This wine arrives with the dizzying whiff of sweet delicate wildflowers. A kindred smile beckons yet intrigues with a symphony of contradictions. Dainty yet firm; exotic yet familiar; an unexpected gust of wind on a scorching day… enlivening yet persistently enigmatic.
Vineyard and Winemaker’s notes
Our limited production Proprietary Field Blends are made exclusively from our estate and other vineyards with highly distinctive, stand-alone characteristics that combined make oxymorons come together perfectly. A blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat, and Chardonnay, these grapes come together in the vineyard, being processed together, to create a unique flavor profile that represents each vintage beautifully.
The 2014 “Brisa” is one of these winery exclusive Proprietary Field Blend wines produced for our special visitors and club members.
Winery: Enriquez Estate Wines
Owners: The Enriquez Family
Founded: 2009
Location: Forestville, CA
Cecilia Enriquez grew up in New Jersey, with no wine background whatsoever. All that changed when her family visited California in late 2009 and fell in love with wine country. Upon losing her job at Wells Fargo during the recession, she decided to throw caution to the wind and move to California, permanently, to start a wine brand in her family’s name. Attaching herself to anyone that would teach her, she quickly learned the craft and began winning awards for her wines. Now on her tenth vintage, Cecilia has honed her skills and begun experimenting with varietals not usually found in the Russian River area, and winemaking practices not commonly implemented in the US. She is all about pushing the envelope and feels that her unique entry into winemaking empowers her to think outside the box.
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Enriquez Estate Wines “Brisa” White Blend
4 bottles for $59.99 $15/bottle + $2/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $149.99 $12.50/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2014 Enriquez Estate Wines “Brisa” White Blend - $30 = 16.66%
@chipgreen I understand how you come up with the 16.66% but I still feel the actual answer is 20.58% due to the fact you’re saving 50% on the shipping when buying the case. Net per bottle before tax of 13.50 vs 17.00. Just sayin…
@dgbickle Some of us pay $5 per month for “all you can ship”, some don’t. The savings % is based on communal criteria and shipping (like sales tax) varies based on the individual, so it is removed from the equation. But I get where you’re coming from and you can always do the extra math to assess your own personal savings!
White blend
14.1% EBV per label
No other hints on label.
I got this wine at noon today, got the “Golden Ticket email” at 1pm saying this was going live at 11 (EEK!). So if this is shorter than you’d like, sorry, no time for love Dr Jones.
Let it sit in wine fridge at 53 degrees. Nice cork, initial nose is Chardonnay-ish with something ? Sweet. Pale yellow in glass. Initial sip is very smooth, kind of bland, but the kind of smooth you could put down more than you should before you realize it.
Let it sit for 15/20 min while got some food out, though the initial taste didn’t cry out for food. The acidity/brightness is much more pronounced when I come back to it. It’s not sweet, maybe off dry. Put it back in the fridge to cool it off again to see if that smoothness comes back. It does not. The acidity paired very well with the fattier foods, dulce de Leche ice cream and Brie, where as the lemon cheesecake and apple seemed to lean too hard into the acidity. Had I been in the mood to cook, this would go well with a nice cream sauce or a fatty fish. This is a very refreshing wine, I would think this would be great to drink outside when it gets warmer. Drink it cool, the acidity gets to be a bit “extra” when it hits room temp. I think this probably more of a green apple profile, not a strong minerality to my taste, though it does leave the tip of your tongue a bit dry. I don’t know enough about varietals to guess what’s in there. It’s certainly not buttery/oaky. After cheating (googling the Vinter) turns out it’s a Sauvignon Blanc based blend, so that’s why it’s so bright/acidic. It’s not as grassy as I would expect from a straight SB, so whatever they mixed it with has tamed that. Looking a bit further, I see there’s muscat in there, so that’s that waft of sweetness on the nose. This is a really interesting blend and I’m getting very tipsy trying to get any more out of it tonight. I enjoy it and would encourage anyone who likes their wines bright to give this a try. If you are strictly a buttery chard kind of person, (hand wave) this is not the wine you are looking for.
This apparently is not the “move the white wine! time is running out!” situation that you’d think. A review of the 2012 on CT in 2016 called it youthful. And indeed it seems the 2013 is the ‘current’ release. We’re getting an early preview? And a special on their site for April 2019 includes a 2010 Brisa.
