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Crown Liquors High End Tasting
Coral Gables, FL
Tasted November 14, 2013 by cliffkol with 628 views
Flight 1 (31 notes)
White
2010 Sanford Chardonnay
89 points
Lots of floral on the nose. Oaky, floral, stone fruits. Slightly acidic on the finish.
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Red
2007 Antinori Chianti Classico Riserva Badia a Passignano
89 points
Spicy, dark fruits. Some heat comes through.
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Red
2011 Tenuta Guado al Tasso (Antinori) Bolgheri Il Bruciato
90 points
acidic, hot, but very tasty, deep flavors. Probably needs 3 more years.
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2011 Shatter Grenache
90 points
From reading other tasting notes on CT, apparently you either like this wine or you don't. I do. It has a sweet side, and fruity, but overall well made and balanced. It stops short of being jammy. (Doris: Yes)
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Red
2008 Doña Paula Malbec Selección de Bodega
88 points
Very hot, acidic. Distracts from the flavors. However, overall a decent wine and might get better with time to resolve. (Doris: yes)
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Red
2009 The Federalist Wines The Federalist Dueling Pistols
90 points
smooth, fruity. Balanced tannins
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2007 Pian Delle Vigne (Antinori) Brunello di Montalcino
89 points
Light body and flavors. Probably needs at least 3 years for tannins to resolve.
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2010 Rodney Strong Symmetry
91 points
Extracted flavors, fruity, leather. Mouth filling tannins. Needs several more years.
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Red
2010 Kuleto Estate Cabernet Sauvignon India Ink
90 points
Medium body and medium flavors. Dark fruit, slight smoke, earth. Medium tannins.
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Red
2010 Swanson Merlot
87 points
Light flavors. An OK wine, nothing outstanding
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Red
2011 Trivento Malbec Golden Reserve
87 points
Light flavors, big tannins. Needs more time. But still not sure time will heal this wine.
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White
2011 Olivier Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet
87 points
Light flavors, but representative of the region. Slight tropical fruits, stone fruits, steely. Lack of depth is the problem here.
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Red
2007 Marchesi di Barolo Barolo
91 points
Medium body and flavors. Smoke, tobacco. (Doris liked this wine)
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2010 Ca' Marcanda (Gaja) Promis Toscana IGT
90 points
Dark fruits, delicious. Smoke, bramble. Needs another 2-4 years and should be wonderful. (Doris liked this wine)
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Red
2010 Paraduxx (Duckhorn Vineyards) Z Blend
85 points
Alcoholic fruit punch. Unbalanced, sweet. Seems to be made for the White Zinfandel masses. My assessment does not agree with other CT notes, so I'm not sure if I just tasted a bad bottle?
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Red
2008 Dominion Tantara Pinot Noir Solomon Hills Vineyard
92 points
Very fruity, smoke, leather. (Doris and Elena liked this wine)
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2009 Andrew Will Champoux Vineyard
90 points
very tannic, acidic. Needs more time?
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2009 Moshin Vineyards Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast
85 points
very ordinary, almost grocery store wine.
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2011 Roux Père & Fils Meursault Vieilles Vignes
87 points
very light color and flavors.
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Red
2010 Peju Province Winery Cabernet Sauvignon
87 points
hot, acidic, tannic. Dark fruits, deep flavors. Maybe just needs a couple more years in the cellar.
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2010 Domaine Raymond Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Girard
90 points
Elena liked this wine