Tesoro (meaning Treasure) is a proprietary blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Syrah.
This blend opens with lofty aromas of wild berries, ripe red fruits, fresh violets, cocoa, fine leather, and cigar box. On the palate, the rich flavors are highlighted by intensive notes of brambly blackberry, dark cherry, cassis, black currant, roasted plum, cocoa, vanilla, and savory spices. A silky texture leads to a long finish. It drinks well now and will for another decade.
A fantastic wine to pair with slow roasted pork, duck, beef tenderloin, hearty stews, and Osso Bucco.
This vintage is composed of Sangiovese from Alpicella Vineyards, the Cabernet Sauvignon and the Syrah is from Deerfield Ranch Vineyards.
Winemaking Notes
This wine was made in the Super-Tuscan style and barrel-aged for 28 months. The varietals were fermented separately and then blended before bottling.
Specs
Vintage: 2017
Varietals: 49% Sangiovese, 23% Syrah, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 8% Petite Sirah.
Our mission is to create an avenue for our artistic expression that one can drink and enjoy, and to promote artisan handcrafted winemaking. Our award winning wines offer the best of the California Wine Country.
Winemaker and proprietor Michael Muscardini and family, have been in the wine business for more than a century. His grandfather, Emilio, sold wine in San Francisco after Prohibition and founded the St. Helena Napa Valley Wine Company. Today Michael is continuing his family tradition, making just 5,000 cases a year of mostly classic Italian reds. He is one of the winemakers that has been leading the way in the revival of Sangiovese and Barbera wines in Sonoma since 2005. Vintage after vintage, his Tuscan-style “Tesoro” (a blend of Sangiovese, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon) has been award-winning.
Michael’s deep community ties and warm relationships with other local winemakers enables him to source some of the best fruit for his wines from some of the best growers in the county.
From my family to your family, drink and enjoy, for life is short and wine is alive.
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
There’s a TDL;DR down there. Go ahead and skip all of this. It’s fine, really.
Every once in a blue moon there’s this magical email from UPS that a package is scheduled to be delivered and it lists the package weight as a mere four pounds, and the shipper as our dear friends at WCC. Not long after, the email from @WCCWineGirl arrives with (scant) details of an incoming package and offer date. These days are great days. Sadly, they are soon followed by the day(s) of depending on Brown to do their thing, watching said package cruise around for half a day in a surely uncooled truck, before they decide “nah, I’m done for the day” and choose to defer the Next Day delivery service until a later date. (Hopefully the extra time in the brown box in the brown truck had little to no effect on what I would experience.) Ah, the trials I endure by getting a bottle of wine for the mere cost of sharing my experiences with you–who have become some of my closest friends in this time of social isolation. (That reminds me: I should be more active on the forums…)
Also, thanks to WCC and Muscardini for this opportunity!
Obviously you already know what was in my little box, but you’re more interested in what was in the bottle, likely the only reason you’re even reading this. As further preface, I’ll admit to currently having an understocked kitchen, and a recent dietary change that has furthered the lack of selection in my cupboards. Woe is me! But really, it gave me more time to contemplate the Tesoro on its own. From the get-go, the presentation of the wine is great; a weighty bottle and tastefully silk screened, I was welcomed to my first Muscardini wine.
But on to the juice! Cork out, wine in glass: beautifully dark red hue; my initial impression was the call it claret in color, but I thought back on some of the Virginia Clarets I’ve had and decided that wasn’t a rich enough hue from my experience. Let’s call it deep Claret, and clear. Upon initial opening, the aromas weren’t especially speaking to me in terms of specifics, but I noted dark sweet cherries, some floral notes, and what I felt was most dominant on the nose at this point, leather. First tastes mostly confirmed what my nose was telling me, but I found in the full body of this wine plenty of the leather persisted, along with savory herbs, a bit of tobacco, and a slight sweetness more like blackberries than the cherries mentioned before. A nice long finish presented an evolving flavor of umami and a cigar box. As the glass sat longer, I felt like the aromas of the cherry that presented on my palette before were now something more like boysenberry or tart MIchigan cherries. I sipped the glass gingerly over too much of the evening as I tried to eek out of it more descriptors, but I kept landing back in the same place.
