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Wine Recommendation
Fall Creek Vineyards
2005 Caché(Texas)
Fall Creek is one of Texas’s oldest and most awarded wineries. For the last 30 years, owners Ed and Susan Auler have weathered hail, Pierce’s Disease, changing market forces and evolving consumer tastes. They have become the state’s third largest winery by offering good, often great wines at fair prices.
Recently, their son, Chad, joined the family business. One of his first ideas was to take their bumper crop of white wines, pull six varietals (they won’t tell which), and try to make something to rival Conundrum. Ed went to work on developing a recipe, while Susan got to work on branding and labeling. A few months later, Caché hit the shelves.
I’ve tried to guess the grapes. I’m thinking Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Muscat, Gewurztraminer and Chenin Blanc. The wine has just a hint of sweetness, like Conundrum, but the aromatics are stronger, more floral, and to my taste buds, more pleasing, probably from the Muscat and Gewurztraminer. Fall Creek makes one of the best Chenin Blancs around, with a dense, rich mouth feel, which is what you get in the Caché.
Fall Creek generally sells out of Caché in about six months.
Reviewed October 2, 2006 by Wes Marshall.
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The Wine
Winery: Fall Creek Vineyards |
The Reviewer
Wes Marshall
Wes Marshall is the wine writer for the Austin Chronicle where his column turned into the inspiration for a book, “The Wine Roads of Texas,” which in turn has now become a three-part PBS documentary. His never-ending search is for value wines – be they $10 a bottle or $100 – which he defines as tasting better than most other wines at twice the price. As wines become more homogenized, he has been a keen advocate of appellation-specific flavors and aromas, and always marks up for luxurious mouthfeel. |