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Dinner @ Mom's |  (413 page views) | | | - 2007 Westerly Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Ynez Valley
This seems to be a consistently good Cali Sav Blanc. This was basically just sippn wine for us this night, providing nice refreshing fruit and zippy acidity. Normally I don't like Sav Blanc without a good food match but this works. (89 pts.)
- 2007 Scherrer Winery Zinfandel Scherrer Shale Terrace - USA, California, Sonoma County, Alexander Valley
My second shot at this after being chided for opening the first one too soon. This is an outrageous zin and it is under 20 bones. Crazy. The aromatics have woken up. Lots of berries and bramble. Tons of zin fruit with none of that overly heavy mouth-feel and goopy raisiny fruit. The elegance of pinot with the hedonism of zin. This has great structure but I just don't know if I'll be able to keep my hands of the rest of the bottles. (95 pts.)
- 2002 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon - USA, Washington
Opened and given a brief decant. That is all that is necessary. I have never bought QC but with a family member a long time list member, I do get to drink them on occasion (and have been given a few bottles). I really like these wines. Big smooth and soft. The aromatics are big and ripe along with lots of oak but I really enjoyed the balance. This is a big wine but far from being over the top. This is good big for me. The purple fruit is at front but there are some earthy and herbal qualities on the palate. Not too heavy on the palate. And I really enjoyed how the ripe fruit carried no cloying sweetness. I find the tannins and acid soft so I don’t know why you would want to age this further but the few QCs I have had with 10 or more years on them have still been singing. Not sure what I will do with my lone bottle of this. (94 pts.)
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