. I have never been to a cranberry bog before, but I imagine this is what it would smell like! Wet earth and berry nose, great acid, cranberry and spice, brambly tannins and plum. I immediately was reminded of William Carlos Williams’ poem This is just to say.
2011 Lagrein: Coolest and wettest vintage on record! 9.5% ABV We earth, more austere and less fruit on the nose than the 2010. Hint of young berry, maybe strawberries. Cigar, black tea tannins and ceder finish. Tobacco leaf, young raspberry notes with a very long finish. Deep.
2012 Lagrein: A goldilocks year in near perfect conditions. 11.5% ABV Pronounced nose, mushroom bacon and dark tar. Ripe blueberries, rich and velvety, mocha spice and cigar. This one made me hungry!
2013 Estate Lagrein: Tsunami from Japan damped an otherwise ideal growing season. 10% ABV High tone red fruits, and a bit bacony. Nose of smoked meats and spruce tree.
Remy with her Sangiovese
Last Sunday in January we tasted wines from Kiona Vineyards, Red Mountain AVA in eastern Washington.
2019 Kiona Sangiovese ($53) 16 months in barrel. Hot, wet terracotta and a little dusty on the nose. Hint of warm strawberries and spice, fennel seed finish.
2016 Kiona Sangiovese ($70) 14 months in barrel. Rich earth and a bit dank on the nose, stewed strawberry, minerality and brickish, black licorice on the finish.
2019 Kiona Sangiovese Riserva ($89) 24 months in barrel. Rich, earth nose with a velvety texture and cocoa powder. Red fruit–strawberry, raspberry with a fennel bulb spice.
2015 Kiona Sangiovese Riserva ($119) 24 months in barrel. Buillion or floral tea on the nose. Drinking like a jewel! Clarity of flavor and acid precise. Touch of meatiness.
Current Release: 2021 Kiona Sangiovese Riserva Nose of dried rose petals, violets and strawberry preserves. A little meaty with orange rind and fresh fennel bulb on the finish. 24 months in barrel.
Washington Barbera wine made in Oregon by Remy Wines.
We like to kick off the First Sunday library tasting series with Barbera, because we know so many of our fans miss this wine. Unfortunately, the Rosebud Vineyard ripped out their vines, so the last vintage we made was in 2016.
2013 Rosebud Barbera: Gingerbread notes, plum acid and so smooth $74
2012: Fruitier than the 2013, with lively acid and warm spice $81
2010: Much more savory, less fruit, a delicious funky earth with tomato sauce richness
2012 Barbera Superiore: This wine receives an addition year in barrel, 36 months total. The richness is intense, with plum sauce, smooth. $91
December Library Lagrein Tasting: Always a fun tasting, because Remy was getting her Lagrein from a different vineyard up until 2013. The differences are pretty noticeable, as the estate Lagrein is planted almost exclusively in the Jory soil that the Dundee Hills is known for, and it gives the wines a high-toned red fruit character. The Ilahe vineyard is mostly Willakenzie-type sedimentary clay, and the profile is often more dark fruit notes.
2009 Lagrein: Ripe, stewed fruit, ginger bread, anise and dates. 2009 was a hot year in the Willamette $150
2010: Cigar, smoky, rich and well-integrated. Touch of orange with some Syrah like qualities, cool vintage $136
2011: Nose of Pinot Noir, floral and pretty. Smooth and deep, then bright. Earthy raspberry with a citric finish. Coldest and wettest vintage on record $113
2013: First vintage at the estate vineyard. Deep color, rich earth nose, savory and woodsy, douglas fir and raspberries. Like drinking Oregon.
2019: Current release Dark chocolate nose, wild raspberry bramble and cedar box finish. Hints of tobacco, anise and spice. $58
January Library Sangiovese Tasting
2020 Kiona Sangiovese: current release (very limited!) Strawberry preserves on the nose, juicy with terra cotta minerality. $48
2016 Kiona: Fragrant nose, stewed strawberry and tomato plant. Great acid, strawberry, orange and bricky terra cotta. Smooth $70
2012 Ciel du Cheval: This vineyard is across the road from Kiona vineyards in Red Mountain, but it’s really different. Floral nose, rose and hibiscus, dates or figs with dark flowers and black tea. $103
2012 Kiona: Deep color, really different, blood orange fruit, spices and fresh fennel bulb. Strawberry, tomato plant and brick $103
2012 Kiona Sangiovese Riserva: This wine is from a specific block in the Kiona vineyard, which is a sunnier, warmer spot. Fruit is process, fermented and barrel aged seperately. It receives an addition year in barrel. Allt he classic Kiona notes (strawberry, tomato savoriness, dusty brick) but full-bodied, smooth, cigar, tangy. $130
February Dolcetto Tasting
2019 Remy Wines Jubilee Dolcetto (Current release) Blood orange, fleshy black cherries with a dusty, sage finish. Great structure. Grown at Jubilee Vineyard in the Northern part of the Eola-Amity Hills AVA in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Barrel aged 14 months. 12.4%abv
2017 Dolcetto: Typical flavors from this vineyard, with tart cherry, coffee earthiness on the finish.
2016 Dolcetto: Still retains its blueberry notes from when we first tasted this wine. Juicy and fleshy with excellent acid.
2015 Dolcetto: Darkest of the bunch, blackberry and bramble notes with chewy tannins on the finish.
2013 Dolcetto: Chocolate sage with a touch of coffee on the finish, pale cherry notes.
