TN: Two Whites in Kansas...(short/boring)

WINE TALK
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Tried these two whites that I picked up at Gomer’s Mid-town w/ Kansas friends:

  1. Flying Solo IGP: Pays d’Oc Languedoc/Rousillon (85% GrenacheBlanc/15% Viognier; 13%; www.DomaineGayda.com) Dom.Gayda 2017: Pale yellow color; pleasant GB/honeysuckle/floral/carnations slight stony/chalky nose; rather soft light GB/honeysuckle slight stony rather dull/vapid flavor; short soft slight stony/tangy/metallic light floral/GB/honeysuckle finish;a pleasant enough nose but pretty dull/vapid on the palate. $10.00 (Gomers/MT)
  1. SwickWines Melon de Bourgogne OR (“Bring It”; www.SwickWines.com) JosephSwick/Newberg/OR 2018: Light bronze rather cloudy/murky color w/ lots of tiny bubbles that dissapate; some phenolic/resiny/skin-contact rather earthy/slight floral light mousey/hantavirus fairly natty bit strange nose; quite acidic/sour fairly phenolic/skin-contact/resiny bit earthy fairly natty/hantavirus/mousey rather savory flavor w/ bit spritzy/dissolved CO2; fairly long rather tart/acidic/sour some phenolic/resiny/skin-contact light floral rather savory somewhat nattymousey/hantavirus finish; not unclean or bretty or flawed but a bit too weird/natty for my taste. $25.00 (Gomers/MT)

A wee BloodyPulpit:

  1. JoeSwick, a native Oregonean, is a natural winemaker. It certainly showed thru in the rather natty character the wine showed. This wine had a rather skin-contact character, though it was not made (at least the 2016) w/ skin-contact but direct to press. Melon de Bourgogne is, of course, the grape of Muscadet. Didn’t find any resemblance to Muscadet save for the high acidity.
    Tom
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Kansas? Man, you get around.

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Yup, Markus…born & raised in Kansas. How else could I use a descriptor like “Kansas outhouse on a hot July day”?? You had to have been there.
Drove back to KansasCity to pick up my two grandsons for two weeks.
Tom