Winery Wednesday (on a Sunday)- Thatch Vineyards

 With the week engaged in family visiting, and throwing a little party Wednesday evening, for the Full Hunter's Moon, we missed a winery visit during the week. But Sunday was ideal weather and open for possibilities!

The Random Winery Generator popped up with Thatch, south of Charlottesville. When we arrived  it became apparent why the winery is called "Thatch". The main building is a wonderful thatch roof structure that resembles a barn. Even though it was a gorgeous autumn day, and there was live music on the patio, it wasn't crowded at Thatch. We masked up and entered the tasting room to order flights that were delivered to our table. We chose an umbrella'd table on the lovely pebble courtyard. With the thatch roof, and the boxwood hedges we could have been in a British beer garden. There weren't really views, but it was very peaceful, and it did feel like we were suddenly in Europe. 

They had some lite-bite fare for purchase. We chose a cheese plate. I am pretty consistent, with my food limitations, a cheese plate is often the only choice. There were not gluten-free crackers available, and the plate had three cheeses, the choices were uninspiring, and a bit dry. 

There were 4 flights to choose from; the Crisp Ones, the Rouge Ones, the Fundamentals and the Special Ones. I chose the Crisp Ones, and Huz the Rouge Ones, each $15. 

My Crisp Ones flight had a 2020 Rosé, 2018 Chardonnay, 2019 Zephyr ( a blend of Riesling, Chardonnay, and Vidal Blanc) and the Thatch House White, a blend of Vidal Blanc and Chardonnay. My favorite of these was the Chardonnay. It was so interesting! It smelled like fruity candy, but the taste was not sweet. I bought a few bottles. 

Huz's Rouge Ones flight was a 2018 Lemberger ( which is a German grape), a 2018 Meritage (blend of Petit Verdot, Cab Franc, and Cab Sauv), 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon and  2019 Petit Verdot. His favorite was the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon, and we have that too in our growing collection. I say it is growing- but as we speak, I am making the collection one bottle smaller. 

It was fun to have live music happening- we have been without through most of the pandemic, but it wasn't so loud as to preclude conversation. 

Thatch

Wines: ***

Atmosphere/location: ***

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