Dinner at Acqua

Acqua Restaurant & Wine Bar, White Bear Lake, MN
Tasted Saturday, July 25, 2015 by rocknroller with 292 views

Introduction

Six of us gathered for dinner at Acqua to make some new wine friends along with introductions and Champagne/Apps at Beckys beforehand and dessert after.

Flight 1 - Champagne and Apps (2 Notes)

  • 2008 Veuve Doussot Champagne Ernestine Millesime 91 Points

    France, Champagne

    Pale gold color. Drank 2 glasses over an hour plus. I was quite pleased with this little number. Very solid, and I'm glad I have a stash of them. The nose has a lot of green apple, nutty, almond, yeasty, minerals. The palate is medium bodied, nice crispness, green apple, pear, almond, yeasty, slightly chalky minerality. Good length and quite bright. Drinks well already.

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  • NV G. H. Mumm & Cie Champagne Mumm de Cramant 90 Points

    France, Champagne

    Light medium gold color. Drank 2 glasses over 45 minutes. Much bigger and heavier than the Ernestine, very toasted on the nose and palate, toasty, brioche, full body, baked pear, autolytic, yeasty with some earthiness, medium length. Larger bubbles.

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Flight 2 - Dinner Wines (4 Notes)

  • 2012 Beringer Vineyards Chardonnay Private Reserve 92 Points

    USA, California, Napa Valley

    Light gold color. PNP, drank 1 glass over 30 minutes. On a very hot humid evening with dinner by the lake, this lost its chill fairly quickly, yet held up well and drank wonderfully. Nice aromas of melon, lemon, creme brulee, light oak. The palate is nicely textured and round, full bodied, elegant, melon, lemon, citrus zest, lemon custard, hints of pineapple, good acid and a long finish. Balanced, very good.

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  • 2010 Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir Mount Carmel 90 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast, Sta. Rita Hills

    Very dark red color. PNP, drank 1 glass over 30 minutes plus. The nose shows sour cherry, cranberry, sous bois, spicy, a little raspberry. The palate is big, full bodied for pinot, sour cherry, tart raspberry, cranberry, spicy, briary, oak. Good but a bit less refined and rather big. 90+pts.

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  • 2008 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Momtazi Vineyard 91 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, McMinnville

    Very dark red color. PNP, drank 1 glass over an hour and again on day 2. Lovely dried earth and soil aromas, dark fruit berry fruit, crushed berries, a hint of blue fruit. The palate is medium bodied, layered dark fruits, raspberry, cherry, blueberry, dense, wood, spices, gravelly earth, and a little heat on the end of a medium finish.

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  • 2008 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Alberdi Crianza 89 Points

    Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

    Very dark red color. PNP, drank 1 glass over 30 minutes. This was youthful with plenty of new oak showing, tons of anise, and plenty of blackberry and cassis, along with a pleasantly earthy core. This needs several years and plenty of air currently. 89(+?)pts.

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Flight 3 - Dessert (1 Note)

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