9/3/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

Simple Chilled Sipper, nothing to think about but not "bad"

8/3/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

Nice Patio Wine, Drink Chilled, once it gets warm it gets...wierd? Aroma Floral hint of Key Lime zest. Taste of white wine, the nose is good the taste is aight

7/21/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

Drink this Chilled, a summer sipper nothing to think about but just drink on a hot day, touch of floral and fruit warms up into a Grape thingy

2/12/2011 - Weston3220 wrote:

Impromptu Wine + Ribeye Roast (My Basement Suite): No Formal Tasting Notes, was from a party, Approx 16 Wines, Will put notes I remembered plus reaction and WOTN etc etc

Circus has done it again, I love the Cab Sauv, this Malbec right on spot, good juice / in your face but yet restrained, Very Good, Would buy for sure

2/12/2011 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Impromptu Wine + Ribeye Roast (My Basement Suite): No Formal Tasting Notes, was from a party, Approx 16 Wines, Will put notes I remembered plus reaction and WOTN etc etc

Dessert Bonarda, sweet, silky, inbetween a port and PX. Thumbs up

1/6/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

Trialto Trade Tasting (Cibo Restaurant at the Moda Hotel [Vancouver, Canada]): A: Low Intensity

T: Sweet Tannins, Ripe Cherry

4/22/2010 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival (Vancouver Convention Centre [West]): Creamy! And no Oak! Seriously Eh? Good Stuff

12/11/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

Licorice, Black Raspberry, Earthy Dash of Mushroom. Medium Body acidity kicking around very nice

1/6/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

Trialto Trade Tasting (Cibo Restaurant at the Moda Hotel [Vancouver, Canada]): T: Good fruit, touch of rubber, brambly fruit, earth, sweet tannins

1/6/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

Trialto Trade Tasting (Cibo Restaurant at the Moda Hotel [Vancouver, Canada]): 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

11/8/2011 - Weston3220 wrote:

Trialto Trade Tasting (Trialto Office): Big Fleshy Fruit, Dark Chocolate and hints of Cola

Conc: This wine is massive, holding itself together sightly but way to big for me, it does have a 'delicious' if you like the big fleshy/mouthcoating wine

4/22/2010 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival (Vancouver Convention Centre [West]): 40% Amarone Style, 60% Reserve Blend
Good Dark Concentration, but not over Concentrated like most Amarones, Has Fantastic Balance

8/3/2010 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

WSET Level 3 Part 2 Week 5 USA & South America (Downtown Vancouver [AI School]): Clear, Opaque Core moving to a med ruby Rim, showing legs legs legs~
A: Clean, Med Intensity, I say Showing Signs of Developing Teacher says Youthful nose
Lil Meat, Lil Clean, Lil Savoury, Toast[Like it], Red Fruit, mineral, Stewed fruit
T: Dry, Med Acid, Med Tannin, Med+ Body to Full, Med+ Alc, Med+ Intensity, Long Finish
Dark fruit Juicy, Cherry Skin, Raisony

Conc: Mid Price, Good, Very fruit forward but A better showing of Malbec for me [not usually a fan]

12/19/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

A: Pepper, Smoke, Jolly Ranch Red, Cooked Beef
T: Creamy Vanilla, Nice Tart Red Fruit, Good Tannins and Acid

Conclusion I found the Oak [Creamy Vanilla] just too much for my style but it was the favourite of the 2

1/30/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

Day 1
Could not drink, it was "Salty" it started to blow off? or intergrate couple hrs of decanting but I sitll couldn't drink it, next day much much better

Creamy, Good fruit, good oak use, smooth velvety tannins, some cedar vanilla, coffee

1/16/2013 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

med+ Intensity, Youthful, Dark Meaty Notes mixed with that brightness of Malbec [touch of lipstick] Dark Raspberries
High Acid, Med+ Body med+ Intensity, Med+ Finish, med tannin,
Soft Tannins, Juicy fruit of Blackbery mixed with Cherry Juice, hints of chocolate

COnc: Overall the Malbec is not over doing itself and I think the Cab balanced that perfectly, its juicy and fruity and tasty in that sense

1/6/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

Trialto Trade Tasting (Cibo Restaurant at the Moda Hotel [Vancouver, Canada]): A: Light Meaty, Black Fruit, Rich

T: Coffee, Med Fruit Intensity, Good Acid

6/27/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

Colour: Strawberry Red, Definitely a Dark Rose. Aroma: Old World style with that Pinot Noir Quality Creeping in, Game/Funk/Fungal. Taste: Starts off with Strawberry/Rhubarb with a good amount of acidity when Chilled. Then when it warms up moves into a Creamy, Rich, Full bodies Wine but with a lot of Pinot Noir Qualities with a Good Cranberryness coming through. Very Nice

3/8/2011 - Weston3220 Does not like this wine:

C: Opaque
A: Pronounced, youthful
Dark Concetrated Fruit, Oak!, Dark Floral

T: Dry, med acid, med+ body, med intensity, med finish
OAKy, Grape Koolaid, Oak almost over powers the fruit, very milky

conc: No Balance no Finesse, Just pure oak in your face and ultra ripe fruit but not even good in a sense

4/26/2010 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Blind Tasting Mondays (Holiday Inn Downtown Vancouver): A: Clean, Med+ Intensity, Cola, Cherry, Richness, Cherry, Coffee/Grounds, Lipstick
T: Acid Med+, Body Big, Finish Long, Cherry Juice, I like, Spice

Conclusion Good Juice!

