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WFA 2009
Tasted Thursday, October 22, 2009 - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 by Alex H with 782 views
Flight 1 - Hungary (10 Notes)
Flight 2 - Georgia (3 Notes)
2007 Teliani Valley Tsinandali 77 Points
Georgia, Kakheti, Tsinandali
(10/27/2009)
White fruits, lime, stonefruits with sparkling lemons.
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2007 Teliani Valley Napareuli 79 Points
Georgia, Kakheti, Napareuli
(10/28/2009)
Smoky and spicy like a shiraz. Cool fruits with mineral bitterness running through a bunch of dried twigs and roots. Quite austere.
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2006 Teliani Valley Akhashoni 82 Points
Georgia, Kakheti, Teliani
(10/28/2009)
Sweet savory confected cherries. Racy nose. Semi-ripe pretty cherries. Very pleasant drinking.
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Flight 3 - Haan Barossa (4 Notes)
2008 Haan Merlot Cabernet Franc 83 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
(10/28/2009)
Cedar box, maintains good balance with mostly blue fruits making up the body with a mocha finish.
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2005 Haan Shiraz Prestige 83 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
(10/28/2009)
Lightly oaked tobacco leaves. Again, quite a well-mannered aussie shiraz without being OTT. Nicely integrated blackberries. A delicious wine.
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2006 Haan Merlot Prestige 81 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
(10/26/2009)
Wispy smoke and dried twigs. Powdery mouthfeel of black cherries and chewy tannins.
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2006 Haan Wilhelmus 84 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
(10/28/2009)
Dark conentrated blackcurrants, black berries. Big and layered but balanced wine. A bit of noble classiness felt.
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Flight 4 - Clos du Caillou (2 Notes)
2006 Le Clos du Caillou Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine du Caillou Les Quartz 83 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
(10/27/2009)
Garrigue, stony minerality, dry with bitter tannins and lots of cold stony mouthfeel. In fact, it tastes like its name...Quartz.. and lots of it.
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2007 Le Clos du Caillou Côtes du Rhône Les Quartz 86 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône
(10/27/2009)
Airy violets married with fresh leather, bunches of garrigue spices, smell of morning coffee aromas at the coffeeshop and touch of minerals. Predominantly black raspberry fruits, streak of minerality, bitter cocoa beans and ginseng roots. Very elegant in my opinion. 85-87pts.
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Flight 5 - Others (7 Notes)
2008 Punt Road Pinot Noir 84 Points
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
(10/23/2009)
Almost faintly browning reddishness colour but definitely light coloured. A mixture of sweet pretty new worldish strawberries intermixed with dry herbs ,earthy dried mushrooms. All this lifted by a very much floral outlook. Palate was very much pleasurable with nice strawberries, earthyness and finishing with almost partially sweet minerality. A good wine.
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2007 Maycas Del Limari Syrah Reserva Especial 82 Points
Chile, Limarí Valley
(10/27/2009)
Inkish, dessicated coconut candy. Dark brooding fruits, almost confected with hint of limeyness. Quite a big wine.
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2008 Domaine des Terres Dorées (Jean-Paul Brun) Pinot Noir Bourgogne 70 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
(10/27/2009)
Weak and diluted . Like grape juice mixed in water with a bitter bite on the finish.
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2004 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Romirasco 85 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
(10/28/2009)
Inkish , stemy with lots ofs youthful tannins. Hard to dissect now. Definitely a keeper with powerful strong personality. At the moment, the coffee oak dominates but already there are lots of fresh, lively sour cherries on the palate providing the acidity needed to balance off.
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2008 Astrolabe Wines Sauvignon Blanc 86 Points
New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough
(10/28/2009)
Gentle morning grass amidst white dandylions. Elegant ripe gooseberries and kiwis. Nicely fresh but not too much to make it as typical as any other NZ SB. This really is a breath of fresh NZ spring cool seabreeze air.
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2004 Bella Ridge Kyoho 85 Points
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
(10/28/2009)
Made from kyoho grapes. This is a rare treat from WA, limited production and I think it should be on a trial run. Sweet and sour lychees and some toffee on the nose but this really really reminds me of Qoo (green label - grape) drink!!! Cartoonish and extremely quaffable. If disney got into the wine business, this would probably be how it would turn out...and I can really imagine the wines in disney cartoons tasting like this. Makes me happy drinking this. A semi sweet.
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2006 Allinda Cabernets 82 Points
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
(10/28/2009)
Sweet flowers, sweet currants with standardish depth of fruits and moderate oakiness. Good wine but nothing more.
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2007 St Llona Nagy-Somló Somloi furmint Nagy 85 Points
Hungary, Balaton, Nagy-Somló
(10/27/2009)
Excellent dry white from Hungary. Perfumed grapey nose with lots of green grapes. This is a nuclear bomb of minerality! Boomz. Dicey grapefruit freshness and uplifting acidity. Thoroughly refreshing and makes me want more.
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2007 Kreinbacher Olaszrizling Nagy-Somló 76 Points
Hungary, Balaton, Nagy-Somló
(10/27/2009)
Dull and subdued nose. Bitter minerality with grapefruit seeds.
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2005 Domaine Szeremley Kékfrankos Badacsonyi 76 Points
Hungary, Balaton, Badacsonyi
(10/27/2009)
Smoky , earthy spices and wet wood. Lean unripe fruits reminiscent of a barren dry landscape. Poorly endowed wine.
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2004 Simon Pincészet Egri Bikavier 86 Points
Hungary, Felső-Magyarország, Eger
(10/27/2009)
A pinch reductive with dark soy sauce notes over smoky brooding dark fruits. Dry gnarled up vine branches come to mind. An austere earthy and mineral laden wine. Lots of dried fruits and finishing with a cognac aftertaste. Also quite suprisingly has soft tannins.
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2004 Gere Tamas Pinot Noir Villányi 75 Points
Hungary, Dél-Pannónia, Villányi
(10/27/2009)
Grapey and stemy with lightish red cherries. Reductive.
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2006 Gere Tamas Villányi Aureus 77 Points
Hungary, Dél-Pannónia, Villányi
(10/27/2009)
A bordeaux blend done in hungarian style. Very international styled. Lifted nose lined with coffee oak and dark red fruits. Feels souless and common. Drinkable.
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2000 Pauleczki Szölobirtok Tokaji Aszú 3 Puttonyos 85 Points
Hungary, Tokaji
(10/27/2009)
Fresh nose of preserved apricot anmd persimmons that you get at chinatown tidbits shops. Lively acidity with mouthfuls of ripe fresh yellow fruits.
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2002 Grof Degenfeld Tokaji Aszú 3 Puttonyos 87 Points
Hungary, Tokaji
(10/27/2009)
Lifted alc, sweet tobacco leaves. Very perfumed. Smoky spices. Very unctuous and opulently complex yet preserving nimble balaance with a lengthy finishing. A wine of stature with the weight to complement.
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2004 Samuel Tinon Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos 80 Points
Hungary, Tokaji
(10/27/2009)
Closed and conservative nose with sprinkling of apricots. Palate shows petrolly sweet apricots, a peel of mangoes but shouting for more acidity to balance off.
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1999 Disznókő Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos 89 Points
Hungary, Tokaji
(10/27/2009)
A boomzful of oriental spices, scented talcum powder on the nose. Outstandingly fresh lemon lime acidity cutting though a richly endowed korean citron tea, mangoes, sweet apricots palate. The finish is mouthwateringly beckoning to the senses with a sparkling twist on the toungue. I appreciate this wine more everytime I taste it. The acidity has become better married to a more developed complex palate.
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