What bottle of wine did you open today? (Part 1)

WINE TALK
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2005 Bodegas Muga Rioja Gran Reserva Prado Enea trying to find the fruit through the OAK [cry.gif]

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2009 Bodegas Maurodos San RomanToro

I like this. Tobacco notes, definitely oaky but in an integrated way, and a complex interesting flavor.

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Red Bandol

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It was beautiful and elegant with good acidity. I served it with Proscuitto and cheese before sitting down to dinner, and it paired nicely with the food.

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I’ve had the L’Inédit version of that very same wine (same vintage); has nice tanginess to it. Superb, and perfect for many cheeses.

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Cellar clearing tonight and so far…not fun. On bottle #5 now, just doing tastes and dumping the wine. All bottles so far are grocery store swill 3-5 years past posted drinking dates. Two have been vinegar and the rest just…nasty. It’s time for a good bottle to take the horrific taste out of my mouth.

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Another bottle of 2012 Bedrock Old Vine Sonoma County Zin.

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2012 Clos Solene La Rose, 2010 McPrice Meyers Altas Vinas, and 2011 Garys’ Vineyard Syrah.

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2009 Copain Kiser En Bas from a winery direct 375. This might be my first bad Copain - nose was dominated by cedar and a sweet-solvent smell I’m guessing was VA, and on drinking I didn’t get any of the red fruit/cranberry I was expecting. Have two more of these, hoping this one was an aberration.

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2009 Sacred Hill Chardonnay Riflemans
One of my favourite NZ chardonnays in most vintages. The nose here is honeycomb, pineapple, rock melon, some spice, yeast. Oak aromas but not overpowering the fruit. Sweet on entry. Good intensity, fruit weight and concentration. Attractively waxy, oily and unctuous. Quite detailed. Again on palate, oak present but not overpowering. Very rich but a little soft. A food wine now. But a slight concern: is there sufficient acid spine in this vintage to carry it forward more than a few years? (I hope so, I have a case left). 91 gives it the benefit of the doubt.

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2009 Bertheau Chambolle Musigny 1er
1996 Deutz Brut

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2010 Stone the Crows… Opened a bottle of 2011 Myriad Three Twins the night before. I gave both of them some time in the decanter. The Myriad struck me as more ready to drink now. Still haven’t decided whether to purchase the 2011 Stone the Crows, but I am very happy with my Myriad purchase.

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I have claimed for some time that this was a fictional wine, but I stand corrected. Delicious, aromatic 13.5% old vines Grenache. Lovers of Rayas family wines will enjoy stopping to smell the flowers, but they won’t dig up and replant their gardens.

If someone told me I would walk into a local wine shop/restaurant that had on the shelves Rhys, Arnot Roberts, Huet, Cotat, Fourrier, Allemand, Donnhoff Hermannshohle, etc. I would have claimed that was fictional as well.

This wine was $21 off the shelf or $31 at the restaurant.
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2009 Joguet Petite Roches
2010 Domaine Canteleruserie Cuvee Beauvais

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Finished up the 2010 MacDonald. Smooth as can be

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'10 Thunevin “Cuvee Constance” - I liked it, wife didn’t. Little gamey for her, dark fruit, earth, leather.

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A 1997 M. Chapoutier Chinon Clos de l’Echo (magnum) with dinner last night. Good stuff.

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Bedrock 2011 pagani ranch

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2008 Alesia Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast, a pleasant surprise from doing recent cellar inventory.

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mmm… sounds like it’s time to move time fast forward. Well, I plan to open the bottle in 3 weeks [cheers.gif]