Friday, May 30, 2008

Spann wines with Sean Bell of Bodi

In town for a wine dinner Peter Spann was out introducing his wines to the Kansas City market. Spann is a small winery that uses Kunde for crushing and storage...located in one of the most beautiful areas of Sonoma between Santa Rosa and Kenwood.


Betsy's Backacker 2006 Bottle Blond... an interesting blend of Chardonnay and Semillon and Viognier...only 445 cases produced...lots of acidity and surprising amount of heat on the tongue...probably a nice patio pounder for refreshing quality.

Spann Chardonnay /Viognier blend Sonoma County 2006 mostly all of their wines are blends. I was expecting more of a Viognier nose and was surprised at how dull this wine was....not a lot of depth...

Syrah Russian River 2003 with a little bit of grenache thrown in for softness...this was a very rustic or heavy wine to me.. but heavy in a good way...would stand up to pizza and burgers well.

Mo'Zin 2005 Mo for Mourvedre not Missouri but it works...interesting caramel apple nose cinnamon, juicy but not overly exciting.

Merlot Napa Valley 2005 with 3% cab franc...coffee colored not bright red...not overly brown either...if there is such a thing it had a french stink (California stink?)nice mouthfeel but again there was a heat that was a little pronounced.

Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma 2004 cassis on the nose...softer style of red...for me this was the nicest of the bunch...very mellow. only 569 cases produced.

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