{"id":24318,"date":"2019-08-20T22:53:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T22:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=24318"},"modified":"2019-09-19T19:19:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:19:00","slug":"houseparty-in-the-hollywood-hills-with-nice-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/california\/houseparty-in-the-hollywood-hills-with-nice-wines","title":{"rendered":"Houseparty in the Hollywood Hills with nice wines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So Friday night was fun. We headed over to a home in the Hollywood Hills. En route we stopped at DomaineLA<\/a>, a brilliant wine shop, and stocked up.<\/p>\n

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And then when we got there Abe and Alex cooked, and a jolly and diverse crowd who had gathered tucked in. These were some of the wine highlights.<\/p>\n

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Brochet’s Le Mont Benoit is a thrilling Champagne. Such perfect balance. This went down very fast.<\/p>\n

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Abe Schoeners Scholium Project VLV Reserve 2014 had real depth and intensity to it. It’s a Verdelho from Lodi, and has a lot of fruit weight.<\/p>\n

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De Moor’s Sans Bruit (a play on Saint Bris) is a Sauvignon from Burgundy, from limestone soils. It’s rich, textured and engrossing. A lovely wine.<\/p>\n

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Herve Souhaut’s Souteronne – a Gamay from Ardeche – is one of my favourites. The 2018 is precise and delicious with really expressive red fruits.<\/p>\n

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Domaine Nicolas Faure is one to watch. Whole cluster pressing of reds, wild ferments, no new oak. From a 0.23 hectare plot, Les Herbues is from 50 year old vines planted in deeper silt\/clay soils. It’s a lovely, pure, precise wine.<\/p>\n

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I don’t remember much about this Quintarelli other than that it was fully delicious.<\/p>\n

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But I do remember this wine: a thrilling, precise, dark-fruited Mondeuse from Jaimee Motley. This is a brilliant wine.<\/p>\n

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Finally, back to white. A delicious, compact Petite Arvine. Biodynamic Italian alpine wine from vineyards at 700 m, showing nice intensity.<\/p>\n

Find these wines with wine-searcher.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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