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Siccagno Nero d'Avola 2011
Sanford
Wild Flower Elegant Clarkia Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir 2010
Picked up at Total Wine. Produced and bottled Lompac, CA. Snagged this one on a lark, cuz I dig Santa Rita Hill Pinots. Good wine but drink it now! | ~$35 | #sanford #pinotnoir
On the eyes:
Deep, Bright Ruby with Pink Rim. Med/Med+ legs, stained. No Gas/Floc.
On the nose:
Moderate, slightly Vinous Red Fruit. Jammy and Herbal notes, yielding to Mineralty. Med/Med+ alcohol. New French Oak.
On the tongue:
Sweet, Med+ Tannin, Med+ Acid, Med Alcohol, Full body. Raspberry-Cherry jam, touch of tartness. Floral, mushroom character. Good balance, Moderate Complexity. — 11 years ago
Carol Shelton Wines
Wild Thing Cox Vineyard Old Vine Zinfandel 2012
Kinda green for a zin, lots of fruit, pepper, pretty awesome for the price point — 12 years ago
Château Palmer
Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1986
86' Bottle fill & cork where perfect. Harder to find with a Bordeaux that old. Medium body wine. Tannins, acidity, fruit or so unbelievable . Plush & elegant. It wasn't very complexed or long. Many years left in it's prime. Another crowd pleasing wine. — 10 years ago
Clos Rougeard
Saumur Champigny Cabernet Franc 2005
Chocolate, a little green bell pepper twang that reminds me of VA but It definitely is not. Some heat though the wine is definitely too warm. Lighter bodied, less textural refinement compared to the 08 which is silk but everything could change with air. The wine was just popped and put on ice. Showing much better cooler but still needs lots of air. Unless the fantastic 2008 is still to shut down, this shows tremendous longevity. Fully ripe, fully loaded tannins, this is the most structured Vintage of Clos Rougeard I have tasted yet. Wine gets too cold and the oak becomes more prominent. Gets to the ideal temp and the oak comes across nicely and balanced, if not significantly so. Seems like a classic mid/mid-plus toast. Not the char of vosne nor the low coconutty temps of chambolle. The importance of oak matching fruit can hardly be overstated and is perfectly executed here. Could even be perceived as a touch heavy for some purists but that would be too nitpicky for me. Almost a gamey side to the great oak that plays in here, it's like the nuttyness and the char of the oak that seems to contribute this. Comes across more Vosne like when temp is cooler. Reminds a bit of Grivot actually. Black currant fruit here to the slightly lighter shades in the 08. Some black cherry in a more intense way than burgundy. Unfortunately no decanter but as the wine opens up after an hour and a half, the fruit comes out a whole lot more. The initial green, lighter body is gone and the profile is dark fruit with a little touch of ash momentarily evolving into incredible deep cigar tobacco with gorgeous blackberry notes. Not decanting this wine for an hour was probably one of the bigger mistakes I have made in wine consumption. This blackberry and cigar is the true nature of the wine as it has filled out. Always a humbling experience to see a wine change so incredibly like this. Unbelievable and beautiful. Texture will get there I imagine but isn't wildly seductive yet like the '08. The last sip is some incredible wild maine blueberry syrup/all those wild dark berries from around New Foundland, with a wild savory quality. Not at all sweet in an excessive way, just in the purest flavors of perfectly ripe and highly concentrated fruit. Probably the most dynamic shift in a wine I have seen other than Barolo. One of the better wines I've had though tannin and texture suppleness is not there yet. Jesus. — 11 years ago
Wild Ridge
Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
V11. Beautiful! Earthy bouquet. Juicy dark cherry and black pepper fruit. Slightly spicy finish . Nice food wine. — 10 years ago
Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga
Riserva Rancia Chianti Classico Sangiovese Blend 2010
Great structure, strong tannins with bright light fruit. Had with lamb chops and wild mushroom ravioli with Marsala creme sauce and it was a perfect — 11 years ago
Red Cap Vineyards
Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
This is a beauty already. Rich dark fruit, earthiness, and blackberry fill the senses. Lingering notes of leather, spice, black cherry. This is the new "E ticket" on Howell Mountain. But if you can find! — 11 years ago
Domaine Diochon
Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Moulin-à-Vent Gamay 2010
This is from the northern part of Beaujolais whose reputation has been harmed by the nouveau crap that is half made wine. The crus of this part of burgundy are making some of the best values in France. Kermit has also helped put beajolaise on the map with his group of 4. Moulin a vent one of the longest lived of all the crus along with Morgon. A nice peppery spice to the wild strawberry jam like fruit a bit of barnyard like quality and some green notes but very balanced. Very rich and layered on the palate very well built with wonderful concentration of red and black berry fruit excellent — 12 years ago
Tim Herrmann
This was one of those wines that you could drink like punch or ponder like old Bordeaux--each time I took a sip it seemed to change! No mistake, this is a savory wine with barnyard and wild herbs and chalk going on. Even though it was aromatic and open from the start, the flavors developed more complexity over a couple of hours and revealed some nice raspberry fruit. I've always liked Nero d'avola--I'd love to stash some of this away and watch what happens. — 10 years ago