(WT060210-01) 08 VERNACCIA DI SAN GIMIGNANO RONDOLINO, TERUZZI & PUTHOD $14.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Full. Expressive. The right stuff. Good richness and vitality. Apple, quince, stone. Brisk as well as full./ Yes, the 08 yin-yang of body and vigor. Flavorful. Dense and silky, with finely tuned acid and lacings of mineral and almond. One of the best vernaccias I've had in some time. Of course, this is one of the best sources. Well liked by the group. 16.5+.
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(WT060210-02) 08 LUGANA, TENUTA ROVEGLIA $16.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Fabulous. Pungent. The real deal in trebbiano di lugana. Northern briskness. Perky fruits. Firm apple and pear, and yellow berries./ Juicy. Full. Large and flavorful. Melon and ripe peach. Both succulent and racy thanks to a combo of acid and glycerol. Nice depth. Subtle stony edge. Great juice. Crisp and refreshing. Really mouthwatering. Surpasses the high standard set by the 07. Well liked by the group. 16.7.
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(WT060210-03) 08 WINKELER GUTENBERG RIESLING KABINETT HALBTROCKEN, KRAYER $12.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (GERMANY) Sprightly. Dark toned, full figured 08. Grip and dry extract. Green grape tone of 08. Crisp, piquant citrus. Peach and loquat. Rocks galore. Uplifting./ Off dry. Good acidity. Juicy. Red fruit as well as white, especially red currant. Mealtime selection. 16.4.
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(WT060210-04) 09 VOUVRAY SILEX, DOMAINE DES AUBUISIERES $16.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (FRANCE LOIRE) Good grip. Great edge for warm 09. Quince, pear, lime, calcaire./ Oh, boy! Rich, deep, lush feel with nice culling stony edge. Really great grip, edge, extract. Lots of calcaire. Totally dry–nothing sec tendre about it. However, it is not austere, just nicely dry. Well liked by the group. 17.0+.
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(WT060210-05) 08 CHATEAU COURONNEAU, BORDEAUX BLANC $15.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (FRANCE BORDEAUX) Well, this is worth tasting again, because in November it was really tight compared to the wonderful 07 at its later stages. Now it's fuller and richer. Some wood? Or maybe just the sauvignon gris peels extracts giving that impression. Semillon heft too. Wow! Really penetrates!/ Wow, indeed! Full of sauvignon gris and perhaps some barrel contributions. Plump, dense, juicy fruit. Notions of pear, peach, passion fruit, and guava. Delivers in spades. 16.6+.
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(WT060210-06) 08 TRAVIS MONTEREY CHARDONNAY $16.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (U.S.) Unfiltered, unoaked. 75% Scheid Vineyard, 25% Riverview Vineyard. Lots of Monterey chardonnay lemon-lime, including peels. Advancing bouquet./ Full. Developing. Strong, edgy Monterey chardonnay. Butterscotch and other empyreumatic tones. Packs a punch. Needs food. 15.5.
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(WT060210-07) 09 WIRRA WIRRA MRS. WIGLEY MCLAREN VALE GRENACHE ROSE $14.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (AUSTRALIA) Sweet, easy, sassy Aussie style. No edges./ Ripe and juicy. Big berry flavors. Soft, with plenty of power to balance the richness. The acid's OK too, and there's some red peels astringency. Weighty. Fills the mouth. Large and long. Here's a crowd-pleasing rose I could take to a BBQ. 16.5.
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(WT060210-08) 09 COSTIERES DE NIMES LES GALETS ROSE, DOMAINE MOURGUES DU GRES $13.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (FRANCE MEDITERRANEAN) Big and beautiful. Sassy, sweet-tart, vibrant. Strawberry and raspberry. Red pop like./ Yes, sweet-tart indeed. Cranberry, raspberry, Jolly Rancher strawberry hard candy. Very flavorful. Good strength. And good acidity for a warm vintage. Well balanced. And long. Well liked by the group. 16.7.
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(WT060210-09) 08 KIM CRAWFORD MARLBOROUGH PINOT NOIR $18.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (NEW ZEALAND) Light-hearted, sweet, uncomplicated. Cherry. Taut berry, and tea. And some brett./ Full, lush, fruity, expressive, elegant. Good NZ acidity. Both racy and rich. Juicy and flavorful. A tantalizing wine. 16.7+.
