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Odisea Wine Company is a partnership between Adam Webb and Mike Kuenz. They started the company to produce wines from varietals that they were passionate about and took their inspiration from wines they love made in the south of France and the Iberian Peninsula. This wine is a very unique blend of grapes. They had no idea the varieties would blend so well. The earliest recorded planting of Verdelho is from Portugal in the 15th century. It was one of the most widely planted varieties on the island of Madeira until the 20th century. The round, medium-gold to amber Marsanne makes a deep-colored wine that is also fairly full-bodied. Where growing conditions are right, Marsanne aromas can suggest almond or citrus, mixed with perfume. Its low acidity usually means that Marsanne is best consumed young except when blended, as it is here, with other grapes of intense acidity. It's like getting the best of both worlds. The grapes for this wine come from four unique vineyard sites in California. Verdelho is originally from the Iberian Peninsula, particularly Portugal. These vines were planted from cuttings brought back from the Azores. Roussanne comes from the sandy soils of Amorosa vineyard in Lodi with two special clones of this rare Rhone grape, Alban and Tablas. The Marsanne is from the low yielding Herzog Vineyard in Clarksburg known for its warm, sunny days and cool breezy nights perfectly suited for ripening complex grapes. The Viognier for the blend comes from the Sueno Vineyard. Sueno means dream in Spanish, and is located in the Clements Hills of Eastern Lodi. Sueno also benefits from long sunny days and cooling afternoon breezes. When combined with the gentle rolling hills, the gravely loam and decomposed granite soils, they make ideal growing conditions for this grape. The grapes are grown organically without the use of herbicides or pesticides. The Veritable Quandry White is a brand new wine for Odisea. It combines their love and passion for the white wines from France's Rhone Valley and Spain's signature white wine, Albari?o, from the Galician Coast. These grapes are not typically blended together. In their attempt to bring you the most exciting, interesting and delicious wine possible, they gave it a try and discovered a little bit of magic that is this month's selection. June 2010 Vintners Series Newsletter (.pdf)
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