Comments on: 2005 Chariot Gypsy

By: bob

bob — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:35:04 +0000

great (the 06)… enjoy it quite a bunch,… found quite a bit of it here in the PNW area.

have not let it “breathe” yet… will (try) to do that…

:-)

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:29:00 +0000

WOW 06 is great! Best $5.99 I’ve spent. This wine is very smooth with a beautiful finish. Great fruit. I just love it. I picked up two bottles for Christmas eve and will be buying out my TJs when I can get back there :) Thanks for the pointers Jason!!

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:12:36 +0000

Charlie–Very interesting info on the 2006 Chariot Gypsy. I appreciate your efforts which seem to confirm this as a beautiful wine.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:45:36 +0000

Alrighty then… I just received an email from Jim Neal, owner of Chariot wines. I emailed him a couple of weeks ago to see if we could straighten out some of the rumors regarding Chariot Gypsy.

Here’s what he had to say about the 2006 Chariot Gypsy:

[quote=Jim Neal]The details for the ‘06 blend are: 50% sangiovese, 20% petite sirah, 20% syrah and 10% cab. The cab is from Napa, the other wines are from the Santa Lucia Highlands on the Central Coast. The alcohol is 13.9%. The ‘06 vintage was classic California winegrowing weather. Hot as hell for a few months of the summer to get the fruit ripe, but cool in the fall prior to harvest which allowed us to let the fruit hang and dehydrate a little which concentrates flavors.

Thanks to guys like you, my wines will be an ongoing brand for Trader Joe’s. They will have it exclusively as long as they want it, and I hope to have the ‘07 in their stores sometime this Spring. There will be another wave of the ‘06 before that, sometime after the first of the year I’ll release the rest of my inventory to them. [/quote]

So there you have it folks… straight from the horses mouth! Great news for folks who missed out on this phenominally great, yet inexpensive, wine!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good wine!

~Charlie

By: BobV

BobV — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:44:00 +0000

TJ’s in Kirkland, WA, still had quite a bit of 2006 Chariot Gypsy stacked up on Sunday (12/14/08) morning, I’d estimate about 50 cases. I’ve enjoyed a number of bottles of the 2005 in the past and I bought 6 bottles of the 2006. I’d better go back very soon for a case!

By: melissa

melissa — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:53:08 +0000

I thought I was the only one that was loving this wine right now. I haven’t tried the 2005 but the 2006 is phenomenal and I’m not a big wine drinker. I have bought and gone through 3 bottles, and I think I’ll go back tomorrow to try and pick up a couple more before they’re all gone!

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:36:40 +0000

I just bought a case of the 2006 Gypsy at my local TJ’s in Burien (Seattle) today.

I loved the 2005 blend last year and I think the ‘06 is as good, or maybe even better.

They had about six cases out on the floor and I think I will go back tomorrow and get another one before they are all gone.

Cheers!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:18:10 +0000

Well, you better “git-yur-heels-to-clickin’” buddy… they only had 7 cases left last night at the Willow/Nees store in Clovis. Maybe you can call them and pay for a case or two over the phone. Here’s their number: (559)325-3120
[/temptation]

Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! …

:^D

By: jason

jason — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:41:40 +0000

@Charlie Been to three different TJ’s over the last week and it still appears to not have made it to the Bay Area stores. Perhaps a road trip is in order!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:56:57 +0000

Jason, did you get any yet? My sister just picked up 3 cases at the Clovis TJ’s and she said they had a pretty good sized display.