4th Saturday Group brown bagger

M/M thelostverse
Tasted Saturday, October 24, 2015 by AllRed with 462 views

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

Flight 2 (7 Notes)

  • 2009 Kutch Pinot Noir Falstaff Vineyard 91 Points

    USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

    Notes of cherry compote & nutmeg. Medium-bodied. Flavors of cherry, spice, nutmeg and orange peel . Nice acidity. Guessed Sonoma Pinot.

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  • 2011 The Four Graces Pinot Noir Black Family Estate 92 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills

    Light color with notes of cinnamon, red berry fruit and spice. Cherry and red fruit on the palate with good underlying acidity. Fruit turns darker as it sits. Balanced, with a lengthy finish. Excellent. Guessed Oregon Pinot.

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  • 2003 Apaltagua Carménère Grial Reserve

    Chile, Rapel Valley, Colchagua Valley

    Notes of spice, plum and dark fruit. The palate follows the bouquet. Simple. Guessed Cab Sauv.

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  • 2002 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir Flawed

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley

    Corked.

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  • 2010 Adelsheim Pinot Noir Bryan Creek Vineyard 90 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains

    Notes of cherry, rhubarb and red plum- somewhat ripe but not overly or unpleasantly so. There's good acidity on the palate providing lift for the cherry and red fruit. Has just a hint of earthiness too. Finishes well with good length and balance. Excellent. Guessed OR Pinot.

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  • 2006 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir Équinoxe 92 Points

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley

    Aromas of red berries, plum and spice with a lighter cherry quality emerging with air. Medium-bodied but not heavy, this shows red fruits, spice and earth on the palate. Seamless across the palate with a lingering finish. 92+ pts.

    Drinking well with just a bit of air and will hold for some time- no rush on this.

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  • 2000 Château Granins Grand Poujeaux Moulis en Médoc 89 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc

    Aromas of forest floor, tobacco, plum and dark fruit. Medium-bodied with softened tannins and flavors that mirror the bouquet- plum and dark fruit and tobacco- but with a nice beef blood/iron component that I am really enjoying. Easy to identify as Bordeaux. 89-90 pts.

    This was meant as a dinner wine, but put into the tasting after the 2002 Le Cadeau was found to be corked. This particular bottle punched well above its class tonight.

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Flight 3 (4 Notes)

This was, without question, the absolute worst flight in the combined histories of our brown bag groups. We could not taste and unveil these fast enough, and having to suffer through these should have built up plenty of good wine karma down the road.

  • 2004 Clendenen Family Vineyards Nebbiolo Bricco Buon Natale 50 Points

    USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Maria Valley

    Opens with a foul burnt rubber note- like Pinotage, except in this case I am quite certain the Pinotage would be vastly superior. Once you get past the burnt rubber note, there's an herbal medicinal thing going on. Assuming you have the strength to actually sip this, you find a liquid that is incredibly sour and acidic and not worth swallowing. I ended up guessing that this was a CA Pinot experiment gone wrong.

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  • 2002 Stanley Lambert Shiraz Mustang Sally 80 Points

    Australia, South Eastern

    Aromas of dill and stewed fruit. It's ripe, but stands out in this flight for actually being drinkable. Stewed dark and red fruit on the palate with a good dose of oak too. I'm really not sure what this is, and the group isn't sure either. Guesses ranged from South American Cab to Syrah to Tempranillo. I was in the Cab Sauv camp on this.

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  • 2005 Brian Benson Cellars Syrah Denner Flawed

    USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles

    Aromas of dill, olive oil and rancid buttered popcorn. The palate follows the bouquet. There's some fruit but it's sour and well hidden by the rancid qualities. I actually guessed Syrah, and couldn't believe my eyes when this was unveiled.

    Having had a couple of Benson's wines before, this bottle was obviously flawed.

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  • 2011 Bodegas Volver Triga 65 Points

    Spain, Valencia, Alicante

    Aromas of dark fruit and raisin....really raisiny; pruny. Overly ripe, but at least there's fruit. Not much else though. No guess. I wouldn't be surprised if this were Amarone, but even bad Amarones are better than this.

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