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Thor Iverson
6σ 2006 Sauvignon Blanc Rooster (Lake County) The stainless steel cuve. Very dry and steely, with grass and acidity. Hard-edged and severe, even tooth-stripping on occasion. Persistent, which is promising, but I think this would benefit a great deal from some richness and additional complexity. Lees, perhaps? (6/08)

6σ 2006 Sauvignon Blanc Michaels (Lake County) 100% French oak, which dominates the wine despite not being all that heavily-layered. Lots of acidity, still, but with the toast and stale butter notes the wine is exceedingly awkward and ill-composed. (6/08)

6σ 2005 Cuve Pique-Nique (Lake County) Cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot, and cabernet franc. Green syrup and coffee, with good structure but a rough ride through a choppy palate and an underripe finish. (6/08)

6σ 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Lake County) Intense cassis, cedar, graphite, and chocolate-covered fruit candies stewed with freshly-plucked herb leaves. In some ways its classic, in others confected, and theres a bizarre lactic element that throbs forward on the finish. The most promising of the reds, but still with a long ways to go. (6/08)

6σ 2005 Tempranillo (Lake County) Chocolate and black pepper with bitter tannin. Far from ripe in any aspect of fruit or structure, and pretty vile as a result. (6/08)
 
Six Sigma? Isn't that some kind of trendy management fad?

I refuse to buy wines named after management fads. 'ISO 9000 Grenache-Syrah' will never be on the menu Chez Coad.
 
originally posted by Chris Coad:
Six Sigma? Isn't that some kind of trendy management fad?
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Yes. A Six Sigma Black Belt harasses us at work constantly with his cockamamie "LOOKATMEICANMANAGEYOURJOBBETTERTHANYOU" ponzi schemes.
 
I thought the point (or one of the main points at least) of the six σ stuff was to eliminate errors, or in the case of wine, bottle variation. Too bad (for science, not for you) you only tried one bottle of each.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:

I would have thought so, from the theological Jack Welch standpoint.
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Better Jack W's managerial dogma than the theology of Robert Welch.

-Eden (then again, we may be in for that line of thinking anyway)
 
On grape issues, I would go with Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch, rather than Jack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bramwell_Welch

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gee, he certainly doesn't look like a neo-prohibitionist. But it seems he may have been ahead of his time.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:

You will certainly find no support for this kind of thing among the Dressner shaving faction.
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Why can't Dressner shave himself? Does he really need a coterie of sycophantic minions to minister to his every hygienic whim? Or maybe he does it because it makes them feel good to honor him in this way (he's a giving guy)

-Eden (maybe this is why Joe always looks so spiffy in his website photos)
 
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