BerserkerFest NYC
Peking Duck House, NYC
Tasted Saturday, October 22, 2011 by ews3 with 889 views
Introduction
Random assortment of notes, partial notes, or impressions fromt he wines I tasted at PDH BerserkerFest. The food was solid and it was fun to meet some of the WB community.
2005 Weingut Keller Kirchspiel Riesling Großes Gewächs 91 Points
Germany, Rheinhessen
consistent with prior notes -- lots of honeycomb on this.
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2006 Scholium Project Heliopolis Delu 85 Points
USA, California, Central Valley, Clarksburg
lots of acid -- not much else coming off of this at present.
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2007 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard 94 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
always nice -- more oak and toast on this bottle than i remember from past bottles.
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2000 Vietti Barolo Brunate 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
i really enjoyed this -- very floral with tons of rose petals. med(+) acidity.
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2007 Kutch Pinot Noir Kanzler Vineyard 89 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
most disappointing bottle i have had of this -- fruit is a little muted and it may be shut down at present. i continue to be optimistic about the long term on this wine but recommend holding or decanting.
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1971 Staatsweingut Trier Ockfener Bockstein Riesling Auslese 88 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
madeirized, but pleasantly so. nice honeycomb notes show through
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2000 Trimbach Pinot Gris Hommage a Jeanne 93 Points
France, Alsace
really interesting spice aroma. enjoyed this quite a bit.
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2005 Lillian Winery Syrah Blue Label 96 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County
awesome and well liked by the table. black pepper, meat, eucalyptus. long, dark fruity finish. still needs time.
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2006 Lillian Winery Syrah 94 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County
A generous contribution to our table from another table so we could try this side by side with the 05 Blue Label. This showed more reserved, but still had quite a bit of fruit. Meat and black fruit. less complexity than the blue -- whether because of barrel age or vintage. long finish. lovely wine.
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1996 Pahlmeyer Merlot 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
really nice and a surprise to me. lots of acidity. lovely secondary notes are creeping in and this will continue to age well.
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NV Taittinger Champagne Brut Réserve / La Française 90 Points
France, Champagne
no note. green apple. pleasant.
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1987 Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red Caldwell Vineyard 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
delicious. caramel dominated, this isalmost fully secondary at this point, but holding up well.
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1997 Kongsgaard Merlot 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
surprisingly youthful. nice black fruit profile. med(+) finish. i didnt even know there was kongsgaard merlot.
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2006 Kosta Browne Syrah Amber Ridge Vineyard 89 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley
not 100% sure of vintage. no note.
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2006 DuMOL Syrah Russian River Valley 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley
really nice, fruit-forward profile. dark berry fruit. less noticeable heat than the KB.
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1973 Wente Vineyards Riesling Auslese 88 Points
USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Livermore Valley
no note. this was interesting and surprisingly decent.
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2010 Scholium Project Riquewihr Lost Slough Vineyards 89 Points
USA, California, Central Valley, Clarksburg
liked the nose better than the palate. it did develop some with air
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1994 La Jota Cabernet Sauvignon Anniversary Release 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain
this bottle was great. nice secondary flavors of tobacco and caramel, but still a surprising amount of fruit. in a good place.
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1966 Warre Porto Vintage 93 Points
Portugal, Douro, Porto
no note.
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2009 Rivers-Marie Chardonnay B. Thieriot Vineyard 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
nice crisp style. i dont necessarily get the hype on this, but the wine is well made and a style i generally like.
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2001 Château Rieussec 96 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
awesome bottle of sauternes. still very youthful, with stone fruit, minerality, and honey.
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