Wine: 2004 Doukenie Winery Cabernet Franc



Review: This is the last Cabernet Franc vintage from Windham before they changed their name to Doukenie. I believe this is also the last vintage that was influenced by Doug Fabbioli (though, don't quote me on that).

The wine was dark purple in color with hints of smoke on the nose flavors of pepper and other spices. The wine had a full body with medium tannins that did not linger. Certainly a decent every day wine, but not the best vintage from Doukenie.

Price: $17

Grade: 85

My apologies again for the dearth posts, a lot of wine stuff going on, several posts coming up over the next couple of days, stay tuned.

Windham produces a lot of really good wines. Readers of this blog know that I am particularly fond of their reds. Despite my love of their wines, I have never been out to their winery. This past Sunday I finally managed to make it out to their winery to help them celebrate the Vernal Equinox (yea, yea, I know, a couple of weeks early but I will take any excuse I can to sacrifice a virgin ;)), The tasting was really good, I was poured by Doug Fabbioli, the winemaker, and so got a lot of details about the wine.







In addition to their wines, I also tried a creation from Doug's personal vineyard called Tre Sorelle -- I'll post a review of it shortly. All-in-all, a great fun time.

Wine: Windham Winery 2004 Riesling





Review: At 12% this Riesling has a higher alcohol content than most Rieslings. This may be because of the Vidal Blanc blended into it. It is a crisp Riesling, but the flavor is a little bland, it is not as fruity as most Rieslings. The 2004 growing season was particularly good to Virginia vineyards, especially coming off a very dry 2003 season. The strong harvest means a powerful Riesling taste, but the flavor of the grapes overpowered the more subtle flavorings.

Still, a good wine, but not a great wine.

Price: $15.00

Grade: 75