Tues Nite Wines

2005 Alain Jaume & Fils Lirac Clos de Sixte
Medium bodied. Started off on the right foot, with brambly cherry fruit and spice cake - but the nose took on a rubbing alcohol-like note as it warmed. When it was on, it was a good value if you can find it under $15. Read some notes on CT about chilling this, interesting, as I threw it in the fridge when we arrived (showed well) and after a couple hours on the counter, turned alcohol-ey.

1997 Viader
Enticing nose of oak spiciness and blue fruits, but the palate didn’t match the schnoz. Others thought this began tasting better towards the end of the night - I think that was the alcohol numbing taste buds. Disjointed with acidity poking out awkwardly here and there - not an undrinkable wine by any stretch, but not that pleasurable either, though it does have fruit, unlike a lot of 97s I’ve had of late.

2003 Switchback Ridge Peterson Family Petite Sirah
Wowzers is this good stuff. Lots of roast-beefy and black olive goodness on the nose - and then whap! The monumental density and tannins smack your tongue around. But wait - with a decant and over time, this really starts to show hints of greatness. The fruit is full throttle, but there’s also a great backbone of schist and acidity that keeps this from being flabby or overbearing. Really well made wine.

We also had a rose of sorts, that I found to be a nice starter.

PSA to Whetstone…

These wines were consumed by Zb Lang, PMC, myself and Johnny B.

Just like people who talk about sex never have any, I’m always thinking of ways to work vowels into my posts since I’m lacking [gheyfight.gif] .

Looks like a dog to me - I like thinking Zach is talking in the cartoon bubble when you post.

I was sort of let down by these wines (at least mine and Tylers - wasn’t expecting much from Pete’s - heh heh). the Viader was the biggest let down to me, just not much going on. I don’t know if that’s just what it is, or if it might still be a bit young. The Switchback was definitely coming around by the end of the night. It was a tight monster at first, but a few hours in the real fruit started to come out. I think this is a very promising wine.

(Ps, the starter Rose I opened was the 2005 Domaine de la Mordorée Tavel Rosé La Dame Rousse. I enjoyed this, but after a few minutes with the other wines, this was not worth coming back to and I didn’t really focus on it, so can’t comment other than I enjoyed it)

Thanks for keeping me updated?

I had the 97 Viader recently and liked it quite a bit. Wasn’t complex but had a nice older Cab/Bordeaux like character.

Sounds like you had a mature bottle - this seemed young, but disjointed.