I left the wine stoppered on the counter overnight and revisited the next afternoon. On the revisit, I found that much of the brighter/sweeter notes had faded into smoother notes, the character was still very similar to day one, but also it felt more mature. The blackberries had more bramble notes, and I even made note of a brief moment of cedar that flitted away as quickly as I identified it. However, with what had happened in the intervening twenty-some hours, I was no longer nursing this glass as before, but rather enjoying it thoroughly with its more demure presentation on this second day. As I emptied the last of the bottle into my glass, I started to intentionally slow my roll, savor the aromas that had morphed towards more earthy scents (gone were the floral hints, and ideas of dark cherries), and burn into my mind (and therefore the page of my notebook) the notes that would make you like this wine as much as I decided I did on day two.
In retrospect, I really wish that I had some high-fat meats or rich tomato dishes on hand for this, as I felt like it could have elevated the experience. (My kingdom for a burger, or even some lasagna!) We also had a bottle of the 2013 Two Jakes Aspects open, so I couldn’t help but compare even a little, if for no other reason than that I could. The Aspects (open a day on the counter already) presented a bit fruitier and with far less of the organic-matter flavors (umami, leather), and finished a little sweeter. Would I prefer one over the other? Sure, but exactly which would depend on a lot of things as both are quite good! As an aside of sorts, I really would recommend against having this wine with 92%+ cacao for what I would hope are obvious reasons; learn from my mistakes (of what I had at hand) and just don’t do it.
My (obviously) better half gave the wine a half-hearted attempt and said that she found it overall one-dimensional, but I’ve often found that she and I have significantly different tastes in wine (e.g. her disdain for Pinot Noir in general, or more specifically her general disinterest in the recently-offered Onesta Cinsault). She also recently decided that–after reading through some notes in the De Long notebook–that she preferred more modern-drinking wines. So she’s not quite perfect.
If you did read through all of that–and I have to assume you likely didn’t if you’re human–thanks to you nearly as equal to that due Muscardini and WCC for giving me the chance to experience something new-to-me and share my roughly-constructed thoughts. Hopefully you’ll not have to depend solely on my ramblings to get a taste of this wine, but if you do… well, I’m sorry.
Too darn long; didn’t read: Beautiful deep-Claret color, with initial impressions of cherry sweetness and leather on nose mimicked on the palette. WIth time and air, both yielded to a wild/brambly dark fruit and earthy-worn leather that feels like it would be ideal with a rich, meaty meal. I miss FedEx shipping. Fine.
@drhellknow Nice recovery on your “better half” and her obviously broken palate. Anyone who dislikes Pinot Noir in general and Onesta Cinsaut in specific wouldn’t know a good thing if it sat in her lap and called her mama.
@KitMarlot I love almost all red wine but I strongly dislike two things: earthy (i.e. dirt-y) flavors, and Pinot Noir. Can’t explain it; just don’t like it. :::shrugs:::
I shared a bottle of 2011 Muscardini Tesoro with some of my NE OH peeps at a local pizza shop about 6 months ago. It disappeared quickly and was enjoyed by all. Great food wine, especially with pizza or hearty Italian fare. I am sitting on 8 bottles between 3 different vintages but interested in a couple/few more. (I also paid quite a bit more than the Casemates asking price for those bottles through another venue)
@chipgreen If NE Ohio is in a jam, over number ordered vs wanted, I can help, as I’m planning on buying a case. I only want 6, but won’t cry if I have 12 either! Just a thought if there is a pinch going on.
@chipgreen@mrn1 OK, thanks for the update, it’s actually a relief in a way. Found a small supply of
PPE and depleted my “goof off” account picking up masks for my extended family. Could have refilled it, but at least that’s one thing I won’t have to do unless I get around to it.
@merrybill@davirom@cortot
Looks like we’re up to 10 or 11 if cortot, davirom and I take three with merrybill at 1 or 2, that leaves only 1 or 2 unallocated; worth the case buy at this point. I’m the outlier in SD but would be willing to do the buy, who would like to take delivery. I have delivery addresses for cortot and davirom, likely could find one for merrybill.
Hand-off seems like it could be a quick low risk interaction easily accomplished at six feet plus; just set it down, walk away and let it get picked up.
