Roberts House, Philadelphia PA
Tasted Friday, December 31, 2010 by ews3 with 894 views
The 3rd annual lobsterfest, with copious amounts of fresh Maine lobster, and even more copious amounts of wine -- Napa Cabs and Sparklers.
I had a couple wines to "pre-party" with lunch.
A few lighter sparklers and a Rose from Scholium. Two were very drinkable, one was interesting but I did not fins it to my tastes.
The big guns of the evening... many of these were too young, yes -- but they all lived up to my high expectations and -- in a few cases -- surpassed them. The Schrader was my WOTN as an absolutely delicious wine.
3 vintages of Dom Perignon were our around midnight wines... The 96 and 02 are very similar in many regards. Interestingly, the 00 tasted older than the other two, a testament to the staying power of the '96.
Mr. K, meet Mr. K... The Sine Qua Non dessert wines are named 'Mr.K' as an homage to the late Alois Kracher... so we tried it alongside the Kracher.
2007 Betz Family Cabernet Sauvignon Père de Famille 93 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
deep garnet color, opaque at center. showed smoke, black fruit, and olive on the nose. medium bodied palate does not show incredible concentration, but don't be fooled -- there is plenty of fruit on this. definitely on the darker curranty side, without juicy notes. more smoke and peppery steak also appear on the palate. medium(+) acidity. there is some heat that appears on this -- hopefully some bottle aging will help round that out. nice medium tannins that show that this has 10-20 years ahead of it. medium (+) finish is interesting -- light, but doesn't really fade.
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2007 Rivers-Marie Chardonnay B. Thieriot Vineyard 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
medium gold color with some slight green tinge. medium intensity nose of honeydew melon, asian pear, honeycomb, and toffee ice cream (some toffee evident, but seems diluted). palate shows more of the melon with some tropical fruit and white pepper. medium (+) acidity is most prominent on the midpalate and leading into a well rounded medium length finish that adds citrus peel to the prior notes. I might be low on score -- the richness isnt quite there, but the melon flavors are delicious and it has a surprising complexity.
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