On Sep 21, 5:46*pm, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
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> *DaleW > wrote:
> > A cool summer day Friday, I got home *and enjoyed a glass of wine on
> > the front porch with Betsy, the 2005 Domaine des Escaravailles "La
> > Ponce" Cotes du Rhone. Mid-bodied, honied pears, a bit of pineapple.
> > Low to middling acids, nothing to look for. B-
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> > We headed up to Scarborough for dinner with friends. Betsy had brought
> > deviled eggs (curried and shrimp) as an appetizer, I had a glass of
> > the 2008 *Martín Codax Albarino - light, innocuous, grapefruit and
> > peaches. B-
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> > With salmon with a little caper/onion salsa, asparagus, and salad; as
> > well as some cheeses:
> > 2007 Copain "Tous Ensemble" Syrah (Mendocino)
> > I think of Copain as rather restrained, but this is quite ripe. Still,
> > decent acidity, noticable but easy tannins, only a hint of vanillin
> > oak, tasty. B
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> > 2007 *Ateca "de Fuego" Garnacha 2007 *
> > Well, I thought the Copain was ripe till I tasted this. Macerated
> > cherries, blueberries, jammy. Not my style, but for a cheap fruitbomb
> > it will appeal (rightly) to lots of people. B-/C+
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> > Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent*
> > wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't*
> > drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no*
> > promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.**
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> You are much more generous to the Martin Codax to I. C- in my book. Have
> not seen this particular Syrah but Mendocino wines are hard to come
> about here.

C- implies undrinkable to me, the Codax was not really interesting,
but not flawed.