Wineflock - Quilceda Creek Intro/Retro
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Tasted Friday, February 12, 2010 by winefool with 912 views
Introduction
So I had a free pass on a Friday night and invited a few fellow enthusiasts over for a mystery theme tasting where I provide all the wines (intro/retro in Flock parlance). The only clue was that the 10 main wines had earned a collective 974 WA points. Many thought I was going back to the Aussie well, but I'm not sure I could hit that average from down under. As usual, what I thought might turn out to be a readily identifiable theme turned out to be quite challenging for the group, but after substantial discussion and some narrowing clues, Scott finally picked it out (before the first unveiling, IIRC).
Thought it would be interesting to include a high scoring bordeaux as a ringer and what better vintage than the ripe 2003?? Say what you will about WA point inflation for these wines (see also Spain, Australia), the 97 point Montrose came in dead last for the group and it was a pretty darn nice wine.
Served red wine braised lamb shanks which came out perfectly - will definitely be making that again in the future.
2006 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 94 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
Group #4, My #5 - Full near-opaque red color. Nice nose of spicy cassis black fruit. Huge big rich tight black cassis fruit with cocoa notes. Firm frame with good acidity and a tight slightly bitter finish. Young, obviously. 94-95 pts.
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2002 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 93 Points
USA, Washington
Group #8, My #9 - Opaque deep red color. Medium forward nose of black spice with hints of camphor. Tight focused mineral black fruit wit a long searing tannic finish.
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2006 Quilceda Creek Merlot 94 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
Group #9, My #6 - Full deep red color. Pale nose of mineral and black fruit. Nice big ripe round rich chocolate black fruit - nice.
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1990 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 92 Points
USA, Washington
Group #7, My #8 - Deep opaque red with crrimson edges. Slightly canned round red/black fruit nose with prune and green pepper notes. Nice balanced round spicy red fruit with cola hints. Fully mature.
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2001 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 95 Points
USA, Washington
Group #5, My #2 - Full deep red with slight lightening. Full dusty clean black fruit with spice hints on the nose - nice. Mmmn, nice electric spicy black fruit on the palate. Still young but balanced and complex. Good omen for the younger wines.
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2003 Château Montrose 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Group #10, My #6 - Full deep red color. Big bright candied red fruit nose. Bright with dusty cedar and tobacco notes. Nice balanced rich red/black fruit with cigar box notes on the palate. Long round tannic finish.
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2003 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 89 Points
USA, Washington
Group #6, My #10 - Not sure what happened here because there was nothing apparent wrong with this wine, but it was a clear case of which one of these is not like to others in my opinion. Full deep red color. Slightly canned red fruit nose. Big chocolately blkac fruit but angular on the palate. Seems over ripe to me, even a hint of reductiveness?
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2005 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 95 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
Group #3, My #1 - Opaque deep purple red color. Lovely big bright briar nose with a slight hint of mint? Big focused spicy juicy black fruit palate. Focused with some of that same electric energy of the 01. My scores were tight at the top, but this was my favorite of the group...
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2004 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 94 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
Group #1, My #4 - Opaque deep red color. Lovely nose of black spice and red fruit. Big dusty dark black fruit palate iwth a zippy tannic acidity. This could be one of the best of these with a bit more time to come together... 94+ pts.
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2004 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Galitzine Vineyard 94 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Red Mountain
Group #2, My #3 - Full deep red with hints of lightening at the edges. Big warm nose of red fruit. Nice rich chocolate black fruit on the palate - focused and bright acidity here too. 94-95 pts.
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