A pleasant introduction of subtle mixed berry fruit. Some herbs--almost, but not quite, suggesting mint. Nice savoriness. Noticeable tannin and acid make this a fairly sturdy wine. On the first couple of sips I noticed a regretable sulfur funk under the rear palate, but that faded fairly quickly, leading to a pleasant tasting experience. I know I was baby-killing with this one. I'm glad I have more.
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This is a balance style and excellent, they're a solid undertone of tannins supporting this wine. This showed more restrained and delicacy compared to the Chinnon and Halcon in the flight.
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Bookclub--Wines Tasted Blind: Poured blind, wedged into a flight where Baudry Boissee was on its left and Halcon Alturas on its right. Interestingly to me, the Model Farm is made with 50% stem inclusion (one clone is destemmed and the other is 100% whole cluster). Yet, with the aromatics flying out of the other two wines, especially the Halcon, the Model Farm to me was more subtle. Delicate, with a boysen and cherry profile, too. The table finished the bottle and I didn't get a chance to retaste the wine but overall I thought the comments were positive and this is a good wine for Sean and Joanna to add to their portfolio. My only second guess would have been to have put their Petaluma Gap syrah into the flight instead, to seek if I could have achieved the aromatic balance with the other two wines, as both were more powerful than the Model Farm last night.
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7/30/2021 - EMark wrote:
A pleasant introduction of subtle mixed berry fruit. Some herbs--almost, but not quite, suggesting mint. Nice savoriness. Noticeable tannin and acid make this a fairly sturdy wine. On the first couple of sips I noticed a regretable sulfur funk under the rear palate, but that faded fairly quickly, leading to a pleasant tasting experience. I know I was baby-killing with this one. I'm glad I have more.
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4/23/2021 - brigcampbell wrote:
Book Club - Reunited (Steve's Place): Blind: guessed zin or Syrah and ultimate settle on syrah because of the structure.
This is a balance style and excellent, they're a solid undertone of tannins supporting this wine. This showed more restrained and delicacy compared to the Chinnon and Halcon in the flight.
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4/22/2021 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Bookclub--Wines Tasted Blind: Poured blind, wedged into a flight where Baudry Boissee was on its left and Halcon Alturas on its right. Interestingly to me, the Model Farm is made with 50% stem inclusion (one clone is destemmed and the other is 100% whole cluster). Yet, with the aromatics flying out of the other two wines, especially the Halcon, the Model Farm to me was more subtle. Delicate, with a boysen and cherry profile, too. The table finished the bottle and I didn't get a chance to retaste the wine but overall I thought the comments were positive and this is a good wine for Sean and Joanna to add to their portfolio. My only second guess would have been to have put their Petaluma Gap syrah into the flight instead, to seek if I could have achieved the aromatic balance with the other two wines, as both were more powerful than the Model Farm last night.
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