SteveTimko
Steve Timko
2005 St. Innocent Pinot Gris Shea Vineyard - USA, Oregon, Yamhill County (9/1/2009)
A nice wine. Balanced and some elegance. Flowers and white fruit on the nose. More white fruit on the finish along with spice and a touch of honey. Good minerality. Glenn brought this.
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Turckheim - France, Alsace, Turckheim, Alsace AOC (9/1/2009)
Dried out and mildly oxidiezed. I suspect there's storage issues with this wine because both bottles of this I've opened have been flawed. But I've purchased other aged wines from Wizers that are just fine.
2001 Vinos Sin-Ley Priorat G6 - Spain, Catalunya, Priorat (9/5/2009)
This improved dramatically from the last time I had this two years ago. This is not the bright, red-fruit grenache of the southern Rhone or other parts of Spain. This is dark and brooding with more structure. The nose was vanilla and charcoal and maybe a little bit of licorice. The palate was dominated by mocha with some darker fruits and something else -- a little bit of graphite?. And there's a slight bitterness to the finish that wasn't a flaw at all. It worked well in the context of the wine. A nice 30-second finish, too. This wine is drinking well now but I think it's still improving. Makes me want to explore other wines from the Priorat. A steal for $15 on closeout from K&L Wines. An Ole Imports import.
2005 La Viarte Colli Orientali del Friuli Pinot Bianco - Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Colli Orientali del Friuli (9/5/2009)
Not a good bottle of wine but I probably waited at least a year too long to drink it. Little to no fruit. But plenty of acid to let you know it's Eyetalian and a nice dose of oak. I suspect the oak and acid weren't so prominent because there used to be more fruit. A Kermit Lynch import.
2004 Chteau d'Epir Savennires - France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennires (9/5/2009)
Really different on the nose. I don't recall other Loire chenin blanc smelling like this. Wet wool, kind of a decayed leaves smell. More typical chenin character of nuttiness and white fruit on the palate. Some minerality. Midly oxidative, but not over the top. A decent bottle of wine but not inspiring. I seemed to be only one at the tasting who liked this. A Kermit Lynch import.
2007 Staatlicher Hofkeller Wrzburg Silvaner trocken - Germany, Franken (9/1/2009)
Two obvious flaws with this wine. First, it's slightly out of balance with alcohol. There's a mild alcohol taste from the attack through the finish. It doesn't go away with air time and after we put the bottle on ice. The second flaw is a mild beer-like yeast flavor. The first bottle of this I opened was undrinkable because of secondary fermentation or something like that. I wonder if that's a problem with all of these bottles.
The nose was mostly white fruit like pear. The palate was stoniness with decent minerality There were some light pea flavors on the palate as well. A decent finish. It would have been a decent wine except for the flaws. Imported by Niche Import Co.
Second day follow up: Pure alcohol flavor. Everything else was overwhelmed by the alcohol.
A nice wine. Balanced and some elegance. Flowers and white fruit on the nose. More white fruit on the finish along with spice and a touch of honey. Good minerality. Glenn brought this.
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Turckheim - France, Alsace, Turckheim, Alsace AOC (9/1/2009)
Dried out and mildly oxidiezed. I suspect there's storage issues with this wine because both bottles of this I've opened have been flawed. But I've purchased other aged wines from Wizers that are just fine.
2001 Vinos Sin-Ley Priorat G6 - Spain, Catalunya, Priorat (9/5/2009)
This improved dramatically from the last time I had this two years ago. This is not the bright, red-fruit grenache of the southern Rhone or other parts of Spain. This is dark and brooding with more structure. The nose was vanilla and charcoal and maybe a little bit of licorice. The palate was dominated by mocha with some darker fruits and something else -- a little bit of graphite?. And there's a slight bitterness to the finish that wasn't a flaw at all. It worked well in the context of the wine. A nice 30-second finish, too. This wine is drinking well now but I think it's still improving. Makes me want to explore other wines from the Priorat. A steal for $15 on closeout from K&L Wines. An Ole Imports import.
2005 La Viarte Colli Orientali del Friuli Pinot Bianco - Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Colli Orientali del Friuli (9/5/2009)
Not a good bottle of wine but I probably waited at least a year too long to drink it. Little to no fruit. But plenty of acid to let you know it's Eyetalian and a nice dose of oak. I suspect the oak and acid weren't so prominent because there used to be more fruit. A Kermit Lynch import.
2004 Chteau d'Epir Savennires - France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennires (9/5/2009)
Really different on the nose. I don't recall other Loire chenin blanc smelling like this. Wet wool, kind of a decayed leaves smell. More typical chenin character of nuttiness and white fruit on the palate. Some minerality. Midly oxidative, but not over the top. A decent bottle of wine but not inspiring. I seemed to be only one at the tasting who liked this. A Kermit Lynch import.
2007 Staatlicher Hofkeller Wrzburg Silvaner trocken - Germany, Franken (9/1/2009)
Two obvious flaws with this wine. First, it's slightly out of balance with alcohol. There's a mild alcohol taste from the attack through the finish. It doesn't go away with air time and after we put the bottle on ice. The second flaw is a mild beer-like yeast flavor. The first bottle of this I opened was undrinkable because of secondary fermentation or something like that. I wonder if that's a problem with all of these bottles.
The nose was mostly white fruit like pear. The palate was stoniness with decent minerality There were some light pea flavors on the palate as well. A decent finish. It would have been a decent wine except for the flaws. Imported by Niche Import Co.
Second day follow up: Pure alcohol flavor. Everything else was overwhelmed by the alcohol.