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woman on wine with amy reileyI’ve been waiting more than two months for this day… the day when I can talk about Greg La Follette’s new winery. La Follette, as you may know, happens to be my favorite winemaker and I wanted to share the news as soon as I heard of his new venture. But although I tasted the wines back in June, I had to wait until they hit the market before I could shout to the world about La Follette’s line of potent aphrodisiacs. Best known as the winemaker at Flowers when the cult winery rose to great fame, Greg La Follette specializes in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. His wines are not just terroir driven, they are vineyard driven with a light, but sultry, winemaker’s touch. |
La Follette
2008 Manchester Ridge Chardonnay
Can a wine be at once delicate and robust? This wine is a mind-tease as well as a palate-pleaser with its combination of elegant honey, melon and wildflower notes harmonizing with a buttery-rich mouthfeel and persistant length.
La Follette
2008 Sangiacomo Vineyard Chardonnay
This just might be my favorite Chardonnay. Wild, yeasty, sweaty, feral and intense, this Chard makes it very clear how wine can be an aphrodisiac.
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2008 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
This is La Follette’s entry level Pinot, for those who aren’t quite ready yet for Greg’s more wild, sweaty wines. Well-balanced, it offers an approachable mix of cherry and woodsy elements.
La Follette
2008 Van der Kamp Pinot Noir
This is a big, meaty man of a Pinot with savory and spicy flavors. Although it is not La Follette’s most full-bodied wine, it is the wine that best shows off Pinot’s dark notes like charcoal, slate and red meat.
La Follette
2008 Manchester Ridge Pinot Noir
This wine will wow even the most jaded Pinot lover. Complex isn’t strong enough of a word to describe the array of cranberry, currant, raspberry and cherry fruits, sweat, bramble, cigar and baking spice that dance across the tongue.