3/11/2012 - Weston3220 Does not like this wine:

Oak is Predominate. Will it integrate? I dont know not a lot of fruit behind it

12/18/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

day 1: Lots of eathy notes/dirt

day 2: opened up a bit that earthiness has gone a bit

1/6/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

Trialto Trade Tasting (Cibo Restaurant at the Moda Hotel [Vancouver, Canada]): Enjoyed this

4/14/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

This Wine to say the least is interesting, changing back and forth from Sweet Fruity, to that Licorice/Molasses/Pumpernickel flavour. Colour: Dark Red with a tinge of Purple. Aroma: The nose is medium intensity but it has this character to almost give you a headache. It has A Molasses / Pumpernickel Bread / Licorice [real stuff btw] on it with a red fruit that has a Artificial / Medicinal Value Crazy I know. Taste:Medium Body, Cherry[check] Licorice, sweet but the acidity balances the acidity, but yet its sweet in a crazy type of way. This wine I say you need to try just for the fact it bounces around would be great for a wine tasting party with people trying to figure it out hah. Decanted for about 1.5hrs in my UFO decanter

7/19/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

Colour Very Dark Cherry Syrup looking. Aroma on of Plum/Prune with spice, very concentrated and big, Smelling this reminds me of my last Chianti I had, it has that Italian Nose. day2 it was earthy and spice. Tsate Medium Body, Acid Levels are good, very little tannins very smooth, Friui and Spice and can feel the alc on the 2nd day, the fruit started to fade. This isn'y my style of wine neither is Sangovise or Chianti. But well made

11/16/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

C: Dark Core, Redding out
A: Black Olives, RUbber, Hoisin Smokey Beef Jerky. A imaginery blend of "if Yogurt was a butter"
T: Sweet Vanilla, Stewed Plums, Tartness Creamy/milky. Tannins very soft, Acidity Medium

Overall A easy drinking wine with complexity that was nice, but for me it was not my style to get rave reviews I mean don't get me wrong it was nice, did have that italian profile I get which isn't my style

3/29/2010 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

No Formal notes, was drinking wine with a group of wine people after our WSET test

From the other wines I have had of this vintage, this is showing perfectly, everything is balanced, Good fruit, Good use of Oak Drink now for sure

9/27/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

Pretty Decent wine for the Price, bought it for a Sauce, Drank half the bottle. Good Acid Tannins, Fruit little Greenness/Coffee. Was pleased with this, Also Surprising its 100% New Oak and not oaky at all. Good ripe Red Fruit A Good buy

8/3/2010 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

WSET Level 3 Part 2 Week 5 USA & South America (Downtown Vancouver [AI School]): Clear, Med Yellow, Showing Significant Legs
A: Clean, Pronounced Intensity, Youthful
Floral, A Honey/Syrup floralness, Popuri, Very Muscat Like, Tropical hints of Banana, Mango
T: Dry, Med+ Acid, Med Body, No Tannin, Med+ Alc, Med+ Intensity, Med+ Finish
Muscat like FloralGrapey, Peach, Tropical Fruit

Conc: Very Good, Inexpensive, Showing well balance between acid/fruit/body excellent

6/6/2014 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Starting develop, Lanolin, green lime zest with kiwis, just starting to be amazing and of course very lean and zesty like a hunter valley should be,

Conc: Pairs amazing with Anchovy Pizza

7/9/2010 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Pale Lemon Green [Clr]

A: Med+ Intensity [Cln] Youthful
Lanolin, Smokey/Flint/mineral, fruit a tart/sweet 'exotic' fruit

T: Dry, Med+ Acid, Med body, med intensity, med+ finish, med- alc
High Quality Lemonaide, Red Delicious Apples

Conclusion, A Baby needs time to develop, well made thumbs up

6/4/2012 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Drank couple months ago during aussie night, forgot to write down note

Electric Lemon Juice is all i remember and youthful..good tho fooled some people into second guessing maybe a riesling?