@CorTot@klezman@merrybill@rjquillin Klez can have one of mine, so I’m at 2. We are a fairly geographically diverse group. If I am in the middle, I am willing to take delivery or I will go anywhere except San Diego to pick up. RJQ is already holding 4 other bottles for me, so if there is a way to arrange for those bottles to go where this wine goes that would be fantastic. I have done pick up or delivery at everyone’s except RJQ.
@CorTot@davirom@klezman@merrybill
Yeah, it’s been tough to get up there lately.
I had a scheduled visit that would have been close to you but that got scuttled.
If all agree, I’ll direct them your way.
Klez can grab those for cortot and that will get them a bit closer to him, if that works.
lmk
@CorTot@davirom@merrybill@rjquillin However it works out is fine with me.
For the record, davirom is closer to cortot than I am. Although I do have boxes for him. And one for Bill. And 4 for Ron.
@CorTot@davirom@klezman@merrybill
Guess I’m closer to clueless on LA geography that I thought.
I wouldn’t mind shedding a bottle to trim to three, but if it’s four, so be it. Good to see the winery come back on-line, I was close to scuttling this for lack of their interest.
Looks like David gets a case of swanky-lolling-laugh…
@CorTot@klezman@merrybill@rjquillin The wine has arrived! It is going into quarantine until the weekend and should be ready for meet up or pick up or whatever any time after that.
@CorTot@klezman@merrybill@rjquillin Well, I opened one of my two bottle allocation. Let’s just say if anyone is having second thoughts I will be happy to take some off their hands.
@michaepf Great! If nobody else jumps in I suppose I can take the other six myself. Already overflowing in red blends but cannot pass up on this. Do you want to order or shall I? Only concern from my end is that I will be out of town from 7/23-8/2 which would likely be the delivery window.
@davidj94112 I’m fine either way. Do you have a car? Because we don’t. Ideally it’d be easier for me to order and have you pick it up when it’s convenient for you. We’re in Cole Valley.
@davidj94112@michaepf@nono2000 I’m in the inner richmond if anyone wants a smaller split, (just seeing this now). If not, no worries and see you on a Safe Street saunter.
So excited to have Muscardini on Casemates (my old stomping grounds) I had the opportunity to try the new 2017 vintage before retiring from MC and I gotta tell you, I thought it was OUTSTANDING! Hands down the 2017 is my favorite of all the vintages (and I was there for 14+ years). For me, very smooth off the cuff and continues to round out with all the varietals blending well together and so elegant. I’m in for a case because at this price, I won’t fear sharing some.
@muscardiniwine@WCCWineGirl
Thank you WineGirl for helping to procure this deal and thank you Muscardini for the great offer! (and of course, as always, thanks to WD who just keeps crushing it)
In for a case. In the late 2000’s, I had my first trip to Napa / Sonoma and during the Sonoma portion of the trip, I had the opportunity to meet my first winemaker. It was Michael and his wife at their tasting room which I believe was shared at the time with Ty Caton (not sure if this is still the case). They were having a small private party at the time but welcomed us in with open arms. I was new to wine at the time so it was a great experience and memory. Since then I have been a big fan of the Muscardini wines. I haven’t had Tesoro in a very long time so I am really excited to try it again!
@MSUGOGRN thanks for sharing this memory. We have our own tasting room now but are still located in Kenwood. Happy you will get to enjoy our wine again!
Oh wow. I haven’t had a Muscardini in over a decade! I should pick up a case but I’m not sure I want it sitting in a hundred degree warehouse for a week. UPS union workers in Sacramento have decided to play games holding up packages and blaming it on COVID19.
@danandlisa@winesnob while both are erratic, fedex is worse in my neck of the woods. They-- particularly tge “hime delivery” service-- are relying more heavily on independent contractors/gigg drivers pin the couldnt care less needle.
Hello Casematers! We are excited to be featured and share our amazing flagship wine with you!!! This is an amazing vintage of Tesoro and is a truly unique wine - there’s not a lot of similar blends out there from Sonoma Valley. Enjoy and feel free to ask us any questions you may have!
@muscardiniwine Good to have you both, seldom do we get ganged up with both the GM and the winemaker, now, hopefully we’ll hold up our end as well.
In your winemaking notes you mention separate fermentation followed by 28 months in barrel.
Did any of the wines see some aging before the blend? What was the barrel regime for the extended aging, and how do you think this well continue to cellar age?
Each varietal is aged separately for 28 months. Then the varietals are blended and aged for another 2-4 months seeing no more than 20-25 new oak throughout the entire aging process.
