This is my first stab at a list of Stuff To Taste:
Grape |
Wine |
Old world |
New world |
Barbera |
2000 Barbera d'Asti Superiore 'Wink', Italy |
Italy |
- |
Cabernet franc |
2000 Kalinda Cabernet Franc, California |
Bordeaux [Cheval-Blanc] |
- |
Cabernet sauvignon |
1999 Leasingham Bin 56 Cabernet Sauvignon, Clare Valley, Australia |
Bordeaux |
California, Australia, Washington |
Gamay noir |
2003 Louis Jadot Beaujolais, France |
Beaujolais |
Oregon |
Grenache |
2003 Las Rocas de San Alejandro, Calatayud, Spain |
Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Spain |
South Australia |
Malbec |
2001 Altos Las Hormigas "Viña Hormigas Reserva" Mendoza, Argentina |
Cahors |
Mendoza, Argentina |
Mataro |
2000 DEWN Mourvèdre, Oakley, California [flash/détente method] |
Bandol |
California, Australia |
Merlot |
2001 Sarah's Vineyard Besson Vineyard Merlot |
Pomerol |
California, Washington |
Montepulciano |
2001 Il Circo "Il Domatore di Leoni", Montepulciano |
Tuscany |
- |
Nebbiolo |
1999 Seghesio Barolo "La Villa" |
Barolo, Barbaresco |
- |
Norton |
2000 Mount Pleasant Norton, Augusta, Missouri |
[Not a vinifera grape - V. aestivalis] |
Missouri |
Pinot noir |
2000 Berry Bros. Reserve, Burgundy, France |
Burgundy |
New Zealand, Oregon |
Pinotage |
2001 Welmoed Pinotage, Stellenbosch, SA |
[1925 cross between pinot noir and cinsault] |
South Africa |
Sangiovese |
2003 Bonny Doon Sangiovese "Il Fiasco" |
Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino |
- |
Syrah [Shiraz] |
2002 Milton Park Shiraz, Australia |
Hermitage, Côte-Rôtie |
Australia, Washington |
Zinfandel |
2003 Ridge Paso Robles, California |
[Originated in Croatia, but nearly extinct there] |
California |