(Big) Blue and Wine: Peter Lehmann Layers

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Peter Lehmann Layers

Name: Peter Lehmann Layers
Color: White
Varietal: Blend (Pinot Gris/Muscat/Gewurtztraminer/Chardonnay/Semillon)
Vintage: 2008
Country/State: Australia
Region: Adelaide
Price: $15
Stars: 4.5 (out of 5)

I love this wine!! I had a glass at the Green Springs Bistro in Safety Harbor on my birthday, and have been searching for it ever since. I found it today at Lueken's Liquors in Dunedin, and quickly bought a bottle to have with my Father's Day dinner of scallops in a honey lime sauce...Both the meal and the wine were delicious.

Every review of this wine online mentions that it is a "melange" of flavors from five white grapes (Pinot Gris, Muscat, Gewurtztraminer, Chardonnay, and Semillon). Since I'm a product of a public school system, you won't find me using the word melange in any of my postings. The word "blend" works just fine for me. When wine geeks start throwing around words like melange, cassis, anise, or malolactic fermenation, I start to feel like Jefe when El Guapo asks him, "Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?"

My man, Jefe, would be completely confused by some of the terminology used to describe wine!

The Peter Lehmann Layers was very crisp, refreshing, and extremely easy drinking. It had an aroma and taste of lemon, lime, peach, and pear. It was very well balanced and smooth.

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The main purpose of this blog is to provide an outlet for my wife and I to keep track of and easily organize wines as we buy them, drink them, and review them. Although we have been drinking wine for years, we really developed a strong interest in wine in the late summer of 2008. From about August of 2008 through mid-March of 2009, we consumed approximately 35 bottles of wine. I have tried to keep track of these wines and our feelings about them, primarily through the use of Excel spreadsheets. I am hoping that this blog will allow us to accomplish some of these goals more effectively and interactively. I briefly summarized these wines in the first post of the blog. Subsequently, I will post more detailed notes regarding our tastings as we look to expand our palates and continue our journey of exploring the world of wine. Along the way, I will try to make notes about my wine-related influences and provide links to some of my favorite sources on the web. Occasionally, I may post about other life events or happenings in the world of sports and music, two of my other passions.