ChTR kokous 18.3.2015

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Tasted Wednesday, March 18, 2015 by NiklasW with 186 views

Introduction

I brought the wines, everybody else tasted double blind.

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

  • 2007 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Estate 90 Points

    USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains

    Decanted. This was a rather dark purplish wine with some browning becoming evident. The nose was a blast of cassis, tons of black fruit, and quite a bit of toasty vanilla, very California, but very enticing. The palate had lots of tannins and lots of cassis, full-bodied, big, bold and delicious. An excellent wine in its genre, I enjoyed it!

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  • 2000 Château de Castres 88 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves

    Decanted. A brick red with definite age on it. The nose was quite nice, barnyard and red fruits, not very expressive. The palate was perhaps a touch tired, but still nice, elegant, good acidity, resolved tannins, fruit fading a bit. Giving it air did bring out more fruit, but still it would appear this is in the down hill stage.

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Closing

The Ridge was a surprise for almost all, it made quite an impression with its strong smells and tastes.

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