Lunch Notes Feb. 2010
Lunch notes
Monmousseau Cuve JM (nv) this sparkling pink Touraine wine was made from 70% cab franc and 30% Grenache. The colour was delightfully pink, without any orange edges, and it had dried apple in the nose, a nice mousse, with a clean, slightly bitter finish. I liked this. 2008 Mouton Cadet Blanc clear wine, with a pear sort of nose, clean taste, not at all bad at a low price. Interesting ringer. 2000 Dalrymple Vds. Chardonnay Pipers Brook OK, I am an avowed chard disliker. Not hater, as I appreciate well made wines, but there are just so few interesting ones that arent, (just one example) more oak juice than wine juice. This was one of the interesting ones. Definite oak in the nose, but not overdone, and balanced with loads of fruit.Very tasty, with good length. Steered away from Australia because of the moderation in oak and crispness in finish. Turned out to be this Tasmanian producer. Well done. 1991 Pesquera Crianza medium dark wine with a more or less Rhonish nose, still has good fruit and some wood the made itself evident at the end. Aging gracefully. Valdivieso V Pinot Noir a blend of 4 or 5 different vintages, this wine was absolutely nothing like any PN I have ever tasted. In fact it gave away no varietal characteristics at all. A bit of mint in the nose, medium colour, not faded, some alcohol, enough fruit to balance. 1990 Rainoldi Inferno Riserva (Valtellina Superiore) a Nebbiolo from an area that doesnt come first to mind. Mature nose and bricky lightening edges were a give away as to age, but the varietal gave more difficulty. Smooth, long and not overly acidic. 1999 Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino an initially sugary nose turned with time to an acceptable Italian varietal nose, acid at the end and some tannin seemed tight and a bit ungenerous right now. 2006 Dom. de Mignaberry Irouleguy I guess I should have guessed this if any of the group could as I spent some time down in the area near the Pyrenees recently tasting Madiran and Iroulguys, but this one eluded me. Purple edges on a dark, tannic, full bodied wine, and a nice bit of spice at the end. Nowhere near optimum drinking range, these Tannat based wines need time, but this one might turn out quite well given that time. 1994 Renwood Zinfandel Grandmere Vd. (Amador) when this was released you could have frozen it and handed it out to the kids as blackberry popsicles. I like to hold some wines and see how they turn out with a bunch of age. With Zins you lose more than you win doing this, but some are interesting once the fruit of youth has passed. This one showed a very ripe nose with some iron in it and dried currants and tobacco. It was very dry in the middle, with good length, but the spectre of jamminess appeared as an after taste impression. 1997 Casa Ferrerinha Riserva Especial a traditional Portuguese wine with some heat, fair length and it later showed some mint. OK, but nothing special. 1997 Quinta do Crasto Riserva much more interesting with nice herbal nose, smooth wine with slightly assertive terminal acidity. Time to drink up. |
Lunch Notes Feb. 2010
On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:51:03 -0800 (PST), "Bill S." >
wrote: > >2000 Dalrymple Vds. Chardonnay Pipers Brook OK, I am an avowed chard >disliker. Not hater, as I appreciate well made wines, but there are >just so few interesting ones that arent, (just one example) more oak >juice than wine juice. This was one of the interesting ones. Definite >oak in the nose, but not overdone, and balanced with loads of >fruit.Very tasty, with good length. Steered away from Australia >because of the moderation in oak and crispness in finish. Turned out >to be this Tasmanian producer. Well done. > Tasmania will almost always surprise just due to the huge climate difference. Much more in line with NZ and in some producers cases very French (Given that PN and Chard are the major grapes) |
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