SteveTimko
Steve Timko
2002 Domaine Charles Schleret Gewurztraminer Herrenweg de Turckheim - France, Alsace, Turckheim, Alsace AOC (8/14/2009)
Still a baby. Let it sleep. Tight and it didn't help that it was a pop and pour wine because Andy got to dinner late. But there's a lot of stuffing in this wine. Quite nice tonight and I'm guessing it will be gorgeous in five to 10 years. Already a brassy gold color. A nice gewurztraminer nose but not great. That will probably come with age. Citrus smells and the beginning of some floral components. On the palate, lychee, which you'd expect, and some nuttiness and white fruit. A touch of honey on the finish. More dry than say Zind-Humbrecht or Weinbach. Quite nice. A Neal Rosenthal import.
2006 Bodega Norton Malbec Reserva - Argentina, Mendoza, Lujan de Cuyo (8/14/2009)
A nice wine but as Andy noted really demands something like a big, thick steak. Glenn cautioned about the intrusive oak and right now it clearly does more than frame the grapes. But I'll give it the benefit of the doubt as a reserve and I'll expect the oak will integrate as the wine ages. The oak shows up on the nose, along with tobacco and and sweet, ripe fruit smell. The palate is all about dark fruits. Plums, blueberries. A bitter dark chocolate. And, of course, oak. The finish was quite nice and made up for the oak. I'm guessing this will be a killer wine around 2012. A TGIC wine import.
2008 Domaine Tempier Bandol Ros - France, Provence, Bandol (8/14/2009)
So there's the scene in "Pulp Fiction" where John Travolta's hitman Vincent is on a date with Mia, played by Uma Thurman. And he says he wants to try a $5 milkshake t because' he's never had a $5 shake. That's my attraction to Tempier rose. I want to try a $32 (on sale at Kermit Lynch) rose, because I've never had one. After drinking it tonight, I'll say it's a heckuva of rose. But is it worth three times what I paid for a 2007 R. Dubois & Fils Bourgogne rose, the best rose I"ve had this year? No.
It's a sleek, elegant rose. Exquisitely balanced and even with some structure. Light salmon color. Wonderful nose of spices and watermelon. Definitely red fruits on the palate. Glenn said it reminded him of pinot noir. I'm thinking more grenache. A nice focus with good acidity. Very easy to drink. And a long finish, the best part of the wine. This is a great wine to go with food or by itself. I just don't think it justifies the heavy price tag. I've got one more I'm going to let age and see how it tastes in a year or so. A Kermit Lynch import.
Still a baby. Let it sleep. Tight and it didn't help that it was a pop and pour wine because Andy got to dinner late. But there's a lot of stuffing in this wine. Quite nice tonight and I'm guessing it will be gorgeous in five to 10 years. Already a brassy gold color. A nice gewurztraminer nose but not great. That will probably come with age. Citrus smells and the beginning of some floral components. On the palate, lychee, which you'd expect, and some nuttiness and white fruit. A touch of honey on the finish. More dry than say Zind-Humbrecht or Weinbach. Quite nice. A Neal Rosenthal import.
2006 Bodega Norton Malbec Reserva - Argentina, Mendoza, Lujan de Cuyo (8/14/2009)
A nice wine but as Andy noted really demands something like a big, thick steak. Glenn cautioned about the intrusive oak and right now it clearly does more than frame the grapes. But I'll give it the benefit of the doubt as a reserve and I'll expect the oak will integrate as the wine ages. The oak shows up on the nose, along with tobacco and and sweet, ripe fruit smell. The palate is all about dark fruits. Plums, blueberries. A bitter dark chocolate. And, of course, oak. The finish was quite nice and made up for the oak. I'm guessing this will be a killer wine around 2012. A TGIC wine import.
2008 Domaine Tempier Bandol Ros - France, Provence, Bandol (8/14/2009)
So there's the scene in "Pulp Fiction" where John Travolta's hitman Vincent is on a date with Mia, played by Uma Thurman. And he says he wants to try a $5 milkshake t because' he's never had a $5 shake. That's my attraction to Tempier rose. I want to try a $32 (on sale at Kermit Lynch) rose, because I've never had one. After drinking it tonight, I'll say it's a heckuva of rose. But is it worth three times what I paid for a 2007 R. Dubois & Fils Bourgogne rose, the best rose I"ve had this year? No.
It's a sleek, elegant rose. Exquisitely balanced and even with some structure. Light salmon color. Wonderful nose of spices and watermelon. Definitely red fruits on the palate. Glenn said it reminded him of pinot noir. I'm thinking more grenache. A nice focus with good acidity. Very easy to drink. And a long finish, the best part of the wine. This is a great wine to go with food or by itself. I just don't think it justifies the heavy price tag. I've got one more I'm going to let age and see how it tastes in a year or so. A Kermit Lynch import.