We love Spooky Season and wanted to find a new (to us), spooky wine to match while we were together this past weekend. We wandered into @konbiniandkanpai wine shop, and were immediately drawn to this bottle of Tres Sabores Headline ($37) because of the sort of eerie label. In talking with the local wine shop owners, we learned that the owner and winemaker of Tres Sabores is Julie Johnson, who started Frog’s Leap winery with her ex-husband. This sold it! You know we can’t resist a woman-made and woman-owned wine!
2018 Headline from Sonoma is 85% St. Laurent (a child grape of Pinot Noir), 10% Grenache, and 5% Syrah. We coravined this bottle and let it breathe for about 30-40 minutes in the glass since we weren’t ready to commit to opening the bottle…it had been a wine-filled weekend and we wanted a chill night in. With the coravin approach, this wine was earthy AF. Tobacco and dark cherries came through, but were pretty overwhelmed by the earthiness. We revisited a couple nights later and fully removed the cork, let the bottle breathe about 30 minutes, and… wow! What a difference! The earthiness was still there, but no longer overwhelming, and the wine was much more balanced overall.
Have you tried any wines that changed over time or were influenced by how they were opened? Let us know in the comments!
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