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Notes from my monthly wine lunch:

1998 Auvigue Pouilly Fuissé Récolte Manuelle - fair bit of colour
in this wine and strangely almost no chardonnay characteristics that
would have led us to a correct divination of origin. Pleasant if
uncharacteristic nose and decent fruit. Ready.

We had an excellent scallop dish with this.

2003 Moillard Mercurey Prem. Cru "Clos l'Eveque' - ahh -
classic pinot noir nose sent us Burgundy-ward right away. Good bright
fruit. nice varietal nose, a balance unlikely to be found in a pinot
from anywhere else, and a clean smooth finish.

1987 Pedroncelli Dry Creek Cabernet - a fairly Burgundian skunky nose
to start this one off was a counter-indication to cabernet, but on
palate it was cab, and very French in style aside from the nose. Good
punch left in this one and nice length. Good showing.

1996 Leonetti Cabernet ('American' designation) - spicy oak, mint
and ample fruit in the nose, full bodied and with a long finish. Drinks
perfectly now and will hold.

1991 Caymus Napa Cabernet - big fruit friven nose, riper than the
Washington state cab, and also sweeter on palate, but with lower
acidity. Interesting comparison.. This is now at peak and should be
drunk in the next few years.

With a combination of bison and apricot terrine and rabbit/foie
gras/prosciutto pté.

1995 Ch. Cantenac (St. Emilion) - a reasonably priced St. Emilion,
this wine was already showing a bit of fading at the edges in terms of
colour, had medium body, nice weight and drinks best right now.

1986 Rainoldi Sassella Riserva - an unusual wine I had only tasted a
couple of times, made in the North East of Italy up against the Swiss
border, from Nebbiolo, which is called Chiavennasca locally. Medium
colour, going orange at the edges, big sweet hit of fruit, then the
acidity followed after to balance it nicely. The roses and tar in the
nose were quite lovely.

We were eating Salt Spring Island lamb by this point.

1999 Marques de Grinon Syrah - alright, tough one here - a Syrah
from Spain. Very dark wine with a tarry nose, very dry in the mouth,
the tannins present but not assertive. This is produced in a quite
unusual location - Dominio de Valdepusa, a single estate D.O. I
would leave this wine for several more years before opening another
bottle, but it shows promise.

On to cheese, and.....

1998 Fox Creek JSM - a blend of 61% shiraz, 24% cab franc, and 15%
cab sauv from McLaren Vale. The dark colour and sweet vanilla nose were
fast indicators of origin, though the still purple edges of the wine
belied its age. Excellent flavour, cassis, blackberry, and very long
finish. This wine is fairly well balanced and not a typical 'over the
top' Aussie effort. I have a case or two fo this in the cellar
(somewhere) and it may be time to start opening some.

1990 Smith Woodhouse LBV Port - what a wonderful classic way to end a
meal (too bad I had to go back to the office!). This wine is still
rather dark in colour, and not too hot in the nose. Smooth and enticing
now, this is one LBV that will improve with age, a fact attested to by
the use of a conventional cork rather than the truncated style with
plastic top.

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Bill S. wrote:

> 1991 Caymus Napa Cabernet - big fruit friven nose, riper than the
> Washington state cab, and also sweeter on palate, but with lower
> acidity. Interesting comparison.. This is now at peak and should be
> drunk in the next few years.


Interesting notes, Bill. This wine was one of the last of the old style
Caymus regular bottling, back in the time when they didn't give them the
overoaking that the SS received (not that the SS couldn't handle it,
though). I doubt that many of the regular Cabs produced there after '94
have much of a chance of lasting 14 years as well as this one has *sigh*
OTOH, I'll never know because I stopped buying Caymus Cabs in the
mid-'90s.

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I have some 1994 - perhaps I should (find) open some?

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"Bill S." > wrote in message
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>I have some 1994 - perhaps I should (find) open some?


Yes, by all means! Perhaps on your next trip to Los Angeles? ;^D

Tom S


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"Bill S." > wrote in message
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1987 Pedroncelli Dry Creek Cabernet - a fairly Burgundian skunky nose
to start this one off was a counter-indication to cabernet, but on
palate it was cab, and very French in style aside from the nose. Good
punch left in this one and nice length. Good showing.

Hi, Bill -

Have you ever had the 1976 Pedroncelli Cabernet? That was an astoundingly
nice wine from a drought year. The BV GdL was really good that year too.

Tom S




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Yes I have, Tom.

The Pedroncellis lasted amazingly well, or at least the older vintages
did.

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