Cibo Restaurant at the Moda Hotel [Vancouver, Canada]
Tasted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 by Weston3220 with 1,235 views
Three Wine Agents Showing a Small Selection, getting ready for the Olympic Madness
From the Portfolio of Calibrium International
From the Portfolio of Altovin International
A: Grassy Just a beautiful Nose really complex a nice ripe style of fruit I like 95pts
T: High Acid Med Intensiyt, the Flavour let me down on the palate compared to the nose good tho 90pts
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FYI not a Chard fan.
A: Med intensity ( - ), Caramel decent not picking up tons of oak good job so far
T: Oak, Mineral,Ripe Fruit, Good acid
Conc: A typical for a warm climate Chardonnay that I have had over the pass and I don't like this style but people love it
If I scored this on my palate 85, but I think for most this is a 90pts easily
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My Wine of the Night
There is something that I love about Marlborough Fruit its awesome
A: Nice Cherry Fruit, Reminds me of other Tua Tua Bay 2008 same everything
T: Mineral, Spice, Fruit yummy
Conc: Could drink this all day
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A: Rubbery, Earth
T: Very Pleasurable on the Palate, just good gorgerous fruit
Conc: can't believe the price on this,
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Normall not a fan of the amarone Style Wines this wine is 30% dried out
A: Sweet Fruit [Amarone]
T: Good acid good ripe dark/red fruit really dry on the finish, fruit little earth
Conc: Solid wine I could drink this
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T: Good tart fruit can taste that Sangiovese
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T: Coffee, Soft Tannin, Dark/Red Fruit
Conc: I actually really enjoyed this especially the syrah it was really good
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T: Good fruit, touch of rubber, brambly fruit, earth, sweet tannins
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A: Earth, Fruit
T: Aussie Style, Eculypse, Good fruit, Baking Spice, peppery?ginger?
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A: Minerally [My Grillbrick nose I get from Rhone all the time]
T: Med Body, Good acid, med tannins, lovely red fruit
Conc: Not what I was expecting from a Aussie Shiraz, this must be the stuff they keep in australia really good more Rhone then Aussie
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A: Nice Nose, Big intensity, good big fruit but not a fruit bomb.
T: Good Candied Fruit [controlled], Spice, Licorice the really good expensive stuff, Sweet Blackstrap Molasses
Conc: This was good I mean this was a big wine I don't know if I could drink more then two glasses but it was pretty good
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There was only one drop, literally in the decanter, I got to taste it and I could feel the tannins, decent fruit it seemed like a HUGE Wine
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From the Portfolio of Liquid Art Find Wines
A: yeasty, fruit
T: Good lemon peel, rich texture really feeling the Blanc de Blanc ripping acidity
Conc: Good way to start a meal
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A: Closed Nose
T: Nice Red Fruit, Touch of Yesat
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A: Richness, Oak is balanced!
T: Burnt Buttered Popcorn, Lemon Citrus
Conc: Not a Chard fan but I could drink this
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T: Nice Texture, Round, Med intensity, good acidity, lemon/apple
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Masculine Styled Wine
A: Has that Typical Marlborough fruit shinning through [91pts]
T: Rich, Creamy, Good Fruit
Conc: To me I think there was to much oak used and that is what is coming through
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This is why people love the 2007 vintage a great Cote-du-Rhone
A: Good Warm Fruit, Cherry Nibs
T: Cola, sasspraella[spice] soft tannins more cherry nibs
Conc: yeah this is good, its warm, grab that loved one and a fireplace and BOOM
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Drinking Good now, No real notes
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Sorry no notes, and Can't remember
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T: Touch of Ripe Green [the good kind], good fruit Black Currants, Big grippy tannins
Lovely WIne
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Earth, Chocolate, Red Fruit
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Enjoyed this
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A: Low Intensity
T: Sweet Tannins, Ripe Cherry
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Overall was a good tasting event, good stuff was brought out
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2008 Sperling Vineyards Pinot Gris 87 Points
Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Valley VQA
A: Peach, Floral, Giving off that Alsacian Richness
T: Med Acid, Round not what the nose was giving, it was Sur Leed so that would do that
Conc: The taste was a let down coming off the nose
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2008 Yealands Estate Sauvignon Blanc 88 Points
New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough
A Typical NZ Sauv Blanc good, Greenness check, Zippyness check. All around what I would except from NZ and a good QPR
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2008 Waterbrook Mélange Blanc 88 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
A: Floral, that Muscat Fruit is singing through
T: Off Dry, Good Floral Notes, Acid there my type of wine.
Conc: A Simple Summer Sipper tho I was enjoying it in the middle of Jan
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NV Pommery Champagne Brut Royal 92 Points
France, Champagne
A: Mineral, Rich
T: Smoke Mineral, Fruit. Charcoal, oh yeah and great acidity
Conc: my type of Bubbly
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2007 La Posta Malbec Angel Paulucci Vineyard 87 Points
Argentina, Mendoza, Lujan de Cuyo
A: Light Meaty, Black Fruit, Rich
T: Coffee, Med Fruit Intensity, Good Acid
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2008 Grant Burge Shiraz Barossa 85 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa
T: Intense Flavour Profile, A Typical Australian, Eucalyptus, Grape Candy
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2008 Tommasi Valpolicella Classico Superiore 87 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Valpolicella Classico Superiore
A: Meaty, Sweet
T: Vanilla, Sour Cherry, Light Tannin
Conc: Easy Drinking can't go wrong with QPR
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2007 Barone Ricasoli Chianti Classico Riserva Rocca Guicciarda 87 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Not sure if this was the 2007 or 2006
T: Sour Cherry, Good Tannins, Nice Acid
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2004 Fontanafredda Barolo 88 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
A: Closed Aromatically
T: Cherry Cola, Med Acid, Med Tannin, Candy Cherry
Conc: Enjoyed this much drinking lovely now
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2005 Brancaia Ilatraia 92 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
T: Silky Soft Tannins, Earthy, Good Black Currant
Conc: This was just rocking today, showing its best, I would drink it now
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2005 Bodega Catena Zapata Nicolás Catena Zapata 90 Points
Argentina, Mendoza
Big Fruit, Good Tasty, Delicious. Little Coffee on there
Conc: Good yes delicious yes, worth its price no...98pts RP well I do not agree
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