Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA
Tasted Thursday, February 28, 2019 by dcwino with 245 views
RJ organized a domestic Cab dinner. The wines showed pretty well. The dishes, on the other hand, were pretty bad, smelly crab cake, dry lobster meat and over and under cooked steaks. Nevertheless, being situated in a nice private room made up for some of the shortfalls.
A great time was had by all!
2010 Morlet Family Vineyards Chardonnay Coup de Coeur Flawed
USA, California, Sonoma County
Big scale wine, strong oak, pineapple, mildly corked.
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2016 Radikon Slatnik 93 Points
Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Venezia Giulia IGT
Really complex “natural wine” nose displaying sweet yellow fruit, apricot preserve, orange marmalade, SQN Roussanne, acacia honey, smoked meat and sweet spices. Beautifully balanced palate, concentrated sweet yellow fruit, rich and opulent, good acidity, medium mineral and a long apricot preserve and honey driven finish. The finish is bone dry due to the tannins. According to Mark, mostly Chardonnay with a long period of skin contact. Really fascinating and enjoyable wine.
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2015 Bevan Cellars Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley
Medium expressive oak dominant nose, yellow tropical fruit and pepper. Surprisingly, medium concentration, tropical fruit, lacking acidity and mineral, and a medium finish with noticeable oak at the end. Lacking intensity and concentration of the 12 Aubert. As the result, the oak note gets really amplified.
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2010 E. Guigal Ermitage Blanc Ex-Voto 94 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Medium expressive nose displaying pure white fruit, pear, white peach, lemon, a hint of candied orange peel, spicy spices, beeswax and steely mineral. Beautifully integrated focused palate, nicely layered concentrated pear fruit, good purity, slightly lacking acidity, steely mineral and a long clean and cool white fruit driven finish with a hint of heat at the end. The lack of acidity is compensated by the strong steely mineral. This remains very youthful and fresh. Very nice showing.
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1989 Domaine des Baumard Savennières 93 Points
France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennières
This wine brings back a lot of fond memories of drinking with Robert Callahan and the old crew, over twenty years ago. Bright yellow color. Classic Baumard nose displaying candied lemon, lemon peel, smoke meat, wet sox, burn sugar, oyster jus and oyster shell. Beautifully integrated palate, very precise and harmonious, medium acidity, steely mineral and a medium to long candied citrus driven finish with oyster shell at the end. I and Jim love it and others place at the bottom which is not surprising. This is a classic Baumard Savennieres.
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2012 Aubert Chardonnay Sugar Shack 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford
Expressive focused nose displaying ripe yellow tropical fruit, pineapple, passion fruit, fresh apple with a pinch of cinnamon, lemon curd, pine needle, spicy spices and limestone. Excellent concentration, concentrated ripe yellow fruit, bright acidity, strong mineral and a long concentrated yellow fruit driven finish. Mark mentions no heat on the nose but in the palate and I agree. It has calmed down a bit and the oak/sesame component is not as pronounced.
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