Port Commission Hearing Room, Ferry Plaza Building San Francisco
Tasted Wednesday, November 7, 2012 by rjonwine@gmail.com with 1,912 views
Dark purple red violet color; redolent, tart berry, herbs, green tobacco nose; plush, ripe currant, plum, spice palate; medium-plus finish
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Dark ruby color; aromatic, dried berry, tart plum nose; tasty, tart plum, tart berry, dried berry, light brett palate; medium-plus finish 91+ points
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Dark purple red violet color; appealing, tart berry, garrigue, baked blackberry nose; tight, tar, tart black fruit, licorice palate; medium-plus finish
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Dark purple red violet color; appealing, tart berry, baked cherry nose; rich, tart berry, baked cherry palate; medium-plus finish 90+ points (14 mos in 85% French, 15% American oak)
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Dark cherry red color; brett, herbs, dried berry nose; brett, herbs, tart currant palate; medium-plus finish
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Bricking dark red violet color; mature, dried herbs, olive, currant nose; mature, dried herbs, olive, currant palate; long finish 90+ points
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Opaque purple red violet color; intense, herbs, dill, tart black fruit nose; herbs, green olive, tart black fruit palate; medium-plus finish
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Opaque purple red violet color; oak, brett, anise, dried berry nose; brett, tart dried berry palate; medium-plus finish
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Very dark ruby color; cherry syrup, baked berry nose; rich, silky textured, cherry syrup, baked berry, violets palate; long finish (w/ 10% Cabernet Sauvignon; 18 mos in French oak; made only in good years)
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Dark ruby color; green olive, tart currant nose; green olive, tart currant palate; needs 1-2 years; medium-plus finish (5 mos in oak; w/5% Cabernet Sauvignon)
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Medium dark ruby color; ripe currant, baked plum nose; tasty, rich, baked plum, black fruit palate; medium-plus finish (14 mos in 50/50 French and American oak)
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Dark ruby color; redolent, tart currant, herbs nose; tart currant, herbs palate; needs 2 years; medium-plus finish
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Dark ruby color; redolent, baked berry, chocolate nose; baked berry, chocolate palate; medium-plus finish
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Bricking, very dark red violet color; oak, dried herbs nose; dried herbs, ripe currant palate; medium-plus finish
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Very dark purple red violet color; ripe currant, herb nose; tight, ripe currant, herb, tart plum palate; medium-plus finish (6 mos in French oak)
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Very dark ruby color; appealing, tart berry, oak nose; tasty, plush, youthful, tart berry, sandalwood palate; medium-plus finish 89+ points
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Dark purple red violet color; redolent, ripe berry, vanilla, baked berry nose; coffee, dried fig palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points
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Very dark purple red violet color; appealing, mature, prune, tart blackberry, tar nose; saline, tart berry, mineral, dried berry palate; ready now; medium-plus finish
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Dark purple red violet color; tart plum, olive nose; tart plum, olive, herbaceous palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points
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Medium dark purple red violet color; redolent, dried berry, lilac nose; tasty, youthful, tart berry, dried berry, tart plum palate; medium-plus finish 92+ points
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Very dark purple red violet color; appealing, baked berry, boysenberry, pie crust nose; tart baked berry, boysenberry, licorice palate; medium-plus finish 91+ points
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Dark purple red violet color; ripe currant, tart plum nose; tart currant, tart plum palate; medium-plus finish
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Dark purple red violet color; ripe currant, plum nose; ripe currant, plum palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points (10 mos in French oak)
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Very dark red violet color; redolent, ripe currant, baked cherry nose; tasty, ripe currant, baked cherry palate; medium-plus finish 89+ points
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Very dark ruby color; aromatic, tart currant, tobacco nose; tasty, ripe currant, olive palate; medium-plus finish
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Medium dark red violet color; redolent, dried berry, floral, light herb nose; tasty, dried berry, floral, light herb, tart berry palate; medium-plus finish
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Dark ruby color; appealing, ripe raspberry, raspberry jam, dried berry nose; tasty, creamy textured, raspberry syrup, berry syrup palate with good acidity and a sense of salinity on the finish; long finish (from 100 yr old Tempranillo vines)
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Dark ruby color; appealing, tart berry, black raspberry nose; tasty, rich, youthful, tart berry, tart cherry, black cherry palate; medium-plus finish 93+ points
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Dark purple red violet color; ripe plum, black fruit, pie crust nose; tasty, baked black fruit, baked berry palate; medium-plus finish
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Opaque purple red violet color; appealing, ripe berry, baked berry, violets nose; tasty, tart berry, violets palate with near medium acidity; medium-plus finish
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Dark purple red violet color; ripe currant, tart berry, vanilla nose; rich, ripe currant, tart berry, vanilla palate; medium-plus finish (6 mos in French and America oak)
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Dark purple red violet color; appealing, ripe currant, berry nose; plush, baked berry, spice palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points (from 22 yr old vines; 3 mos in French and American oak)
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Dark purple red violet color; appealing, floral, tart cherry, tart raspberry nose; tight, tart raspberry, tart cherry, oak palate; needs 3 years; medium-plus finish (15 mos in French and American oak)
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Very dark purple red violet color; redolent, ripe currant, tart plum nose; ripe currant, tart plum palate with good acidity; medium-plus finish 90+ points
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Nearly opaque purple red violet color; dried herbs, charcoal, tart black fruit nose; appealing, tart black fruit, charcoal palate; medium-plus finish
