We hosted a neighborhood tasting back in April had a wonderful time as usual. Turns out the Menage a Trois, a personal favorite, was the winning “value wine” (the party theme) at $9.99. Cedar on the nose and a tremendous mouthfeel, big tannins and some cassis. Some noted some nutty characteristics as well.
But, that’s not what I am here to talk about today. As the tasting winds down, often we sit and drink more and tell stories. As such, I brought up another bottle of Menage a Trois as well as a Greppi super tuscan I’ve mentioned from other blogs from the basement. However, one of our neighbors went back to his house and then brought back an il Cavaliere di Castagnole Monferatto which is made from the rare Ruche’ 
varietal. It was awesome! He happened upon it by chance while in Denver which is home of the only U.S. importer of this wine. Turns out there are only about 100 acres of this grape grown in the Piedmont region. It had an inky color, with distinctive fruit and peppery flavro rounded out with medium tannins. A very nice, even wine through and through.
These are the types of discoveries that make it all worth while! And these are the things we will discuss via the Pelly Wine Club page going forward. We look forward to your comments.
