Tablas Creek Tasting at Chez Mitchell
Tasted Friday, September 16, 2022 by grafstrb with 72 views
Introduction
Recently, Tablas Creek offered to my wife's and friends' place of employment an online tasting event featuring four of their wines, which were offered as a package at a significant discount. Four of us convened at our friends' house for dinner and the tasting, and we supplemented the tasting with a couple additional bottles of Tablas from our collection.
More than anything else, this tasting really highlighted the importance of letting some wines rest/develop in the bottle. The first four wines listed below are the ones that were included in the tasting, and each of the three reds showed very light for what I've become accustomed to from those bottlings. A large part of me believes they were suffering from travel shock, as the wines were delivered (iirc) within 24 hours of the tasting. So, with that having been said, please take the notes on the '20 Mourvedre, '20 Grenache, and '17 Esprit rouge with a big grain of salt.
2021 Tablas Creek Côtes de Tablas Blanc
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles Adelaida District
-- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over approx. 30 min. --
-- 44% Viognier, 22% Grenache Blanc, 14% Marsanne, 10% Rousanne --
NOSE: light aromatics; Smarties candy; jasmine.
BODY: green-maize color; medium bodied.
TASTE: good acidity; smooth; slightly creamy; peach; hint of lychee.
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2020 Tablas Creek Grenache
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles Adelaida District
-- cork pulled approx. 2 hrs. before initial taste --
-- tasted non-blind over approx. 1 hr. --
NOSE: light red fruits; fruity; not funky.
BODY: medium-light cherry red color of medium-light depth; medium-light bodied.
TASTE: quite light; light-to-medium-light concentration of fruit; no tannin; strawberry; 14.0% alc..
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2020 Tablas Creek Mourvèdre
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles Adelaida District
-- cork pulled approx. 2 hrs. before initial taste --
-- tasted non-blind over approx. 1 hr. --
NOSE: incredibly "pretty" for a Mourvedre: red licorice and incense, turning to black licorice with extended air exposure; not funky.
BODY: magenta-ruby color of medium depth; medium to medium-full bodied.
TASTE: smooth; hint of back-end funk (not brett); red-fruited; watermelon Jolly Ranger; very light-tasting for Tablas Creek's Mourvedre.
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2017 Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles Adelaida District
-- cork pulled approx. 2 hrs. before initial taste --
-- tasted non-blind over approx. 1 hr. --
NOSE: spicy – reminiscent of the men's EdT "Pi" from Givenchy; deeper-toned red berries.
BODY: garnet color of medium-deep depth; medium-full bodied.
TASTE: non-descript red fruits; not funky; quite light for this bottling.
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2020 Tablas Creek Counoise
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles Adelaida District
-- cracked approx. 30 min. before initial taste --
-- tasted non-blind over approx. 1 hr. --
NOSE: spicy, and red-fruited; not as pretty as the Grenache; not funky.
BODY: rustic pink-ruby color of light-to-medium-light depth.
TASTE: quite light – so much so that it comes across like a strong rosé; kinda boring.
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2019 Tablas Creek Panoplie
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles Adelaida District
-- cork pulled approx. 1.5 hrs. before initial taste --
-- tasted non-blind over approx. 1 hr. --
NOSE: deep red fruits; little hint of tar; quite expressive.
BODY: magenta-garnet color of great depth; medium-full bodied.
TASTE: spicy; rich red fruits, but not gloppy; 13.5% alc. is hidden. Obviously, just a baby, and is best left to rest for a while.
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