My first attempt at a wine dinner (syrah/shiraz)

Magnum's House(Kirkland, WA)
Tasted Sunday, November 7, 2004 by MagnumGourmet with 682 views

Introduction

Wanted to attempt to start a wine dinner group. Here is the first version. Needs some tweaking to get the mix of tasting vs. dinner correct. Had three couples there, each brought one bottle of syrah(almost). All wines tasted blind. At the end of the night we guessed which bottle was which. We did not rank the bottles.

Flight 1 (3 Notes)

  • 2002 Wolf Blass Shiraz President's Selection

    Australia, South Australia

    Somewhat green at first and highly volitile. I picked up notes of mint. After about two hours in the decanter it opened up and softened quite a bit. I would decant this wine a day ahead next time to soften it up.

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  • 2002 Rulo Syrah Columbia Valley

    USA, Washington, Columbia Valley

    Very nice bottle. Nothing remarkable about this wine, but if were put in front of me on a nightly basis I would drink it. Drinks easily right out of the bottle, no need to decant. Medium length finish. Goes well with duck.

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  • 2001 E. Guigal Côtes du Rhône

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône

    Not exactly a syrah, but it fit in nicely with the other two bottles. Softer than the 2002 Rulo Syrah and more complexity on the nose. I had a hard time deciding which was from Washington and which was from France. Very similar wines.

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Closing

Four people guessed the wines correctly. The other two had the E. Guigal and the Rulo switched.

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