Dalllas Beserkers do Pizza at Campania 03/20/2009

WINE TALK
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WINE BERSERKERS - DALLAS - Campania in Dallas, TX (3/20/2009)

A few Beserkers got together for some random bottles and pizza on Friday night here in Dallas. Here’s the wines we had:

  • N.V. Stéphane Coquillette Champagne Brut - France, Champagne, Chouilly, Champagne
    WIML90

Tasted March 20, 2009 at an offline.

Opened and served immediately. Yellow color in the glass, clear hue throughout with tiny and vibrant beading. Nose of yellow pears, lemon and wet stones. Flavors of yellow pears, yellow apples and a bit of cherry on the medium to long finish. Medium to bright acidity, medium body. Drink over the short term. (90 pts.)

  • 2005 Abbazia di Novacella (Stiftskellerei Neustift) Kerner - Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Valle Isarco / Eisacktaler
    WIML90

Tasted March 20, 2009 at and offline.

Opened and served immediately. Light yellow to yellow color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Light nose of florals, apricots, talc and camphor. Flavors of lemon, peach and a bit of minerality on the somewhat clipped finish. Medium acidity, light to medium body. Drink over the short term. (90 pts.)

  • 2006 Corra Sauvignon Blanc - USA, California, Napa Valley
    WIML89

Tasted March 20, 2009 at an offline.

Opened and served immediately. Light yellow to yellow color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of grapefruit, matchstick and a bit of apricot. Light flavors of grapefruit, peach and apricot. Medium acidity, light to medium body. Drink over the short term. (89 pts.)

  • 2005 Giacomo Conterno Barbera d’Alba Cascina Francia - Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d’Alba
    WIML91

Tasted March 20, 2009 at an offline.

Opened and served immediately. Followed over almost 2 hours. Dark purple color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of licorice, black berries, black cherries and a bit of potpourri. Flavors of black licorice, plum and black berries. Medium to bright acidity, medium tannins, medium body. Drink over the short to medium term, let’s say about 3-4 years. (91 pts.)

  • 1996 Gaja Langhe Sito Moresco - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
    WIML90?

Tasted March 20, 2009 at an offline.

Opened and poured about 1-2 hours before serving. Garnet to dark garnet color in the glass, slightly cloudy looking. Nose of anise, flowers and berries. Flavors of tart red berries dominate with added notes of rhubarb and a bit of strawberries. Bright acidity, medium tannins, medium body. Drink or hold. (90 pts.)

  • 1997 Argiano Solengo Toscana IGT - Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
    WIML91

Tasted March 20, 2009 at an offline.

Opened and poured about 1-2 hours before serving. Purple color in the glass, slightly opaque. Nose of currants, cocoa, melted black licorice, berries and cherries. Flavors of currants, berries and cherries. Medium to bright acidity, medium to firm tannins, medium to full bodied. Drink now with a decant or hold. (91 pts.)

  • 2001 Bruno Rocca Barbaresco Coparossa - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
    WIMLNR

Tasted March 20, 2009 at an offline.

Opened about 5 hours before serving. Dark garnet color in the glass, slightly cloudy. Nose of anise, berries and a bit of florals. Flavors of black berries and a bit of black cherry. Light to medium acidity. Light to medium tannins, light to medium body. Drink or hold.

NOTE: this bottle didn’t really perform as expected and therefore no rating. When I happened to smell the bottle I thought I got a slight aroma of TCA but that did not present itself in the glass or on the palate. It just under performed on the nose and palate. Revisited the next day at a different offline and the wine was markedly worse than the day before. NR (flawed)

  • 1997 Jarvis Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Grown Cave Fermented - USA, California, Napa Valley
    WIMLNR

Tasted March 20, 2009 at an offline.

Opened and poured about 2+ hours before serving. Dark purple to crimson color in the glass, clear hue throughout. Nose of lacquer, anise and balsamic. Some flavors of currants and berries. Light to medium acidity, medium tannins, medium body. Drink now.

NOTE: others at the dinner that tasted this shortly after opening thought the wine was really good. By the time that I got to it 2 hours later it had pretty much fallen apart. Bear this in mind when opening.

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Joe thanks for the write up. I was under the weather on Sat/Sun and had no desire to post any notes.

I think you were too hard on the Barbaresco as I liked it quite a bit. As for the Jarvis, no idea what happened to that bottle in two hours. Went from really nice to really bad almost in an instant.

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They were fairly busy and I think the pizza suffered a bit…still good though. I think you get the best pies when you go on a Sunday afternoon.

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Two tables with 20+ blondes each.

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Dan and I revisited it together the next evening at another offline. Trust me, it sucked. [rofl.gif]

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it’s true, the barbaresco was off (it was much easier to tell the next day) [bye2.gif]

had a lot of fun, it was nice to meet you guys and gals!

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Joe…thanks for taking and posting the notes. It was good to meet everybody.

I think that my wine of the night was the Conterno.

Pizza was good…but they were slammed and the proper crust just wasn’t there.