So clues point to this being made to age, or at least last, quite a while.
Not dry, which is a requirement for my wife, so that saves me from being tempted that goodness. I’ve got a co-worker though who like Sauvignon Blanc, and likes a little sweet; I need to tell her about this.
@mtb002@rjquillin The CT review for the 2012 calls it “Medium sweet, not dry.” But, could have been fooled by fruit, as you say (I certainly have been). And different vintage. So, yeah, we don’t really know yet.
@PatrickKarcher@rjquillin
I did check to see if I could find the RS, but I didn’t have time to get too deep into it before I needed to post the write up. I was expecting a lot sweeter from the nose, to be honest, but it really wasn’t sweet on the pallette. It certainly could just be the Muscat. I won’t claim to be particularly sensitive to small amounts of RS, though, so that’s why I hedged and said it may be off dry.
@mtb002@PatrickKarcher@rjquillin Good morning! The blend is actually fermented completely dry so it is indeed a perceived sweetness from the muscat! It tends to be a perfect happy medium for both people who love dry or prefer a little sweetness as the blend plays on both.
@mtb002@PatrickKarcher@rjquillin I’m definitely not widely distributed. I only have distribution in a couple of restaurants locally in Sonoma County, on Nantucket, and in the Palm Beach County/Stuart area of FL. I’m a producer of 500-600 cases annually and indeed love older vintages so current releases are 2013-2014 white, currently sold out of my tempranillo rose - will be bottling 2017 soon, on 2011-2012 pinots, 2012 Tempranillo. I don’t come from a wine background so I play with wine and like to have fun with different varietals/styles.
@Maurakid Ah, no, I would need the ‘case’ price, on principle. I can’t start paying more. And any wine that I can’t get because we can’t put together a case, is wine I couldn’t afford anyway, so that’s good!
Also, I should mention this is a great wine to play with different wine glasses. It really shows how different shaped wine glasses bring out the aromas & flavors of a specific varietal.
Tasting Notes
This wine arrives with the dizzying whiff of sweet delicate wildflowers. A kindred smile beckons yet intrigues with a symphony of contradictions. Dainty yet firm; exotic yet familiar; an unexpected gust of wind on a scorching day… enlivening yet persistently enigmatic.
Vineyard and Winemaker’s notes
Our limited production Proprietary Field Blends are made exclusively from our estate and other vineyards with highly distinctive, stand-alone characteristics that combined make oxymorons come together perfectly. A blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat, and Chardonnay, these grapes come together in the vineyard, being processed together, to create a unique flavor profile that represents each vintage beautifully.
The 2014 “Brisa” is one of these winery exclusive Proprietary Field Blend wines produced for our special visitors and club members.
Specifications
Price Comparison
$388.85/case (for 2013, including shipping) at Enriquez Estate Wines
About The Winery
Winery: Enriquez Estate Wines
Owners: The Enriquez Family
Founded: 2009
Location: Forestville, CA
Cecilia Enriquez grew up in New Jersey, with no wine background whatsoever. All that changed when her family visited California in late 2009 and fell in love with wine country. Upon losing her job at Wells Fargo during the recession, she decided to throw caution to the wind and move to California, permanently, to start a wine brand in her family’s name. Attaching herself to anyone that would teach her, she quickly learned the craft and began winning awards for her wines. Now on her tenth vintage, Cecilia has honed her skills and begun experimenting with varietals not usually found in the Russian River area, and winemaking practices not commonly implemented in the US. She is all about pushing the envelope and feels that her unique entry into winemaking empowers her to think outside the box.
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Apr 29 - Tuesday, Apr 30
Enriquez Estate Wines “Brisa” White Blend
4 bottles for $59.99 $15/bottle + $2/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $149.99 $12.50/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
2014 Enriquez Estate Brisa
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2014 Enriquez Estate Wines “Brisa” White Blend - $30 = 16.66%
@chipgreen I understand how you come up with the 16.66% but I still feel the actual answer is 20.58% due to the fact you’re saving 50% on the shipping when buying the case. Net per bottle before tax of 13.50 vs 17.00. Just sayin…
@dgbickle Some of us pay $5 per month for “all you can ship”, some don’t. The savings % is based on communal criteria and shipping (like sales tax) varies based on the individual, so it is removed from the equation. But I get where you’re coming from and you can always do the extra math to assess your own personal savings!
