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Weekly tasting group #117; A mixed set.

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Tasted May 5, 2014 by Zweder with 295 views

Introduction

All wines were tasted blind.

Flight 1 (1 note)

Fruit/Vegetable Wine
N.V. Cairn O'Mohr Bramble United Kingdom, Scotland, Perthshire, Carse O'Gowrie
Sweet and a bit unpleasant bouquet with strawberries and nutty flavors. On the palate the same. Dried fruits. Rust. Some acidity. Very special and not really nice. This is a blind note of a wine tasting. And this is no wine. So no score.

Flight 2 (2 notes)

White
2005 Kurt Angerer Riesling Donatus Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
88 points
Special and hard to give an overall opinion. In the bouquet a mature wine with some petrol. On the palate mature as well, also still some tropical fruits, a lot of acidity, good minerals and a great length, but nevertheless not really great overall. 87-88 seems to be correct.
White - Off-dry
1990 Kerpen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
In the bouquet dry honey, cold tea, nougat, apricots, mixed dried fruits and some oxidized impressions. On the palate apricots, butter candy, tangerine and orange. Ok acidity. Mature and special. I did not score the wine.

Flight 3 (1 note)

White
1945 Laligant-Chameroy Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
WOW!!!! THIS IS SPECIAL!!! Dried fruits, currants, apricots and honey in the bouquet. On the palate apricots and other ripe yellow tropical fruits, butter candy, caramel, coffee and butterscotch. Amazingly fresh and pleasant. Every score between 92 an 97 can be correct, so I don’t score the wine. But what and amazing effort! A white of this age and still beautiful.

Flight 4 (2 notes)

Red
2002 Col Solare USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
91 points
Beautiful bouquet with red and dark forest fruits, cherries, a bit lactic, but also iodine, licorice and herbs and spices. On the palate full bodied good cherries and blackberries, juicy and good acidity in a nice balance with some sweetness, spiciness and iodine again, well integrated oak and slightly drying tannin. Really nice wine. Fully mature now, but no real hurry.
Red
1987 Opus One USA, California, Napa Valley
94 points
Beautiful bouquet with ripe red berry fruits. On the palate a beautiful mature and complex wine. Plums, cinnamon, cedar, some bell pepper, pleasant acidity and powdery tannin. The wine has a great length. Fully mature now, but on the other hand it will not fall completely apart over the next year. No reason to wait any longer though.

Flight 5 (2 notes)

Red
2000 Mas d'en Gil Priorat Clos Fontà Spain, Catalunya, Priorat
92 points
Blood red. Beautiful bouquet with luxurious oak, cedar, sweet spices like cinnamon, smoke, dark forest fruits and spiciness. On the palate red and dark berry fruits, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, oak, beautiful acidity which can balance the sweetness and silky soft tannin with still a good bite. A fully mature wine and no real hurry.
Red
2005 Bodega Vistalba Malbec Tomero Reserva Argentina, Mendoza
91 points
Ripe and sweet fruits as well as beautiful oak in the bouquet. On the palate very ripe dark berry juice, some smoke, eucalyptus, beautiful oak, a lot of spiciness, good acidity and tannin. At its peak now, but it can last for a few years as well.

Flight 6 (2 notes)

Red
2001 Bacalhoa Touriga Nacional Só Portugal, Península de Setúbal, Vinho Regional Península de Setúbal
89 points
Beautiful bouquet with dark fruits, sweet spices, smoke, luxurious oak and some rustic flavors. On the palate the wine disappoints a bit with tea, a lot of acidity, but also some dark fruits, chocolate, sweet spices and noticeable alcohol. Nevertheless a very good wine. Ready now and probably wise to drink it over the next two years.
Red
1997 Penfolds Shiraz RWT Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
92 points
Beautiful mature bouquet with chocolate, coffee, mocha, cinnamon and other sweet spices. Same on the palate. Some red and dark berry fruits as well, good acidity, a touch of sweetness and soft tannin. Overall a beautiful and complex wine with a good length. Fully mature now. Drink over the next few years.

Flight 7 (2 notes)

Red
2002 Alban Vineyards Syrah Reva Alban Estate Vineyard USA, California, Central Coast, Edna Valley
90 points
Expressive bouquet with dark fruits, gunpowder, charcoal, stones and sweet spices. Same on the palate, impressive and concentrated with a lot of sweetness and also ok acidity. Round tannin. I had the impression there was also some sulfur. Nevertheless an impressive and concentrated wine. Fully mature now.
White - Fortified
1995 Cantine Florio Sicilia Vino Liquoroso Morsi di Luce Italy, Sicily, Sicilia
90 points
In the bouquet caramel, coffee candy, sugar cane syrup and orange. On the palate butterscotch, honey and pineapple. A lot of sweetness nicely balanced by good acidity. Some bitterness in the finish. Beautiful wine with elegance as well.

Flight 8 (1 note)

White - Sweet/Dessert
2003 Mission Hill Vidal Icewine Reserve Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Valley VQA
91 points
Enormously concentrated bouquet with orange peel, polishing wax, honey and peach. On the palate a lot of sweetness, good acidity, raisins and apple syrup. Good balance.
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