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  • 2005 Waterbrook Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

    Ho-hum, the formula strikes again. Oak up an average wine and you get this. Medium body of blackberries, bit of currant, little finesse or structure. At $27 this is an anti-QPR. Spend $8 for Mondavi Vinetta or McManis and get the same experience.

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  • 1998 Château Siran

    Tannin leaps from the glass to the nose along with classic cassis and berry. Medium - full body with vegetal character and massive dusty tannin structure, which ordinarily I like but you might need a chair and a whip to tame this beast. Will this mellow with another 9 years in the bottle? My guess is no but there is structure here if you like this style. An acrid midpalate seemed to die down with aeration. Paid $30.

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  • 2006 Tenute Cisa Asinari dei Marchesi di Grésy Langhe Nebbiolo Martinenga

    Out of the bottle no discernible nose outside of rubbing alcohol. Very light color - about like a Sancere Pinot rosé. This was a "Kramer pick" so I left in my Eisch aeration glass for 30 - 40 minutes with occasional swirling with some slight improvement. A slight nose of blueberry emerged. After a solid hour of intense aeration there was light blueberries and subtle earthiness (chantrelles?) to taste. Mid-palate was high-toned and unhedonistic. Tannins offered little structure but ample drying power to the point of astringency. Perhaps age in the bottle will help - I rather doubt it. At $21 I'd rather drink mid-level Oregon Pinot or, dare I say it, dornfelder from Rheinland Pfalz. Maybe a "food wine?"

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