All of our Tesoros are designed for balance and aging, they are, in essence our “Cabernet”. They are built to age for at least a decade or a range of 8-10 years, potentially peaking into its best at the 8-9 year mark.
Each varietal lends a specific textural foundation that contributes to the blends overall aging potential. I believe the Tesoros tend to be at least 50% or less Sangio to represent the acidity portion of the blend, while the lesser percentages of the Syrah and Cab provide the tannic structure, not to mention, meatiness and spice. Michael never co-ferments his Syrah with Viognier either - which is important to note as it creates a much bolder and intense Syrah. I’ve often found his Syrah to be the boldest wine he produces as you have some acidity, a lot of tannin, bold fruit and a range of spice. Anyway, it emboldens the blend while adding complexity.
@klezman@muscardiniwine@wccwinegirl
Thanks for the updates and thoughts.
While we were working on an order, the additional insights helped push the button.
I see you also do some single vineyard CS, perhaps for a future offer…
@shokes I’m in Columbia - about 2.5-ish hours from you. You headed south any time in August? We’ll be in Raleigh (which is the wrong direction, but we’ll be driving near Charlotte) in two weeks, but I doubt the wine will arrive by then.
@shokes@thrillhouse74 I’m good for 3-6 bottles. Just let me know! I’m in Lake Murray, and the kid plays tennis off of Sunset. ANY time you want to split, just LMK. I’m rapidly running out of room, so can’t quite manage full cases.
@thrillhouse74@veevandyke I’m a Gamecock, so usually there for football games, but who knows this year. I have an office in Charlotte and am there regularly. I could do 4 or 6 - just dont know how easy it will be to meet up.
@shokes – up to you! I can hang onto it for a while, but it will be in A/C – not a designated wine cooler. Don’t know what the tennis schedule is past August 1, so not 100% sure when I’m going to be up there either. @thrillhouse74 - how many bottles would you want?
Anyone in S. Florida looking to split? They usually deliver early afternoon to my office in Royal Palm Beach and I haven’t had any issues with the heat.
Michael’s wines are very good, and I used to be a member of the wine club. Loved the Tesoro. If I wasn’t about to be closing on a new house and changing states, I would buy it.
I love super tuscans and this one did not disappoint. The description of the wine on the label pretty much nailed it as a big bold inky and fruity wine (and fortunately, not sweet). I enjoyed exploring a bottle with the wife over pasta with homemade meatballs and we were both impressed. This wine is ready to drink now but could also easily hold up to the cellar so I think I’m going to split my case into a drink now and then save a few to see how they grow with some aging.
2017 Tesoro Super-Tuscan Red Blend
Tasting Notes
Winemaking Notes
Specs
Included in the Box
Price Comparison
$728.92 at Michael Muscardini for 12x of the 2017 Tesoro Super-Tuscan Red Blend
About The Winery
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
Estimated Delivery
Monday, August 3rd - Tuesday, August 4th
Muscardini Tesoro
2 bottles for $54.99 $27.50/bottle + $4/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $249.99 $20.83/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
2017 Muscardini Tesoro
There’s a TDL;DR down there. Go ahead and skip all of this. It’s fine, really.
Every once in a blue moon there’s this magical email from UPS that a package is scheduled to be delivered and it lists the package weight as a mere four pounds, and the shipper as our dear friends at WCC. Not long after, the email from @WCCWineGirl arrives with (scant) details of an incoming package and offer date. These days are great days. Sadly, they are soon followed by the day(s) of depending on Brown to do their thing, watching said package cruise around for half a day in a surely uncooled truck, before they decide “nah, I’m done for the day” and choose to defer the Next Day delivery service until a later date. (Hopefully the extra time in the brown box in the brown truck had little to no effect on what I would experience.) Ah, the trials I endure by getting a bottle of wine for the mere cost of sharing my experiences with you–who have become some of my closest friends in this time of social isolation. (That reminds me: I should be more active on the forums…)
Also, thanks to WCC and Muscardini for this opportunity!
Obviously you already know what was in my little box, but you’re more interested in what was in the bottle, likely the only reason you’re even reading this. As further preface, I’ll admit to currently having an understocked kitchen, and a recent dietary change that has furthered the lack of selection in my cupboards. Woe is me! But really, it gave me more time to contemplate the Tesoro on its own. From the get-go, the presentation of the wine is great; a weighty bottle and tastefully silk screened, I was welcomed to my first Muscardini wine.
