Monthly Archives: January 2012

2009 Dover Canyon Tre Noce

Posted on January 31, 2012 by sean

Wow. This is nice. Really nice. I should have bought more. I stopped by Dover Canyon winery on my way home from SoCal several months ago. I found this place from a google search for “good Paso Robles wineries” or … Continue reading →

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2010 Josef Leitz Riesling Eins Zwei Dry “3”

Posted on January 29, 2012 by sean

Dry Riesling. Dryyyy…. I wanted to try a nice dry German Riesling. I settled for this. It is a very acidic, minerally wine, a touch too acidic and bleah for my tastes. Maybe this dry of a Riesling isn’t for … Continue reading →

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1997 Chateau d’Arche Sauternes

Posted on January 23, 2012 by sean

Delicious. I tried this wine at K&L Wines a week or so ago at the Bordeaux Wine Tasting. This was my second try, the first bottle tasted off, bad, made me not feel quite right when I drank it. To … Continue reading →

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2010 Meiomi Pinot Noir Belle Glos

Posted on January 22, 2012 by sean

It’s sweet! Sweet-o-rama. This is a wildly sweet and creamy pinot. Not what I’m used to. Lotsa vanilla. Lotsa fruit. A touch of acid to help clean it all up. The tannins are soft. I don’t quite know what to … Continue reading →

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2007 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Posted on January 20, 2012 by sean

Oak attack!! As I try more wine, I find I can taste more and more components of various wines. I’ve been able to detect the oak in wines more and more, and then I had this wine. I think someone … Continue reading →

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2010 Cave de Rasteau, Rasteau, Les Peyrieres

Posted on January 15, 2012 by sean

Meh. I’ll try to pick out some of the redeeming qualities of this wine. I decanted this for an hour or so, it seems like the aroma of this wine just diminished the more it sat out. At one point … Continue reading →

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(mostly) 2009 Bordeaux Tasting

Posted on January 15, 2012 by sean

I went to a tasting of the 2009 Bordeauxs at the local K&L Wines. At least, mostly 2009s. There were a few others in there as well. 2010 Clos Floridene, Bordeaux Blanc: Lemon and grass smells, lotsa acid to this … Continue reading →

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2009 Justin Savant Paso Robles

Posted on January 13, 2012 by sean

The more I drink this, the more I like it! Of course, when I first took a sip, I thought it was kinda terrible, so it is now “better than terrible”. I’m drinking it now on the second night, and … Continue reading →

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Taltarni 2003 Cephas

Posted on January 8, 2012 by sean

Strong fruity nose on this wine, fruity blast at first sip too, kinda a blackberry, raspberry taste to it. The fruit taste to it is pretty tasty! While it’s not a thin wine, it isn’t a super thick-o-rama that I … Continue reading →

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2009 Weinkellerei Römerhof Riesling

Posted on January 6, 2012 by sean

Another “daily drinker” sort of wine. I picked this up in Whole Foods on a whim, hoping it would be more on the dry side than the sweet side. It turns out it is somewhere in between. I’m tasting some … Continue reading →

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