The Stump

Domaine Drouhin-Laroze

Latricières-Chambertin Pinot Noir 1971

An intoxicating nose of coffee-mushroom-bacon-sandwich discovered inside a half-rotted moss covered stump in the deepest of woods. Need we say more? Amazingly well-preserved. — 7 years ago

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Casella Wines

Reserve The Black Stump Clare Valley Shiraz

Superb full bodied wine great with steak — 8 years ago

Paolo Bea

Riserva Pipparello Montefalco Rosso Sangiovese Blend 2006

The sediment always confuses me for stump the chump! Delicious! — 9 years ago

Château du Hureau

Foudre Saumur Chenin Blanc 2011

Delightful! Stump the chump part 2. — 9 years ago

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d'Arenberg

The Stump Jump Adelaide Sauvignon Blanc 2010

Light and refreshing. I don't care for wines that are too sweet or dry, so this fit the bill. — 10 years ago

Forlorn Hope

Suspiro Del Moro Silvaspoons Vineyard Alvarelhão

Woo! Great wine! Bring this to your next blind tasting...you'll stump them all! — 10 years ago

Shawn Paul
with Shawn

Ariston Fils

Aspasie Cepages d'Antan Brut Champagne Blend

need to stump a #wine nerd? ask: which 'other' grapes allowed in #Champagne Answer: super-rare Meslier, Arbanne, Pinot Blanc, the 3 grapes in gorgeous Ariston Aspasie "Cepages d'Antan". Nectarous nose, zippy-minerally taste - quaffed, by necessity, in plastic cups on a #Paris bus
— 10 years ago

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Domaine Michel Magnien

Côte de Nuits Villages Pinot Noir 2011

This burg is good by, fair bit of wood on nose but very well integrated on palate, plenty of terroir too... Smoke, cinnamon dried meat, old tree stump, and big dark blackberries and minerals, very nuit-st-georges in style. Palate is suave and fresh but real ripe as well, spicy blackberries and roots abound, some wood on finish but plenty of fruits as well, a warm earthiness and plenty of concentration for $50 in burgundy. Well made and priced black wine of burgundy, delicious. Reg $36 on sale for 27$, not a lot of acid but enough in a ready to drink style. 2011 vintage. — 10 years ago

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Black Oystercatcher

Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2013

Have you ever heard of a Pinot styled cab/merlot?? Well this is it. so light it would stump you in a blind tasting, good smokiness and red berries. I can say if drink quite a few bottles of these happily. — 11 years ago

Domaine Bernard Defaix

Saint Bris Sauvignon

wine 🍷 is a process of endless discovery: here I always thought white #wine from Burgundy could only be from the Chardonnay and Aligoté grapes, and along comes this pretty "#SaintBris", located southwest of #Chablis and powered by the very unBurgundian Sauvignon Blanc. This Bernard Defaix is medium weight, citrusy, with just the right about of "green" and crispness. Find it and you will stump the most knowledgable Burghounds. #Burgundy 🇫🇷

— 7 years ago

Damiani Wine Cellars

Vino Rosso Finger Lakes Marechal Foch

A tasty Non Vintage, Foch and Franc blend red wine from the Finger Lakes that is supple on the palate, inky and fruit driven with some leather. Talk about a wine to stump people in a blind tasting.... — 8 years ago

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Yarra Yering

Dry Red N°1 Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2002

2002 Yarra Yering Dry Red Wine #1
Seriously, that is what this wine is called. The orher wine they make is called Dry Red Wine
#2. It is a sophisticated naming convention at Yarra Yering. I don't know how they come up with it. You will also notice they don't waste money on the labels either. but thankfully the wine is good. what is it? I don't know as the back label simply says "Bordeaux Blend." It is however good wine. it's from Australia but you would never guess the as it tastes like Gaja. No joke, this is great wine to stump a sommelier with. It is totally unlike anything else from Australia. You would guess Itly ir you would guess France. you would be about as likely to guess Antartica as you would Australia. Well worth seeking out especially if you are a structure hound.
— 9 years ago

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Domaine Les Faverelles

Cuvée Fleur Bourgogne Vézelay Blanc Chardonnay 2014

Tart apple, sweet tart, candied lemon....pretty balanced and smooth for its age......this would clearly stump on a blind test! — 9 years ago