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(WT060210-10) 08 FETZER VALLEY OAKS CALIFORNIA MERLOT $7.49 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (U.S.) Sweet and sassy. Lots of oak spice, cigar box, and vanilla. In the beginning, this covers up the fruit. But the fruit will not be denied, breaking out into sweet merlot cherry goodness. The whole presentation is awfully naughty./ Yes, sweet, sexy cherry and oak spice flavors. Layers them on, lays them on thick. Wow! Long, sweet, spicy aftertaste. Best Fetzer merlot yet, and quite a contrast from the sullen nature of many a young 08 California red. Someone brought a briny pecorino cheese. Salt calls for sweet in my book, and this wine (as well as the final three) worked well with it. 16.4.
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(WT060210-11) 06 CHIANTI RISERVA, VILLA PUCCINI $13.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Begins with a basic presentation of baked red fruits. Ah, but that's not all! Expands to show fresh red fruit too. Bright red cherry sangiovese fruit. Some time in oak evident–clearly a riserva. Now come the orange peel and anise aspects of sangiovese./ Yes, and there's a peppery spiciness too. Flavors of oak, time in oak, and the full sangiovese range. Ripe, lush, intense, generous, come hither. Finishes with sweet, dried fruits. So this is up to 06 and riserva standards, for sure. Yes! Well liked by the group. 16.7+.
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(WT060210-12) 09 CHIANTI RISERVA, TIZIANO $14.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Smoky. These usually have a smoky-woody aspect. There's some reduction here too, which is unusual for a riserva. A little confused as to its direction at the moment./ Big, dense, oaky, still rather gangly. Good acidity. The oak is still a little much. Needs bottle age and food. 15.6+.
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(WT060210-13) 08 YECLA MONASTRELL, CASTANO $7.49 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (SPAIN) The usual sweet and sassy style even in dark-tempered 08. 08 blackness for sure. Plenty of depth. Purple fruit of mourvedre with southern warmth and ripeness. Lots of green olive and hint of licorice./ Yes! A burst of ripe fruits and exotic spices. Great acidity too. Delicious balance. And value. Well liked by the group. 16.6+.
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(WT060210-14) 07 JUMILLA MONASTRELL, JUAN GIL $14.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (SPAIN) This is fabulous. Great, sweet, aloof, classy, fine oaked. Sweet purple berry monastrell too. Wow!/ Lush and savory, deep and juicy, with licorice and wood smoke aura. Cream, vanilla, cocoa. Fine oak spice and incense perfumes. Delicious acidity, fine tannin. Long and classy finish. Best yet? 17.4+.
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(WT060210-15) 08 RIDGE THREE VALLEYS SONOMA RED $19.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (U.S.) American oak and proud of it. Ridge knows American oak. Solid oak and fruit. Large, without being impolite. The full ripeness of Ridge zins of late./ Openly ripe but sturdy and vigorous fruit. Very spicy, ripe berry taste. Hoisin sauce extras.. Big and chewy constitution. One of the best in the series. Long and complex. Well liked by the group. 17.0+.
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(WT060210-16) 09 KREUZNACHER KRONENBERG RIESLING SPATLESE, ST. ANTONIIUS $8.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (GERMANY) Nice and zingy. Tingles the nostrils as usual. Stimulating, like an 08. Apple, quince, peach, lemon peel./ Yes, Kreuznach toned riesling fruit, with peach, orange, tropics, and flowers. Up front, polished, pretty. Carries the torch for this fine series. Yes! Liked by the group. 16.8+.
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(WT060210-17) 09 KREUZNACHER KRONENBERG RIESLING AUSLESE, ST. ANTONIUS $9.99 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (GERMANY) Oh, boy! Bigger and more tingly still! Wow! HUGE extract. Stone fruits, honeydew./ Oh, gads! HUGE mouthful of peach, orange, orange peel. Unctuous. Power and depth. One HUGE auslese. The group couldn't find the acid in this, so preferred the spatlese. I reminded them that acidity is masked by sweetness in young auslesen. They got this one wrong. A champion in this great series. 17.4+.
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(WT060210-18) 09 BANROCK STATION SE AUSTRALIA MOSCATO $6.49 06/02/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (AUSTRALIA) Sultry bulb flower perfumes. Lots of apple and loquat./ Sweet and soft. Low alcohol. Fizz pinch hits for acid, giving a refreshing edge. Good value for sure. 16.0.
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(WT060910-01) 08 DRY CREEK VINEYARD SONOMA FUME BLANC $10.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (U.S.) Tart and shrill, with some minerality. Attractive–they've always done well with this./ Peach and grass flavors. Quite powerful, as California sauvignons are apt to be. Serve well chilled. 15.8.
