TN: Four Dog Night..(shoort/boring)

WINE TALK
1

Tried this foursome last night as I baked a cake & assembled my pizza. Not a good night, winewise:

  1. Tatomer Riesling Kick-on Ranch/SBC (13.9%; 180 cs) Lompoc 2008: Med.light gold color; pleasant pineapply/R slight mineral/valve oil rather interesting nose some like Rheinpfalz R; slightly tart fairly dry lean weak mineral/pineapple/perfumed talc rather simple/weak flavor; very short weak/watery slight mineral/earthy little fruit finish; pleasant enough interesting slightly Germanic R nose but pretty washed out/watery almost nothing on the palate; way overpriced at $30.00
  1. GerardMetz Riesling AC: Alsace (12%; MeBalP) Producer-Vigneron: CasmirMetz/Itterswille 2005: Light yellow color; lovely R/floral some earthy/mineral/petrol some spicy/perfumed talc attractive nose; tart/lean somewhat thin/weak/watery slight floral/mineral/petrol light fruit dry flavor; very short weak/watery/thin slight floral/petrol finish; rather nice nose but delivers almost zip on the palate; not even worth the $14.00
  1. Margerum PinotGris Klickitat/American WW (#13791 of 18500) 2009: Pale yellow near colorless; very light simple/earthy/floral/unbuttered popcorn/cream cheese slight perfumed talc/carnations nose; bit spritzy weak/light/watery unbuttered popcorn/floral/carnations/ribbon candy very little flavor; very short/almost none weak/thin candied/ribbon candy/floral/unbutterd popcorn watery finish; rather a dull wine; an Oakland wine…there’s no there/there. $17.00
  1. Malagon El Grenache Valle de Guadalupe (55 yr old vines; 13.3%) 2008: Light slightly brown color; slight strawberry/Grenache rather earthy some hot-climate/Moroccan/unclean rather Am.oak somewhat interesting nose; soft/flat slight oxidized some hot-climate/unclean/brett very light strawberry/Grenache rustic flavor w/ little tannins; med.short light strawberry/Grenache slight oxidized/rustic/unclean/earthy finish w/ no tannins; speaks of hot-climate and Grenache but nothing to write home about; not worth the $20.00

A wee BP:

  1. A pretty dull night winewise. Man…did my stash of Carlisles look enticing sitting there, but decided to bag it for the night.
    Tom
2

well at least you made some room in your cellar for better wines.

3

I’m stunned you’d let an evening end like this. I’d have kept opening things until the curse was broken.

4

Actually, I had pulled the capsule on an xtra TreViti Syrah '05, but it was after 11:30pm, I’d finished the pizza off, and was
cleaning up the kitchen when I capitulated and decided to head to bed.
I really wanted to like the Tatomer, since I’ve liked AdamTolmach’s Rieslings from that property on the north edge of LosAlamos.
But I was struck by just how vapid a wine it was.
Tom