Community Tasting Note

StefanAkiko wrote:

Friday, January 31, 2014 - We tried 3 Shiraz wines from Red Car, and they were all great. What's even more interesting is that each wine was served in two glasses.
Glass 1: Opened btl one week ago.
Glass 2: Opened and decanted some hours ago.

2009 The Fight, 92p
2009 Cuvée 22, 94p
2010 Fort Ross-Seeview, 86p

There was a huge difference between the two glasses of each wine, except the 3rd wine ("Burgundian style") where there was no detectable difference by us. The early opening made ALL the difference in the World: the recently opened btls were rather bland and the 1 week opened btls behaved like fabulous Northern Rhônes.

The Fight
Towards a young Côte-Rôtie with the added sunshine. Still restrained expression. M+ tannin.

Cuvée 22
Towards a young Hermitage in expression. Restrained, M++ tannin and robustly elegant.

Fort Ross
Wine from the coldest vineyard. "Burgundian expression". We felt it wanting on the palate, especially the mid-palate. Has nose and mouth of raw wood and Christmas spices, Sweden style. Very young.

All wines very young and will greatly merit keeping.
Wife prefered The Fight tonight.
We agree Red Car needs to see someone about their ugly labels.
Really want to visit the winery.

Winetasting dinner at 1 star La Rochelle in Aoyama (Tokyo).

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