4th Saturday Group brown bagger

M/M thelostverse
Tasted Saturday, May 31, 2014 by AllRed with 558 views

Flight 1 (1 Note)

Opened the thelostverse as a nonblind starter.

Flight 2 - I. Warm ups (4 Notes)

Tasted double blind.

Flight 3 - II. Reds (5 Notes)

Tasted double blind.

Flight 4 - III. Reds (5 Notes)

Tasted double blind.

  • 2003 Bodegas Alejandro Fernández La Mancha El Vínculo

    Spain, Castilla-La Mancha, La Mancha

    Dark color with aromas of beef bouillon cube and raisins. Sour dark fruit on the palate with more bouillon qualities. This is vile stuff. I was fairly certain it was our Vinculo.

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  • 1987 Duckhorn Vineyards Merlot Napa Valley 91 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Faded garnet color with some bricking. Aromas of herbs, tobacco and iodine- I love the bouquet on this. Nicely balanced and fully-integrated. Perhaps just slightly drying out- but only slightly. Flavors of iodine, currants and iron with red fruit on the finish, which is on the short side of medium. I thought we had a Bordeaux here, from a weaker vintage.

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  • 2011 Stefania Nueva Casa de los Padres Special Reserve 92 Points

    USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains

    Notes of macerated strawberry, florals and dark fruit. Black raspberry and floral qualities on the palate. Finishes very well, as did the last bottle, with lingering dark fruit and herbal qualities. Double blind, Mrs. TLV liked it this time around, however Domino still did not...good...the last four bottles are mine.

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  • 2005 Rubicon Estate Cabernet Franc 86 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford

    Aromas of vanilla, boysenberry, currants and dark fruit; ripe. Dark fruit and oak spice on the palate with firm, obtrusive tannins and vanilla- loads of oak here. No guess; no one thought Cab Franc.

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  • 2005 Turley Zinfandel Old Vines

    USA, California

    Raisin and candied red fruit aromas lead to a palate that is port-like and rather sour. I couldn't take more than one sip.

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Flight 5 - IV. Reds (4 Notes)

Tasted double blind.

  • 2005 Flowers Pinot Noir Frances Thompson Vineyard 84 Points

    USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

    The bouquet has a hint of bouillon, along with dark fruit and florals. Red and dark fruit on the palate as well but with a bouillon quality there as well. Guessed over-the-hill Cab.

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  • 2006 Château Le Thil Comte Clary 86 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Aromas of tobacco and currants. Flavors of dark fruit, currants and herbs. Has a sour quality to the fruit on the finish. Guessed Bordeaux.

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  • 2007 Verum Malbec Reserva 85 Points

    Argentina, Patagonia, Río Negro, Alto Valle del Rio Negro

    Hot; port-like; black fruit and floral notes eventually emerge from beneath the alcohol. Black fruit and oak dominates the palate. Hot and alcoholic. Perhaps there's enough fruit to absorb the oak and alcohol but I wouldn't bet on it. No guess as to what this was.

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  • 2012 Ridge Carignane Buchignani Ranch 86 Points

    USA, California, Sonoma County

    Notes of vanilla and red fruit. Monolithic; vanilla and red fruit with firm tannins and not much else. No guess.

    As it turns out this had just been shipped and arrived the day before the tasting...a case for travel shock? Or perhaps just in a dumb phase?

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Flight 6 - Nonblind dinner & dessert wines. (1 Note)

TLV smoked a couple of pork shoulders and served up all of the sides & trimmings. What a great way to end the evening.

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