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(WT060910-02) 08 ALSACE PINOT BLANC, A. SCHERER $12.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (FRANCE ALSACE) Fresh, lively, incisive, upbeat. Aromatic apple varieties. Suave, ripe apple and pear with a soupcon of honey./ Delicious sweet, juicy apple taste. Lively, lovely. Lots of citrus and spice. Good dryness, grip, and acidity of 08, with a certain pinot blanc tenderness too. Yes, has a mellow side. Fine length! Wide ranging mealtime apps. Even invites quaffing. Well liked by the group. 16.4.
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(WT060910-03) 08 ALSACE GEWURZTRAMINER, A. SCHERER $16.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (FRANCE ALSACE) Elegant, perfumed, cold cream aroma. Rose, lychee, sachet, talc, orange, ginger. Scherer finesse shows./ Taste of Turkish delight. Plus quince and mango. Surprising degree of residual sweetness for Scherer and 08. It's not just glycerol. Say, 1.5% RS? Oh, but there's good acid foil. Especially for gewurz. The Scherer wines always have good acidity. The acidity and flavors cling to the palate and linger long. Yes! 16.4+.
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(WT060910-04) 09 PORTUGAL FAMEGA ROSE, CAVES DA CERCA $7.49 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (PORTUGAL) Really quite fizzy, like a young Vinho Verde. Candied fruit aroma. Strawberry. Red pop like./ Fizzy, light, easy. Strawberry and melon rind. A playful little thing. Genuinely dry though. Good balance. Multi-purpose. 15.2.
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(WT060910-05) 09 YECLA ROSE, BODEGAS CASTANO $8.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (SPAIN) 85% monastrell and 5% each grenache, syrah, and cabernet. Taut, ripe, dark fruits and berries. Some peels edge. Quite full, even powerful./ There's still a little gas in this, as if it's still working. This brings forth some brown apple tones. By Saturday, this had all cleared up, blown off, and the wine smelled and tasted wholesome and correct. 15.0+.
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(WT060910-06) 09 COTES DE PROVENCE ROSE, JULES $16.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (FRANCE MEDITERRANEAN) Lithe, refined Provence style, with lovely floral essence and red fruit expression./ Polished, reserved, elegant, and well scented in the mouth. Good race, edge, acidity, texture. Lithe indeed. Right. Well liked by the group. 16.2.
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(WT060910-07) 09 SALENTO MASSERIA MASSARO NEGROAMARO ROSA, L'ASTORE $16.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Sweet and berry like fruit. Comes right at ya!/ Great acidity from the south. Never a problem for Italian winemakers no matter how warm the climate, it seems. Possibly, choice of varietals clinch it. Well balanced, with a smoothness from alcohol or glycerol. Great length. Some in the group thought this rather bold for a rose–more like a red wine. I was on the side that did not feel this way. Well liked by all regardless. I wish more fresh Italian roses would come our way. Italy's as good at them as Med France and Spain. 16.8.
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(WT060910-08) 09 TAVEL ROSE, CHATEAU DE TRINQUEVEDEL $21.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (FRANCE MEDITERRANEAN) Rich, bold, sweet, fruity, heady. Strawberry, cranberry, and other red core fruits./ Full, even powerful, though the alcohol was no more than most of the others. It's just that Tavel always has great presence–plenty of everything. The good, dry, stalwart style of the estate. Solid and assertive; even a trace of tannin. This really delivers, and will improve for a year in bottle. Tavel's one of the few roses I'd rather drink in year two than year one. Well liked by the group, though the Tavel style was a little powerful for some. Most agreed it had potential to improve in bottle. 16.9+.
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(WT060910-09) 08 PAVIA PINOT NOIR, MERIDIAN $8.49 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Crisp and dark and cool indeed. Peels here. Well done./ Fresh and tarry/peelsy, with a pretty face too. Elegance, lift, brightness. Some oak vanillin, it seems. Wine of place. Like the Cavit and the Sartori pinots from Pavia that we've enjoyed in the past. 15.9.
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(WT060910-10) 08 DOLCETTO DI DOGLIANI, PODERI DE LUIGI EINAUDI $21.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Brooding, stoic, black and smoky. Pleasantly deep./ Big, solid, reticent. Some brett. Lots of peels extract. Not a lot of sweet fruit formation yet. Requires faith. Liked by the group. 15.3+.
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(WT060910-11) 08 BARON PHILIPPE DE ROTHSCHILD ESCUDO ROJO VALLE CENTRAL RED $13.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (CHILE) Old time Chile here. Grass, underbrush, pencil lead. Light on the fruit./ More fruit on the palate though. Good with the indigenous cuisine. 15.6.
