Blind Comparison Tasting

Folin Cellars Carlton Tasting Room
Tasted Saturday, August 10, 2013 by VinLancaster with 489 views

Flight 1 - Viognier (4 Notes)

  • 2011 Quady North Viognier Steelhead Run Vineyard

    USA, Oregon, Southern Oregon, Applegate Valley

    Beautifully scented and flavored with fresh cut grass, tart fruit, limestone and citrus notes. This was clean and lively on the palate with an unfragmented & delightful finish.

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  • 2012 Penner-Ash Viognier

    USA, Oregon

    Slate and lime scented fruit merge with a tart and crisp core which makes the mouth water. Very well balanced with a slippery full finish.

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  • 2008 Tyrus Evan Viognier Del Rio Vineyard

    USA, Oregon, Southern Oregon, Rogue Valley

    Piquant and smoky on the nose with honey and smoked kiwi flavors. Drying on the hind palate, this would be best paired with grilled seafood.

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  • 2012 Folin Cellars Viognier

    USA, Oregon, Southern Oregon, Rogue Valley

    Grapefruit, honey, violets and lovely minerality on the nose. Tastes of pale melons, lively bright tropical fruit acids and hay. Creamy feel on the palate as it glides away for many moments.

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Flight 2 - Tempranillo (4 Notes)

  • 2007 Lange Tempranillo

    USA, Oregon, Southern Oregon, Umpqua Valley

    Whopping vanilla oak scented, difficult to pull darkly spiced fruit out the bouquet. Bright acidity from cassis, plums and leather flavors. This wine has amassed a wealth of astringent tannins which overpower the wine for me.

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  • 2008 Folin Cellars Tempranillo

    USA, Oregon, Southern Oregon, Rogue Valley

    Generous scents of sweet aniseed coated cherries, allspice and crushed pink peppercorn accompany the palate with equally lovely flavors of slate, bright woody red fruit, leather and peaks of bright acids. Finishes with length and ample complexity.

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  • 2010 WildAire Cellars Tempranillo Folin Vineyard

    USA, Oregon, Southern Oregon, Rogue Valley

    Showing VA on the nose and palate, difficult to assess. I deemed this flawed.

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  • 2011 Raptor Ridge Tempranillo Folin Vineyard

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley

    Abundant dark fruits, baking spices and leather, this Tempranillo boasts interesting earth and wild herbal components with a winding and lush finish.

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Flight 3 - Syrah (5 Notes)

  • 2003 Folin Cellars Syrah

    USA, Oregon, Southern Oregon, Rogue Valley

    Astringent and showing some VA, after time this blew off to reveal some red fruits, loam, tobacco and fennel notes. Finished rather quickly and faded, this appears to be outside optimum drinking window. Nice to sample a 10 year old Southern Oregon Syrah, none-the-less.

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  • 2004 Domaine Serene Syrah Rockblock Carpenter Hill

    USA, Oregon, Southern Oregon, Rogue Valley

    Sweet, ripe and full of oak scented notes with plenty of big ripe red fruit which fills the mouth with velvety and soft, supple tannins. Powerful and rich, the finish coiled on for ages.

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  • 2006 Dubost Syrah

    USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles

    Pleasant caramel and mint in the nose. This was very spicy with a bit of heat and big wafting fruit flavors. Leather, earth and cedar on the concentrated hind palate.

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  • 2007 Bonny Doon Vineyard Syrah Le Pousseur

    USA, California, Central Coast

    Brett, barnyard predominate the red and blue fruit notes. Bitter leather, over extracted fruit and sharp anchored finish, this was overdone and one-dimensional.

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  • 2010 Matello Fool's Journey Deux Vert

    USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Yamhill-Carlton

    Enraptured with scents of black pepper, currants, juicy berries and flower of thyme aromatics; this restrained Syrah offered oodles of interest on the palate with florals, herbs, stones and toasted mushrooms. Framed with suede like feel on the finish. Excellent.

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