8/10/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

Colour Pale, close to water looking, Aroma Close when slightly chilled, opened up with Mild Tropical Fruits, and Beach notes (minerality) taste concentrated chardonnay flavours, caramel, fruit, mouth feel is nice and around good balance very nice

7/21/2010 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Pale Lemon Green
A: med- intensity
Clean, Mineral, Apple
T: Dry, med+ acid, med body, med+ intensity, long finish, med+ alc
Green Apple, lemon, Nuts, Dash of Oak, Dry Roasted Popcorn, Melon, Lt Caramel

Conc: Gorgerous, Perfectly Balanced, Complex

5/27/2011 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

No Formal Tasting Note
Medium Body, High Acid, med intensity, med+ finish
Hay, Stony/Flinty Mineral notes, hint of Green Mango/Tropical but fresh

Conc: Excellent wine, elegant, coming together nicely

12/31/2015 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Loads of Beeswax, Lanolin, acidity is intergrated delicious

starting to turn into a delicious wine,

12/24/2012 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Gorgeous Chardonnay, with lime and guave with kisses of oak all over such balance and lightness the nose calls you in subtle wisps not big n powerful but elegant and strong that begs for a sip here and there

9/8/2013 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

GUave, Tropical Goodness, very refreshing and rich at he same time

10/28/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

the Globe in your Glass (Pan Pacific Hotel): A Chardonnay / Pinot Gris Blend, a interesting blend I kinda of Enjoyed this the Pinot GRis definitely adds nice Acidity and very fruity

4/22/2010 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival (Vancouver Convention Centre [West]): Nice Beautiful Nose of Fruit, Palate Rich, Texture, Blackberry Jam, Dark Chocolate

2/1/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

WSET Class, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Riesling (Downtown Vancouver [AI School]): Appearance: Clear, Pale, Lemon

Nose: Clean, Med + Intensity,
Seven Up [Sugary Lemon/Lime] Rubber Cement

Taste: Dry, High Acid, Med Minus Body Finish Medium Plus
Citrus Grapefruit [mix of Yellow/Ruby] Touch of Rubber, Bitter Grapefruit Pith also

Conclusion: has that dry riesling "bitterness" that personally doesn't suit me, also the wine isn't overly complex not like a german riesling can be

4/22/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival (Vancouver Convention Centre [West]): Rich, Dark Fruit, Minty

But Amazingly the Body Felt med+

2/1/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

WSET Class, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Riesling (Downtown Vancouver [AI School]): AppearanceL Clear, Pale Plus, Lemon

Nose: Clean, Med Intensity
hazelnut, lanolin, plastcine, waxy, light fruit

Taste: Dry, med plus acid, med plus body, finish med
Fruit Apple, Green Fruit, Waxy, Toasty BRioche

Conclusion: As mentioned by some other people tasting with it did seem to have a...different sensation as if there were "tannins" some people thought maybe the Acidification was balanced properly as it high acid for a barossa which can't really be natural
Not a bad wine, but the graves we tasted was much better tho it was blended with SB and Oak

11/6/2011 - Weston3220 wrote:

med intensity on the nose
Fresh Blackberry
med+ acid, med+ body, med+ tannin
blackberry jam good acidity structure

conc: the balance was there but nothing really exciting, not a terrible wine by any means

1/6/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

Trialto Trade Tasting (Cibo Restaurant at the Moda Hotel [Vancouver, Canada]): T: Intense Flavour Profile, A Typical Australian, Eucalyptus, Grape Candy

2/8/2010 - Weston3220 wrote:

WSET Class Grenache, Syrah (Downtown Vancouver [AI School]): You Can't Fool me Mr. Oak!

Deep Purple

A: Sweet Fruit Vanilla Compote cherry/cherry cola, new car smell/new shoe [maybe alc?]

T: Black Currant Liquor, Spice, Fake Fruits

Conc: One Dimensional, BORING! No substance I like substance I like personality, you know so where is it? because oak isnt it pfft

4/26/2009 - Weston3220 wrote:

Before I start Best is to drink it about 30mins to an hour of decanting at 2hours it wasn't as good. Colour: Dark Purple Rim, Violet Tinge. Aroma: Black Olives (Mild) Sugary, Inside of a Rubber Balloon Taste: 1hr Nice Fruit, Black, Cassis Liquor Quality, lots of good acidity, tannin good and light. 2hr More red fruit, on the sour cherry tart kinda.

4/29/2012 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Sunday Dinner (My House): Pronounced Nose, On the developed side for sure
Big, Chestnut Honey, Blackberry, Eucalyptus , nose very intoxicating to smell ethereal a bit some leather in there too and cigar mmmm
Full Body, med+ Acid, pronounced intensity, long finish
Developing Flavours, of Spice, Meat, Jam blackberries/blueberries

Conc: A Full body wine, 10years of age is a good thin, because at 5yrs age I can pretty much say I would not like this, Oak has intergrated, fruit has 'mellowed' its together very nicely

4/1/2011 - Weston3220 Likes this wine:

Langmeil Vertical [1998 - 2008 ] (Gotham Steak House, Vancouver [Basement]): Med+ Ruby
Med+ Intensity, Nice red fruit gorgerous red cherry, with a dash of licourice, floral+, violets
T: med+ acidity, med+ tannin
Nice mix of red cranberry, black currant, little cola,spice, still young and fresh

Conc: This was one of my favourite of the flight [along with 2005] so pretty with violets yes please

11/27/2013 - Weston3220 wrote:

not that enjoyable a came across a little flat