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(WT060910-12) 07 RODNEY STRONG SONOMA CABERNET SAUVIGNON $15.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (U.S.) Very sweet and oaky. Cedar, sawdust, caramel. High strung. The 07 fruit abundance works to counter the oak some, but it remains in command yet./ Vanilla oak. Very powerful and assertive. Needs time for the fruit to well up, the oak to settle in. OK with BBQ ribs now though. 15.4+.
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(WT060910-13) 05 MIDNIGHT CELLARS CRESCENT PASO ROBLES ZINFANDEL $13.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (U.S.) Oak, Paso roast and ripeness, 05 firm figure./ Plenty of wood and fruit. Black fruits, jam, prune. Dry and evolving, while holding to some 05 structure and tannin still. Useful now. Slim possibilities for improvement. 15.6.
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(WT060910-14) 01 BACALHOA COLHEITA MOSCATEL DE SETUBAL $16.99 06/09/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (FORTIFIED) Well, this was #1 on all lists. Candied orange peel, flowers, white raisin, peach, honey, fig, date, molasses, brown spices, coffee, caramel, bakery smells. Dare I say ‘complex'? Total Setubal./ Lots of Indian spices too. Sweet, strong, vigorous, balanced. Oh, my! Just an incredible value! 18.4.
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(WT061610-01) 09 COTES DE GASCOGNE, DOMAINE DES CASSAGNOLES $8.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (FRANCE BORDEAUX) Grass, gooseberry, lemon-lime. Sauvignon like, but not quite. Fresh, bright. / Lively piquance, floral strains, pea-pod pungency. Green pear, lemon verbena. Fresh and tangy, bright and brisk. Full and round. Good body and strength for CdG. 09 talking. Long and flavorful aftertaste. Well, these 09 dry white SW France wines have certainly proven promising harbingers of the later releases. Liked by the group. 16.4.
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(WT061610-02) 09 VENEGIE PINOT GRIGIO-GARGANEGA, PASQUA $5.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) There's a nostril etching here like it has some SO2, but that's not it. It's acidity and extract, I'm sure. Stimulating. Full and round too./ Brisk, bright apple an d melon. Well, you have two class varietals here playing in harmony. Flows nicely in the 09 style. Whoa! Is this a good value, or what?! Liked by the group. 16.0.
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(WT061610-03) 08 VENEZIE PINOT GRIGIO, FOLONARI $7.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Well, there's still plenty of fresh white fruits and flowers here. And volume./ Yes, fresh enough, with 08 fruit darkness and body. Delivers pinot grigio body, size, creaminess. And a perky, tangy foil of a finish. Another good value. 16.0.
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(WT061610-04) 09 MATUA VALLEY MARLBOROUGH SAUVIGNON BLANC $12.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (NEW ZEALAND) Rather out of synch for this wine. It's usually one of the brightest and briskest of the vintage. However, this 09 acts more like an 08. Heavy in grapefruit peel, cat, grass, bell pepper, and capsicum./ Yes, lacks 09 lift. However, if you adjust your expectations and approach it like an 08, the body, the citrus juice and peel amplitude, and the long aftertaste make it certainly useful in a meal-time setting. 16.3.
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(WT061610-05) 07 VERMENTINO DI SARDEGNA, VILLA SOLAIS $13.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Aging. Getting evergreen./ Yes, passe. Tasty enough though, if you like this sort of thing in your vermentions. Some nice herbed tea asapects, and an attractively burnished texture. The group used old-riesling descriptors, like turpentine. 14.0-.
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(WT061610-06) 09 WACHAU GRUNER VELTLINER, DOMAINE WACHAU $11.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (AUSTRIA) Crisp and fresh. Surprisingly crisp for 09. Right out of the box. Apple and snow pea./ Yes, apple and pea, and hint of loquat. Good body and heft. Flavorful, nice carriage, elegance. Softer than the 08, or still showing youthful innocence. Good value, for sure. 16.2+.
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(WT061610-07) 09 ROERO ARNEIS, VIETTI $21.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Whoa! Fragrant, refined, uplifting, full. Progressing nicely since last month's encounter. Swelling up. Peach, pear, apple, ripe melon, flowers./ Plump and succulent fruit with good acid brace. Bright, precise, penetrating, stylish. Good as it gets. So attractive right now. 17.0.
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(WT061610-08) 08 MONTPELLIER CALIFORNIA VIOGNIER $7.49 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (U.S.) Tasters Guild Double Gold Medal winner (45 out of 1650 entries). I can see why. Honeysuckle and laurel. Tea, mate. Special./ Yes, the sweet fruit and light glycerol set against the astringent botanicals like laurel. It's full, completely dry. Long lasting, cleansing finish. This is much more serious than the price would suggest. The botanicals mark it unique. 16.4.
