Meza Wine Club / September 2025
Natural Red / Red
Wine 1: Martha Stolpman Post Flirtation Red
A blend of 62% Zinfandel, 34% Carignan, 3% Pinot noir, 1% Petite Sirah from vines that were planted in 1948. This concentrated kitchen chameleon carries a banner for California crowd-pleasers. Year after year, excellent sourcing and careful blending yield a heart-warming wine that’s bursting with juicy red fruit. Bring this joyous bottle into any bustling hearth and share amongst friends old and new. This red heralds radiant aromas of yeasty chocolate and a hint of rose.
Wine 2: Fabien Joives Haute Cot de Fruit Cahors Malbec
Leave it to Fabien Jouves to recuperate the oft-underrated grape Malbec into a juicy, fresh-faced crusher ready to drink now! The name is a play off the esteemed Burgundy appellation Hautes-Côtes-de-Nuit, a wink wink nudge nudge that this isn’t your whatever-sounding French red but rather, a slightly edgy, natty red with a mischievous twinkle in its eye. Farmed biodynamically and fermented and aged for six months in tank, this almost reads like a mixed berry salad in the glass, all mulberry, cherry and spiced plum. Liquorice nibs, blackberry panna cotta, vanilla yogurt and saddle leather with velour tracksuit tannins and tangy raspberry seed acidity. A touch of earth brings some much-needed levity to this full, fruit-driven & food-friendly stunner. Find it near the BBQ, commiserating with the other grill dads about when to flip that bad boy over.
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