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BeSK's Review:

I have the 1999 in the cellar its a 93/100. The 2000 was veritable cats p**s when i tried it. The 2004 is best described as average. Its a 86/100 rating. The nose is musty but then herbaceous to be provocative, the front is a little flat but it then opens to tobacco, juniperberry, aniseed and blackberry notes with a mild coffee finish, although not too long. Kind of like a low fat Greek wedding ... Enjoy with cheese, meats, chicken and the in-laws - nice but not close to orgiasmic. Maybe next year will be a 1999 repeat.

BeSK's Review:

Very forward shiraz. Herbaceous,tart and complex, beyond most, caused domestic argument in our house (she knows not wot she says). Do not drink now, cellar and wait 4 years minimum - place off limits to missus (Mrs.). Plan to sacrifice the prodigal son or failing that some surrogate for Thanksgiving 2012 or 2013. Rating now - me (moi?) 94/100, tha wife, 84/100. She knows not ... am I am as a (not the) Man and therefore am terminally misunderstood unless happens to be right .... Am praying for blessed release to drink this in 2012.

BeSK's Review:

This is an average to good gattinara blend - nothing to detract from it, also nothing outstanding. Rating 85/100.

BeSK's Review:

An Eric Solomon Euro wine should always incite some interest. Grenache 50%, Syrah 30%. Cab sav 20%. blended by Jean-Marc Lafage, sourced into Perpignan. This is a good blend of the three grapes and is a good bistro wine with excellent balance. It is very smooth reflecting excellent blending and preparation. If you drank this at a restaurant near the Pyrenees with local cuisine it would not detract from the experience. However compared to an middle Cote de Rhone or similar for the same vintage at would not rate a mention. Rating 85/100. Its a pasta, pizza, enslata, antipasto wine for the in-laws. Not really for big meat or game.

BeSK's Review:

Chocolate front? Quiet bold, lots of body. Mocha, Mocha ... to the point where we served it with Cheese and Chocolate medley postres and tart citron (did not go with tart - liquor muscat or sauterne). Chocolate, Colombian coffee, Manchego, Blue, Mature French Cheese, Olives, Nuts, Champagne grapes ... - good match. At Costco for $16.95. Rating 90/100. ? To cellar. Interesting.

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Raspberry front not at all tart but just the hint of tannic acid, some boysenberry to vanilla sweet mid leather notes to short lived chewiness. Sustained finish with a little coffee and even tobacco and liquorice right at the end. Quite a kaleidoscope for a young Malbec. Maybe not one for the purists But i would drink again ... maybe en Mendoza, if I am lucky! $9.95+ near me in California at the Chronicle. Quite a bargain. May actually cellar for a few years.

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Purple true like Alvin or just the color. Classic nose, tart start, long deep back of palate.This is a shiraz to put in the cellar and sampled periodically on Winter's evening with Christmas or Hanukah-ish dinner or roast lamb or venison (let me say Kangaroo tail steak ... from those butchers in White Plains or Glendale).Took a bottle to a middle eastern friends party ... never even saw the bottle again (? how ghosh?). Invited next weekend for brunch where he serve Krug Champagne and this humble Shiraz with Merquez spicey lamb sausage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MerguezA number of guests requested evacuation to Heaven or the Barossa when we ran out. Rating 92/100. Can probably cellar til 2020.

BeSK's Review:

This is available for 11.95 at costco.Opens well with chocolate even toffee sweetness from with mid chewiness and a really deep long tart to dry vanilla finish. Pleasure in a bottle, not orgasmic but great with virtually any food. We bind tested some friends who picked it as French Cote due Rhone Blend or Bordeaux (?). Encore requested with gorgonzola and ripe french brie. Rate 89-90/100

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Lo Sterpo 2007. Got it from local wine seller for $US13.95 he said he had never tried it. It was very thin on opening and had me worried but opened on breathing for 45 min to have some raspberry up front with a medium finish and late tobacco and coffee notes. Quaffable but not outstanding. Rate 86/100. Good with antipasto, cheese, BBQ.