Community Tasting Note

TashNYC wrote:

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - At Salte Creek Grille in Princeton, NJ. The wine was good when once we got it to a drinkable state. There were notes of blackberry, blueberry and sweet fine tannins. It was just an ok pairing with the ribs, as the sauce was too sweet. Not as good as the 2010 vintage. (And was described as the 2011 vintage on the wine list)

The wine itself came out at 70 plus degrees temperature. Apparently, they store the red wines at room temp, in a room next to the kitchen (HOT!), and don't believe in storing or serving wine at appropriate temperatures. (And this restaurant has a Wine Spectator Award, too - although they do it from the paper wine lists and never see how wine is actually served at the restaurant). After we got an ice bucket to cool down the wine and an extra glass (to pour the warm glass on top off, and then back into the bottle), the wine was better. Too bad 99% of the customers don't know to do this.

Ok value for $61 at a restaurant.

Drink now or hold 1-2 years. Probably better with a year or two of bottle age. Definitely better at home, from a cool cellar.

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