Tuesday, June 15, 2004
2003 Domaine de la Morderee Tavel Rose
Perhaps the finest example of Tavel rose on the planet. Totally bone dry. Not a hint of acidity, yet crisp, cool and refreshing. Light raspberry and strawberry notes. A killer rose, even at $15.00
1998 Domaine les Pallières Gigondas
Well, maybe this wine could have aged longer, but it was so good right now with the center cut Kansas City strip steak. Rich and chewy blueberry flavor, black pepper, all surrounded by a thick and rich almost pancake syrup like richness. The wine is still youthful, but the gentle tannins are subsiding. This is a very enjoyable wine now and will be for another five to eight years.
1994 Laurel Glen Cabernet Sauvignon
Patrick Campbell may be the most underrated cabernet producers in California. This wine was breathtaking in its concentration, flavor, balance and complexity. Super saturated black cherries, blackberries, plums, a hint of mint, and jam packed. Wow. One of the best cabs I've had in months.
2000 Falesco Vitiano Umbrian Sangiovese
This is Sangiovese. Forget the California wannabes, here's a wine that is the Italian equivalent to Cotes du Rhone. Black in color. Cocoa, cherries, hint of mocha, lots of raspberry. For under ten dollars at the time of release, this was one great value.
1989 Domaine de Chanterluses Bourgueil
Yes, a 1989 red wine from the Loire, made from 100 percent Cabernet Franc. As shocking as this fact may be, the wine was still youthful, had a nice, gentle tannic backbone and all that makes these wines so charming. Green bell pepper in the nose, black raspberry and bing cherry on the palate, and a nice, elongated finish.
1999 Chehelam Rion Reserve Pinot Noir
There's a reason Adam @ Roy's made the 2000 part of the core wine list. Given how saturated and thick the 1999 was, one can only imagine how the 2002 will be tasting. This is old world style Pinot Noir, I mean Burgundy, made in Oregon. Bold, spicy, outrageously good, the red wine has so much going for it already, that you hardly want to let it age, but it can and will. Nice notes of black raspberry, black cherry, coffee and a hint of road tar.
1999 Domaine du Joncier Lirac
Almost in a class of the les Pallieres, Lirac, which is one of the lesser appreciated regions of the Southern Rhone (i.e. read great value) makes wines in a less rustic, more finesse manner than Gigondas. The Joncier has restrained power and lots of class, smooth, delicious and forward, here's a wine to be drinking now and for the next three years. Move over Cotes du Rhones, here's a wine with plums, cherries, black fruits and more.
Cheers,
Andy
Perhaps the finest example of Tavel rose on the planet. Totally bone dry. Not a hint of acidity, yet crisp, cool and refreshing. Light raspberry and strawberry notes. A killer rose, even at $15.00
1998 Domaine les Pallières Gigondas
Well, maybe this wine could have aged longer, but it was so good right now with the center cut Kansas City strip steak. Rich and chewy blueberry flavor, black pepper, all surrounded by a thick and rich almost pancake syrup like richness. The wine is still youthful, but the gentle tannins are subsiding. This is a very enjoyable wine now and will be for another five to eight years.
1994 Laurel Glen Cabernet Sauvignon
Patrick Campbell may be the most underrated cabernet producers in California. This wine was breathtaking in its concentration, flavor, balance and complexity. Super saturated black cherries, blackberries, plums, a hint of mint, and jam packed. Wow. One of the best cabs I've had in months.
2000 Falesco Vitiano Umbrian Sangiovese
This is Sangiovese. Forget the California wannabes, here's a wine that is the Italian equivalent to Cotes du Rhone. Black in color. Cocoa, cherries, hint of mocha, lots of raspberry. For under ten dollars at the time of release, this was one great value.
1989 Domaine de Chanterluses Bourgueil
Yes, a 1989 red wine from the Loire, made from 100 percent Cabernet Franc. As shocking as this fact may be, the wine was still youthful, had a nice, gentle tannic backbone and all that makes these wines so charming. Green bell pepper in the nose, black raspberry and bing cherry on the palate, and a nice, elongated finish.
1999 Chehelam Rion Reserve Pinot Noir
There's a reason Adam @ Roy's made the 2000 part of the core wine list. Given how saturated and thick the 1999 was, one can only imagine how the 2002 will be tasting. This is old world style Pinot Noir, I mean Burgundy, made in Oregon. Bold, spicy, outrageously good, the red wine has so much going for it already, that you hardly want to let it age, but it can and will. Nice notes of black raspberry, black cherry, coffee and a hint of road tar.
1999 Domaine du Joncier Lirac
Almost in a class of the les Pallieres, Lirac, which is one of the lesser appreciated regions of the Southern Rhone (i.e. read great value) makes wines in a less rustic, more finesse manner than Gigondas. The Joncier has restrained power and lots of class, smooth, delicious and forward, here's a wine to be drinking now and for the next three years. Move over Cotes du Rhones, here's a wine with plums, cherries, black fruits and more.
Cheers,
Andy
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