2nd Technical tasting course #2

expecting the unknown

• 2009 Henri Bourgeois Sancerre Les Baronnes 88 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre

  (blind tasting)
  transparent white
  herbal , citrus , tropical aroma
  full body, green apple & mineral falvors, high acidity, tannin & bitterness, good harmony, leng fruity-citrus after taste.

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• 2005 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo 89 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

  (blind tasting)
  light red-brown with amber rim
  floral, candy, dusty, leather, earth, furniture varnish and alocoholic aromas
  med-full body, lots of round smooth tannin that disclose this as Nebbiolo, ample bitterness & acidity, good harmony, nice development with time in the glass, pleasant long enjoyable after taste.

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• 2007 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 90 Points

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  (blind tasting)
  dark red-black color
  earthy, sweet, woody, funghus, rosemarin, blood, flesh & vanilla aromas
  ripe round tannin, high bitterness & acidity, full-body, ripe fruity & green flavors, notes of oak; complex; good harmony, med-long retrained after taste

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• 2007 Montes Purple Angel 90 Points

  Chile, Rapel Valley, Colchagua Valley

  (blind atsting)
  dark red-black with purple rim
  heavy fruity, earthy, reduced, eucalyptus, black pepper & other spices all evident in the aroma
  full body, bitterness, forest fruits, locrice, chocolate, black pepper flavors, rich & complex. Lots of round ripe tannins, balanced and harmonious; long alcoholic after tase.

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• 2007 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 92 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  (blind tasting)
  dark red-black color
  coffee, leather, spices secndary aromas of a Pauillac
  full-body, ripe round tannin, nice bitterness & acidity, flavors of coffee, caramel, oak - not relative single-dinemsion, medium harmony and after taste.

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• 2008 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Le Serre Nuove 90 Points

  Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri

  (blind tasting)
  dark red-black with purple rim
  earthy, young-fruity, tight, dusty aromas
  full body, fruity, sweetness, bitter dusty tannin, good bitterness, medium harmony, tannic after taste.

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• 2006 Luciano Sandrone Barbera d'Alba 88 Points

  Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d'Alba

  (blind tasting)
  deark red-black color with rosy rim
  secondary fine aromas of sweet candy, licorice - not very dominant
  med-full body, balanced acidity, pleasant on the palate, weak round tannin, low bitterness, medium balance & harmony
  long unbalanced after taste

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• 2005 Domaine Trapet Gevrey-Chambertin 91 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

  (blind tasting)
  light red-brown with light rim
  leather & black-earth aromas
  fruity flavors, complex, round & bitter tannin, nice acidity & harmony, long pleasant after taste

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• 2002 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis 91 Points

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

  (blind tasting)
  light red with brown rim
  fruity, roasted meat, tannic greenery, candy, and animalic sausage aromas.
  full body, bitter & round medium tannin, nice acidity, fruity flavors, balanced harmony, long and fine after taste.

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enjoyed great wines