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TN: La Louviere and a critter cab
Dave was joining us for dinner, it was a cool rainy day and Betsy made
braised short ribs, garlic mashed potatoes, and spinach. Cooking wine was a party leftover, the 2007 Smoking Loon Cabernet Sauvignon (California). Sweet red plum fruit, a little green herby note, rather short (and not very CS-ish) but competent and drinkable red, better than most under $10 CalCabs I've tried recently. C+/B- Dinner wine was the 1998 Ch. La Louviere (Pessac-Leognan) rouge. Black cherries and currants, mostly resolved tannins, fruit is still lively but there are some nice mature notes of cigarbox and damp earth. Holds up well over 3-4 hours. Some lead pencil/graphite, good length, balanced acids. Not a powerhouse but a classic cruiserweight Graves. A-/B+ 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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>, DaleW > wrote: > Dave was joining us for dinner, it was a cool rainy day and Betsy made > braised short ribs, garlic mashed potatoes, and spinach. > > Cooking wine was a party leftover, the 2007 Smoking Loon Cabernet > Sauvignon (California). Sweet red plum fruit, a little green herby > note, rather short (and not very CS-ish) but competent and drinkable > red, better than most under $10 CalCabs I've tried recently. C+/B- > > Dinner wine was the 1998 Ch. La Louviere (Pessac-Leognan) rouge. Black > cherries and currants, mostly resolved tannins, fruit is still lively > but there are some nice mature notes of cigarbox and damp earth. Holds > up well over 3-4 hours. Some lead pencil/graphite, good length, > balanced acids. Not a powerhouse but a classic cruiserweight Graves. > A-/B+ > > 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.** I could have sworn you reviewed a Smoking Loon Cab before. Surprised you would drink it again. For me, it is a C to C- on your scale. |
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On Sep 13, 1:22*pm, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote:
> In article > >, > > > > > > *DaleW > wrote: > > Dave was joining us for dinner, it was a cool rainy day and Betsy made > > braised short ribs, garlic mashed potatoes, and spinach. > > > Cooking wine was a party leftover, the 2007 Smoking Loon Cabernet > > Sauvignon (California). Sweet red plum fruit, a little green herby > > note, rather short (and not very CS-ish) but competent and drinkable > > red, better than most under $10 CalCabs I've tried recently. C+/B- > > > Dinner wine was the 1998 Ch. La Louviere (Pessac-Leognan) rouge. Black > > cherries and currants, mostly resolved tannins, fruit is still lively > > but there are some nice mature notes of cigarbox and damp earth. Holds > > up well over 3-4 hours. Some lead pencil/graphite, good length, > > balanced acids. Not a powerhouse but a classic cruiserweight Graves. > > A-/B+ > > > 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.** > > I could have sworn you reviewed a Smoking Loon Cab before. Surprised you > would drink it again. For me, it is a C to C- on your scale. It's possible, but I don't recall it. Not something I'd buy, just a leftover bottle brought by a well meaning non-wine person to our party Labor Day weekend. I had a small pour to confirm it was sound before Betsy cooked with it. A tad herby/weedy, but nothing really wrong with it, and no overpowering oakchip or sweetness. |
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>, DaleW > wrote: > On Sep 13, 1:22*pm, Lawrence Leichtman > wrote: > > In article > > >, > > > > > > > > > > > > *DaleW > wrote: > > > Dave was joining us for dinner, it was a cool rainy day and Betsy made > > > braised short ribs, garlic mashed potatoes, and spinach. > > > > > Cooking wine was a party leftover, the 2007 Smoking Loon Cabernet > > > Sauvignon (California). Sweet red plum fruit, a little green herby > > > note, rather short (and not very CS-ish) but competent and drinkable > > > red, better than most under $10 CalCabs I've tried recently. C+/B- > > > > > Dinner wine was the 1998 Ch. La Louviere (Pessac-Leognan) rouge. Black > > > cherries and currants, mostly resolved tannins, fruit is still lively > > > but there are some nice mature notes of cigarbox and damp earth. Holds > > > up well over 3-4 hours. Some lead pencil/graphite, good length, > > > balanced acids. Not a powerhouse but a classic cruiserweight Graves. > > > A-/B+ > > > > > 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.** > > > > I could have sworn you reviewed a Smoking Loon Cab before. Surprised you > > would drink it again. For me, it is a C to C- on your scale. > > It's possible, but I don't recall it. Not something I'd buy, just a > leftover bottle brought by a well meaning non-wine person to our party > Labor Day weekend. I had a small pour to confirm it was sound before > Betsy cooked with it. A tad herby/weedy, but nothing really wrong with > it, and no overpowering oakchip or sweetness. I find it way over-oaked and under-fruit for my tastes. |
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