Les Vignerons Du Plan De La Tour

Norade Red Blend 2007

Best Procence rouge I had hands down! Went to tasting room and had "to buy to try". Worth the 38 euros. It a single varietal that will stump you. Not cinsault or mouved...what is it?! — 10 years ago

Romano Dal Forno

Valpolicella Superiore Corvina Blend 1997

Dan Fredman
9.3

Star of a"stump the chumps" blind tasting. The wine is in fine form, a treasure to taste. — 10 years ago

S. Irene Virbila
with S.
Travis, Ira and 5 others liked this

Jezreel Valley Winery

Levanim Gewürztraminer Blend 2014

This is a totally unique blend of Gewurtztraminer, Chardonnay, and Colombard. This is what can make Israeli winemaking both different and distinctive in its own right. This will stump professionals in blind tastings. — 10 years ago

Anthony, Martin and 1 other liked this

Dalla Valle Vineyards

Casa Dalla Valle Limited Estate Bottling Pinot Noir 1985

Stump the chump wine! Old but not completely gone! Had fun with this — 10 years ago

d'Arenberg

The High Trellis McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Quite a step up from their Stump Jump! — 11 years ago

Sarah Calatayud
with Sarah

Descendientes de José Palacios

Pétalos Bierzo Mencía 2003

Stump the wine nerds — 12 years ago

Aaron, Max and 1 other liked this

Weingut Nik Weis

St. Urbans-Hof Leiwener Laurentiuslay Trockenbeerenauslese Riesling 1969

How to really stump someone in a blind tasting: 1) store a bottle of '69 Weis Leiwener Laurentiuslay Auslese in a box with lots of geuze for ages. 2) allow the wild yeast to enter the bottle and do its thing. 3) wait until you loose 1/4 of the wine through the cork as the pressure builds. 4) open under the table, with a serious 'pop' (to confuse the tasters). 5) serve this miraculously delicious sour 'petillant' (like a cross between a Belgian sour and a very good feinherbst) in riesling glasses. 6) bathe in the glorious confusion that ensues. — 8 years ago

Ted, Jonathan and 9 others liked this

Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2006

Shay A
9.3

July's monthly WTF group meet up. Blind tasting with a theme of French wines. Bravo to all those who joined...great wines!

What a total stump by
@Andrew Heffley . The entire group guessed right bank Bordeaux. Did NOT expect left bank! Incredibly floral and fruity aromatically which seemed to line up with Merlot dominant wines. Felt like I got a hint of cab franc here too, which again would lean towards right bank Blends. Just goes to show you that when you think you know a french wine...
— 8 years ago

Andrew HeffleyJeff MeyerBill Makens
with Andrew, Jeff and 2 others
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Nice producer. St. Julian's are the softest wines on the Left Bank. It is one of characteristics of the terroir.
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@Shay Aldriedge good for you great wine. Cheers 🍷

Clos Thales

Foun del Bosc Blanc Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes Grenache Gris 2007

One of my favorite wines to play "stump the chump" with, with fellow wine nerds. Grenache Gris and Carignan Blanc whatwhat? — 10 years ago

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5Q Wines

Anonymity Riesling

Tawny, buzzing with bass notes on the Riesling spectrum, and bone dry as a glorious shipwreck, this is a Riesling wanting wild mushrooms, or sea urchin, or umami laden smoked seafood. A great, highly versatile food wine and a good candidate to stump tastebuds as to the varietal in a blind tasting. It is more like a Savennières Chenin, with that sense of walnuts, than most Rieslings out there. I'm excited to follow these cats! — 10 years ago

Joseph liked this

Stump Creek

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Really good Sauvignon Blac! Green pepper flavor. Meijer orig $17.99 on sale $8.99. — 10 years ago

d'Arenberg

The Stump Jump McLaren Vale Riesling 2012

Not your typical Aussie Riesling. Fresh and crisp. — 11 years ago

d'Arenberg

The Stump Jump McLaren Vale Riesling Blend 2005

Full body, off sweet, mushroom and earth and butter and zing. Nicely complex. — 12 years ago