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Tasted December 28, 2008 by Clarkmeister with 409 views
Introduction
Had some friends over for a day of football, vino and food. Great time with some pretty good stuff. The Lawton Pinot stole the show for me, but the consensus was that the Clos Apalta was the best wine of the night (and hard to really argue with that). Should've had it one bottle earlier as it was likely a shade wasted on the group by that time. The Newton and Veramonte bringing up the rear worked out just great and have me interested to see how they taste on a fresher palate. I have a bottle of each of those left.
Flight 1 (7 notes)
Red
2006 Sineann Pinot Noir Oregon
89 points
A crowd pleaser as always. Not quite the finish I recall from last time but still a big fruity pinot that has some good secondary earthy and even spicy flavors going on.
Red
2004 Lawton Winery Pinot Noir Reserve
92 points
Wow, this was absolutely gorgeous. Nice musky earth, shrooms and raspberries on the nose. Complex and balanced with a great finish. Cements for me that 2004 is a vintage I adore and must acquire more of, in general. Really a pleasant surprise.
Red
2001 Luigi Righetti Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Capitel De' Roari
89 points
This was very nice. Good nose, some quality leather and dirt. The fruit was big in the mid palate but was a little sweet and out of place with some of the other elements.
Red
2007 Sineann Old Vine Zinfandel
89 points
2nd bottle from the case. Needs more decanting time than I gave it (45 minutes). Still, lucious red fruit with a good finish. A hair flabby.
Red
2005 Clos Apalta
92 points
Wine of the Night by consensus, though I suspect that the whole WOTY thing biased the ladies. Still, this is a highly drinkable very balanced effort that is just not going to disappoint your average wine drinker.
Red
2001 Newton Claret
87 points
This wasn't too bad. I was starting to fade a little, but found it a shade disjointed. Decent fruit with some green notes that didn't seem too out of place.
Red
2006 Veramonte Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva
88 points
Last bottle of 7 so take with grain of salt. Decent nose, restrained but good fruit and a pretty goof finish. No complaints.