 Hello, welcome back to Exotic Wine Travel. I am your host, Matthew Horkey. So we're filming here and we're talking about some unique grapes in Santa Barbara County. People know Santa Barbara County for Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, for the most part, Sera to a lesser extent, but these are three unique grapes. Sorry, this is a blend. So one, two, three, four, five unique grapes here. So before we get started, I wanna let you guys know that this video has not been paid for in any way, shape, or form. But if you do like these videos, if they do add value to your life, check out our guide to the wines of Santa Barbara called Sipping Santa Barbara, Recommended Wines and Producers. Let's get started. So I've used the Corvind Model II Elite. I wanna thank Corvind for giving us a test sample to use on these wines. I wouldn't have gotten through these videos without them. And I'm pouring into these beautiful Gabriel Gold Edition hand blown glasses. I will have a discount code for the glasses up at the end of the video. Let's get started first. So, you know, Santa Barbara County, where I talked about everyone knows Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and something to a lesser extent, Sera. I think Chardonnay is probably the best in Santa Barbara County, Pinot Noir, maybe second, maybe even Sera second. But also you found Bordeaux grapes, which we have here. You find Italian grapes, they call Calatel wines there. And we're gonna take a look at some of these today. First of all, we have a producer who has been extremely kind to us ever since we visited. This is Moretti. Now Moretti has a shop in the Lumpuck Wine Ghetto called, Sirene's crawling around in back there, making me laugh, called Taste of Santa Rita Hills. They were especially really, really, really, really helpful to us. And actually if you show them your copy of Sipping Santa Barbara Recommended Wines and Producers, you get a free tasting at the shop. So let's get started. This is the Moretti Vermantino from 2016 Camp Four Vineyard. This is a single vineyard effort. I am excited to taste this. I love the 2015. And also, Sirene and I just judged at the Vermantino Competition in Sardinia in the fall of 2017. Let's get started. You remember anything about the Vermantino? That you like. You like it, right? A lot. So let's get started here. Vermantino, a grape from, you know, some people, a lot of people say it's Sardinian. It is grown in Tuscany as well and the coast of Liguria and southern France, Provence as well, I think, right? And also Corsica. Let's get started here. The cool thing about all these wines, these two Moretti wines, this one from Boehner Fortiade, they're actually all made by Steve Clifton. Famous guy who started Brewer Clifton wines now is on his own at Palmina and La Voie. Anyways, I'm thranting on. Let's get started here with the Vermantino, which is very Vermantino-y. And what I mean by that, a lot of pineapple, lime, and almost like gassiness, oiliness. That's what I get with Vermantino, a little bit of spiciness. I'm really liking this a lot. Let me give this a go. You're gonna like this. I like Vermantino so much because in the world of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, sometimes you want something different. Vermantino offers that. This is maybe not as big and body as the 2015. Remember, 2015 was really big and body, but it just has wonderful flavors and a spicy finish. I mean, I could see this, me really enjoying this with some seafood pasta, some shellfish. What do you think over there? Yeah, seafood pasta with cream. Do you like this? Very nice, very, very good. I think this is very good. For me, 4.2 out of five easily. I'm a big fan of Moretti because their wines are relatively good value for money. And Santa Barbara County, you can pick this up 29 US dollars, maybe get for less at retailers. Awesome, let's move on. Now, what's named after? Antonio Moretti is actually Italian. His wife, Jenny, is fantastic. And this is the Rosomio, which means my red. 60% Dolcetto, 30% Barbera, 10% Nebbiolo from Santa Barbara County. Let's give this a go. We're gonna have lighter color here, which I'm surprised. Dolcetto usually has some nice dark, firm color. Wow, this smells really Italian, actually. I'm not on this show because I'm not feeling well. Sure, he's not feeling the best. But I get excited when I listen to him. Juicy cranberry flavors, cherry, sour cherry. I am loving this. It doesn't have San Giovese in it, but it has the San Giovese kind of earthiness, mineralness to it. This is really exciting. Give it to me. Can I fall leaves? This is