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Monday, February 04, 2008
Fantastic
- Vintage Blog Post...
- From Mendoza, Argentina comes 3 distinct single vineyard wines. Their name is La Posta del Vinatero , "the tavern of the winegrower". ...Two Malbecs and 1 Bonarda. They are all absolutely fantastic.
- Running Brook Update #2
- Vidal Blanc – The Vidal was the last varietal to be harvested. We finished harvesting it on November 12th and it looked/tasted fantastic. The juice chemistry test results were close to perfect so we did nothing but whole cluster press, settle the juice and ferment at a cool temperature.
- Chile: the last day
- Odfjell is a Norweigan-owned producer making almost exclusively red wines, including some fantastic Carignans.
- 2005 UGC Tasting Recap!
- Château Olivier Blanc, This was also fantastic with great acidity and vibrant citrus flavors and lanolin-like texture. The sémillon in this wine, ...really stood out and gave it a distinctness that separated it from the pack.
- 1995 Château Gruaud Larose - fantastic!
- 1995 Château Gruaud Larose - fantastic! One of the tightest wines I can recall - nice to hear some of the 95s are getting there.
- Weekend Wino-ers: Merlot-quacious!
- We had a fantastic food pairing for Merlot Night: Stuffed Portobello mushrooms with scalloped potatoes and baby spinach topped with a warm bacon-Bordeaux dressing.