4th Saturday Group: Anything but Domestic

Rich & Dana's
Tasted Saturday, September 22, 2018 by AllRed with 187 views

Flight 1 - Warm ups (3 Notes)

Flight 2 - Flight I (6 Notes)

  • 2015 Domaine Monier St. Joseph Terre Blanche 93 Points

    France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph

    Blind. Inky dark color. Aromas of incense, dark fruit and pepper. Full-bodied and well-balanced, showing pepper and black fruit on the palate and lingering finish. Develops a subtle meaty note with air. Long finish. Easy to pick out as our St. Joseph, though I expected it to be in one of the later flights.

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  • 2008 R. López de Heredia Rioja Crianza Viña Cubillo 87 Points

    Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

    Blind. Garnet core with some bricking. Ripe, perhaps even stewed red plum fruit, currant and bouillon notes. Medium tannins. Red berry fruit on the palate has a cooked, jammy edge. Clearly older; beefy bouillon notes with red fruit. 87-88 pts. Guessed this was our Spanish wine. Meh. Not something I will need more of.

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  • 2016 Clos du Mont-Olivet Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Cuvée du Papet 93 Points

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    Blind. Dark color, opening with a lovely perfumed floral note followed by dark fruit and herbs. Full-bodied with fine tannins. Really nice, pure fruit on the palate. Black fruit, licorice and herb flavors. As this opens in the glass you definitely get that floral/herb garrigue note coming through more and more. At this point I began to suspect this was our bottle of CndP.

    Dunnuck bestowed 100 pts on this. I'm not going that far, but it is really damn good, that's for sure. 93-94 pts for me right now, and if you went higher, I wouldn't fault you for it. If this is representative of the vintage as a whole, there's no doubt that the hype is warranted.

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  • 2008 Luca Beso de Dante 91 Points

    Argentina, Mendoza

    Double blind. Dark color. Black fruit, herb and iron with a subtle weedy brettanomyces note too. In this case the brett is a welcome component. Full-bodied. Black fruit with a good finish. No guess.

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  • 2007 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée 94 Points

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

    Double blind. Instantly my wine of the flight. Garnet color with a bouquet featuring iron, red berry fruit, garrigue, perfumed florals and a hint of horse blanket. Complex and interesting. Medium-bodied. Red berry fruit dominates the palate, with herb and spice undertones. Softened tannins. Long finish. I waffled between 2007 and 2005 Chateauneuf and settled on the wrong vintage...partial credit for this one.

    I don't know if this was decanted prior to the tasting (I suspect not), but this is really coming into a nice place. There is certainly no harm in enjoying this now, and there's plenty of life ahead- I just wonder what the brett will do as this ages further.

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  • 2006 Mitolo Shiraz Savitar 80 Points

    Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale

    Double blind. Deep color. Bouillon and dark fruit aromas. More bouillon on the palate, along with overly ripe plummy fruit. Astringent finish. No guess.

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Flight 3 - Flight II (6 Notes)

  • 2001 Feudi di San Gregorio Irpinia Serpico 85 Points

    Italy, Campania, Irpinia

    Double blind. Similar to the last wine of the first flight, this had a subtle bouillon note under the dark fruit. There's also a bit of brett evident as well. Sweet edge to the dark fruit on the palate. Tannic. No guess.

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  • 2015 Clos I Terrasses Priorat Laurel Flawed

    Spain, Catalunya, Priorat

    Double blind. Smells like rotten cabbage. There's just a really bad weedy/funky quality here. The palate shows dark fruit but is incredibly sour; grapefruity. Undrinkable. No guess.

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  • 2011 Clos Triguedina Cahors 91 Points

    France, Southwest France, Cahors

    Double blind. Dark color with heavy legs. Notes of dark fruit and incense follow through on the palate. Long finish. Develops a nice violet aroma that I enjoy. Pretty and balanced. 91-92 pts.

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  • 2015 Bibich bas de bas 85 Points

    Croatia, Dalmatia, Dalmatinska Zagora, Skradin

    Double blind. Black fruit and licorice notes. Has a good bit of tannin to integrate, along with flavors of black fruit and vanilla. Noticeable acidity. Thin on the palate and shortish finish.

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  • 2012 Bodegas Muga Rioja Selección Especial 87 Points

    Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja

    Double blind. Garnet color. Red berry fruit, herb, iron and cassis notes. Medium tannins. Dark fruit and plum on the palate. Short to medium finish. Guessed cab sauv.

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  • 2010 Château La Confession

    France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru

    Double blind. Dark fruit with a weird grassy sauv blanc-like overtone. I get a touch of VA on this as well. Dark fruit on the palate with medium tannins. Hints of earth and licorice as it opens, but that VA note remains, though others didn't think it was VA. A weird bottle, possibly flawed, but in any case, not a good bottle of wine. No guess.

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