Chef Mateo

Wines from Movia are unusual.  First of all they are made in Slovenia, bordering northern Italy.  Ales Kristancic makes a wide range of unique wines. His techniques are like his counterpart, across the border, Gravner, and the whites are usually what are lauded.  That being said, I have mixed feelings about this pinot noir.  I have tasted this wine twice in one month, and the results are conflicting.  When I first tried it, with a hearty plate of osso bucco, the wine shone brightly after a glorious, heralded aged Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino.  The pinot noir was refreshing and light bodied, well balanced and exotic.  The second time I tasted it however, the wine seemed a bit too international in style and a bit fatigued.  It also did not match well with a plate of lamb and gnocchi.  I have tremendous respect for this winery.  Perhaps that's why I will taste this wine again soon.

ROOSTER SCORE: 88

I am not a fan of dessert wines.  They're just too sweet.  I suppose that is the purpose, but I look for a dessert wine to compliment dessert, not give me a tooth hangover.  Iron Horse uses a viognier grape here for the T Bar T vineyard offering, and I think viognier should be looked at more closely as a grape that can be used for more balanced sweet wines.  I tasted this with a chocolate soufflait, and it did not add more sugar to the mix.  Rather it balanced quite nicely.


ROOSTER SCORE:  89