La Spinetta tasting (Bacchus, Waterboathouse): Boy - was this ever a bad way to start the tasting. Overoaked, characterless and just not very pleasant a wine. 100% new French wood on this one, and it told. Nose was all smoke, wood spice, a touch of musk and sticky white fruit. A little too aggressively sharp on the palate, with lots of lemony acid, some grass, goosberry bush and more of the smoky oak. Not a disaster, but I did not like this one bit.
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La Spinetta Tasting (Bacchus Boarthouse): Extremely smoky, dried up grass with just a twist of grapefruit zest. Feels heavily oaked. Sharp gooseberries finishing with some pink grapefruit. Feels heavy handed.
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4/29/2009 - Paul S wrote: 86 Points
La Spinetta tasting (Bacchus, Waterboathouse): Boy - was this ever a bad way to start the tasting. Overoaked, characterless and just not very pleasant a wine. 100% new French wood on this one, and it told. Nose was all smoke, wood spice, a touch of musk and sticky white fruit. A little too aggressively sharp on the palate, with lots of lemony acid, some grass, goosberry bush and more of the smoky oak. Not a disaster, but I did not like this one bit.
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4/29/2009 - Alex H wrote: 76 Points
La Spinetta Tasting (Bacchus Boarthouse): Extremely smoky, dried up grass with just a twist of grapefruit zest. Feels heavily oaked. Sharp gooseberries finishing with some pink grapefruit. Feels heavy handed.
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