Stein Magic Hour White Moscato Rosato(6)

[geeman2000]

@JoshStein

You hit it on the nose; I left this with a little bit of residual CO2, which is the traditional “frizzante” style. Not enough bubbles so it’s a sparkling wine, but enough to put a little sparkle on the tongue.

And I agree with your assessment–the point of wine is to have fun, so why not make wines that let you do so? Where I come from (NJ, the '70s), that’s called a good time

Exactly. You did a good job with this one too, IMO. I don’t mind a little fuddy-duddy from time to time, but this stuff is just really drinky, and when it boils right down it it, that’s usually more important.

Another note: this is one of those wines that STAYS good on the tongue. Second sip, third sip, right down to the bottom of the glass; it stays happy.

[lmensor]

@funbunny

I agree, though I wouldn’t even catorgorize this as a red wine. It is a Moscato with a touch of Cab Franc. The Cab Franc adds a bit of dryness to the Moscato, toning down the sweetness. I purchased this one the last round and I really enjoyed the bottle I opened up last week enough to buy more today. I didn’t use it as a desert wine, but served it along side Bruschetta topped with fresh tomatoes and homemade mozzarella and a seared chicken breast. It was delicious and got rave reviews, not cries that it was just grape juice.

It really gets annoying when people get on this board to complain about a wine not because it is bad, but because it is not their preference or that they have limited pallets and only like certain types of wine. My collection runs the gamut of white to red, sweet to suck the moisture out of you dry and $20 everyday drinkers to triple digit cabs. Every type of wine has it’s place as long as it is made well. For a semi-sweet, fun wine, this is made well.

+1 for your review and +1 for your avatar!

Unfortunately this came so late in the woot-off and I have spent my budget, but it is something I plan on trying in the future.

[bkarlan]

Ron, those bottles I sent you werent any good? Thats a bummer. Do you think they will be good for the wives during firepit nights?

[fredrinaldi]

This one could take hours to sell out

[geeman2000]

@kylemittskus

This post makes no sense, especially considering the question it’s responding to.

To answer the original question, due to the sweetness of this wine, it very well may be a good intro into the red wine world. It may not be a good example of “great” red wines, but at $12/btl, a good intro.

Hokay then… I guess that’s one vote for yes and one for no. Anybody care to be the tie-breaker? Is this a good intro to red wines or no?

[true559]

Chick wine. Nothing to see here. Move along.

[tafoxx]

@true559

Chick wine. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Uh-oh. Wouldn’t want the bros to see me drinking a wine that is anything less than dudetacular. Does Bud make a good light zin?

[Pbparker]

Let’s get this one moving along and get back to the real wines. Wanted to get a couple more ordered tonight but appears this one is gonna linger… Zzzzzz

[iamhappy726]

@true559

Chick wine. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Some of the male wooters here might prefer to have happy drinking women around them instead of only having ‘manly men’ who drink stronger wines around them.

[CrystalSinger]

@funbunny

It really gets annoying when people get on this board to complain about a wine not because it is bad, but because it is not their preference or that they have limited pallets and only like certain types of wine. My collection runs the gamut of white to red, sweet to suck the moisture out of you dry and $20 everyday drinkers to triple digit cabs. Every type of wine has it’s place as long as it is made well. For a semi-sweet, fun wine, this is made well.

I think I like you!

[mdnorman]

This wine would be a splendid core component of a head bangin’ sangria!

[CrystalSinger]

@true559

Chick wine. Nothing to see here. Move along.

If that’s your attitude, then the wine.woot-off is likely to die here … Quite frankly, considering how much we “chicks” spend, I’d think you’d encourage us to buy instead of encouraging us to pass it up … Much better chance of getting another “Manly” wine if we “chicks” buy this stuff up, right?

[intodogs]

This “Magic Hour” has turned into “Two”…

[hasopt]

@funbunny

I agree, though I wouldn’t even catorgorize this as a red wine. It is a Moscato with a touch of Cab Franc. The Cab Franc adds a bit of dryness to the Moscato, toning down the sweetness. I purchased this one the last round and I really enjoyed the bottle I opened up last week enough to buy more today. I didn’t use it as a desert wine, but served it along side Bruschetta topped with fresh tomatoes and homemade mozzarella and a seared chicken breast. It was delicious and got rave reviews, not cries that it was just grape juice.

It really gets annoying when people get on this board to complain about a wine not because it is bad, but because it is not their preference or that they have limited pallets and only like certain types of wine. My collection runs the gamut of white to red, sweet to suck the moisture out of you dry and $20 everyday drinkers to triple digit cabs. Every type of wine has it’s place as long as it is made well. For a semi-sweet, fun wine, this is made well.

Well said.

[DingleBarry]

@geeman2000

Hokay then… I guess that’s one vote for yes and one for no. Anybody care to be the tie-breaker? Is this a good intro to red wines or no?

kylemittskus > geeman2000 all day long.

[JoshStein]

@hasopt

Well said.

Indeed–and thanks!

It’s just wine, folks. I love to make it, and selling it’s not too bad either, but it’s just wine, not my kids’ smiles.

[Pbparker]

@mdnorman

This wine would be a splendid core component of a head bangin’ sangria!

Funny you say that, I was just contemplating buying them and trying them for just that. Anyone here used these in sangria and care to comment?

[mdnorman]

@Pbparker

Funny you say that, I was just contemplating buying them and trying them for just that. Anyone here used these in sangria and care to comment?

AS a sangria mix, or a wine spritzer, or straight – this is gonna be good, and we’re just getting started on the barbeque season here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I’m in. To hell with the wine snobs.

[rjquillin]

@bkarlan

Ron, those bottles I sent you weren’t any good? That’s a bummer. Do you think they will be good for the wives during firepit nights?

???

I don’t recall any bottles from you being bad at all, and the Hatch was a hoot I’d drink more of.

My earlier post regarding this was just SWMBO and I thought it more nearly resembled grape juice, just not at all a style we or the grad students that got the remainder, care for. It seems we both like a more traditional Moscato, and bubbly as well, guess just not frizzante.

This is on the WCC rat list from tour, but I have no notes, not sure if I just missed it or that it wasn’t served that evening.

I’m not here at all to claim this is “bad”, it wasn’t defective bad.

We’ve got five more of these that were delivered on 8/11, and we’ll try at least another. Could be we both just had a couple of off-days.

[DingleBarry]

@cynthylee

Aw come on… how many wineries participate during a woot!off?

At least one I guess.