Goose Ridge Estate Merlot (3)

[kaolis]

@kylemittskus

I’m guessing, although I have had none of the wines mentioned, that this wine will be of substantially higher quality. Ch. St. M., for example, is a high production winery that makes hundreds of thousands of bottles per year. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that; however, their wines won’t be as unique? changing year-to-year? trying to come up with a non-highbrow description here.

The rub here is that some people who drink the likes of Ch. St. M. and consider it of high quality may not like this wine as it won’t be as commercialized.

Kyle…I’m confused…above you stated this wine was probably not a buy because Jay Miller liked it, now you praise it’s high quality???

[kylemittskus]

@kaolis

Kyle…I’m confused…above you stated this wine was probably not a buy because Jay Miller liked it, now you praise it’s high quality???

No. I just said ignore Miller’s scores and that his description actually makes it sound good. The person who I was responding to said it wasn’t a buy because JM gave it an 88, and alluded to the fact that 88 is a low score for JM.

@kylemittskus

JM’s palate is absolutely horrible. And scores are horrible. HIs notes make this sound delicious. Med-full bodied, savory fruit, some floral notes, and enough tannin to give it structure (the drinking window).

To be clear, I didn’t say this was high quality juice. I said I’m guessing it is compared to Ch. St. M. and the like.

[bobrush12866]

Sorry to hijack this woot for a competitor Sonoma Valley Red Blend Ty Caton ‘Tytanium’ Caton Vineyard 2010 on WTSO for $34.99 a bottle w/free shipping for orders of 3 or more.

[sphervey]

@bobrush12866

Sorry to hijack this woot for a competitor Sonoma Valley Red Blend Ty Caton ‘Tytanium’ Caton Vineyard 2010 on WTSO for $34.99 a bottle w/free shipping for orders of 3 or more.

Just got it I’ve wanted to try it and it popped up in my email Bet it sells out. How long should I cellar it?

[bobrush12866]

@sphervey

Just got it I’ve wanted to try it and it popped up in my email Bet it sells out. How long should I cellar it?

Ty’s website indicates 2014-2021 as the drinking window.

[kaolis]

@bobrush12866

Sorry to hijack this woot for a competitor Sonoma Valley Red Blend Ty Caton ‘Tytanium’ Caton Vineyard 2010 on WTSO for $34.99 a bottle w/free shipping for orders of 3 or more.

Not a fan of these field blends, particularly at this price point. Guess I’m just old fashioned.

[klezman]

@kaolis

Not a fan of these field blends, particularly at this price point. Guess I’m just old fashioned.

That would actually make you new-fashioned (is that a phrase?). Field blends are the old way of doing things and monoclonal vineyard blocks with separate fermentations and post-hoc blending are relatively new technology in the wine world. Of course none of that matters in whether you like the wine or not, just that it’s not a newfangled thing, those field blends

Also, TyTanium isn’t a field blend. It’s a separate fermentation post-aging blend (same as Wellington Victory, but with different grapes).

Back to this wine, though, the pH looks a little high to me. Otherwise I’ve had generally good luck with Washington wines, including Merlot. It does well in cooler climates like WA, BC, Niagara, and Bordeaux.

[kaolis]

@klezman

That would actually make you new-fashioned (is that a phrase?). Field blends are the old way of doing things and monoclonal vineyard blocks with separate fermentations and post-hoc blending are relatively new technology in the wine world. Of course none of that matters in whether you like the wine or not, just that it’s not a newfangled thing, those field blends

Also, TyTanium isn’t a field blend. It’s a separate fermentation post-aging blend (same as Wellington Victory, but with different grapes).

Back to this wine, though, the pH looks a little high to me. Otherwise I’ve had generally good luck with Washington wines, including Merlot. It does well in cooler climates like WA, BC, Niagara, and Bordeaux.

My apologies if the Tytanium is not co-fermented, and Ty has previously referred to his Field Blend Red as a mini-Tytanium…and yes I realize blends/field blends have been around for a long time…but for the $80.00 Ty is asking on his website, or even the $40.00 on WTSO, no thank you. No right or wrong, just not a fan of people pumping up Cabernet and Merlot or Pinot with Syrah and PS and charging crazy prices.

[cortot20]

@bobrush12866

Sorry to hijack this woot for a competitor Sonoma Valley Red Blend Ty Caton ‘Tytanium’ Caton Vineyard 2010 on WTSO for $34.99 a bottle w/free shipping for orders of 3 or more.

Please take this discussion here
http://wine.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?pageindex=31&postid=5118466

[klezman]

@kaolis

My apologies if the Tytanium is not co-fermented, and Ty has previously referred to his Field Blend Red as a mini-Tytanium…and yes I realize blends/field blends have been around for a long time…but for the $80.00 Ty is asking on his website, or even the $40.00 on WTSO, no thank you. No right or wrong, just not a fan of people pumping up Cabernet and Merlot or Pinot with Syrah and PS and charging crazy prices.

Regardless of its composition or manufacturing methods, I agree the price is kind of nuts. Ty’s always been kind of cagey about the status of his “field blend”. I think the 2005 was a true field blend, but I’m not sure about anything since then. Either way, back to the Washington Merlot.

If I was buying wine at this time I’d be highly tempted, but still I’d like to know more about the relatively high pH.