Posts Tagged ‘floral’
Monday, April 13th, 2009
90/A
Tasted by Mike Supple - 30 Jan 2009
Pale lemon yellow color with a clear rim. Fresh and light aromas of cantaloupe melon and lime with a touch of minerality and some light floral notes. Sweet kiwi and honeydew fruits on the front palate. Crisp, clean, fresh and dry (no sugar) with a medium length finish.
Chenin Blanc (or Steen as it is called in South Africa) can be a very refreshing and delicious wine when made right, and this one from Mulderbosch is a fantastic example. Aside from some parts of France, South Africa is generally the only region in the world that manages to capture the delicacy of this wine, bringing out impressive flavors while keeping it all in balance. This is a great value for South Africa, and a great value for Chenin Blanc from anywhere. A perfect drink before or after a meal, and it goes very well with white fish or vegetable stir fry. (It says “Steen Op Hout” on the label, which in Afrikaans means “Chenin Blanc aged in wood”.)
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Tags: 2008, cantaloupe, chenin blanc, Coastal Region, floral, flower, honeydew, kiwi, lemon, lime, melon, mineral, mulderbosch, oak, South Africa, Stellenbosch, White wine
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
89/A-
Tasted by Mike Supple - 08 Mar 2009
Medium lemon yellow core with a clear rim. Tons of youthful, floral aromas explode from the glass. Orange blossom, jasmine and rich apricot are underscored by darker wet stone, and lifted back up by baking spices and fresh citrus. Very floral on the palate with stone fruit flavors of peach and apricot, surrounded by lemon and lime. Fresh, crisp and easy to drink.
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Tags: 2008, apricot, Argentina, baking spice, cafayate, calchaquies valley, citrus, crios de susana balbo, dominio del plata, floral, flower, jasmine, lemon, lime, orange blossom, peach, salta, stone fruit, torrontes, wet stone, White wine, yellow
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
91/B+
Tasted by Mike Supple - 12 Mar 2009
Medium ruby core with a pale pink rim. Ripe and brambly aromas of wild blackberry and boysenberry are joined by spicy cola, red cherry and a hint of smoky peat. Soft entry on the palate, with restrained and elegant fruit. Strawberry and red cherry lead to raspberry on the mid-palate. Rather smooth and delicate with a floral note of rose petals and touch of earth on the finish. Smooth and very well balanced.
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Tags: 2006, arroyo seco, blackberry, boysenberry, brambly, california, central coast, cola, earth, floral, flower, fog's reach vineyard, j. lohr, montery, peat, pink, pinot noir, raspberry, red cherry, red wine, rose petal, ruby, smoke, spice, strawberry
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
89/B+
Tasted by Mike Supple - 30 Jan 2009
Very pale lemon color with a clear rim. Huge, explosive aromas flow from the glass. Spicy and floral with orange blossom and jasmine floating over ripe lime citrus. A bit more muted on the palate. Sweet herbal marjoram surrounds tangy lemon and lime with a lingering wet stone note on the finish.
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Tags: 2007, alois lageder, alto adige, citrus, floral, flower, herb, italy, jsamine, lemon, lime, marjoram, moscato giallo, orange blossom, spice, Trentino, vogelmaier, wet stone, White wine
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
90/B
Tasted by Mike Supple - 12 Mar 2009
Bright medium lemon core with a clear rim. Good intensity on the nose with bright lemon and lime softened by ripe yellow apple. The whole nose has a sweet orange blossom note lifting the aromas out of the glass. Very floral on the palate. Round and full-bodied yet with great balancing acidity. Oranges, lemons and limes are softened by the yellow apple. Just a touch of oak and cream rounds out the finish.
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Tags: 2007, arroyo seco, california, central coast, chardonnay, cream, floral, j. lohr, lemon, lime, monterey, oak, october night vineyard, orange, orange blossom, USA, White wine, yellow apple
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
89/B+
Tasted by Mike Supple - 29 Jan 2009
Dark purple core with a bright ruby rim that stains the glass. Big aromas of blackberry and blueberry are lifted from the glass by a crushed rose petal note, all surrounded by dark wet stone, game and a touch of smoke. Very floral on the palate with dark charcoal and chocolate notes rushing in around ripe blackberry. Great acid on the mid-palate and a spicy, creamy, nutmeg and vanilla finish.
The acid core of this wine screams for food while the dense, dark, smoky fruit says “whatever you eat, make steak and put it on the grill.” Garnacha (Grenache) is the staple of the Calatayud region in northeast Spain. Recent developments in winemaking (fermenting in steel, aging in new oak) have changed the local style to a more robust, clean and powerful red. The Atteca is a great example of this style, and by using old vines (80-120 years) they get intensity of flavor while maintaining fantastic balance. Grenache of this intensity from just a few miles further northeast (such as Chateauneuf du Pape) would easily cost twice the price.
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Tags: 2007, aragon, atteca old vines garnacha, blackberry, blueberry, bodegas ateca, calatayud, charcoal, Chateauneuf du Pape, chocolate, cream, floral, game, grenache, nutmeg, purple, red wine, rose petal, ruby, smoke, spain, spice, stone, vanilla
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
85/B+
Tasted by Mike Supple - 02 Mar 2009
Bright lemon green core with a clear rim. Fresh and crisp aromas. Very floral with notes of lilac over apricot and grapes. Crisp on the palate with flavors of white grapefruit pith, apricot and grapes. Fairly short finish.
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Tags: 2006, apricot, don rodolfo, floral, flower, grape, green, lemon, lilac, pith, torrontes, vina cornejo costas, white grapefruit, White wine
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
93 / A-
Tasted by Mike Supple - 15 Jan 2009
Medium purple core with a pink rim. Big candied blackberry, raspberry and cherry fruit explodes on the nose, surrounded by cola and orange zest with a nice lifted rose petal note. Very floral on the front palate with roses swimming around orange and raspberry. Very young, with just a hint of oak spice coming through. Great complexity and balance front to back; great for drinking now, and will keep getting better over the next 3 - 5 years.
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Tags: 2007, blackberry, california, candy, cherry, cola, floral, keefer ranch, loring wine co, north coast, oak, orange, pink, pinot noir, purple, raspberry, red wine, rose, russian river valley, sonoma, spice, zest
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
90 / B
Tasted by Mike Supple - 13 May 2008
Dark core with a pink and purple rim. Liquid caramel around a thick dark core of black fruits with a cedar spice aroma. A bit thin on the front palate, but builds in body on the mid-palate with nice acid. Sweet cherry and lots of floral notes. Spicy and silky with great balance. Long finish.
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Tags: 2005, achaval, Argentina, black, caramel, cedar, cherry, ferrer, Finca, floral, fruit, Malbec, Mendoza, mirador, pink, purple, red, red wine, spice, sweet, wine
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
87 / B
Tasted by Mike Supple - 19 Dec 2008
Pale gold core with a clear rim. Very floral and spicy on the nose: orange blossom, ripe apricot, peach and a touch of baby powder. Medium bodied in the mouth with flavors of peach and wet stone surrounded by a lot of floral perfumey notes. Medium acid that builds on the finish. Lingering fresh herbs.
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Tags: 2005, alsace, apricot, baby, blossom, cuvee, des, floral, folastries, france, gewurztraminer, gold, Haut, herb, josmeyer, orange, peach, perfume, powder, rhin, spice, stone, white, White wine, wine, wintzenheim
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