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Red Carpet Wine Tasting
Tasted August 31, 2007 by EMichels with 563 views
Flight 1 - Loring (1 note)
Red
2004 Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard
90 points
Slight bricking; Good deep nose; Good depth and length; Deep fruit; Raspberry; Strawberry - But darker
Flight 2 - California Syrah (6 notes)
Red
Red
2004 Audelssa Estate Winery Tempest Mountain Terraces
92 points
Dark; Great nose but with a little alcohol; Great blueberry/blackberry depth
Red
2005 Saxum Broken Stones
92 points
Dark; I think this needs time; Feels like there is a blanket over the flavors; A bit of chocolate
Red
2004 Krupp Brothers Estates Syrah Black Bart Stagecoach Vineyard
93 points
Good stuff; Full; Finish continues to develop
Red
2004 DuMOL Syrah Russian River Valley
94 points
Good nose of fruit and chocolate; Great complexity; Good spice; Chocolate; Should hold up well
Red
2004 Sine Qua Non Syrah Poker Face
96 points
Beautiful nose (fruit, floral, pepper) that I could just sit and sniff all night; A continually developing very complex balanced palate; Incredible finish with a pepperiness that continues to evolve; I keep thinking of Hayao Miyazaki films as I drink this
Flight 3 (2 notes)
Red
2004 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
89 points
Great nose; Entry a bit dull (but this came right after the Poker Face so it was a very tough comparison); Good balance; Medium intensity finish; A bit short
Red
2004 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage
93 points
Incredible nose; A bit of pencil lead; Cedar; Dark fruit; Ripe; Cinnamon; Almost raison