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Very dark purple red violet color; tart black fruit, olive, tart currant nose; tart currant, olive palate; medium-plus finish
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Medium dark cherry red color; fresh, ripe currant, tart red berry nose; ripe currant, tart red berry palate; medium finish 88+ points
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Dark cherry red color; appealing, tart berry, vanilla nose; tasty, tart berry, vanilla palate; medium-plus finish 90+ points
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Dark ruby color; olive, tart black fruit nose; tasty, tart black fruit, mocha, ripe currant, olive palate; medium-plus finish
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Dark red violet color; floral, dried currant nose; plush, ripe currant, herbs, tart black fruit palate; medium-plus finish
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Very dark red violet color; redolent, dried cherry, herbs, anise nose; plush, tasty, dried cherry, herbs, anise, baked plum palate; medium-plus finish (18 mos in oak)
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Very dark purple red violet color; appealing, herbs, tart black fruit nose; tasty, herbs, tart black fruit, ripe currant palate; medium-plus finish
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Very dark red violet color; herbs, tobacco, brett nose; herbs, tobacco, brett palate; medium-plus finish 87+ points
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Very dark purple red violet color; redolent, tart black fruit, tar nose; tar, tart black fruit palate; medium-plus finish
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Opaque purple red violet color; redolent, licorice, baked berry nose; rich, baked berry, black fruit, licorice palate; medium-plus finish 90+ points
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Dark purple red violet color; charcoal, herbs, dried berry nose; charcoal, herbs, dried berry palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points
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Very dark purple red violet color; appealing, herbs, anise, tart black fruit nose; tasty, tart black fruit, dried herbs palate; medium-plus finish 90+ points
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Dark purple red violet color; violets, licorice, ripe black fruit nose; ripe berry, violets palate; needs 1-2 years; medium-plus finish 91+ points (10 mos in oak)
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Very dark purple red violet color; fresh, carbonic maceration, ripe currant nose; plush, ripe currant, herbs palate with integrating oak; medium-plus finish (4 mos in oak)
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Dark red violet color; baked cherry, oak nose; baked cherry, oak, baked berry palate; medium-plus finish (16 mos in oak)
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Very dark red violet color; olive, tart currant nose; tasty, plush, maturing, tart currant, tart plum palate; medium-plus finish (14 mos in oak, 12 mos in bottle)
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Very dark red violet color; redolent, tart plum, dried and salty plum nose; tart plum, dried and salty plum palate; medium-plus finish 90+ points (18 mos in oak, 2 yrs in bottle)
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Very dark red violet color; appealing, lifted, baked plum, licorice nose; tasty, baked plum, licorice, black fruit palate; long finish (all new French and American oak; only made in good years)
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Opaque purple red violet color; intriguing, tart plum, roasted black fruit, tar, herbs nose; tasty, tart black fruit, herbs, tar palate; medium-plus finish
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Dark purple red violet color; licorice, baked berry, baked black cherry nose; tasty, rich, tart baked berry, black cherry, tar palate; long finish 91+ points
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Dark purple red violet color; lifted, baked plum, satsuma plum nose; tart plum, tart black fruit palate; medium finish
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Dark cherry red color; redolent, baked berry, smoke nose; baked berry, smoke, dill palate; medium-plus finish 86+ points
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Medium dark red violet color; redolent, oak, ripe currant, cherry nose; oak, ripe currant, cherry palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points (15 mos in barrel)
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Very dark purple red violet color; sweet herbs, tart berry, violets nose; sweet herbs, tart berry, violets palate; medium-plus finish 90+ points
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Very dark purple red violet color; redolent, ripe plum, dried berry, light oak nose; tasty, maturing, dried berry, tart black fruit, mulberry, tart blackberry palate with depth and medium acidity; medium-plus finish
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Medium dark red violet color; baked berry, plum nose; baked berry, plum palate; medium-plus finish
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Very dark red violet color; redolent, olive, tobacco nose; tart black fruit, tobacco, olive palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points
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Dark red violet color; redolent, herbs, tart black fruit nose; tart black fruit, herbs, mocha palate; medium-plus finish 90+ points
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Very dark red violet color; redolent, baked cherry, oak nose; rich, plush, ripe cherry, berry palate; long finish (2 yrs in oak, 2 in bottle)
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Very dark ruby color; redolent, dried herb, tart black fruit, brett nose; dried herb, tart black fruit, brett palate; medium-plus finish
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Very dark purple red violet color; fresh, tart plum, berry, carbonic maceration nose; carbonic maceration, baked berry, violets palate; medium-plus finish 88+ points
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Very dark purple red violet color; baked plum nose; baked plum, ripe black fruit palate; medium finish
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Dark cherry red color; anise, herbs, baked plum nose; baked plum, tart cherry palate; medium finish (6 mos in French and American oak)
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Dark red violet color; tart cherry, baked berry nose; rich, baked berry, ripe red berry, vanilla palate; medium-plus finish 89+ points (1 yr in French & American oak, 14 mos in bottle)
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2010 Abadía de Acón Ribera del Duero Roble 92 Points
Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero
Dark purple red violet color; appealing, ripe berry, blackberry, sage, smoke nose; tasty, ripe berry, blackberry, black fruit, violets palate; medium-plus finish 92+ points
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