Dark ruby. Deep serious mentholated cherry juice aromas. Balanced and even palate, with layers of spice cake, cola, ame dried fruits , and salty meats. This was a lastbottle.com purchase at under $30, but the lowest retail price is $50. Great at the price I paid, only decent at the current retail. My grade reflects [...]
Archive for March, 2013
2008 Sine Qua Non the Line Grenache
Teeth-staining, Inky purple. Floral, very ripe with sweet flowers 15.7%. Thumping bass and really long. Nice tension and rocks. Super fun. Candy. Watermelon jolly rancher. Grade: A. Thanks Don!
2005 Faiveley Clos de Vougeot
Iron and rust, earth and chestnut aromas. Amazing complexity. Not as closed as I expected. Dirty mushrooms. . Ruby to the core. Tomato and beef bullion. Incredible cristilline complexity. Long and pure. Outrageously delish. This is the real deal clos vougeot. Multi minute finish. Among my favorite clos vougeot. A/ A+
1987 Ridge Zinfandel Geyserville Vineyard
Cork is perfect. Cam out in one shot. At first very funky with old very dusty book flavor. But even at first there’s a delicious core of fruit. Still ruby red. I’ve had this open an hour now. Aromas of funky a little stinky sweaty funk. Then totally tasty palate. Dark fruits, earth, [...]