Mood: Relaxed

Wine Selection: Salisbury’s “Pinot Naturale”

Allow me to set the mood…

It’s 7 p.m. and I just got home. Thank goodness for Day Light Saving’s time because it’s still light outside. I’m tired from a long day on the road. There is a little chill in the air, but just enough to be refreshing. I’m sitting on my deck, looking down at the ocean/river and I take the first smell of my “Pinot Naturale” and my mouth already starts to water.

My nose is filled with fresh peaches and just a hint of, what smells like, acidic tangerines. Then, when I don’t think I can take it anymore, I take my first sip and my first thought is, “Yup, tangerines.” That first bang of acid hits the tip of my tongue (in a good way), then it smooths out to velvet peach, with just a hint of lingering sweetness.

This is the ultimate spring time wine. As the story goes, the wine maker for Salisbury, John Salisbury, set out on a mission to make sparkling wine, so he got his Pinot Noir grapes and did his first fermentation (more on how to make sparkling in the “Set the Mood” link). Just before he started the secondary fermentation, John tasted the wine and it was GREAT! They decided to bottle it as is. The result? A higher acid, fruit forward, complex wine that appears to come from a white wine grape variety, but actually comes from Pinot Noir grapes! Yummo!

I recommend having this on hand starting now, through the end of summer and into early fall. It’s a refreshing burst of flavor that red and white wine lovers will enjoy!

Cheers!

Erica Lauesen

The Moody Wine Drinker

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