5/5/2015 - Rezy13 wrote:

Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+ (Bin 75): Garnet core, some clarity, bright maroon rim; floral, plum skin, brulee, jammy, berry fruit, tart, sweet, young, plastic; not great.

7/29/2015 - Rezy13 wrote:

Hinton's Annual Blind Tasting Challenge (Bin 75): Garnet, good clarity; lots of vanilla on the nose, plum, raspberry, char, cherry pie filling from a can; soft tannin, oaky, vanilla, blueberry, lighter body, decent acid; leaning towards Pinot in style but not at all.

11/16/2022 - Rezy13 wrote:

Spicy, natty, juicy, mushroom, leather, tea, floral, spritzy and sharp acids on the palate, a fun and easy going red with decent complexity but toes the line a little close to the natural side that can go into the bad end of the spectrum but no issues yet.

8/10/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Wines from America's Northwest (Bin 75): Very light rose lake; perfumed and floral with lots of fresh rose, a little stem, and youthful bubblegum grapiness in the back; palate is very light with strawberry, cranberry, and soft cherry; fairly simple but food friendly.

8/20/2017 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Wine at the Lake (Lake Lanier, GA): Very green in color; initially the wines seems very sweet almost cloying, either the wine opened up or my palate calibrated, this shows some sweet yellow fruit, sweet and fresh green pear, spiced pear, floral, candied ginger, an incredible creaminess to the texture, acid is soft and not shrill while the wine still shows good freshness, lots of slate, lots of class and obvious skill here, need to get more.

4/4/2021 - Rezy13 wrote:

Fairly boring on day one but on day 2 this shows less green and more white/yellow fruit, an energetic core still wound tightly supported by medium plus viscosity and waves of mineral, peach nectarine and sour plum dominate with a little underripe pineapple ginger and tart acids; while tasty this should be delicious in 5 more years.

9/25/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Floral, dark fruit, good structure and elegance.

7/13/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Pale straw; nose of white flowers, apples, pears, anise, and some lemon; slight citrus, tart apple, finishing with a floral and minerality, good acid cut keeps this fresh; very good.

3/16/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

60% Syrah, 40% Grenache; bright purple with medium density; nose of nutmeg, clove, sour cherries, cranberry; rich, round mouthfeel, good acid, delicious and simple- well done.

9/9/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

A little subdued for Gewurz; good pairing for lighter foods.

6/12/2014 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Pale straw; white flowers, bitter lime pith, some lemon, granite, hint of elderflower and spice; bright, electric acidity, light body but good mid palate, mineral scrapes the sides of your tongue, long citrus finish; delicious.

9/9/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Good citrus, granite, floral, seems like a faint touch of residual.

9/9/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Medium bodied, steely mineral, orange blossom; good.

9/9/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Less fruit forward but lots of granite; delicious.

9/9/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Simple, cherry, sweet fruit; tasty.

9/9/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Pretty wine, light red fruit and spice, good midpalate.

12/24/2015 - Rezy13 wrote:

Deeper amber; deep and rich honey note, heather, a little peat but not strong, nutty Sherry note, assertive though very nice balance; very tasty.

1/31/2017 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Tuesday Night Double Blind $50+ (Alpharetta, GA): Dark opaque core with garnet rim; Bordeaux nose with cigar, tobacco, weedy, stones, gravel, earth, black currant, rich darker fruit, taut, green pepper, slight funk, good structure, in the secondary/tertiary, mushroom, some bitter chocolate, slight Bretty leather and sweaty animal note adds nice complexity rather than taking hold of the wine, very good balance, violets on the finish, slight medicinal licorice finish; very good, great vintage; fooled most as Bordeaux.

3/24/2015 - Rezy13 wrote:

VinItaly Day 3 (Verona, Italy): Deep crimson; floral, spicy, cinnamon, clove, plum; viscous, big but silky, a bit of heat (16.5%), complex but not yet delineated; very nice stuff.

5/23/2017 - Rezy13 wrote:

Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+ (Alpharetta, GA): Cloudy dark maroon with light rim; exotic nose, tea, tart red and darker fruit; palate is kind of sweet, sappy, high alcohol, nutty, developing into the autumnal stage; young Amarone.

3/24/2015 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

VinItaly Day 3 (Verona, Italy): From 90 year old vines; garnet core with crimson rim, some clarity; chocolate, deep plum, coffee, seamless, light prune, dark cherry; tart and juicy, fine tannin, subtle power, cinnamon, very long finish, medicinal dark cherry, no sign of 16.5%; incredible but needs lots of time.

2/7/2014 - Rezy13 wrote:

Badly corked.

3/24/2015 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

VinItaly Day 3 (Verona, Italy): Corvina, Cabernet and Merlot done apassimento; darker garnet; plush nose, vanilla, blackberry, floral, plum, soft and sweet; silkier tannin, spicy, plum liqueur, baking spice; not getting much of the Cab/Merlot influence; delicious.

3/24/2015 - Rezy13 wrote:

VinItaly Day 3 (Verona, Italy): Reddish violet with maroon rim; prune liqueur, smoky, slight leather; viscous, sweet fruit, savory, lightly herbal, very pleasant, not super long; tasty.

3/24/2015 - Rezy13 wrote:

VinItaly Day 3 (Verona, Italy): Deep maroon, lighter rim; fresh and dried dark fruit on the nose, spice, clove, plum skin; ripe fruit on the palate, juicy, silky tannin, alcohol stands out a bit due to warmer serving temperature (I believe the AC was not working where they were located).

