Stillman Brown Zeppelin Winery Mixed Reds

Tasting notes & discussion 40

24 HOUR SALE
Typically $54-$60/bottle from Zeppelin
Vintage 2018 from Paso Robles, San Luis Obispa, and… Hill of Graceland?
Pack of 4 or a case, and a quarter of each option will be a tossup between Primitivo and Black Zeppelin IV
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About Zeppelin Winery
Authorized in subordination a mere decade ago by consulting winemaker, cellar monkey, and rock band mismanager Stillman Brown of Red Zeppelin infamy, and his late but still insufficiently silent partner Dan Lewis of Jory Winery, Zeppelin Winery makes wines that at least one of them believes are at least more than good enough to have pretty much anything on the label. Over the last several years, most of the wines have been from grapes grown by our infamous client (redacted) and located in two hilariously concocted subappellations of west Paso Robles that split the hidden Hill of Graceland vineyard. Visitors are generally discouraged; if they find us they often become despondent… Sales are almost exclusively to our email list - there is no club to join or quit, just an invitation to a FREE party when the one who isn’t dead yet has a ‘major birthday’.

Gyro Zeppelin

TASTING NOTES:
Tannat - “In the paws of our cellar monkey, it’s closer to a lost Bordeaux variety, without the leafiness; while it rivals our Zinfandel in focus and purity, it has more weight with lower alcohol (30 proof). Two-thirds aged in new oak barrels from the forests below Dracula’s castle. I can’t explain the label now, or never, and tomorrow will be too late. It’s explosively serious wine.” (AbV 15.2%, TA 6.9 g/L, RS 0.06%)

Tempranillo - “Spicier than the Tannat that crowns the hill and often complements it, but it’s more than distinct enough to not blend them every vintage - I kept the wines apart this year rather than fusing them. We have no “house style”: within the limits of scientific enology (is that Fecaldynamic salad dressing really $140 a bottle?) fine wine should be unique, varied, interesting.” (AbV 15.4%, 6.3 g/L, RS 0.05%)

Syrah - “My pet project of the year: a kissin’ cousin of La Mort Du Roi, 34 proof of Hill of Graceland and Syrahs with other little bits and pieces. There’s whole lotta things going on inside the bottle… The wine’s really spectacular, though it will benefit from as much time as you can stand to give it. I know $60 is a swanky price, but rather than drone on defensively about what it costs to make, or what my risibly rich or studiedly rustic neighbors, are charging for their best wine - some of which might come within thrown-wine glass distance of Le Cadeau. This ‘might’ be my best wine of the last few vintages.” (AbV 17.2%, TA 7.7 g/L, RS < 0.2%)

Primitivo - “A floral and fruit spectrum explodes out of the nose, the palate is bogglingly rich, and the finish surprisingly soft with less heat than expected, though I don’t claim it bears much resemblance to lowfat milk and would advise against pairing with ghost peppers. If you’re a native Californian, perhaps nothing stronger than avocado. I’m not certain of the wine’s longevity, though since you’ll only have two bottles at most I think you know what to do.” (AbV 17.5%, TA 6.4 g/L, RS 0.32%)

Petite Sirah - “Though legally (77%) and . . . tannicly . . . Petite Sirah from a high Sierra Foothills vineyard I can’t rat out, the remaining Various Vinifera Varieties from the Hill of Griefland help tame its structure and add complexity to a variety that’s Generally and admirably - (Admiralty?) known for firepower. It really should say ‘29’ proof on the label, so it’s the only one of these wines under 15% alcohol - but it’s quite extracted, complex, and structured to last as long as I do. Can I call it a cellar candidate?” (AbV 14.5%, TA 7.3 g/L, RS 0.08%)

PAIRS WITH (winery recommended):
N/A

OR (really-going-with-the-theme-option):
Pizza Mozzarella.

(His name is Gyro Zeppeli. That’s the joke.)

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2018 "TNT" Tannat

2018 "TNT" Tannat
2018 "Dynamite Hill" Tempranillo

2018 "Dynamite Hill" Tempranillo
2018 "BLACK ZEPPELIN IV" Petite Sirah

2018 "BLACK ZEPPELIN IV" Petite Sirah
2017/8 "LE CADEAU DU ROI" - Syrah

2017/8 "LE CADEAU DU ROI" - Syrah
2018 "El Primitivo" Primitivo

2018 "El Primitivo" Primitivo

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