Tory Griffin
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2005 Château de Fonbel
5/5/2009 - Tory Griffin wrote: 88 Points
What else to drink on a night alone with my Napa-born thus bordeaux-disliking wife out of town? One of the first 2005s I've cracked, and for a young bordeaux at $20 I was impressed by what this one delivered. Classic bordeaux dirty and steely nose, medium-ruby color, and good tannic structure. Plenty of fruit, but by no means a fruity wine. Got better as the night went on, over 3 hours (or maybe that was just my impression because I killed the whole bottle myself). Still I enjoyed it, and for $20 it's a very worthwhile experiment with a young bordeaux. Probably will be better in 2-3 years.
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2006 Erna Schein Syrah Homage to Ed Oliveira Alder Springs Vineyard
5/3/2009 - Tory Griffin wrote: 90 Points
Open an hour and ran through the vinturi before drinking. The thing that struck me most about this wine was the evolution of the bouquet...it had just so many things going on it's hard to describe. Interestingly, this was not an over-the-top fruit bomb wine, but rather was medium-full bodied, silky, jammy, and had a good backbone and acidic profile. Balance is an overused word but really here it is appropriate. This was a fun wine to drink on its own. Very good stuff.
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2007 Viña Cobos Cabernet Sauvignon Felino
4/21/2009 - Tory Griffin wrote: 89 Points
Really like this wine. Dark brooding color, not completely giving on the nose quite yet, and still a bit rustic at this stage, but it clearly has the fruit and stuffing to be much better in a year. It has amazing concentration for a wine of the price. My experience with this wine is consistent with my experience with the 06, which after a year was just a dynamite wine for the price. Good now, especially with some decent time in the decanter, it will just get better.
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