Drinking Cheap Wine with the Relatives

Six folks from my wifes family celebrate birthdays within about 9 days of each other. And so we did celebrate both Friday and Sturday nights. Broke out a lot of inexpensive stuff to poubd down with lots of pasta, pizza, and chicken marsala.

Pizza. Lots of them.

• 2006 Château Le Thil Comte Clary Blanc 85 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

  (2/26/2010)

  Mineral, some grass. Good cheap white bord.

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• 2006 Château Le Thil Comte Clary 85 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

  (2/26/2010)

  Nice simpler bord. Chewy and earthy, med finish.

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• 2005 Frazier Cabernet Sauvignon Lupine Hill Vineyard 86 Points

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  (2/26/2010)

  Like the 2004 a bit better. Decent enugh cab, nothing really special.

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• 2005 Jessie's Grove Winery Ancient Vine Carignane 89 Points

  USA, California, Central Valley, Lodi

  (2/26/2010)

  Huge, intense, rich. Bursting with berry and caramel and spice. Nice bottle!

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• 2005 Renwood Primitivo Veauta 89 Points

  USA, California, Sierra Foothills, Amador County

  (2/26/2010)

  Strawberries. So many strawberries. Deep fruit and spice. Intense, complex. Better than expected.

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Pizza appetizer, chicken marsala, bowtie pasta and peas, torellini in cream, home made cream puffs with riccotta filling.

• 2008 J.W. Morris Riesling 85 Points

  USA, California

  (2/27/2010)

  Simple with some complexitiy. Apricot and pineapple. Nice- only $4-5.

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• 2007 Beringer Vineyards Riesling Founders' Estate 82 Points

  USA, California

  (2/27/2010)

  Meh.

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• 2008 LaCheteau Vouvray 86 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

  (2/27/2010)

  Fragrant, tasty. Flowery nose with honey. Off dry and vewry pleasant.

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• 2005 Crandall-Brooks Chardonnay crandall-brooks 87 Points

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  (2/27/2010)

  I was the only one who liked this. Floral. No oak. No wood. No vanilla. Very interesting chard. Inexpensive.

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• 1994 Renwood Zinfandel Eschen 90 Points

  USA, California, Sierra Foothills, Fiddletown

  (2/27/2010)

  Wonderfully complex, deep and flavorful. Berries and earth and spice and complexityh and an aged-ness. So complex and interesting. Nice finish, too.

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• 2007 Cooper's Hawk Pinot Noir 89 Points

  USA, American

  (2/27/2010)

  Consistent. Rich round flavors. Very Washingto State. Earthy fruitiness. Full of mushroom and potting soil and cherry and stawberry and blackberry.

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• 2007 Golden Grape Estate 84 Points

  Australia, South Eastern

  (2/27/2010)

  Tasted like coffee and bacon but was not too interesting; others at the party were more intrigued than I.

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• 2004 Jessie's Grove Winery Petite Sirah 88 Points

  USA, California, Central Valley, Lodi

  (2/27/2010)

  Heavy dark rich and intense. Huge Blackberry, some vanilla, with cabbage? Spicy and deep.

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• NV Vino Noceto Almirante 91 Points

  USA, California, Sierra Foothills, California Shenandoah Valley

  (2/27/2010)

  Really nice, deep complex traditional port.

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• 2004 Cooper's Hawk Port Blend 87 Points

  USA, American

  (2/27/2010)

  Nice inexpensive port. Very zinfandel.

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• 2007 Vincent Arroyo Port 94 Points

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  (2/27/2010)

  Smooth. Mellow. So PS. Could use a tad more alcohol? Deep, complex aroma and flavors.

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Burp. Lots of non-starters and a couple of really good ones but fun anyway.