Nerd Dinner

Medium Rare - Washington, DC
Tasted Saturday, October 15, 2011 by tooch with 377 views

Introduction

Had a fun dinner with Tim, Megan and Jeremy at Medium Rare. The wine was really great and the food was typical Medium Rare. Always fun to have these smaller dinners!

Flight 1 (4 Notes)

  • 2006 Alzinger Riesling Smaragd Hohereck 88 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    Decanted this for about 90 minutes before dinner. Nose had nice fresh scents of citrus, melon, peach and smokey minerals. Palate is incredibly taut and energetic...sadly lacking much in the way of interesting flavors. It has subtle peach and herb tones, but I didn't get the tertiary flavors that I was anticipating. Oh well.

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  • 1997 Thunder Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon Beauregard Ranch 92 Points

    USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains

    Another wonderful bottle of Thunder Mountain Cabernet. Nose is full of eucalyptus, peppers, dark fruit and smokey minerals. I continue to love these Thunder Mountain wines...restrained and elegant with focused dark fruit, cedar, shredded tobacco and spices. Thunder Mountain continues to be a favorite California cabernet producer for me...great stuff.

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  • 1989 Pierre Gonon Saint-Joseph Les Oliviers 94 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Saint-Joseph

    Popped and poured. Had just a lovely, rustic syrah nose of black olive, cured meats, dark fruit and spices. A very powerful nose, with a more reserved, elegant palate. The black olive note was pronounced on the palate with with lilacs, and a beef broth tone to it. Just lovely, magical stuff that's drinking very well.

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  • 2001 Carl Schmitt-Wagner Longuicher Maximiner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese #14 91 Points

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Great auslese with fresh, light floral and mineral tones on the nose and palate. Has rich tones on the nose with a featherweight palate - an intriguing combination. There was a subtle honey and peach flavor on the palate with great minerality, acid and balance. Another great bottle from Carl Schmitt-Wagner.

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