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The approachable 08 Chateauneuf du Papes
Some call the 2008 Chateauneuf du Pape vintage challenging, others call it a return to normalcy or more typical. The later are mostly critics who lament the recent hotter, drier vintages that have produced bigger, higher alcohol wines. “The 2008 vintage appears to represent a distinct turn-around from the recent heatwaves, especially that of the [...]
Tuesday Quick Sip – 2006 Mongeard-Mugneret Savigny–les–Beaune 1er Cru Les Narbantons
2006 Mongeard-Mugneret Savigny–les–Beaune 1er Cru Les Narbantons Wine Information: Country: France Region: Burgundy Appellation: Savigny-les-Beaune Vineyard: Les Narbantons Cooperage: 35% in new French Oak Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir Price: $48 My Tasting Notes: Nose: mushroom, slight barnyard, raspberry Taste: black cherry, red clay, leather and black pepper (taste not spicy), wet forest Mouthfeel: silky and [...]
Tuesday Quick Sip – 2006 Papapietro Perry Peter’s Vineyard Pinot Noir
2006 Papapietro Perry Peter’s Vineyard Pinot Noir Wine Information – Appellation: Russian River Valley Grape: 100% Pinot Noir Oak program: 11 months in 50% new French oak and 50% 1st and 2nd use Alcohol: 14.25% Price: $49 Production: 1200 cases My Tasting Notes – Nose: yam, violet, cedar, blackberry Taste: plum, currant, cedar, violet, peppercorn, [...]
Drinking extremely well – 1999 B.R. Cohn Olive Hill Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Once again my job as store manager of a wine shop has provided me the opportunity to taste some fabulous wine. About a week ago, we opened up the 1999 B.R. Cohn Olive Hill Estate Cabernet Sauvignon ($96) to see how it was drinking. Well, I am here to say that it is drinking extremely [...]
Tuesday Quick Sip – 2006 Domaine Tempier Bandol
2006 Domaine Tempier Bandol Wine Info – Region: Southern France, Le Plan du Castellet Appellation: Bandol AOC Grapes: 75% Mourvedre, 22% Grenache and Cinsault, 3% Carignan Oak Aging: 18 months (minimum AOC requirements for Bandol) Price: $45 My Tasting Notes – Nose: funky (not “bretty”), wet earth, red cherry Taste: eucalyptus, cedar, blackberry, leather, herbs, [...]
Tuesday Quick Sip – with Robert Foley
Working in a wine shop has its perks! One of them being I get to meet wine makers on a more regular basis than I normally would, for instance next Tuesday I get to have lunch with Ian Hongell, wine maker for Peter Lehman. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to taste [...]
2006 Domaine La Barroche Chateauneuf-Du-Pape Grenache Blend
At $65 this is a bit out of my price range for everyday drinking but I had the opportunity to sample the 2006 Domaine La Barroche Chateauneuf-Du-Pape at a trade tasting the other day. I have a few Chateauneuf-Du-Papes resting in my cellar, and tasting this wine made me want to open every last one [...]
Tuesday Quick Sip – Krupp Brothers 2003 Veraison Cabernet Sauvignon
2003 Krupp Brothers Veraison Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Info – Appellation: Napa, Oakville Vineyard: Stage Coach, Southside of Pritchard Hill Grapes: 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot, 3% Malbec, 1% Cabernet Franc Cooperage: 18 months in Taransaud French Oak barrels Price: ~$65 My Tasting Notes – Nose: chocolate, blackberry, cassis, leather Taste: huge juicy [...]
Monday Quick Sip – 2006 d’ Arenberg Dead Arm Shiraz
Wine Info – Grape: 100% Shiraz Appellation: McLaren Vale Harvest Date: February 28th to April 16th Oak Aging: 21 months in new & aged French and American oak barriques My Tasting Notes – Nose: Raspberry, blackberry, vanilla, oak, green olive Taste: Bacon, black currant, touch of cranberry and leather, shitake mushroom Mouthfeel: big full body, [...]
Wine Blogging Wednesday #55 – North vs South
For wine blogging Wednesday this month our host is Remy Charest of the blog Wine Case. Remy asks us to pit North against South in a battle of terroir and and to see, if any differences lattitude plays on varietal expression. I chose the fickle, thin skinned Pinot Noir grape for this experiment, and needless [...]
A good wine, but a bit of a let down.
The 2004 Longview Block 11 Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the high end wines from Longview winery. For the most part, Longview wines stay under the $20 mark and offer some good value from Australia. The Block 11 Cabernet from 2004 however was $45 and when I tasted it a year and half ago, was [...]
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