But on to the juice! Cork out, wine in glass: beautifully dark red hue; my initial impression was the call it claret in color, but I thought back on some of the Virginia Clarets I’ve had and decided that wasn’t a rich enough hue from my experience. Let’s call it deep Claret, and clear. Upon initial opening, the aromas weren’t especially speaking to me in terms of specifics, but I noted dark sweet cherries, some floral notes, and what I felt was most dominant on the nose at this point, leather. First tastes mostly confirmed what my nose was telling me, but I found in the full body of this wine plenty of the leather persisted, along with savory herbs, a bit of tobacco, and a slight sweetness more like blackberries than the cherries mentioned before. A nice long finish presented an evolving flavor of umami and a cigar box. As the glass sat longer, I felt like the aromas of the cherry that presented on my palette before were now something more like boysenberry or tart MIchigan cherries. I sipped the glass gingerly over too much of the evening as I tried to eek out of it more descriptors, but I kept landing back in the same place.
I left the wine stoppered on the counter overnight and revisited the next afternoon. On the revisit, I found that much of the brighter/sweeter notes had faded into smoother notes, the character was still very similar to day one, but also it felt more mature. The blackberries had more bramble notes, and I even made note of a brief moment of cedar that flitted away as quickly as I identified it. However, with what had happened in the intervening twenty-some hours, I was no longer nursing this glass as before, but rather enjoying it thoroughly with its more demure presentation on this second day. As I emptied the last of the bottle into my glass, I started to intentionally slow my roll, savor the aromas that had morphed towards more earthy scents (gone were the floral hints, and ideas of dark cherries), and burn into my mind (and therefore the page of my notebook) the notes that would make you like this wine as much as I decided I did on day two.
In retrospect, I really wish that I had some high-fat meats or rich tomato dishes on hand for this, as I felt like it could have elevated the experience. (My kingdom for a burger, or even some lasagna!) We also had a bottle of the 2013 Two Jakes Aspects open, so I couldn’t help but compare even a little, if for no other reason than that I could. The Aspects (open a day on the counter already) presented a bit fruitier and with far less of the organic-matter flavors (umami, leather), and finished a little sweeter. Would I prefer one over the other? Sure, but exactly which would depend on a lot of things as both are quite good! As an aside of sorts, I really would recommend against having this wine with 92%+ cacao for what I would hope are obvious reasons; learn from my mistakes (of what I had at hand) and just don’t do it.
My (obviously) better half gave the wine a half-hearted attempt and said that she found it overall one-dimensional, but I’ve often found that she and I have significantly different tastes in wine (e.g. her disdain for Pinot Noir in general, or more specifically her general disinterest in the recently-offered Onesta Cinsault). She also recently decided that–after reading through some notes in the De Long notebook–that she preferred more modern-drinking wines. So she’s not quite perfect.
If you did read through all of that–and I have to assume you likely didn’t if you’re human–thanks to you nearly as equal to that due Muscardini and WCC for giving me the chance to experience something new-to-me and share my roughly-constructed thoughts. Hopefully you’ll not have to depend solely on my ramblings to get a taste of this wine, but if you do… well, I’m sorry.
Too darn long; didn’t read: Beautiful deep-Claret color, with initial impressions of cherry sweetness and leather on nose mimicked on the palette. WIth time and air, both yielded to a wild/brambly dark fruit and earthy-worn leather that feels like it would be ideal with a rich, meaty meal. I miss FedEx shipping. Fine.
@drhellknow Thank you for this amazing and detailed report.
@WCCWineGirl Hoping for a Vintner appearance…
@drhellknow great rattage! And thanks for the nod to MIchigan.
@ttboy23 Go Blue!
@drhellknow Nice recovery on your “better half” and her obviously broken palate. Anyone who dislikes Pinot Noir in general and Onesta Cinsaut in specific wouldn’t know a good thing if it sat in her lap and called her mama.
@rjquillin we are here!
