Forlorn Hope St. Laurent Ost-Intrigen ricci

Drank over two days, better on day 2. (Great one Day 1 -- crunchy, leafy, tight/tart black cherries --but a bit monochromatic.) Day 2 it had unfolded and was honestly kinda hard not to glug. (At 9% abv, why not?) This will never be a wildly complicated wine but it has lots of life left in it and is absolutely delicious.

There was a pale sediment so I stood this for a day and decanted There were some bubble that came to srface with that and then blew away. I found the fruit bright with and edge some would say crunchy. It improved with more air but overall it was like a bistro wine - plays a nice accompanyment with food but not a profound wine. I think it would be a great daily drinker except the sediment looked unusual (dead …

How does one get such an intriguing, expressive wine at only 9.6% (off-dry Rieslings aside)?? If anyone can, it’s no surprise to be coming from Matthew Rorick and Forlorn Hope, wines unafraid to push boundaries and defy convention. This St Laurent was a study in peppery menthol; in thyme, gravel, and smoke; in tart ted berries and sour cherry, with hints of candied fruit and licorice peeking through now and then; in a wonderful sense of rose tea. It was …

First time trying at cellar temp it struck me as a Beaujolais but after warming a more earthy pinot profile emerged fascinating but perhaps I was the only one amused

Lean and mean. 1st day had some pleasant reductive funk - blew off by day 2. I'd compare to Cru Bojo, but less fruit. Nice stoney texture. 10% alcohol.

Interesting stuff: black cherry, leather, by leaf, gamey, super dry.