2018 Ultramarine Blanc de Blancs Heintz Vineyard Sonoma Coast
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csimm wrote:
Sunday, May 12, 2024 - I finally figured it out… Any time I can’t decide between a Hefeweizen or a Champagne, I reach for Ultramarine. The brats and kraut sparkling wine. The chotomy to my dichotomy.
No more sleepless nights. No more woe-ridden teeth clenching. No more, “Where does Ultramarine fit in to my cellar identity and how do I compartmentalize it in a way that doesn’t betray my allegiance to the cherished Champ?!”
Thanks Ultramarine; the Alka-seltzer of my wine anxieties.
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Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
5/13/2024 3:00:00 AM - Eureka! That’s it! I don’t really eat brats or beer so I will have to find my own aha moment for Ultramarine. But yours makes sense, there is a sour riot note that sometimes reminds me of a craft beer.
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/13/2024 8:34:00 AM - "My allegiance to the cherished Champ"...
Comment posted by csimm:
5/13/2024 8:50:00 AM - @Cristal2000 - Much like your allegiance to the fruity Crane…
Comment posted by csimm:
5/13/2024 8:54:00 AM - @DQ - … If brats aren’t your thing, perhaps a chips and salsa kind of beer/wine sparkler dealio. Cristal2000 can get down with that. I’ve seen him destroy a 3LB. sack of Doritos in one sitting. A perfect Ultramarine pairing!
Comment posted by bsumoba:
5/13/2024 8:55:00 AM - I debated between a champ and a blue moon with my freshly caught fish taco dinner, but went the beer route. Ultrmarine would've been a good choice though, if I had anymore.
Comment posted by csimm:
5/13/2024 8:57:00 AM - Excellent pairing choice bsumoba! See, look at all the options; though I do think if we threw it in the last blind Champ flight we did, it would have….um….. stood out….
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/13/2024 8:58:00 AM - B: I'd have gone with 2018 Lafleur, but that's just me...
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/13/2024 9:00:00 AM - C: Pretentious Frenchie. :)
Comment posted by csimm:
5/13/2024 9:06:00 AM - Cristal is a Champagne, right? Like in France? Like not a Beckstoffer vineyard?
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/13/2024 9:09:00 AM - Any chance there's a stored cache of profile pics on here? I'd like to get the Carter Bottle you featured for a number of years...
Comment posted by bsumoba:
5/13/2024 9:20:00 AM - We're going to tell Cristal that he's coming for a Lafleur/Cheval/Margaux tasting and it is going to be a Carter/Bevan/Maybach tasting instead.
Why do I get a sense that our palates are going across the pond? All I hear is Cristal talking about Petrus and Lafleur; never Screagle or Fairest Creature. And for SIMM, we know he went all in on white burg and champ a while ago.
Comment posted by csimm:
5/13/2024 9:24:00 AM - Maybe Roederer will make a “Triple C” Cristal Crane Cabernet when they buy out Memento Mori one day…
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/13/2024 11:01:00 AM - CSIMM may be ever so slightly influenced by someone else in his household, and it's not 'Merica doggy either. :)
Comment posted by csimm:
5/13/2024 11:21:00 AM - Merica dog likes Champagne flavored biscuits.
Comment posted by WineBurrowingWombat:
5/13/2024 3:02:00 PM - .. I knew I felt a gazing stare from afar when I was walking around this morning.
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/13/2024 3:26:00 PM - WBW: I'd keep my head up if I were you...
Comment posted by MJP Hou TX:
5/16/2024 4:13:00 AM - Hilarious! I'm guess I know what to pair with this wine when I finally try it.
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
5/17/2024 3:12:00 AM - Apparently dog biscuits
Comment posted by csimm:
5/17/2024 7:56:00 AM - Not just dog biscuits…CHAMPAGNE dog biscuits of course….
Comment posted by Decanting Queen:
5/18/2024 5:24:00 AM - Obviously!