This blog entry is as much about the pictures that I took of these DONATI Family Vineyard Paicines San Benito County CA. 2006 dry red as well as the " Claret " red DONATI Family Vineyard red blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Sirah and Malbec wines as it is about the wines themselves. I obviously really liked the 2006 Merlot and enjoyed both it's luminous, viscous color as I did it's taste and flavors. That's good : my attentions were clearly split and I had to compartmentalize the experience that I was undergoing, caught up in and moved along as if I had gotten myself into a stream and it carried me along of it's own volition, whim, speed and pace.
This is as much for the artist as me as it is for the wine. I had a great subject here with the color and the label and the wine bottle, Reidel wine-tasting glass and all the light reflections and luminosity. Looking at these pictures I am moved and inspired by the velvet touch, the contrasts of elements and textures and the richness of the colors and the closeness and proximity to these various parts that come together rather seamlessly to make a vibrant whole.
I love the darkness and the shadow and muted lights of the picture above, I like, too how the ceiling light looks so luminous and green as it comes through the green glass of the bottle DONATI Paicines San Benito Merlot 2006.
This picture above has. demands to be enlarged on your monitor as there are small spots of different colored light as well as the red and flow of the wine as see with the ceiling lights shining on and through and off of it. It's quite an interesting fraction of a second moment with wine and it's almost immediate enjoyment the subject.
What did I think of this DONATI 2006 Merlot? I feel that I must have liked it because I took pains to photograph it and not the DONATI " Claret " San Benito 2006 dry red blend. I will have to find my notes on it soon. I have them at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits ( 3423 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20008 Tel : 202-363-4265 sales@clevelandparkwine.com www.clevelandparkwine.com, Facebook at : clevelandparkwine&spirits ) where I have now been the wine buyer for more than ten years in Washington D.C. N.W. our nation's capitol.
It's now months later and I find that I did not post this blog at the time that I posted these pictures here and kept them into a draft form. It's Friday night, October 15th, 2010 and I am glad to finally get to this. It makes me want to try these two 2006 DONATI San Benito CA. reds all over again. That would be fun, that would be closure. New vintages are probably already out. I will ask my local rep about this.
I will report on this farther. In the meantime enjoy these pictures visually and I hope that they make you want to try these wines again or for the very first time. Cheers, TONY
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