OK, there’s a first time for everything but it looks like I caused a bit of a rumpus with my comments about Curly Flat no longer producing their Pinot, so I thought I better get this cleared up before Jeremy had a conniption fit. I emailed Curly Flat and Jeni sent me this reply:
“We certainly will continue to produce Pinot Noir (and Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio). We recently bottled the 2006 vintage of Curly Flat Pinot which will be available around next April. 2007 and 2008 vintages are maturing in barrel. Pruning is complete and the next crop will be punching out buds within the next 6 weeks. Around 70% of our vineyard is pinot noir, 25% is chardonnay and 5% is grigio. We will be planting more chardonnay and grigio as we have been quickly selling out of these varieties for several years now.”
I’m a big fan of Curly Flat and one thing one thing I really like about them is (and you might start to see a theme emerge here) is that they concentrate on producing a small range, with limited production, of well made varietals. They have a second label called Williams Crossing and while I’ve not tried any of the range they’re well regarded and I’ll try and pick some of the Chardonnay and Pinot soon. I also like that they send me nice replies to my emails and don’t tell me to stuff it up my shirt.I plan to visit them shortly and will post the report when I’m done
I was also going to say don’t blame the Sommelier at the Lakehouse for this error as it’s quite possible (i.e. more than likely) that I misheard/misinterpreted him. However, I didn’t like him too much so go ahead and blame him all you like.
Be seeing you.
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2 comments:
Me having a " conniption fit"? I am far too zen, and meditate too often for this to happen...but I came close ;)
Errors/miscommunication happen all the time anyways. I told everyone Kym Teusner's sav/blanc was going to be oaked...wrong!!!!
And yeah, I'd buy Curly Flat for the product, but when you throw in the service of Jeni, Phillip and the team, its a no-brainer.
Cheers jeremy
ha ha don't worry I just wanted to get 'conniption fit' somewhere into one of my posts.
I'm looking forward to heading up there and also getting hold of some of the Williams Crossing label as well.
I gave Jeni the link to the blog but I think that she's probably got better things to do with her time ;)
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