This one came from the liquor store in Paola.

They generally have “decent” PNs, so I go there
when I don’t have time to “go to town”.

I have learned from experience that they sometimes
have some “outliers” with respect to “vintage”, so
I got suspicious when I saw a 2007 PN.

I showed this wine to the owner and basically said
WTF.

Even HE was a bit mystified.

It was listed at $22 on a “red tag” so I suspected
that it wasn’t a “fast mover”.

I told him I would “take a chance” on it if it
was $10. (I wasn’t bargaining, just making
a matter-of-fact statement.)

He said “sold”.

I couldn’t wait to try it.

OMG.

The first sip revealed that paleness and
perfume that I could only hope for in a
Bourgogne wine.

Just BEAUTIFUL.

It packs a lot of heat at 14.5% ALC, so I’m
going to TRY TO BE CAREFUL with this one, but
it WILL BE HARD.

I owe SOMEBODY $12.

One of my “goofball” wine exploits was to
drink CA PNs working from the north and moving
down the coast.

I got stuck in Lake/Mendocino counties and never
bothered to METHODICALLY venture south.

If this wine is “exemplary” of a RR PN, then
I might acquiesce to leap frog other AVAs just
to resume my fantastic voyage.

I’m using the PN-specific Riedel glass for this one.

It’s pushing 1:00pm and food is the farthest thing
from my mind.

(I do notice however that it is lacing up its sprinting
shoes and will be here in record time.)

https://youtu.be/JpkB3CdlGCM?t=1m30s

I feel like a deer in the headlights.

Holy Moly.

Man cannot sustain himself by fasting alone,
he must have RR PN.

I sent a “contact us” email to the Picket Fence folks
sharing my notes up to this point.

I don’t want to drink another wine unless it is
AT LEAST THIS GOOD.

Something like that.

Just kidding. Obviously, I’ll drink ANYTHING hoping
it’s YUMMY.

The good thing is that most of the time IT IS.

Flo-Jo arrived with lunch and I had two different potatoes
“things”; Omaha Steak “tots” and “red smashed”.

I should have had the pork combo…

Day Two…

Lunch Menu: Andre’s quiche and the little bit of this wine
I managed to save.

The wine has tannins.

Not big, bad, or ugly; just palate soothing,
delicious, and gorgeous.

I can’t distinguish the start from “the finish”.

Why CAN’T tannins be noticeable on “the start”.

I DON’T KNOW.

The tannins are welcome whenever they show up.

As long as they don’t bring along their oaky friends.

Unless they are all French tarts. I could make an
exception for that.

I need to make a trip to Paola…

And relax.