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| Aalto Aalto PS 2003 |
P.S.(Pagos Seleccionados). This wine will be a super-premium wine, made
only in years when the quality of the harvest allows for the highest
standards. A special and careful selection of the best fruit, from
specific vineyards, leading to batch fermentation and individual
barriques leads to the name.
The Wine Advocate
The
2003 Aalto PS is purple/black with an unusually expressive nose for
this hot vintage. It reveals smoke, toast, vanilla spice, blueberry,
and blackberry jam. This is followed by a fleshy wine with excellent
depth and full-body.
The Wine Spectator
Hard
to resist this lush, modern red, with its mouthwatering blackberry and
boysenberry fruit and lavish toasty vanilla oak. But has plenty of
structure, with ripe tannins and fresh acidity, so give it time to
develop. Drink now through 2015.
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| Aalto Aalto ribera del Duero |
Wine Advocate 92:
A purple-colored wine offering a stylish nose of smoke, toast,
graphite, blueberry, and blackberry liqueur. On the palate it is medium
to full-bodied, ripe, and slightly compact with an elegant dense finish.
-- Wine Advocate
Ruby-red. Intense perfume of
boysenberry, sexy oak spices, vanilla and candied flowers. The
concentrated flavors of red and dark berries and vanilla are almost
sweet but are nicely lifted by juicy acidity. Finishes lush, broad and
long, with supple tannins.
Winery: Bodegas Aalto
Style: Red Wine
Varietal: Tempranillo
Region: Ribera del Duero
Size: 750 ml
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| Alvaro Castro Pellada 2005 |
Predominantly Touriga Nacional + Tinta Roriz.
Richly fruited with vivid berry and cherry on the nose and palate. Spicy
tannins remain elegant on the long finish. (Dão, Portugal)
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| Alvaro de Castro Dao 2006 |
Field blend including Touriga Nacional. Offers
a structured nose of savory red and black fruit with a serious palate showing a
chocolately, spicy edge. Big, round, soft and juicy. An outstanding food wine
and a really good value. (Dão,
Portugal)
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| Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant 2002 |
Firm and tart, with plum,
cherry and earth flavors that finish with solid structure and a metallic note.
Mourvèdre, Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault and Counoise. Drink now through 2007.
5,200 cases made.
WS Issue: Web Only (2005)
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| Bordelet Poire Authentique |
A former sommelier at a 3 star restaurant places
his passion for wine into his production of first class Normandy cider. Old trees, low yields and
terroir mean as much to cider as they do to wine. Champagne like and dry, the pear aromas are
subtly balanced by citrus and white flowers that linger long into the finish.
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| Bordelet Poire Granit |
Poiré Granit actually has 75-80 grams of sugar per liter, yet it
doesn't taste particularly sweet. This is due to the tannin and acidity, which
Bordelet says is twice as high as the apple!
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| Bordelet Sydre Argelette |
The Argelette,
Eric notes, "is more winey. Some vintages have to stay in the cellar
longer. Argelette is the type of soil and it's the same 40-40-20 blend of the
other apple ciders." This tends to have more skin contact, he explains.
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| Bordelet Sydre Doux |
The Sydre
"Doux" is an off-dry apple cider, with about 80 grams per
liter of sugar, yet it is beautifully balanced. A Brut apple has but about 5-10
grams per liter, so it's drier than many Brut Champagnes!
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| Brunier Telegramme CDP 2004 |
| It pours clear garnet, very light in color for a Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It seems light on the nose and palate, too, opening with a vinous scent of raspberries, spice, faint vegetal notes and a high-toned whiff of volatile acidity. It's a little more inviting in its flavor, juicy and very tart, simple red fruit and white pepper over almost sour acidity, on the thin side. |
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| Bruno Michel Cuvee Blanche |
53% Pinot Meunier and 47% Chardonnay from a blend of 2003,
2002 and 2001. This is an extremely
complex cuvée with hints of exotic fruits, lime, floral and minerals. The nose
is extra-ordinary – floral, mineral, citrus zest – extending onto an unctuous
palate with pin-point acid. The Chardonnay component is fermented in oak giving
this a luscious smoky character. A ‘tour de force’.
