BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN - The Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch (11/20/2009)
We made our last trip of the year to Cal Poly Pomona’s Hospitality Management program’s restaurant with a smaller than normal group but no less lively. Again the instructors/managers were happy to see us and hang out. Their students get a little more wine education on the nights we visit. They also set aside some bottles form their cellar which includes a lot of donated bottles that they allow us to cherry pick from time to time. We struck pay dirt this time with the Shafer. Great find and doing very well. The only negative was 3 corked bottles but being that we had our normal 2-3 bottles a person it really doesn’t hurt that much.
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2007 Selbach-Oster Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Screw Cap. Some reductive sulfur aromas greet which actually increase over 3 days. Terrific mineral core runs through this with cherry and lime wrapped around it. Slight tingle on the finish and cleanly integrated sugar. Terrific wine under the aromas we’ve been warned about from screw caps. This wine would have a long bright future but my other bottles won’t stay around very long due to the closure. Love the palate. -
2004 Kosta Browne Syrah Amber Ridge Vineyard - USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley
Corked! NR (flawed) -
2006 Cabot Vineyards Syrah Kimberly’s - USA, California, North Coast, Humboldt County
Nose showing smoked meats with a good dose of bacon and some raspberry. Bright berry palate that is still primary with plenty of fruit expression but not too thick. Lot’s of bacon flavor and a solid tannic grip. I think this will be best a few more years in bottle but very good potential. -
2000 Bressler Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena
The nose still shows lots of primary fruit with a touch of heat coming out in the glass. The palate also shows a very young character with primary raspberry like flavors and some heat. -
2004 Kilikanoon Shiraz Oracle - Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Corked! NR (flawed) -
2005 Sea Smoke Pinot Noir Botella - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills - Sta. Rita Hills
Though the nose seems a bit tight this is immediately identifiable as SRH with the slight pine type of note similar yet clearly different from Sonoma Coast. Lean feeling palate that seems to fall off a bit at the end. Touch of heat on nose and palate. This could have needed some more air. -
1979 Franciscan Oakville Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley
Funky musty nose. Shows some sweetness late in the palate with notes of chocolate. Chunky and all around for me but surprisingly lively for a time. It died fairly quickly though. -
1989 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, California, Napa Valley
This is actually a Stag’s Leap wine. Nose shows a older character but still very alive with chocolate a distinct smell of a vintage Port…but not “porty”. Rich and very strongly fruited showing some coffee. Lots of tannin here still. I would have guessed Merlot probably blind. Very nice and holding up really well.
89% - Cab S, 6% - Merlot, 5% - Cab Franc -
1979 Rodney Strong Cabernet Sauvignon Single Vineyard Alexander’s Crown Vineyard - USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley
Clearly old on the nose with some cedar peaking through. Clean and light and again clearly older but not very oxidized. This was a bit puzzling in how it showed. It didn’t come off as over the hill but was inexpressive. A whif later on revealed some TCA clearly up the mystery. Corked! NR (flawed) -
1992 Warre Porto Colheita - Portugal, Douro, Porto
Young seeming and on the tart side. Not as nutty as I normally expect from an aged Colheita. Bottled in 2005.
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