cellarrat's Alan Baker displaying pure moustache power!
I'm a little slow throwing my first dinner party here in Healdsburg. Last night a crazy group of folks descended on Chez Dirty for a night of wine, grilled lamb, and more wine.
Cast: The Beer Wench, Shana Ray, Serena, Alan, Pedro, and the newest Sonoma county resident, Eric Hwang.
Some fun bottles without a stinker in the mix.
The Bottles:

Whites:
A wildly bright and rocky refresher. Open opening, I thought this bottle was "off"- it has some true funk. But after being open for 10min, it was singing. Thanks to the folks from Terroir for picking this out for me.
Green apple and lime in a glass, with decent rockiness and a little salt. Straight ahead juice. Dug it.
Another metamorphis wine- Tropical flavors up front, lush, and huge. This settled down to rock, smoke, toast, and citrus. Deep juice. I like it.
Yo. Deep. Almost heavy. Diggidy. Let this baby open up and warm up. I was afraid it was going to be shutdown being an 06, but it was crazy delicious.
One of the few West Coast Riesling I have had that hits you with mineral and rock first, fruit second. This is their "off-dry" which I prefer to their bone-dry Riesling. I think by off-dry, they are really just saying that they have one even drier- This is a pretty dry Riesling. Wild acidity, crisp, tart, citrus, stone, and steel.

Reds: None taken. Dug the 13.5% on the Teira Zin, 05 Radio-Coteau "La Neblina" super rich and textured, 07 Spot-On Syrah ripe fruit and black pepper, 05 Unti Reserve Syrah- YO!
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