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Tasted Thursday, April 23, 2015 - Monday, April 27, 2015 by Loren Sonkin with 309 views
Just catching up on my notes from the weekend. Dinners with friends plus cool but sunny spring days made for a lot of yard work followed by more wine with friends.
Also had a bottle of our wine off the list as L'Albatross has just started to carry it.
The local PBS station had its auction. As part of that, Saturday night was Wine. We bid on a few things but did not win. We did, however, donate some SonkinCellars wine which cam in at an over bid (150%), so that was good. Of course, we drank some wine while watching.
After watching the Cavs beat the Celtics with some Quivet, Chris & Renee stopped by, so we opened the Saxum.
2014 Apsara Cellars Sauvignon Blanc Rivers Reach 88 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
(4/23/2015)
Very nice wine. I may have served it too cold on this 32F April evening. It took some time for the aromatics to come out. It looks very pretty in the blue/green transparent bottle. Golden in color. The nose has some melons, slight grapefruit notes. Very solid, but I would like to see a bit more depth. Perhaps air might have helped it. I liked the profile very much, just would have liked to turn the volume up ever so slightly. I am looking forward to comparing this to the Sonoma SB they make.
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2011 Booker Vineyard Syrah Fracture Extended Age 22 Months 93 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
(4/23/2015)
Pretty consistent with a lot of the SoCal 2011's I have had. Its very good, but lacks the depth of other vintages. Nice black raspberry fruit. Grilled meat underlay. Nice acidity. Worked just fine with my veggie burger.
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