SteveTimko
Steve Timko
1998 R. Lpez de Heredia Rioja Crianza Via Gravonia - Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja (6/5/2010)
Bone dry and really needs food, but quite complex and delicioius. Lemon zest and nutty on the nose. Nice depth on the palate. The palate largely mirroed the nose with the addtion maybe of dried fruits. No tannins but it kind of seems structured the way it goes from attack to mid palate to finish. The finish is quite long and pleasant. I left the cork out for an hour before we tried it and it was singing right away.
1845 Cossart Gordon & Co. Madeira Bual Solera Centenary - Portugal, Madeira (6/5/2010)
Interesting wine. There was a blast of acidic flavors on the attack and then it seemed to immediately jump to a sweet, lingering finish. Like a two-minute finish. On the nose, it was burnt sugar and lemon and you smelled it in all of your nasal cavity. When you sip it you get that zing of acid on the attack along with fig and Vermont maple syrup. Then a lingering finish. The flavors are a sweeter brown sugar and a more generic black fruit. Quite interesting experience and a nice match with the chocolate souffle with chocolate ganache..
1991 Dominus Estate Napanook Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley (6/5/2010)
Well, another cabernet sauvignon I like. At this rate I'll have to say I like about one in 10 cabernet sauvignon instead of one in 20. It was pleasant on the nose. I got leather and oak and some dark fruits. Glenn, who opened it for his 50th birthday, got cedar, but I didn't. No greenness either on the nose or the palate.The palate was polished, smooth and balanced with a long finish. Quite elegant. Not very Californiaish. More dark fruits and maybe some tea on the palate. Probably the most enjoyable cabernet sauvignon I've ever tasted. Drinking well now and I suspect it will go another decade.
1983 Schloss Groenesteyn Kiedricher Grfenberg Riesling Sptlese - Germany, Rheingau (6/5/2010)
First sip it pretty much seemed dead and I gave up on it. We returned to it an hour or so later and it had come to life. Nothing profound, but a really nicely aged spatlese. Balanced and smooth are the words that describe it the best. I got more red apples and maybe some brown sugar, but that wasn't what others got. It had aged that you couldn't really peg it as Rheingau verses some place else in Germany. It's holding on, but probably not for long. Imported by Balfour Imports
2008 Tres Sabores Sauvignon Blanc - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Mountain (6/5/2010)
Seemed to be popular with others at the table but it didn't do much for me. I got some lemon but little else. Simple and not concentrated on my taste buds.
2000 Bernard Chave Hermitage - France, Rhne, Northern Rhne, Hermitage (6/6/2010)
This was one seriously corked wine. Imported by Martine Wines. NR (flawed)
2007 Cedarville Vineyard Grenache - USA, California, Sierra Foothills, El Dorado (6/5/2010)
A good wine. Mostly balanced. I got some alcohol on the nose but others didn't. Mostly soft cherry flavors. No significant oak. It doesn't seem like it's built to age, though. Simple.
Bone dry and really needs food, but quite complex and delicioius. Lemon zest and nutty on the nose. Nice depth on the palate. The palate largely mirroed the nose with the addtion maybe of dried fruits. No tannins but it kind of seems structured the way it goes from attack to mid palate to finish. The finish is quite long and pleasant. I left the cork out for an hour before we tried it and it was singing right away.
1845 Cossart Gordon & Co. Madeira Bual Solera Centenary - Portugal, Madeira (6/5/2010)
Interesting wine. There was a blast of acidic flavors on the attack and then it seemed to immediately jump to a sweet, lingering finish. Like a two-minute finish. On the nose, it was burnt sugar and lemon and you smelled it in all of your nasal cavity. When you sip it you get that zing of acid on the attack along with fig and Vermont maple syrup. Then a lingering finish. The flavors are a sweeter brown sugar and a more generic black fruit. Quite interesting experience and a nice match with the chocolate souffle with chocolate ganache..
1991 Dominus Estate Napanook Vineyard - USA, California, Napa Valley (6/5/2010)
Well, another cabernet sauvignon I like. At this rate I'll have to say I like about one in 10 cabernet sauvignon instead of one in 20. It was pleasant on the nose. I got leather and oak and some dark fruits. Glenn, who opened it for his 50th birthday, got cedar, but I didn't. No greenness either on the nose or the palate.The palate was polished, smooth and balanced with a long finish. Quite elegant. Not very Californiaish. More dark fruits and maybe some tea on the palate. Probably the most enjoyable cabernet sauvignon I've ever tasted. Drinking well now and I suspect it will go another decade.
1983 Schloss Groenesteyn Kiedricher Grfenberg Riesling Sptlese - Germany, Rheingau (6/5/2010)
First sip it pretty much seemed dead and I gave up on it. We returned to it an hour or so later and it had come to life. Nothing profound, but a really nicely aged spatlese. Balanced and smooth are the words that describe it the best. I got more red apples and maybe some brown sugar, but that wasn't what others got. It had aged that you couldn't really peg it as Rheingau verses some place else in Germany. It's holding on, but probably not for long. Imported by Balfour Imports
2008 Tres Sabores Sauvignon Blanc - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Mountain (6/5/2010)
Seemed to be popular with others at the table but it didn't do much for me. I got some lemon but little else. Simple and not concentrated on my taste buds.
2000 Bernard Chave Hermitage - France, Rhne, Northern Rhne, Hermitage (6/6/2010)
This was one seriously corked wine. Imported by Martine Wines. NR (flawed)
2007 Cedarville Vineyard Grenache - USA, California, Sierra Foothills, El Dorado (6/5/2010)
A good wine. Mostly balanced. I got some alcohol on the nose but others didn't. Mostly soft cherry flavors. No significant oak. It doesn't seem like it's built to age, though. Simple.