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| Bruno Michel Cuvee Terre blanc de blanc |
Based in a converted monastery, Bruno Michel is a pioneer in biodynamic wine making. With pure, mineral style focusing on terroir rather than heavy-handed new oak, the Cuvee de la Terre is loaded with crisp apple and vanilla and a lingering finish. Delicious! 100% Chardonnay from a single block of old vines (50+ years) near Pierry. Half fermented in tank, half in barrel. Aged for 12 months in French oak. 6 g/l dosage. |
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| Brunus |
A final piece of Portal del Montsant was put in place with the
involvement of enologist Ricard Rofes. Ricard has brought with him a
profound knowledge of some of the finest wines of the region, such as
Les Sorts and Masroig. Portal de Monsant was born when the quality of
the excellent 2004 vintage begged the group to create Santbru, a wine
of the Montsant Denomination of Origin that was produced using very
mature vines of Montsant's traditional varietals. This allowed Portal
to now create excellent wines from both Priorat and Montsant.
We
tasted the regular wine that Portal de Montsant produces called Brunus
and were blown away! This 05 just screams character and class. Brunus
is produced from 60% Cariñena, 35% Garnacha and 5% Syrah vines that
average 35-70 years of age. The un-irrigated vineyard’s soil is
composed of chalk and clay that produce extremely low yields that
produce just over one ton to the acre. The grapes are hand harvested
and fermented in temperature controlled vats before aging for eight
months in first year French Allier barrels. Brunus was bottled without
filtration. Only 14,000 bottles of Brunus 05 were produced for the
world. This wine is an opulent wonder of a wine. A mouthful of big,
jammy fruit, with a brawny-beefy character is Brunus’ mantra. Included
is the Wine Advocate review below. I still can’t figure out how this
wine and under $10 Garnacha wines get the same rating? Good for the
value people I suppose, not based on reality for wines like this
though. We love Las Rocas and Menguante’s base Garnacha wines and their
90 point scores, but try this wine next to them and please tell me that
they are even in the same ballpark… |
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| Calamity Cab Sauv Alexander Valley 2005 |
The
Calamity 05 Alexander Valley was grown on mature 30 year old vines that produce
classic Cabernet Sauvignon flavors and aromas of cassis, cedar and sweet red
fruits. The difference with this 05 to last year’s offering is that this
wine is brooding, chunky and is one that will be able to age. Flavors of deep
red and black fruits on the palate combine with vanilla from the oak barrels
and hints of cedar forming a long and tasty finish. The 05 Alex has excellent
structure, depth and concentration. Although a less seductive wine than last
year’s, it is a huge mouth-full of wine and one that begs for a nice
grilled piece of beef or lamb chop. |
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| Calamity Zinfandel Napa 2006 |
Cedar,
vanilla and coconut macaroon aromas dominate, accented by plum and wild berry
flavors ripe, cherry, raspberry and cassis flavor with a nice touch of
earthiness, very good balance with a fleshy texture and a long, full, fruity
finish. |
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| Campbells Muscat 375ml |
WS Rating: 92
Sweet, spicy and reasonably complex, offering dusky
plum, exotic spice and Darjeeling
tea aromas and flavors. The spice and tea flavors linger on the rich, extensive
finish. Drink now.
2,200 ca
WS Issue: Nov 30, 2006 |
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| Canyon Road Cabernet Sauvignon |
Cabernet Sauvignon. Aromas and flavors of black currant, plum, blackberry, chocolate and coffee with notes of toasty oak. Smooth finish. Serve with BBQ, hearty pasta dishes, and grilled and broiled meats. (California, USA) |
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| Charbonniere CDP Perdrix 03 |
| The 2003 Chateauneuf du Pape Mourre des Perdrix reveals a saturated dark ruby/purple-tinged color as well as a classic perfume of black cherries, raspberries, flowers, and a notion of barnyard/earth. With a fleshy texture, medium to full body, loads of depth, low acidity, ripe tannin, and wonderful sweetness, purity, and overall elegance, it resembles a synthesis in style between a grand cru Cotes de Nuits and a Chateauneuf du Pape. |
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