Boerne wine club - Bordeaux vs Italy vs California

Tasted Sunday, March 20, 2016 by cos65 with 488 views

Introduction

Blind tasting of Bordeaux paired up blind against Bordeaux blends from Tuscany and California

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

Blind. Most obvious differentiating pair with the bright oaky caymus style blaring through.
Bel Air preferred 6-5

Flight 2 (2 Notes)

Blind. Most thought the Gaja was from Bordeaux.
Ca Marcanda preferred 6-5

Flight 3 (2 Notes)

Blind. Cherry Block was fairly restrained leaving the IDs tough for most.
Solaia preferred 6-5

Flight 4 (2 Notes)

Blind. The Paso Robles fruit was again a bit obvious.
Lagrange St. Julien preferred 6-5

Flight 5 (2 Notes)

Blind. The Du Tetre was lovely, but the bigger flavors from the Napa out did it this round. Rosson family is a new one for me with no other notes on cellar tracker, though a limited number bottles from 2003 - 2010 are listed in cellar tracker
Rosson preferred 8-3

Flight 6 (2 Notes)

Blind. The two oldest of the tasting. The Ornellaia tasted incredibly fresher, richer than the Pauillac which be starting to fade.
Ornellaia preferred 9-2

Closing

Overall a very nice group of wines. Ornellaia 1998 was my WOTN and for several others as well.

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