Comments on: Twisted Oak, “River of Skulls”, MourvÃ¨dre 2006

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:00:44 +0000

Glad you liked the wine, Dale. Also, you look good in Indy Jones garb

By: Dale Cruse

Dale Cruse — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:14:55 +0000

Tim, I finally published my review of this wine at: http://www.DrinksAreOnMe.net

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Indiana Jones And The River Of Skulls | Drinks Are On Me — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:05:13 +0000

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By: Hank

Hank — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:07:28 +0000

You know, I drank this wine the other day at their tasting room, and it was, well…OK. Twisted Oak wines are to me a lot like listening to White Zombie: Hugely powerful, driving and so ferocious they command all of your attention. In small doses, it’s great — but I can’t listen to a whole record.

IMHO, this Monastrell lacked the finesse of several others I have had in the Sierra Foothills. It was a burly, juicy wine (the whole clusters have a lot to do with that), rather than the achingly dry, dusty — even leathery — Mourvedres I have had elsewhere in the Hills. It’s a style thing.

I’d happily drink a glass of this wine again, although I am not sure I’d buy it. I do, however, deeply love Twisted Oak’s Parcel 17. Tried that one yet?

By: David J

David J — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:49:02 +0000

Tim,
I’d love it if you had a chance to do what I’ve been promising & gearing up to do myself as a way to restart/reset my blogging engines after this bout of muted depression: just a list with short, quick notes on those MMMournastarelladro-based reds…very interested, as I love the grape myself. See you in Sta.Rosa next month, right?

By: Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:48:39 +0000

I have not been able to taste this wine, but I heard about it on one of the other comment walls of the blogs I read.

There’s something about packaging which can make or break a product, and I think this make’s it 100%. It invites my curiosity and has an interesting story to back up the imagery. Very intriguing.

Thanks for the post.