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Sancerre Domaine la Croix St.-Laurent (2008)
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Trimbach Pinot Gris Reserve Personelle (2001)
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Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Chaupin (2006)
Snoothrank: 4/5 Starting at $58.20
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Sauvion Fils & Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie Château du Cléray Réserve (2003)
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Domaine de la Mordorée Châteauneuf-du-Pape la Reine des Bois (2004)
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Mordoree Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee de la Reine des Bois (2005)
Snoothrank: 4.5/5 Starting at $26.18
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Colour: Red, starting to oxidised to brick red. Nose: White pepper, red berries, pencil shavings. Pal: Sharp, bright, fresh acid. Juicy red fruit, with spices from oak including cloves, camaramel...
This bottle was bubbly for some reason, so may not be all that representative of what the wine should be. Nonetheless, a really nice wine. Nose of lime, lime peel, candy and maybe some tropical...
Red berries, earth, vanilla, pencil shavings, barnyard and tar on the nose. Palate is juicy, fresh and young with juicy red berries and pepper, full bodied and hearty, with firm, long lasting...
Nose warm, leathery, earthy and with black fruit, spices and oak. Palate with rich red fruit, blackberries, cloves, chocolate and long, leathery drying tannins. Quite rich and earthy.
Rich but restrained and elegant. Nose of cherry, juicy red fruit, pepper and other spices and pencil shavings. Palate of red fruit, sour cherries and spices. Oak imparts an almost caramel-like...
That's correct. If you want to be painstakingly correct, you probably should refer to Merlot as /Vitis vinifera/ L. 'Merlot', but that's really only going to be appropriate in...
To carry on nit-picking, you note in the weblog post you link to ( http://blog.snooth.com/2008/02/22/wine-words-the-difference-variety-and-varietal/ ) 'Of course, you can also call a grape...
Great photos. Thanks for posting them! If you do have any tasting notes to share, it'd be interesting to see what you think of them. Apparently this year was an exceptionally good harvest...
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"The Loire valley white is Marc Brédif Vouvray 1986. It's AU$65, which is quite a bit more than I'd normally pay for a wine. I'm looking around for part time work at the moment, so maybe I'll have to get myself this as a reward if I actually manage to find any..."
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Colour: Red, starting to oxidised to brick red. Nose: White pepper, red berries, pencil shavings. Pal: Sharp, bright, fresh acid. Juicy red fruit, with spices from oak including cloves, camaramel...
This bottle was bubbly for some reason, so may not be all that representative of what the wine should be. Nonetheless, a really nice wine. Nose of lime, lime peel, candy and maybe some tropical...
Red berries, earth, vanilla, pencil shavings, barnyard and tar on the nose. Palate is juicy, fresh and young with juicy red berries and pepper, full bodied and hearty, with firm, long lasting...
Nose warm, leathery, earthy and with black fruit, spices and oak. Palate with rich red fruit, blackberries, cloves, chocolate and long, leathery drying tannins. Quite rich and earthy.
Rich but restrained and elegant. Nose of cherry, juicy red fruit, pepper and other spices and pencil shavings. Palate of red fruit, sour cherries and spices. Oak imparts an almost caramel-like...
"YOU SEEM GREAT!!!
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO REVIEWING AND PERUSING AND ULTIMATELY TASTING SOME OF YOUR OFFERINGS"
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"The Loire valley white is Marc Brédif Vouvray 1986. It's AU$65, which is quite a bit more than I'd normally pay for a wine. I'm looking around for part time work at the moment, so maybe I'll have to get myself this as a reward if I actually manage to find any..."
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That's correct. If you want to be painstakingly correct, you probably should refer to Merlot as /Vitis vinifera/ L. 'Merlot', but that's really only going to be appropriate in...
To carry on nit-picking, you note in the weblog post you link to ( http://blog.snooth.com/2008/02/22/wine-words-the-difference-variety-and-varietal/ ) 'Of course, you can also call a grape...
Great photos. Thanks for posting them! If you do have any tasting notes to share, it'd be interesting to see what you think of them. Apparently this year was an exceptionally good harvest...
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