@drhellknow So long he even managed to add an extra word to “tl;dr”
@KitMarlot I love almost all red wine but I strongly dislike two things: earthy (i.e. dirt-y) flavors, and Pinot Noir. Can’t explain it; just don’t like it. :::shrugs:::
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2017 Muscardini Tesoro - $80 = 24.23%
I shared a bottle of 2011 Muscardini Tesoro with some of my NE OH peeps at a local pizza shop about 6 months ago. It disappeared quickly and was enjoyed by all. Great food wine, especially with pizza or hearty Italian fare. I am sitting on 8 bottles between 3 different vintages but interested in a couple/few more. (I also paid quite a bit more than the Casemates asking price for those bottles through another venue)
Would prefer if someone else pulled the trigger but willing to make the buy if there is enough interest.
@boatman72 @mrn1 @pjmartin @marikar @msten
@chipgreen I’m in, and am happy to do the heavy lifting. I’ll take 3 or 4… let’s see who else joins in.
@chipgreen @mrn1 @boatman72 @marikar @msten Yeah, that was nice. I’m in for what ever split works out.
@chipgreen always interested
@Boatman72 @chipgreen @marikar @msten @pjmartin Case coming my way. We can work out the details later. Pete…safe travels. Me road trip to Cincy and back today.
@chipgreen @marikar @mrn1 @msten @pjmartin I’d like to join in too! What ever number that works!
@chipgreen If NE Ohio is in a jam, over number ordered vs wanted, I can help, as I’m planning on buying a case. I only want 6, but won’t cry if I have 12 either! Just a thought if there is a pinch going on.
@chipgreen @CroutonOllie No one is this gang is ever going to
a. run out of wine
b. die of thirst
Thanks for offering to share your case, but we were able to dice this one up to everyone’s satisfaction.
Stay cool…gonna be a hot one Saturday!
@chipgreen @mrn1 OK, thanks for the update, it’s actually a relief in a way. Found a small supply of
PPE and depleted my “goof off” account picking up masks for my extended family. Could have refilled it, but at least that’s one thing I won’t have to do unless I get around to it.
Good savings on that case.
Can we get a SoCal order assembled, pending Rats and Winemaker?
@rjquillin I can help.
Could take 3.
@rjquillin I would take 2 or 3. I’m somewhat concerned about the meeting to pick up issue. We could whisper to talk about it.
@rjquillin I’d take either 1 (preferably) or 2. Tesoro’s are always good.
@merrybill @davirom @cortot
Looks like we’re up to 10 or 11 if cortot, davirom and I take three with merrybill at 1 or 2, that leaves only 1 or 2 unallocated; worth the case buy at this point. I’m the outlier in SD but would be willing to do the buy, who would like to take delivery. I have delivery addresses for cortot and davirom, likely could find one for merrybill.
Hand-off seems like it could be a quick low risk interaction easily accomplished at six feet plus; just set it down, walk away and let it get picked up.
Thoughts?
@CorTot @davirom @merrybill @rjquillin I can take the last 1 or 2.
@CorTot @klezman @merrybill @rjquillin Klez can have one of mine, so I’m at 2. We are a fairly geographically diverse group. If I am in the middle, I am willing to take delivery or I will go anywhere except San Diego to pick up. RJQ is already holding 4 other bottles for me, so if there is a way to arrange for those bottles to go where this wine goes that would be fantastic. I have done pick up or delivery at everyone’s except RJQ.
@CorTot @davirom @klezman @merrybill
Yeah, it’s been tough to get up there lately.
I had a scheduled visit that would have been close to you but that got scuttled.
If all agree, I’ll direct them your way.
Klez can grab those for cortot and that will get them a bit closer to him, if that works.
lmk
@CorTot @davirom @merrybill @rjquillin However it works out is fine with me.
For the record, davirom is closer to cortot than I am. Although I do have boxes for him. And one for Bill. And 4 for Ron.
@CorTot @davirom @klezman @merrybill
Guess I’m closer to clueless on LA geography that I thought.
I wouldn’t mind shedding a bottle to trim to three, but if it’s four, so be it. Good to see the winery come back on-line, I was close to scuttling this for lack of their interest.
Looks like David gets a case of swanky-lolling-laugh…
@rjquillin When you get tracking info please send me a link.
@davirom absolutely, and it will be on the ss as well.
@CorTot @klezman @merrybill @rjquillin The wine has arrived! It is going into quarantine until the weekend and should be ready for meet up or pick up or whatever any time after that.
