Tuesday Night $20-$40 Double Blind
Bin 75
Tasted Tuesday, October 7, 2014 by Rezy13 with 481 views
Flight 1 - Main Event $20-40 Double Blind (9 Notes)
Lots of Rhone wines.
France or Italy only apparently.
Flight 2 - Hanging out with Chris on Patio (3 Notes)
Chris brought out a few wines I guess because he was tired of drinking the swill from before. He wasn't messing around.
Closing
Some awesome wines. Very young but still a joy to drink now.
2011 Campogiovanni (San Felice) Rosso di Montalcino
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino
Deep red with crimson orange rim; medicinal, wood, bitter, dried roses; intense sweet berry fruit, good acid, slight rusty note, bitter orange, sweet cherry and strawberry; knew it was young so I called '09 RdM.
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2009 Xavier Vignon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Anonyme
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Darker reddish violet with paler rim; brulee, modern, sweet berry, charred vanilla, red apple skin, hint of forest floor; very ripe palate, charry finish, fresh berry, meaty, red clay, Luden's cough drop; still quite young but already very complex- just needs to gain some harmony.
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2012 Saint Cosme Crozes-Hermitage
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage
Dark core with bright violet rim; peppered beef, sweaty, leather, violets, vanilla, new oak; medium texture, very approachable, wild berry with some polish; simpler but tasty.
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2009 Delas Frères Cornas Chante-Perdrix
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas
Very dark core, reddish purple rim; graham cracker, fig, red and dark fruit, no new oak; ripe fruit, modern, soft tannin, somewhat medicinal fruit, kind of rustic but not due to the tannins; ok.
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2009 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Saint-Joseph
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Saint-Joseph
Very dark core, reddish purple rim with sediment; dark fruit, stone, dusty, pent up, tar; palate shows lots of brine and sweet olive, dense mouthfeel, snappy, tart purple fruit, acidic, sweet, some tannin; good, but not as good as previous bottles.
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2011 La Bastide Blanche Bandol
France, Provence, Bandol
Dark core with light garnet rim; sweet berry, garrigue, raspberry, medicinal; tart on the palate with same medicinal note, very Southern France, bright with bigger tannin, dryish; good.
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2003 Château de Saint Cosme Gigondas
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Gigondas
Dark core with bricking; dark fruit, fig, raspberry, rusty, almost peppery, leather, gingerbread, sarsaparilla, dark raspberry, soft resolved tannin, very ripe; seemingly well stored I would have expected this bottle to be done but then again Louis is a magician.
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2006 Máté - Podere il Falconaio Brunello di Montalcino
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Deep crimson, see through with orange rim; nutty, autumnal, ripe cherry; sandy, intense fruit, some grip; good; thought it was Argiano.
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2009 I Pentri Beneventano Kerres
Italy, Campania, Beneventano
Black core with thin garnet rim; dark fruit, raisin, blackberry, pumice, weedy, candy, tobacco; dark, tannic, volcanic; not much experience with this grape but it all makes sense.
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