Stillman Brown Zeppelin Winery Reds

Tasting notes & discussion 105

24 HOUR SALE
Typically $52/bottle from Zeppelin Winery
Vintage 2019 from Calaveras County and Paso Robles
Two Black Zeppelins for each Wine Club
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About Zeppelin Winery
“In ancient times, long ago, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, the consulting winemaker, assistant cellar sock monkey, and rock band mis-manager Stillman Brown of Red Zeppelin infamy, and his footloose and still insufficiently silent mouthpiece and de factoid attorney GD Lewis of Jory Winery, became Zeppelin Winery, and make wines that at least one of them believes are at least more than good enough to have pretty much anything on the label, though certainly not ghost pepper extract. Over the last several years, most of the wines have been from grapes grown by one of our crazier clients who is located in two concocted sub-appellations of west Paso Robles that split the hidden Hill of Graceland vineyard. Visitors are generally discouraged; if they find us they often become despondent.”

First Rule of Wine Club

TASTING NOTES:
Black Zeppelin - “Big, dark, and aggressive, but not angry or backward enough to require five-to-ten in the cellar penitentiary, as the tannins are well short of biker-bar clearing level. (Floral, spicy, meaty: violent chocolate, Violet Asquith; clove, June Cleaver. Fruit: the blackberry syrup from the International House of Pancakes in Heaven. It’s easy to find: it’s across the street from the Cadillac dealership where Elvis gave Jesus a Sedan deVille as a surprise birthday present, and next to Ahura Mazda.)” (AbV 16.1%, TA 7.2 g/L, 86% Petite Sirah 14% Syrah)

Wine Club - “A plum growing on a rose bush, coffee, vanilla and … is that deer lure? Never mind. It’s structurally supple - there’s a glycerol/tannin ratio the reciprocal of the Black Zeppelin PS - and it would admirably complement vine-fed venison.” (AbV 15.7%, TA 6.7 g/L, 43% Tempranillo 41% Zinfandel 16% Syrah)

BARRELS:
For all we know, Stillman simply picked up the grapes in his hands and squeezed, creating a perfectly aged wine.

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:
“Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club! Third rule of Fight Club: if someone yells “stop!”, goes limp, or taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule: only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule: one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule: the fights are bare knuckle. No shirt, no shoes, no weapons. Seventh rule: fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.”

PAIRS WITH (winery recommended):
Stillman probably would give some in the discussion.

OR (really-going-with-the-theme-option):
Club sandwich.

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