Wine-tasting 101
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30 August 2007
Merlot (http://wm.d.stone.googlepages.com/merlot)
Ch. Puy-Blanquet
St. Emilion Grand Cru
1997 $17
Color: Brick red
Aroma: Chocolate, with some berry & tobacco.
Taste: Clean, a bit austere with berry and cedar notes.
Aftertaste: More tobacco and cedar, with a mineral tang.
Simi
Sonoma County
2002 $14
Color: Bright garnet
Aroma: Vanilla and cherry
Taste: Lots of cherry, with vanilla and some oak.
Aftertaste: Cherry
6 September 2007
Sauvignon Blanc (http://wm.d.stone.googlepages.com/sauvignonblanc)
Barton & Guestier
Bordeaux
2003 $12
Color: Clear, light straw
Aroma: Grassy and citrus.
Taste: Very clean, bright. Some gooseberry, very crisp
Aftertaste: Grassy.
Zed
New Zealand Marlborough
2005 $10
Color: Clear straw.
Aroma: Grapefruit, gooseberry and a little eucalyptus.
Taste: Big fruit, lots of citrus.
Aftertaste: Grapefruit & eucalyptus
Pinot Grigio
13 September 2007
Ruffino
Lumina
Pinot Grigio Venezia Giulia
2006 $9
Aroma: Green apple and some citrus
Taste: Crisp, clean, apple and lemon
Aftertaste: A little bitterness
Beringer
Founder’s Estate
California
2006 $11
Aroma: Bolder, red apple.
Taste: Crisp lemon maybe a little butter from malo-lactic fermentation
Aftertaste: Lemon & apple
Syrah/Shiraz
20 September 2007
Yellow tail
Australia
2005 $6
Aroma: Berry
Taste: Chocolate and berry, spicy/cloves
Aftertaste: Berry
Barton & Guestier
Cotes-du-Rhône
2003 $11
Aroma: Cedar, berry and pepper
Taste: Berry and tobacco, earthy notes
Aftertaste: Earth and tobacco
Gewurztraminer (http://wm.d.stone.googlepages.com/gewurztraminer%26amp%3Bsyrah)
27 September 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle
Columbia Valley, Washington
2005 $9
Aroma: Apple, some lemon
Taste: Apple, some spice. Some malo-lactic fermentation
Aftertaste: Gooseberry and apple
Pierre Sparr
Alsace
2004 $10
Aroma: Floral and
grapefruit, some peach
Taste: grapefruit, apple and some spice
Aftertaste: Gooseberry
Pinot Noir (http://wm.d.stone.googlepages.com/pinotnoir)
4 October 2007
Cavit
Pinot Noir
Provincia di Pavia
2006 $10
Aroma: Slight, cherries and cedar
Taste: Cherries and cedar. Tea. High notes of rosemary.
Aftertaste: Cedar and tobacco.
Estancia
Pinot Noir
Monterey County, Pinnacles Ranches
2006 $15
Aroma: Bigger, cherry/berry, chocolate and cedar
Taste: Berries, chocolate, leather.
Aftertaste: Leather, tobacco, earthy notes.
25 October 2007
Chardonnay
Barton & Guestier
Vin de Pays d’Oc
2005 $8
Color: Clear, light straw
Aroma: Light. Grapefruit and minerally.
Taste: Clean. A little apple, slight mineral and pepper.
Aftertaste: Light citrus.
Trinity Oaks
California
2005 $11
Color: Clear straw.
Aroma: Oak and a hint of tomato!
Taste: Oak, butter, grapefruit.
Aftertaste: Citrus
1 November 2007
Cabernet Sauvignon
Chateau Greysac
Medoc
2003 $18
Color: Garnet, slight tinge of brick
Aroma: Complex. Cedar, tobacco, cherry.
Taste: Earthy notes. Cedar, cigar box, coffee & chocolate. Some cherry.
Aftertaste: Cherry and cedar.
Robert Mondavi
Private Selection
California
2005 $12
Color: Garnet.
Aroma: Coffee, chocolate and cherry
Taste: Cherry, cigar box, chocolate and cherry.
Aftertaste: More cedar