Cantina Giardino Falanghina Fra

If this wine were a person: she would be a mildly delulu, aspiring model, currently known for posting thirst-trap photos and videos on whatever social-media app du jour. She just returned from this year's Burning Man mudpocalypse and hasn't showered in a week, but at least she cleaned up for dinner by rinsing off in the rain. She's still wearing a bikini, ski goggles, and knee-high fluffy boots... Visually, the wine is cloudy from fine sediment, but the bottle is …

Day 3 - Mondavi Bordeaux glass. Skin contact falangina. Incredibly artistic label. Looks unfiltered. A hazy and cloudy, pale apricot in the glass. Served cold, fresh crisp apple skins and apricot on the nose. Sharp and angular in the mouth, there’s a cider-esque quality to this wine, with hints of apple skins, and tart Granny Smith apples, but then dried apricots come flying across the palate, and the tannic finish reads of a metallic nickel laden structure. I’m getting the …