2014 ENRIQUEZ Brisa
White blend
14.1% EBV per label
No other hints on label.
I got this wine at noon today, got the “Golden Ticket email” at 1pm saying this was going live at 11 (EEK!). So if this is shorter than you’d like, sorry, no time for love Dr Jones.
Let it sit in wine fridge at 53 degrees. Nice cork, initial nose is Chardonnay-ish with something ? Sweet. Pale yellow in glass. Initial sip is very smooth, kind of bland, but the kind of smooth you could put down more than you should before you realize it.
This apparently is not the “move the white wine! time is running out!” situation that you’d think. A review of the 2012 on CT in 2016 called it youthful. And indeed it seems the 2013 is the ‘current’ release. We’re getting an early preview? And a special on their site for April 2019 includes a 2010 Brisa.
So clues point to this being made to age, or at least last, quite a while.
Not dry, which is a requirement for my wife, so that saves me from being tempted that goodness. I’ve got a co-worker though who like Sauvignon Blanc, and likes a little sweet; I need to tell her about this.
@PatrickKarcher @mtb002
While we don’t have the RS (that would be helpful, or the producer checking in) I’m wondering if the
comment may actually be from fruit, rather than any minimal or perceptible/residual RS…
@mtb002 @rjquillin The CT review for the 2012 calls it “Medium sweet, not dry.” But, could have been fooled by fruit, as you say (I certainly have been). And different vintage. So, yeah, we don’t really know yet.
@mtb002 @PatrickKarcher Yeah, missed that, but only one CT note, for six vintages…
Not highly distributed it would seem.
Good rat; thanks.
@PatrickKarcher @rjquillin
I did check to see if I could find the RS, but I didn’t have time to get too deep into it before I needed to post the write up. I was expecting a lot sweeter from the nose, to be honest, but it really wasn’t sweet on the pallette. It certainly could just be the Muscat. I won’t claim to be particularly sensitive to small amounts of RS, though, so that’s why I hedged and said it may be off dry.
@mtb002 @PatrickKarcher @rjquillin Good morning! The blend is actually fermented completely dry so it is indeed a perceived sweetness from the muscat! It tends to be a perfect happy medium for both people who love dry or prefer a little sweetness as the blend plays on both.
@mtb002 @PatrickKarcher @rjquillin I’m definitely not widely distributed. I only have distribution in a couple of restaurants locally in Sonoma County, on Nantucket, and in the Palm Beach County/Stuart area of FL. I’m a producer of 500-600 cases annually and indeed love older vintages so current releases are 2013-2014 white, currently sold out of my tempranillo rose - will be bottling 2017 soon, on 2011-2012 pinots, 2012 Tempranillo. I don’t come from a wine background so I play with wine and like to have fun with different varietals/styles.
@enriquezwines @mtb002 @PatrickKarcher @rjquillin Welcome! Although this is not the offer for me, your Tempranillo rose sounds interesting.
I really can’t, but if another NOVA buddy grabs a case I could “help” by taking 1-3, more if trading, less if cash.
@PatrickKarcher would you split a four pack?
@Maurakid Ah, no, I would need the ‘case’ price, on principle. I can’t start paying more. And any wine that I can’t get because we can’t put together a case, is wine I couldn’t afford anyway, so that’s good!
Also, I should mention this is a great wine to play with different wine glasses. It really shows how different shaped wine glasses bring out the aromas & flavors of a specific varietal.
@enriquezwines
This idea appeals to the wine geek in me!
Really? blunt-traumatic-death
for some reason the clue section is not functioning tonight.
so how about a clue here? well, you gave their rose’ an A!
@Winedavid49 Apriori, eh?
@Winedavid49
Well, if they hadn’t just been up, Gruet Sparkling Brut Rosé seemed popular last December.
Although the recent offer didn’t have a Rosè.
@Winedavid49
If it’s not Apriori, then it could be King Estate’s North by Northwest Rosé. That had popular comments.
@InFrom @Winedavid49
But if I had to pick one:
Pedroncelli Signature Selection Dry Rosé of Zinfandel!
Always popular!
@Winedavid49
The Case savings vs. smaller allotment thread is also inaccessible.
@Winedavid49. Clue thread still MIA