Friday Night Brown Bagger

Rich & Dana's
Tasted Friday, September 7, 2012 by AllRed with 717 views

Introduction

There were a couple of open seats so we had an opportunity to fill in and taste with the Friday brown bag group. Wines are tasted double blind in flights, randomly arranged, hopefully, from light to heavy.

Flight 1 - I. Warm ups (3 Notes)

Flight 2 - I. Reds (5 Notes)

  • 1991 Forman Cabernet Sauvignon 92 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Garnet color, showing a bit of age at the meniscus. Aromas of tobacco and iron, with a nice herbal streak and dark fruit, plum. Balanced, with red fruit and plum flavors, hint of roasted herbs. Still has some tannin to resolve; finishes very well. Guessed Bordeaux.

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  • 2008 Robert Keenan Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 92 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Inky crimson color. Aromas of vanilla and blue fruit turn to black fruit and violets. Firm tannins. Black currant, vanilla and chocolate flavors on the palate, turning slightly austere on the finish. Guessed young Napa Cab.

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  • 1995 Robert Craig Affinity 86 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Garnet core. Opens with a saline quality, also beef bouillon and red fruits. Austere, with drying tannins and red fruit flavors on the palate. Most of us thought this was much, much older.

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  • 2008 Ramey Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 86 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Inky purple crimson color. Aromas of vanilla, red fruit, plum and new oak; has a candied quality too. Full-bodied with searing levels of tannin. Cassis and oak on the palate. Eventually displays chocolate, vanilla and black fruit qualities. Guessed young Napa Cab.

    Was shocked to see this unveiled as the 2006 version was enjoyable early after release. Hopefully time will help, but it has an awful lot of oak and tannin to integrate before the fruit will be allowed to emerge. Try again in 2018 perhaps.

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  • 2006 Azienda Agricola Musella Amarone della Valpolicella 85 Points

    Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella

    Garnet color. Aromas of pine resin, spice and red fruit. Medium-bodied, with flavors of red fruit and a weird, manipulated, oaky grapefruit quality. Austere, overly acidic through the midpalate and finish.

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Flight 3 - II. Reds (4 Notes)

  • 1989 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage 91 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage

    Dusty crimson core, light bricking; quite a bit of fine sediment. Aromas of eathy red fruit- cranberry and cherry, with barnyard and herbal overtones. Balanced, with red fruit, roasted game and herb flavors and a long finish. Guessed Hermitage. Began to tire in the glass, developing a sour edge. Nowhere near as compelling as a bottle tasted a few years ago.

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  • 2004 Michael-David Vineyards Petite Sirah Earthquake 90 Points

    USA, California, Central Valley, Lodi

    Inky purple color; opaque. Chocolate, vanilla, currants and blackberry aromas. Flavors of ripe black fruit; hint of prunes. Long, balanced finish.

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  • 2008 Match Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Butterdragon Hill 93 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena

    Inky crimson color. Lovely red fruit and vanilla aromas to start, followed by dill, red fruit and florals. Very pretty; elegant. Balanced, with red and black fruit flavors, along with vanilla and chocolate. Long finish. 93+ pts.

    This had been decanted briefly about three hours prior to showing up in this flight. Was told by our hosts that it was showing very well on day two.

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  • 2009 Michael-David Vineyards Petite Petit 90 Points

    USA, California, Central Valley, Lodi

    Inky purple & opaque to the edge, this was initially quite reticent and thick. Full-bodied with firm tannins and flavors of brown sugar, blackberry and dark fruit. Developed a terrific smoky barbeque quality on the nose and palate. Guessed Petite Sirah.

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Flight 4 - III. Reds (4 Notes)

Flight 5 - IV. Bonus reds (2 Notes)

  • 2007 Pax Syrah Cuvée Christine 92 Points

    USA, California, Sonoma County

    Dark color. Grapey; a touch hot, but notes of black fruit and incense too. Full-bodied with medium tannins and flavors of dark black fruit and incense with a slightly sweet edge. Nice finish. Would love a ribeye with this. Guessed Syrah.

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  • 2002 Connor Park Shiraz The Honour 85 Points

    Australia, Victoria, Central Victoria, Bendigo

    Dark color with a weird bouquet of perfumed dark fruit and brown sugar with an intense grapefruit note. Medium-bodied, with flavors that follow the nose- grapefruit and dark fruit. Air brings out some red fruit nuances on the palate, but the grapefruit quality doesn't go away entirely.

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