3/24/2015 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

VinItaly Day 3 (Verona, Italy): Bright reddish purple, see through; served a bit warm, tart red and dark fruit, lighter density, herbs, vegetal, a bit of dried leaves, very complex nose for entry level wine; perfumed, purple flowers, plum, cherry, really juicy, red fruit; drinks really well for level.

12/12/2017 - Rezy13 wrote:

Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+: Very dark core with maroon rim; sulfur is strong, violets pastille, licorice, camphor, menthol, dark fruit, plum; fuller body, plush tannin, firm acid and long finish; Syrah-like in a way, good depth and nobility.

8/21/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Black core with bright violet rim; ashy, brambly, strong cassis, almost jammy; soft fine grained tannin, higher alcohol, tar noticeable but not bad, dense and powerful though no drying tannin.

7/26/2014 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Saturday Night Double Blind, $40+ (Bin 75): Absorbs the light in the room black, tiny bright violet rim; dark fruit, stank, tar, violets, cassis, plush, blackberry, smells juicy; good cooler serving temperature, juicy, dark fruit, softer tannin, very good acid for how dark it is, tobacco, tar; tasty; also nailed it!

9/25/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Dusty dark and red fruit, oxidative, some green qualities I was ok with; interesting wine.

3/17/2015 - Rezy13 wrote:

Tuesday Night Double Blind $40+ (Bin 75): Black core with garnet rim; blueberry, fresh blackberry, spice, sweet, young, very fresh nose; youthful on palate, sweet fruit, plum, primary, soft tannin, a bit shallow; a really well stored example owned since release, amazingly this bottle needed another 10 years the way it drank tonight, very new and New World like in tonight's tasting, NR.

8/3/2017 - Rezy13 wrote:

70 Carinena, 30 Garnatxa; fatter, richer, sweet raspberry blackberry and plum, silky tannin, spice; easy and tasty.

9/9/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Apple, good minerality, crisp and clean.

9/9/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

I really liked the focus of this.

11/28/2023 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

If I had tasted this blind I would have struggled calling this as Germany- not just grape variety- but classically Burgundy inspired and well rendered example, fruit is restrained and stays in the lemon and stone fruit spectrum, reductive but not overblown, crisp acids, a suggestion of oak and well judged oak make this a very nice value too.

11/30/2023 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Really happy with this, on the tarter red fruit spectrum, simpler and not the most generous but great QPR which is better than most Bourgogne Rouge at higher prices, really well made and held up a week in the fridge.

7/20/2017 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Lighter yellow; intriguing white flower, honeysuckle, slight prickle, pear, yellow/white fruit, fennel; very appealing texture, soft acid, savory, slight sour beer note, honey, waxy, almost peach, keeps unfurling new flavors; don't want to spit this.

4/19/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Pinkish red, very translucent, little extraction; menthol, roses, cherry, strawberry, licorice, feminine style; extremely soft on the palate, with lots of fruit, youthful; overall confusingly soft, sexy, polished, and feminine for Cannubi which makes aromatic and masculine Barolo, I do think that this will go dumb in the near future and emerge from its slumber with a little more muscle.

1/18/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Crisp, clean and very food friendly. No oak or 100% malo. Think a ripe vintage of Pouilly Fuisse without the minerality.

1/18/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

The nose gives the idea that this will be rich, but the palate is zingy and very fresh. Candied lemon and dill pickle vinegariness on the finish. Usually an underwhelming varietal, but this is worthy of the price. Food friendly.

1/18/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Again, very fresh and clean as all of the whites, but this had some good richness. Attractive lime and melon flavors. Maybe a little RS, but not enough turn anyone off. Above average when compared to other Oregon Pinot Gris.

8/10/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Wines from America's Northwest (Bin 75): Light yellowish green; pronounced red and green apple with a hint of citric acid coming on the finish, med weight feeling more dense than most Pinot Gris; very good.

1/18/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Definitely a Burgundian styled pinot with a great taut texture and sour red cherry. Pommard clones are used and you could see a nice comparison between the climat and this bottling. I would let this sit for a couple years due to the texture. Could be a ringer in a blind tasting.

9/25/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Pink; intensely floral and tart on the nose, canned peaches, sweet and not as much acid on the palate which made this slightly cloying.

1/18/2013 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Elegance is the name here. Pure pinot with seductive red fruit that envelops every part of the palate. Slight candy but this should be tamed with a year or two in bottle. Very good balance and feminine structure that makes this very drinkable.

1/18/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

A knockout nose of complex sweet fruit that's candied but balanced out by a slight bitter note. On the palate this hits up front and fades fast with an alcoholic note.

1/18/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

You have to applaud the producer for making pinots...not syrah or rhone blends labeled as pinot. This to me is very Burgundian; light extraction, elegant red fruit, and good acid. A brief beam of cherry in the midpalate reiterates that comparison. As tasty as this is it would be hard to compare this to a good Bourgogne.

3/1/2013 - Rezy13 wrote:

Good fruit, forward with some secondary notes that have developed, red pepper flakes on the finish along with some noticeable alcohol.

11/1/2016 - Rezy13 wrote:

Tuesday Night Double Blind <$40 (Alpharetta, GA): See through duller ruby, pale rim; pine, bit of brulee, cherry pit, sweeter, simpler; ok, needs to settle a little bit, no familiarity with producer.

5/23/2017 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:

Very fine bubbles; toasty nose at first but digging a bit more reveals a chalky almost shrimp shell character, almond, rich golden apple, and light lemon; medium bodied with good drive and focus, dry, crisp, almost red fruit notes, nice on palate showing good complexity; still quite young but really good.