Union @ Seattle, WA
Tasted Thursday, August 2, 2007 by kris.h with 873 views
Many thanks to Roy for organizing this, Union Restaurant for hosting us, and everyone else for bringing such nice wines. It was a pleasure meeting Mike and some new faces from the Seattle crowd. Dinner was fabulous and all the wines were great too. Amazingly, out of the 16 bottles we opened, not a single one was corked, oxidised, or spoiled in some way.
This wine has a vibrant light yellow color. The nose is very tight but with time in the glass and lots of swirling I coaxed out some apple, smoke, and flint. On the palate, this has really nice weight and great minerality. It is zesty and lively. This is outstanding right now but will be stunning with additional bottle age.
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A medium yellow color with a slight orange tint. There is a lot going on in the nose. It smells rich with lemon custard, apple, cream, and lime. Nicely delineated on the palate and a long finish. This wine seems to be drinking at or near peak so open one up if you have some.
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The nose offers up some light floral scents, honey, lemon zest and a petrolly nuance. A touch of residual sugar that adds to the medium weight mouth feel. Finishes off dry with lemon and pear.
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Light yellow color. The nose is open and expressive giving off hints of freshly cut grass, tropical fruit, and some laundry detergent. On the palate, the wine is medium to full body with mouth watering acidity and a long finish.
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The color is a nice dark ruby red. On the nose there is some leather, cherry, and plum along with some earth and some other good things I can't quite name. Nice weight on the palate and well balanced though it does finish a little tannic right now. Give this one a few more years for the tannins to resolve and it will see much improvement.
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When initially opened this was kind of stinky and musty. I double decanted it and took it to the restaurant where it was reopened about 2 hours later. What a transformation. The nose now has lots of vibrant cherry with floral notes and some soy. On the palate the wine is medium body with a surprising amount of tannin though not overpowering. A nice lingering finish with some cherry and blueberry. This wine evolved nicely over the course of the evening. There is probably no reason to cellar these further but I think they will continue to provide pleasure for 5 to 10 more years.
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The color is dark red. The nose gives off some smoke, bacon, and dark spicy fruit. The palate is firm and moderately tannic with lots of acidity. This is an outstanding wine but it could still use some more time.
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Bacon fat and violets. Yum! Tannic, full body, and good acidity. Long tannic finish. The nose was very reticent and this needs lots more time in the cellar to really shine. With time in the glass the nose did start to open up to reveal some plum and strawberry.
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A pungent nose of ripe fruit, flowers, compost, and meat. Grippy tannins and full body, great acidity. A little tannic at the moment so try to keep your hands off these if you have them.
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This wine had a very noticeable green streak running through it. It was strong but not completely overpowering. Under all those vegetables was some nice fruit, cedar, and tobacco. Medium to full body and shows good balance. The finish seemed too short though.
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The nose is toasty with sweet berries, plum, and cedar. On the palate there is more sweet fruit. Nicely structured with good length on the finish.
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Medium garnet red. The nose is open and expressive giving hints of dark berries, dried cherries, herbs, and leather. Medium weight on the palate. Moderate acidity with a nice tannic structure. Drinking very well right now.
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Really nice pungent tropical fruits, peach, nectarine, and flowers. This is bliss. Full body and nicely sweet. Honied and thick. Low acidity. Medium length finsh.
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Let me just start of and say this wine was incredible. Thanks Mike for bringing it! A very inviting nose of lychee, asian pears, spices, honey, pineapple. The list could go on. Amazing complexity. On the palate it's even better. Great acidity that keeps the wine fresh and lively. Full body and beautifully balanced. That acidity is really nice, it keeps things focused and interesting. It was a real treat to taste this wine.
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This was served blind. I guessed a Vintage Port from the late 80's or early 90's. I was not brave enough to venture a guess for the producer but now that I think of it, Dow was the natural choice. The color is a deep dark red, this is showing very young for a 27 year old Port. The nose was chocolate covered cherries, with some strong alcohol at the end. The palate is elegant and shows restrained sweetness. Not super sweet like Graham's. Firm tannins. Nice length on the finish. Give this one 5 more years and it will be singing.
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NV Camille Savès Champagne Premier Cru Brut Carte Blanche 89 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
Medium straw in color. The nose is subtle but gives off hints of apple, and lemmon. On the palate the wine is lively and very effervescent with a good body. Good length on the finish that offers a subtle toasty note.
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