Sun Dried Tomato Cafe, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Tasted Saturday, October 3, 2009 by Frank Murray III with 879 views
All wines tasted blind, revealed after the group had sufficient time to guess varietal, place, etc. Each course flight was paired with a course prepared by Sundried Tomato Cafe.
Pan Seared Jumbo Scallops with a orange saffron sauce
Blackened chicken spring rolls with a honey cilantro sauce
Rosemary smoked salmon
with a tarragon aioli served with toast points
Portobello mushroom rissotto
served with a braised beef w/ portobello mushroom and goat cheese crostini
Lamb chops encrusted with dijon mustard and bread crumbs
drizzled with a port wine reduction
grilled vegetable wrap
gorgonzola augratin potatoes
crème brulee trio
vanilla bean, chocolate and berry
2004 La Chablisienne Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Started off slow and still maintained this posture, olny opening some by the end of the flight. Mineral, pear, delicate. The minerality is refreshing and the flavors, while still wrapped up, portend what I think will be a more expressive wine with age. Need more time.
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2006 Arcadian Chardonnay Sleepy Hollow Vineyard
USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Lucia Highlands
The first thing to jump out on this wine was buttered popcorn, like the smell in a movie theater. Too much so for me and it obscures out the bouquet. Along with this note, some honeysuckle, lemon peel and spicy mineral. The aromatic was a distraction for me.
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2002 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Lemon lime, honey and maybe even blood orange.
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2003 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
The nose left me thinking Alsace, with the diesel/petrol signature. Once past the nose, a rich and honeyed core with nic balance.
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