Name of wine: Sean Thackrey Orion 2010 California Native Wine Rossi Vineyard St Helena
(Rhone-style field blend, St. Helena AVA, California) Alcohol 15.2%
Sean Thackrey, Bolinas, California
Price paid: $90 Buy Now
Where purchased: Vino!, San Francisco, California
Tasting Notes and my Comments: This bottle is truly sublime. Like no other wine that I have ever tasted before. The fruit gets bigger with each sip. One jammy mouthful after another. Think Châteauneuf-du-Pape California-style. A Rhone-style field blend 11 Varietals planted in the Rossi Vineyard. Tasted September 29th, 2012.
Color: Medium clear. The color of aubergine.
Nose: Moderate nose. Needs time to open up. Please give this one some time! Earthy chalk. Woody. With a high note.
Palate: Dry with some fruit. Tannic with 15.2% alcohol. Wonderfully chalky and unfiltered. A noseful of quince.
Food: This was my choice for this year’s birthday bottle, so I went BIG! We paired it with our famous prime rib pot roast with organic vegetables. Deee-vine! Yes, you read that right. Prime.Rib.Pot.Roast.
Winemaker notes:
From Sean Thackrey’s Wikipedia entry.:
Thackrey’s flagship wine is Orion (Sean Thackrey Orion Rossi Vineyard St. Helena California Native Red Wine), produced from 1986-1990 using Syrah grapes from Arthur Schmidt’s old vine vineyard near Yountville until this was bought by Clarke Swanson,[7] and since 1992 from the 5-acre (2.0 ha) Rossi vineyard in St. Helena, planted in 1905. Thackrey is uncertain what grape varieties are in the field blend, as UC Davis researchers have attempted a vineyard test without certain conclusions.[5]
The St. Helena AVA is located in the northern end of Napa Valley. It is thought that 11 different varietals have been planted in the Rossi Vineyard since 1905. The vineyard is thought to be dominated by Syrah that was once planted in Côte-Rôtie.
Have you tried any Châteauneuf-du-Pape? You must check this one out soon as it is extremely limited each year.
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Peter,
Many thanks for your generous and appreciative review of the 2010 Orion; since my only object as a
wine-maker is to give pleasure, it’s in turn a pleasure to hear that I have done so. But I also must express
my charm in seeing your typo of “naive” red wine for what’s actually on the label, which is “native” red wine!
Naive just goes somewhere entirely different, that I really like; I’ve got to use that on some future label.
with all best wishes,
Sean
Sean H. Thackrey
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Sean,
I am so pleased that you stopped by and liked the review. “Naive” wine indeed! Thank you for pointing out my error. All fixed now (I hope). Feel free to use it in the future as I would be honored.
My wife and I love your wine and have been enjoying it for several vintages now. We would like to visit with you sometime in Bolinas this year as we are in San Francisco and get up to Marin often.
cheers,
Pete
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