@CorTot @klezman @merrybill @rjquillin Well, I opened one of my two bottle allocation. Let’s just say if anyone is having second thoughts I will be happy to take some off their hands.
Is it Friday already?!
Would love to procure 3-4 bottles if there is anyone in Bay Area (I am in SF proper) interested in a split?
@davidj94112 I’m also in SF and would be interested! Could take as any as 6.
@michaepf Great! If nobody else jumps in I suppose I can take the other six myself. Already overflowing in red blends but cannot pass up on this. Do you want to order or shall I? Only concern from my end is that I will be out of town from 7/23-8/2 which would likely be the delivery window.
@davidj94112 I’m fine either way. Do you have a car? Because we don’t. Ideally it’d be easier for me to order and have you pick it up when it’s convenient for you. We’re in Cole Valley.
@michaepf I do have a car and can pick up in Cole Valley no problem. If you want to order, I can Venmo or PayPal now, or pay cash when I pick up.
@davidj94112 IF ANYONE ELSE IN SF AREA IS INTERESTED IN A SPLIT, WE CAN ADD A THIRD!
@davidj94112 Ordered! Payment on pickup is fine. My email is my screen name at Gmail.
@davidj94112 @michaepf Am interested in taking 4 and can pickup in Cole Valley.
@michaepf @nono2000 I am down going 4/4/4 if Michael is (?).
@davidj94112 @nono2000 4-4-4 sounds great. Can you shoot me a note so we can coordinate offline? My email is my casemates screen name at Gmail.
@davidj94112 @michaepf @nono2000 I’m in the inner richmond if anyone wants a smaller split, (just seeing this now). If not, no worries and see you on a Safe Street saunter.
@michaepf checking to see if you received my email?
@kylar Most of the bottles are spoken for, but I could part with one if that’s worth the pickup effort for you. Email me if you’re interested!
So excited to have Muscardini on Casemates (my old stomping grounds) I had the opportunity to try the new 2017 vintage before retiring from MC and I gotta tell you, I thought it was OUTSTANDING! Hands down the 2017 is my favorite of all the vintages (and I was there for 14+ years). For me, very smooth off the cuff and continues to round out with all the varietals blending well together and so elegant. I’m in for a case because at this price, I won’t fear sharing some.
@WCCWineGirl totally agree! The 2017 is stellar
@muscardiniwine @WCCWineGirl
Thank you WineGirl for helping to procure this deal and thank you Muscardini for the great offer! (and of course, as always, thanks to WD who just keeps crushing it)
@chipgreen @muscardiniwine Our pleasure. Agreed, WD has been slaying it.
In for a case. In the late 2000’s, I had my first trip to Napa / Sonoma and during the Sonoma portion of the trip, I had the opportunity to meet my first winemaker. It was Michael and his wife at their tasting room which I believe was shared at the time with Ty Caton (not sure if this is still the case). They were having a small private party at the time but welcomed us in with open arms. I was new to wine at the time so it was a great experience and memory. Since then I have been a big fan of the Muscardini wines. I haven’t had Tesoro in a very long time so I am really excited to try it again!
@MSUGOGRN thanks for sharing this memory. We have our own tasting room now but are still located in Kenwood. Happy you will get to enjoy our wine again!
Oh wow. I haven’t had a Muscardini in over a decade! I should pick up a case but I’m not sure I want it sitting in a hundred degree warehouse for a week. UPS union workers in Sacramento have decided to play games holding up packages and blaming it on COVID19.
I really miss FedEx.
@winesnob So that is why my wine is delayed. Ugh. I miss FedEx as well.
@winesnob I’m in sac, interested in case split?
@danandlisa @winesnob while both are erratic, fedex is worse in my neck of the woods. They-- particularly tge “hime delivery” service-- are relying more heavily on independent contractors/gigg drivers pin the couldnt care less needle.
@jontemple crap! I just now saw this. My notifications got filtered out. I would have considered it for sure. Keep me in mind next time. Thanks buddy.
Hello Casematers! We are excited to be featured and share our amazing flagship wine with you!!! This is an amazing vintage of Tesoro and is a truly unique wine - there’s not a lot of similar blends out there from Sonoma Valley. Enjoy and feel free to ask us any questions you may have!
@muscardiniwine Welcome.
Let me get you your grape badge to help identify you are with the winery.