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(WT061610-09) 08 CLOS ROBERT CENTRAL COAST CHARDONNAY $10.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (U.S.) Well controlled oak. 08 fruit darkness, peels. Central Coast citrus./ Already getting a little heavy./ Soft, strong, high pH. Thick and not refreshing. Some of the group liked it better than I did. 14.5.
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(WT061610-10) 09 NAVARRA GARNACHA ROSE, ARTAZURI $9.49 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (SPAIN) Very full for Navarra rose, even powerful. Sweet, zesty, and intense aromas of red fruits and peels. Raspberry and strawberry. Delivers./ Sweet fruit against peels extract grip. Great interplay, composition. Long, well balanced aftertaste. Delivers indeed. Oh, boy! Is this going to prove useful at the table! 16.4.
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(WT061610-11) 07 BEARBOAT SONOMA COAST PINOT NOIR $17.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (U.S.) Rich, sweet oak, vanilla, and evolving pinot fruit. Pinot black cherry and tea gets through the wood tones. It's developing bouquet. This is certainly more advanced than it was at the trade show last fall./ Oak, spices, vanilla. Generous. Lots of tea. Some strawberry. Certainly more open and generous than last fall. Liked by the group. 16.1.
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(WT061610-12) 08 VENTOUX TERRASSES, CHATEAU PESQUIE $11.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (FRANCE MEDITERRANEAN) Ripe for 08, but without quite the aromatic breadth of the 07. Deep raspberry and strawberry aromas. Sweet fruited./ Pepper and garrigue chime in on the palate. Surely ripe enough for 08. Cherry, spice, pitch, fennel, red fruits. Very fruity and easy to drink already. Well liked by the group. 16.0+.
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(WT061610-13) 08 BARBERA D'ASTI, TORLASCO $15.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Tar and black peppercorn. Real and racy barbera. Dry, edgy, traditional./ Rather 08 light bodied for the price but has classic, meal-worthy barbera style, acid, vigor. Panache too. And it's not mussed up by oak and ambition. Liked by the group. 16.2+.
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(WT061610-14) 08 FABRE MONTMAYOU RESERVA MENDOZA MALBEC $12.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ARGENTINA) Sweet 08 fruit with good wood and reserva time in wood to temper the fruit richness and to add complexity. Perfect 08 reserva./ Yes, warm spices, vanillin, bountiful 08 fruit. Good power and dryness. Yes! At least as good as past vintages. Enjoyed by the New World wine fans (there were several this evening) and not so much by the Europhiles. 16.9+.
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(WT061610-15) 07 MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO RISERVA, CANTINA ZACCAGNINI $15.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (ITALY) Yes! The Zaccagnini full Monte fruitcake goodness. Raisin, plum, citron, maraschino cherry. Sweet and large. Old time. Delivers./ Lots of bright fresh as well as dried fruits, both red and black. Including raspberries. Smooth tannin. Ready to enjoy. 16.7+.
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(WT061610-16) 08 PETER LEHMANN BAROSSA SHIRAZ $15.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (AUSTRALIA) I'm liking many of the 08 Aussie reds. Seem plump like the Argentine 08 malbecs. Not mean like the 08 Chile stuff. Nino, nina? Fat fruit here. Lots of spice and sur-maturite. Braised raspberries. Wisp of lavender. Barossa generous but not over the top fulsome or powerful./ Flows with sweet ease. Good acidity and astringency to foil the richness. One of the best vintages of this. May be better than the Spectator 92 2006. 16.2+.
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(WT061610-17) 08 NIERSTEINER HIPPING RIESLING SPATLESE, G-A SCHNEIDER $15.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (GERMANY) Oh, boy! Nierstein Rheinfront all over the place! Tangerine, peach, terroir grip. Lots of 08 extract. And fine, hands-off, reductive winemaking./ Sweet and racy both, with grip too. Fabulous balance of the essential elements. And botrytis to boot! Fearless, no-holds-barred spatlese. This delivers the goods. 17.8+.
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(WT061610-18) 08 SANTA ALICIA LATE HARVEST LIMARI VALLEY MUSCATEL HALF BOTTLE $11.99 06/16/10 Wednesday Group Tasting Notes - (CHILE) Strong, bright, warm, sweet, lush, creamy. Big botrytis expressions: honey, apricot, tobacco. Also lychee, orange peel, candied citrus, flowers./ Yowsa! Sweet honey, apricot, tea, and tobacco botrytis definitions. Boasts precision as well as unctuosity. Lemon-tinged acidity. Another winner in this series. 16.8+.
(WT060210-01) 08 VERNACCIA DI SAN GIMIGNANO RONDOLINO, TERUZZI & PUTHOD $14.99
