Miura Vineyards wants to appear to be one of Napa Valley’s hottest boutique brands. The winery is a partnership between Emmanuel Kemiji, a Master Sommelier, and Byron Kosuge, the award-winning winemaker at Saintsbury. The thing that is interesting (to me anyway) is that they are located on Post Street in San Francisco and none of the grapes come from Napa valley. They buy grapes from top vineyards, and produce some intense wines. The wines (mostly Pinot and Chardonnay) are on restaurant lists from San Francisco to Singapore, though very little seems to make it into the retail market. Enough about the winery, this wine is big, full bodied and lush, it is very fruit forward, with powerful flavors. The nose is very rich and loaded with berry scents. If you want to try a California boutique wine, this would be a good one, you can get it for a fraction the price of some of the other boutique Pinots.
Sunday, February 12, 2006
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