For the group, in what capacity are you associated?
@rjquillin I’m Natalie the General Manager here and I’m with our owner and winemaker, Michael Muscardini who is here to answer all your questions.
@muscardiniwine Good to have you both, seldom do we get ganged up with both the GM and the winemaker, now, hopefully we’ll hold up our end as well.
In your winemaking notes you mention separate fermentation followed by 28 months in barrel.
Did any of the wines see some aging before the blend? What was the barrel regime for the extended aging, and how do you think this well continue to cellar age?
Thanks again.
@muscardiniwine @rjquillin Also, how do you determine the blend?
@muscardiniwine @wccwinegirl
You two coming back for a visit today?
@muscardiniwine @rjquillin Yes, winery will be back on in a bit. Thanks for asking.
@muscardiniwine @rjquillin Yes, winery will be back on in a bit. Thanks for asking.
@rjquillin
Each varietal is aged separately for 28 months. Then the varietals are blended and aged for another 2-4 months seeing no more than 20-25 new oak throughout the entire aging process.
All of our Tesoros are designed for balance and aging, they are, in essence our “Cabernet”. They are built to age for at least a decade or a range of 8-10 years, potentially peaking into its best at the 8-9 year mark.
@klezman @rjquillin
Each varietal lends a specific textural foundation that contributes to the blends overall aging potential. I believe the Tesoros tend to be at least 50% or less Sangio to represent the acidity portion of the blend, while the lesser percentages of the Syrah and Cab provide the tannic structure, not to mention, meatiness and spice. Michael never co-ferments his Syrah with Viognier either - which is important to note as it creates a much bolder and intense Syrah. I’ve often found his Syrah to be the boldest wine he produces as you have some acidity, a lot of tannin, bold fruit and a range of spice. Anyway, it emboldens the blend while adding complexity.
@klezman @muscardiniwine @wccwinegirl
Thanks for the updates and thoughts.
While we were working on an order, the additional insights helped push the button.
I see you also do some single vineyard CS, perhaps for a future offer…
Um…Yeah. I’m in for a case-a-roonie!
/giphy costly-cultured-leech
Wow, been ages… haven’t had muscardini since they shared a space with Ty Caton. Very excited to see it available
Anyone in the Carolinas (Specifically South Carolina, but we travel all over the South for tennis) interested in splitting a case?
@veevandyke I’m in NC and would be interested. I’m about 50 mins NW of Charlotte
@shokes I’m in Columbia - about 2.5-ish hours from you. You headed south any time in August? We’ll be in Raleigh (which is the wrong direction, but we’ll be driving near Charlotte) in two weeks, but I doubt the wine will arrive by then.
@shokes @veevandyke I’m also in Columbia area (Lexington), definitely interested in a split
@shokes @thrillhouse74 I’m good for 3-6 bottles. Just let me know! I’m in Lake Murray, and the kid plays tennis off of Sunset. ANY time you want to split, just LMK. I’m rapidly running out of room, so can’t quite manage full cases.
@thrillhouse74 @veevandyke I’m a Gamecock, so usually there for football games, but who knows this year. I have an office in Charlotte and am there regularly. I could do 4 or 6 - just dont know how easy it will be to meet up.
@shokes – up to you! I can hang onto it for a while, but it will be in A/C – not a designated wine cooler. Don’t know what the tennis schedule is past August 1, so not 100% sure when I’m going to be up there either. @thrillhouse74 - how many bottles would you want?
@thrillhouse74 @veevandyke I’ll pass since we aren’t that close but thank you!
@veevandyke I could go for 6
Anyone in S. Florida looking to split? They usually deliver early afternoon to my office in Royal Palm Beach and I haven’t had any issues with the heat.
Michael’s wines are very good, and I used to be a member of the wine club. Loved the Tesoro. If I wasn’t about to be closing on a new house and changing states, I would buy it.
Missing FedEx. My wine is delayed in some hot UPS warehouse.
I love super tuscans and this one did not disappoint. The description of the wine on the label pretty much nailed it as a big bold inky and fruity wine (and fortunately, not sweet). I enjoyed exploring a bottle with the wife over pasta with homemade meatballs and we were both impressed. This wine is ready to drink now but could also easily hold up to the cellar so I think I’m going to split my case into a drink now and then save a few to see how they grow with some aging.