[Tasted blind] Volatile, spicy cherry raspberry candy nose, herbal, mint, showing some oak. Juicy, candy cherry palate with decent acidity and chewy, abrasive tannins. Tart, rose floral notes emerge with air. Tarry, drying back end. I'm guessing Nebbiolo.
USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Contra Costa County
[Tasted blind] Candied cherry raspberry nose, very big, plenty of oak. Fruit is very sweet on the intense, spicy palate. Thin bodied, soft structure, fruit-driven, dry finish with lots of acidity. My guess: Sangiovese.
[Tasted blind] Slightly funky, dark-fruited nose with berry, plum, and a bit of oak. Sweet fruit, great acidity, balance. A complete wine. My guess: No idea.
[Tasted blind] Mushroom, sock, green rustic nose. Burnt plant stem, pine resin, sour cherry palate with some oak. Finish starts with some sweetness and promise but turns ashy and falls into bitterness. Ugh. My guess: WTF.
[Tasted blind] Superripe, herbal, intense weird nose. Muddled fruit palate, eucalyptus, sweet tobacco. Reminds me of recioto and Cline small berry Mourvedre. This bottle might have suffered somewhere along the line. My guess: Recioto???
USA, California, Sierra Foothills, Calaveras County
[Tasted blind] Mature, oak, berry nose with some leather. Long, pleasant, tart fruit palate with good balance and elegance. Earth and smoke emerging to make this an extremely enjoyable wine. Wow.
2003 Parador Cabernet Tempranillo 89 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
[Tasted blind] Volatile, spicy cherry raspberry candy nose, herbal, mint, showing some oak. Juicy, candy cherry palate with decent acidity and chewy, abrasive tannins. Tart, rose floral notes emerge with air. Tarry, drying back end. I'm guessing Nebbiolo.
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2007 Cline Cellars Mourvèdre Ancient Vines 87 Points
USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Contra Costa County
[Tasted blind] Candied cherry raspberry nose, very big, plenty of oak. Fruit is very sweet on the intense, spicy palate. Thin bodied, soft structure, fruit-driven, dry finish with lots of acidity. My guess: Sangiovese.
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2007 Ferrari-Carano Siena 88 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County
[Tasted blind] Slightly funky, dark-fruited nose with berry, plum, and a bit of oak. Sweet fruit, great acidity, balance. A complete wine. My guess: No idea.
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1999 Ca' Vesta Charbono
USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino
[Tasted blind] Mushroom, sock, green rustic nose. Burnt plant stem, pine resin, sour cherry palate with some oak. Finish starts with some sweetness and promise but turns ashy and falls into bitterness. Ugh. My guess: WTF.
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2002 Steltzner Vineyards Pinotage
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
[Tasted blind] Superripe, herbal, intense weird nose. Muddled fruit palate, eucalyptus, sweet tobacco. Reminds me of recioto and Cline small berry Mourvedre. This bottle might have suffered somewhere along the line. My guess: Recioto???
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2000 Stevenot Tempranillo 91 Points
USA, California, Sierra Foothills, Calaveras County
[Tasted blind] Mature, oak, berry nose with some leather. Long, pleasant, tart fruit palate with good balance and elegance. Earth and smoke emerging to make this an extremely enjoyable wine. Wow.
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2007 Zaca Mesa Viognier 87 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Ynez Valley
Peach, white floral, welch's white grape nose. Pithy orange, wax, green grape, melon palate with a bit of bitterness. Pretty good.
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