TN: 2 Reds (including at least one for Joe Dressner to hate)

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Loren Sonkin

Loren Sonkin
2005 Chateau Puygueraud Bordeaux Cotes du Francs
Purple in color, ruby at the rim. The nose is complex with cassis, tobacco and smoke. Full bodied. On the palate, this has nice fruit. Not overtly ripe. Seems like there is room to develop further complexities but no harm in drinking now. For $25 Ohio a nice Bordeaux experience.

2006 Caldwell Rocket Science
Comes in a new tapered (rocket?) shaped bottle that is unique with a very hokey back label. Having met John Caldwell before, he is a very nice man and I tend to buy a bottle of this every year, but who designed this label? This may, however, be the best wine so far. In the past this was a blend of Syrah, Cab, merlot and other grapes. I dont know about this edition.
Purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose is big with black raspberries. Blueberries, leather and grilled meats. Full bodied. On the palate, this is very smooth. No trace of the 14.9% Alcohol on the palate. Lots of fruit but not jammy. Tastes great sipping alone while watching football on a cold winter day. I doubt it would go well at the dinner table. Still, for what it is, this is very nice. Worth the $50 Ohio price tag? Not for everyone, but I have no regrets on this purchase.
 
That's not Sumerian; this is: 89 = 1,29 & 93=1,33. For some reason I can't write cuneiform here so I had to transliterate it. A very serious omission, if I may say so.
 
I usually take out the high level arithmatic when posting here, but I forgot. Must have been that 15% wine. Just consider it lucky numbers to play in the Lotto like a fortune cookie?
 
I bought both of these yesterday. I hated both of them.

I tasted them both before having radiation and chemotherapy and feel my tasting notes are reliable.

Chateau Puygueraud -- machine harvested Bordeaux blend, no doubt with a majority of merlot, which has no interest for anybody. Generically generic. All the predictable tobacco leaf, black currants, cherries, charcoal, and hints of wood an oenologue can pack into a bottle.

2006 Caldwell Rocket Science
Totally manufactured and unnatural aromas of black cherries, intense black fruits, cherry cola, black pepper, herbs, sweet tobacco, cardamom and a whiff of wild sweaty boar lead to flavors of macerated black cherries, briny olives, espresso and black pepper. None of these aromas or flavor actually correspond to the real thing but are all vaguely reminiscent. Kind of like being in a cheaper Italian restaurant which has oil portraits of someone who looks like Frank Sinatra but upon closer inspection doesn't look like Frank Sinatra.

A thoroughly creepy wine and a strong argument to drink cider from Eric Bordelet or Julin Frmont.
 
originally posted by Joe Dressner:
2006 Caldwell Rocket Science
Totally manufactured and unnatural aromas of black cherries, intense black fruits, cherry cola, black pepper, herbs, sweet tobacco, cardamom and a whiff of wild sweaty boar lead to flavors of macerated black cherries, briny olives, espresso and black pepper. None of these aromas or flavor actually correspond to the real thing but are all vaguely reminiscent. Kind of like being in a cheaper Italian restaurant which has oil portraits of someone who looks like Frank Sinatra but upon closer inspection doesn't look like Frank Sinatra.

A thoroughly creepy wine and a strong argument to drink cider from Eric Bordelet or Julin Frmont.
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Well played sir.

But what did you think of the bottle shape and sci-fi label?
 
Joe Perry is in charge of the science fiction evaluations.

I don't touch that area. Perry and I are already having enough conflicts.
 
originally posted by Joe Dressner:
I bought both of these yesterday. I hated both of them.

I tasted them both before having radiation and chemotherapy and feel my tasting notes are reliable.

Chateau Puygueraud -- machine harvested Bordeaux blend, no doubt with a majority of merlot, which has no interest for anybody. Generically generic. All the predictable tobacco leaf, black currants, cherries, charcoal, and hints of wood an oenologue can pack into a bottle.

2006 Caldwell Rocket Science
Totally manufactured and unnatural aromas of black cherries, intense black fruits, cherry cola, black pepper, herbs, sweet tobacco, cardamom and a whiff of wild sweaty boar lead to flavors of macerated black cherries, briny olives, espresso and black pepper. None of these aromas or flavor actually correspond to the real thing but are all vaguely reminiscent. Kind of like being in a cheaper Italian restaurant which has oil portraits of someone who looks like Frank Sinatra but upon closer inspection doesn't look like Frank Sinatra.

A thoroughly creepy wine and a strong argument to drink cider from Eric Bordelet or Julin Frmont.
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Without point scores this is useless to me.
 
Utah 31, Alabama 14
USC 38, Penn State 24
Texas Christian 17, Boise State 16
Florida and Oklahoma play next week.

Oh yeah, and Arizona (Cardinals, not Wildcats) won a game in January! Never thought I'd see that happen. Point score was 30-24. I only needed to use +1.25 (L), 0.0(R) optics to watch the game, but I did not have Lasik.
 
originally posted by Kay Bixler:
originally posted by Joe Dressner:
I bought both of these yesterday. I hated both of them.

I tasted them both before having radiation and chemotherapy and feel my tasting notes are reliable.

Chateau Puygueraud -- machine harvested Bordeaux blend, no doubt with a majority of merlot, which has no interest for anybody. Generically generic. All the predictable tobacco leaf, black currants, cherries, charcoal, and hints of wood an oenologue can pack into a bottle.

2006 Caldwell Rocket Science
Totally manufactured and unnatural aromas of black cherries, intense black fruits, cherry cola, black pepper, herbs, sweet tobacco, cardamom and a whiff of wild sweaty boar lead to flavors of macerated black cherries, briny olives, espresso and black pepper. None of these aromas or flavor actually correspond to the real thing but are all vaguely reminiscent. Kind of like being in a cheaper Italian restaurant which has oil portraits of someone who looks like Frank Sinatra but upon closer inspection doesn't look like Frank Sinatra.

A thoroughly creepy wine and a strong argument to drink cider from Eric Bordelet or Julin Frmont.
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Without point scores this is useless to me.
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But not pointless...
 
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