Linne Calodo, Tablas Creek, Denner, L'Aventure, Villa Creek & more
Tasted Saturday, August 2, 2008 by vinole with 1,623 views
During a family trip down the CA coast, I had one day to tour some Paso Robles wineries while my wife and children toured Hearst Castle nearby. This was my first time to the region and I tried to taste as much as possible as I drink Rhone reds on a regular basis.
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A must stop in Paso as they offer you the most wines to taste. $10 or free with one bottle purchase. They also gave me a free shipping case after buying just two bottles. Lovely people and wine.
A fairly new winery that is quite slick and did not charge a tasting fee if you bought wine ($5 otherwise).
This winery is currently under new construction and is a bit of a mess. They charge a $10 fee whether you buy anything or not.
A more casual laid back tasting room that charges $10 whether you buy or not. You get to keep an inscribed Riedel glass. Well worth the stop.
A pretty winery that charges $10, but waives one tasting for each bottle purchased.
They charge $10 to taste and you get to keep an inscribed Riedel O glass. Had a nice time.
Very laid back and out of the way, and you must call ahead as they pour on some weekends and not on others. No charge and super friendly folks serving some of the most consistent wines across the board, and their lower priced wines tend to be better values than most others. My family joined me for this tasting and my kids played with their dogs and rode their skateboards.
I stopped here the next day on the way to Santa Barbara based on a rec from a pourer at Booker as I had wanted to try the Curran Grenache Blanc as I had gotten many recs for it. Kris Curran is the former winemaker for Sea Smoke. They also pour her husband's (former winemaker for Sanford) wines Di Bruno (Italian varitels) and Badge (pinot). They charge $15 for 6 wine tasting or $10 for four wines whether you buy or not.
2006 Tablas Creek Grenache Blanc 88 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Initially some crisp green apple flavors, then some mineral notes and some citrus flavors. Light to medium body and makes for a nice food wine.
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2006 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel Blanc 90 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Bright floral, peach, and honey aromas and flavors, finishing crisp with a mineral edge. A very nice medium bodied wine.
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2006 Tablas Creek Côtes de Tablas Blanc 88 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Light floral nose and palate, light body, with some pear and apple flavors. Nice wine for the price.
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2006 Tablas Creek Roussanne Bergeron 88 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Very light bodied, nicely balanced, with lower acidity but still some nice bright fruit. Lovely summer wine.
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2006 Tablas Creek Vermentino 89 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Light body, crisp acidity, with nice bright fruit and an almost sweet finish.
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2007 Tablas Creek Rosé 89 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Sweet nose, dry on the palate, nicely balanced restrained red fruit flavors. Very good rose.
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2006 Tablas Creek Côtes de Tablas 87 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Bright red fruit, with some glycerin on the midpalate, then a nice finish with some earth and mineral notes.
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2006 Tablas Creek Mourvèdre 88 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Red and dark fruit, though leaning more towards dark fruit with lower acidity and lighter body than the other reds.
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2004 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel 91 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Rich dark fruit, medium body, smooth long finish. A very nice wine, though it reminds me more of Napa cab than French Rhone given the ripe dark fruit flavors and little if any earth, leather, or pepper.
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2005 Tablas Creek Esprit de Beaucastel 92 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Now THIS tastes like CdP. Tasting side by side with the 04 showed astounding differences. This wine had plenty of earth on the nose and palate, red and dark fruit, with bright acidity. Medium body with a long finish. A dead ringer for a French Rhone. My favorite wine of the tasting.
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