really good. The 2013 got some age out. Let me give this a little bit of a taste. Awesome. It sounds like lava, it's molly. $34. Look at your face. Really? This is the kind of wine. It's medium body. It's not gonna score super high, maybe in terms of critics, because it's not a huge, showy wine, but it's just juicy, food-friendly. It has complexity. If you're liking the sour cherry, the cranberry notes, you're gonna dig this exactly. It's got high acid. Goes well with foods. It's got some spice. I'm looking at Shireen. What do you think of this? I taste a lot of mibeolo, but obviously there's some funny banya. In a good way. Dry hair kind of smells. It's rustic, right? It's really Italian rustic with a little bit more bright fruit to me. I'm gonna go off on a limb here. Not many people are gonna agree, but this is just hitting my personal palate perfectly. I'm going 4.3 out of 5 on this. I actually am very excited about this wine. I don't think as many people are gonna get as excited about it as I am, but I love it. I like it. I love it like me. Okay, let's move on here. Dr. Bob Boehner and his wife founded this wine we call Boehner 48 Vineyards. This is their state-grown 2013 Petit Verdeaux from the Santa Ines Valley. We had their V3 early on the show, which we both loved. Their V3, they only have on the property for reds, Petit Verdeaux Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon. Petit Verdeaux, you don't see it bottled as a varietta wine, a heck of a whole lot. Darkened tannins, late ripening, darkened color. Let's give this a go. We don't come up, we just actually picked up one from Napa. We were in Napa for a few weeks and Sherene got one from Gurgats Hills. Ah, excited. And they're gonna drink for a while. Let's give this a go. Some Petit Verdeaux in the house. This is rolling in at 34 US dollars. What makes that? That's a good price for an H-wood. And this is Petit Verdeaux-y. I don't know what Verdeaux-y is. Purple flower. Yeah, it's purple flower. Like lavender, dark, dark cherry, like really dark cherry, dark fruit, black cherry. Almost like a black cherry pie. My grandma used to make some nice delicious pies. That's what it's kind of reminded me of. Some kind of pencil-led earthiness. This is a good show. I think this show today, I was probably least excited about shooting. But these wines are bringing some serious heat. Maybe I'm in a good mood. Let me give this a go. I need you to check me to make sure I'm just not getting, I'm not just in a, in a feel-good mood. Yeah, black cat. Just taste, I want to see what you have. I love, like Petit Verdeaux on its own can sometimes be too ripe, too tannic. I like this a lot. Medium to full body, not huge. It has some earthiness, some fall leaves, some kind of pencil-led going on, some black cherry. The tannins are actually quite soft for a variety of Petit Verdeaux. What do you think? I think the tannins are approachable now, but it's not soft to me. It's the give away that it's Petit Verdeaux. Otherwise, it's just by the aroma I would actually might be able, oh, I might guess that it's Cabernet Sauvignon. I was thinking this is Bordeaux. Kind of like, I mean, a little bit brighter fruit. But that tannins, it feels different from Cabernet Sauvignon. Wow, yeah, the tannins are not small in bite. They're not like biting like Cabernet Sauvignon. I am really, 4.2, 4.3. I think our dad would love that wine. I think I'm 4.3 out of five. I'm pretty high on this. What do you think about this? Am I getting too excited, or do you think it's pretty darn good wine? We haven't tasted many Petit Verdeaux examples, but this is definitely one of the best examples that we have. Good job, Dr. Bob. Both wines showed excellent. So guys, I'm gonna put the discount code for the Gabrielle Glass up on the screen right now. You can get 15% off the Standart Glass or the Alfa De Cantor. I will also put our guide up there, Sipping Santa Barbara, recommended wine producers. Check them out. Check out Moretti, Taste of Santa Rita Hills. If you visit the Lumpf-Winegate, I'll put the link in the description box. And Dr. Bob from Bainer, Fort, Bainer, Fortier. Good showing. So guys, anything else? You were out of the video, but you were still engaged? Anything kind of about the show, about these wines that you noticed? They're all very good. Yeah, I mean, all made by Steve Clifton, I'm sorry, of Paul Mina wines. You can wanna check out his wines. He also makes Pinot Noir under the Levoix label. Really good stuff. So guys, if you like this video, please subscribe to our YouTube channel, Exotic Wine Travel. I will see you at the next episode.