Россия и Соединенные Штаты имеют нечто общее (ну, более одного): Это холодно! Так что я думаю, мне придется по вкусу некоторые горячие и откровенные красные вина, чтобы держать меня (нас) в тепле. Примитиво (Итальянский Зинфандел и Калифорнии Zinfinfanel находятся в меню!
Well, I have every intention of tasting and reviewing these red wines with family and friends over the next two days, and by doing so I hope to keep warmer than those teetotalers wagging their fingers in my face while they come down with hypothermia and frost-bite!
Cheers to my family and friends, and I've just made a spinach peta to go with it. So Ben from Sweden, get your___over here, and Ethan (Chef), you too! Bring Kelsey!
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DR Loosen Bros. Mosel 2012 Riesling, $10.19-$14.99, 90 points.
Had a lovely burnished brass color.
Honeysuckle, a hint of vanilla, and citrus on the nose were lovely.
Nice balance between sweet and tart apple flavors carried on a light-plus body; flavors that were clean and gave a slight sense of its mineral elements with good acidity.
Finished well with a hint of ginger, lemon, and the 8.5% alcohol.
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Château Monbousquet St. Émilion Grand Cru Classé 2010 Bordeaux, $63.74-$74.99, 94 points, needed to be decanted, having some debris within its black Tannat-like color which trended a deep rosewood red toward a leggy glass wall with a transparent rim.
Compared to the 2009 vintage, the aroma was quiet with some flowers, earth, coffee, cardamom, and black fruit being teased out with swishing and swirling.
Full bodied, this is an immense red wine, and not for the faint of heart, at least not in this decade. Good acidity was captivated with early powerful and persistent tannin.
Blackberry, boysenberry, blueberry, flavors were rounded-off with interesting eucalyptus, coffee, and tobacco notes.
Finished very long on the trailing palate with considerable heat (14.5% alcohol) and cayenne spice.
The varietals are 60% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon.
The price was about $13 more than the 2009 vintage.
I found that this wine overwhelmed my spiced lamb rib-chops, but was better with lasagna, and an absolute wonder with chocolate!
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Schlink Haus Auslese 2011 White Wine (Germany), $8.81-$13.99, 84 points, appeared brightly light gold in color.
Green melon rind with hints of grapefruit, perfume, and petrol on the nose struggled to elevate the aroma, one that improved with air.
Grapefruit and tangerine flavors were okay, but seemed to overwhelm more subtle flavors, and was just too sweet for this white wine and for me.
Near medium body carried mouth watering acidity, but the finish managed only to represent the trailing palate without accent, while the 10.5% alcohol was almost unnoticeable.
Varietals were Riesling, Muller-Thurgau, Bacchus, and Scheurebe. .
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Zorvino Vineyards Non-Vintage Syrah, a gift from a friend (approx. $13.99), 84 points, was a bright ruby with a pink hue trending pomegranate red with a clear rim.
The aroma was quite quiet with just a hint of blueberry, barnyard, and lilac.
Just over the medium body threshold, Zorvino's Syrah isn't grape-typical, but tastes surprisingly good; managed fair acidity with mild-plus tannin and was an easy-drinking quaffer with a red and black fruitiness.
Finished slightly thin with a trailing palate, black pepper, plum, and just a hint of the well integrated 13.8% alcohol.
If buying locally is important to you, this red-wine meets my red table wine criteria. Considering I just tasted the Robert Mondavi 2011 Merlot Private Selection ($8-$11), and scored it 84 points as well, I'd say Zorvino's efforts just may pay-off.
Cheers!
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Groth Oakville-Napa Valley 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, $42.49-$62.99, 93 points, appeared black all the way up to the leggy glass wall with a transparent circumferential rim.
The 2007 Cabernet had a lovely and profuse aroma of violets, warm loam, anise, and perfume.
Rich full body carried good acidity with layered and firm tannin.
Flavors, though juicy, were reflective of the aroma, as they complimented with plum, mint, coffee, and tobacco.
Finished on the trailing palate with a near perfect balance of the 14.9% alcohol and spice.
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Domaine Séguinot-Bordet 2011 Chablis, $17.84-$22.99, 92 points, appeared a crystalline light gold with a copper tint.
Aromatic lemon and tangerine with just a hint of soft floral honey were beautiful.
Light-plus bodied, crisp, with over-the-top minerality and bright acidity spoke volumes as to what so often makes a Chablis something different from California Chardonnay; you'd almost think it was a totally different grape.
As the Domaine Séguinot-Bordet 2011 Chablis warmed, the texture gently transformed into a more creamy one.
A lemon/lime sherbet flavor with hints of slate carried citrus into the long finish that added easy ginger and alcohol (12.5%) notes.
Very clean white wine, and just lovely!
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