Mpls Does Big Domestic Reds
Fire Lake, Mpls
Tasted Sunday, October 23, 2011 by rocknroller with 671 views
Introduction
This was the monthly tasting group event. Two tables of 8 or so. Some bottles were shared, smaller pours on those in the second flight
Flight 1 - Table 1 Wines (12 Notes)
Flight 2 - Table 2 Wines/small pours (5 Notes)
Closing
My WOTN was the 1993 Arrowood and the 2002 Pride was my #2.
2007 Domaine Vrignaud Chablis 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis
Pale gold color. Petrol, mineral, some grass, and later some light florals and tropicals. The palate is light, moderate acid, average finish. Pleasant.
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1996 Domaine Thomas-Moillard Corton-Clos du Roi 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Medium red color, marked bricking. Oxidized, wood, tart red fruit, prominent acid. Sliding down the slope quickly.
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2006 Kistler Chardonnay Vine Hill Vineyard 94 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley
Deep gold color. This was lovely. Toast, oak, green fruits, florals, nuts, fig. Later developing some butter and roasted marshmellow notes. The palate is consistent with the nose, classy, lush, but not over the top. Oak is moderate. Great balance and a long finish. I really enjoyed this, and while this is a bigger style, I don't think it's over done at all.
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1993 Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon Réserve Spéciale 94 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County
Very dark red color, no bricking. I found this to be outstanding. Gave it a 30 minutes decant, improved over 30 minutes more and was going strong 3 hours later. Nose had a perfume of florals, damp earth, blueberry, cassis, graphite, subtle oak. The palate is gorgeous with a nice core of dark fruit, graphite, oak, and mineral, soft with velvety tannins, nice acid, and a very long finish, oh so elegant. My WOTN, 94+pts.
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1996 Lail Vineyards J. Daniel Cuvée 92 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Very dark red. Nose shows ripe fruit, mulberry, cassis, spice, herbs, oak. The palate has good depth, glycerin, nice round tannins, cassis, with a rich finish with oak notes. This drank quite well and was not showing any age.
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2001 Lagier Meredith Syrah 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Mt. Veeder
Dark red/purple color. This was big, with meat, eucalyptus, blackberry on the nose. The palate is deep, ripe black fruit, full body, meaty, dusty. 91+pts.
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1997 Swanson Alexis 89 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
Very dark red. This bottle was in pretty good shape. It was a bit hot on the nose and palate. Nose has oak, spice, alcohol-mild, herbs, briar. The palate is fairly nice with good fruit, cassis, plum,oak, and some heat on the finish at times. The balance is off here a bit, but overall holding up fairly well.
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2001 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Martha's Vineyard 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
Very dark red. This was a fascinating wine. The nose was extremely aromatic, starting off with almost pure eucalyptus that evolves into creme de menthe, in fact it started to smell like an Andes mint after awhile. I had a hard time getting anything more off the nose since this was so powerful. The palate was velvety, with mint, blackberry, cassis, good acid and round tannins. Nice structure, nice balance. Very enjoyable now, but I think this needs some time to fully evolve.
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2002 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Very dark red/purple. This was outstanding. Lush and silky on the palate, great balance, spice, black fruits, oak and hints of mocha. My #2 WOTN. 94+pts.
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2004 Regusci Patriarch 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Very dark red/purple color. this started off a little slow, not sure how much decant this got. Nose has blackberry jam, plum, spice, moderate tannins. This evolved to show some nice forest floor, herbs, and a long finish.
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2007 EMH Cabernet Sauvignon Black Cat 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Very dark red/purple color. Lots of licorice, spicy, heat, red fruits, prominent acid, somewhat grippy tannins. This is very young, and despite a 4 hour decant was not integrated well. I would like to revisit this in a few years.
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2000 Weingut Ernst Bretz Bechtolsheimer Petersberg Riesling Beerenauslese 89 Points
Germany, Rheinhessen
Amber color. Not overly sweet, good acid, nice fruit.
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