This past weekend the hubs and I visited Phillip Carter Winery in Hume. PC is a relatively new vineyard and was previously called Stillhouse vineyards, but is now under new ownership. PC has done some large additions to the small scale schoolhouse style building that previously occupied the land, although the large banquet room addition gives a more cold than cozy feeling.
You'll notice under their logo they have the date 1762.... sounds crazy right? How could anyone possibly be making wine in Virginia since 1762 when good old Thomas Jefferson planted his first vines in 1774 and TJ IS afterall, the father of Virginia wines (no matter how unsuccessful he was). Well my friends, I'll explain the little story behind PC's 1762... Charles Carter, was part of a commitee in London created to brainstorm ways to economicly diversify Virginia. Carter, after some research, decided that winemaking would be a good industry to get started in VA. In 1762 Carter had 1800 vines in his vineyard. Unfortunately due to a drought, they were unable to produce a large amount of wine from those vines. So there's where the 1762 comes from.... Now on to the wines....
Late Harvest 2006
Nose: honey, fruit
Taste: coats your tongue, honey, apricot
Nice white dessert wine, thick, syrupy, but not over-powering
Sweet Danielle 2007
Red Dessert Wine
Nose: Rasberries
Taste: Rasberry, currant, sweet, dark, drink more than one and you're sure to have a headache.
This wine was named for the owner's wife... aweeeee howwww sweeeeeet.
I cannot tell a lie... the other wines (especially the reds) left something to be desired. Maybe they're just really young, but only the Cab Franc and Chardonney had any nose. The Chambourcin and Meritage didn't have much complexity or anything else for that matter. I would say it was just me, but half the tasting bar dumped theirs out.
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