Wine-tasting 101
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18 January 2007
Merlot (http://wm.d.stone.googlepages.com/merlot)
Ch. Puy-Blanquet
St. Emilion Grand Cru
1997 $17
Color: Clear red, touch of brick
Aroma: Berry with 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: Cherry
Taste: Lots of cherry, with slight chocolate notes.
Aftertaste: Cherry
25 January 2007
Sauvignon Blanc (http://wm.d.stone.googlepages.com/sauvignonblanc)
Barton & Guestier
Vin de Pays d’Oc
2003 $10
Color: Clear, light straw
Aroma: Grassy.
Taste: Very clean, bright. Some gooseberry, very crisp
Aftertaste: Grassy.
Fernleaf
New Zealand East Coast
2005 $9
Color: Clear straw.
Aroma: Gooseberry and melon.
Taste: Big fruit, lots of gooseberry. A little oak, and a little malo-lactic fermentation.
Aftertaste: Gooseberry.
Pinot Grigio
1 February 2007
Cavit
Delle Venezie
2005 $7
Aroma: Very slight, melon and wine
Taste: Crisp, clean, slight spice bite
Aftertaste: Clean
Meridian
California
2005 $8
Aroma: Bolder, green apple.
Taste: Crisp but with a little sparkle and butter from malo-lactic fermentation
Aftertaste: Green apple and melon
Pinot Noir (http://wm.d.stone.googlepages.com/pinotnoir)
8 February 2007
Gewurztraminer (http://wm.d.stone.googlepages.com/gewurztraminer%26amp%3Bsyrah)
15 February 2007
Beringer
California
2005 $9
Aroma: Floral, with some
gooseberry
Taste: Vanilla at the front of the mouth, grapefruit at the back, fairly sweet
Aftertaste: Vanilla
Pierre Sparr
Alsace
2004 $10
Aroma: Floral and grass
Taste: grapefruit and some spice, dryer
Aftertaste: Gooseberry
Syrah/Shiraz
22 February 2007
Yellow tail
Australia
2005 $6
Aroma: Berry
Taste: Full-bodied, ‘big’ red. Berry and cedar
Aftertaste: Berry
Barton & Guestier
Cotes-du-Rhône
2003 $9
Aroma: Cedar and berry
Taste: Berry and tobacco, earthy notes
Aftertaste: Earth and tobacco
Cabernet Sauvignon
1 March 2007
Robert Mondavi Private Selection
California
2005 $8
Aroma: Mostly cherry, some cedar
Taste: Cherry and berry, cedar notes
Aftertaste: Mostly berry
Chateau Greysac
Medoc, Cru Bourgeois
2001 $17
Aroma: Cedar and tobacco
Taste: Cedar and earth notes, with berry tang
Aftertaste: Cedar and berry
