Old vine mourvedre

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  June 2009

  Trinitas Cellars Mataro Old Vine 2004

  Snoothrank: Starting at $22^.19

  No written review

  Wine review by Iowaboy

  
  
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  June 2009

  Trinitas Mataro Old Vine 2003

  Snoothrank:

  No written review

  Wine review by Iowaboy

  
  

• April 2009

  My notes from last weeks Greachy tasting! Flight 1 – Grenache more or less 2005 Kreydenweiss Perrieres Costiere de Nimes 20% Syrah 20% Grenache 60% Carignan 13.4% $18.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/marc-kreydenweiss-costieres-de-nimes-domaine-des-perrieres-2005/ A touch... Read moreMy notes from last weeks Greachy tasting! Flight 1 - Grenache more or less 2005 Kreydenweiss Perrieres Costiere de Nimes 20% Syrah 20% Grenache 60% Carignan 13.4% $18.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/marc-kreydenweiss-costieres-de-nimes-domaine-des-perrieres-2005/ A touch acetic, certainly earthy and gamy with some tobacco, leather, earth, slight reductive funk edge. Aromatic and complex if deicedly organic smelling. Round at first then turning quite sharp with cutting acids supporting cranberry, raspberry, unripe strawberry fruit with a raw beefy edge and some background earth and spice notes that gain a bit of an herbal edge on the backend. Finishes fresh and brisk with a bit more green strawberry tones, moderate length. Fresh and relatively complex. 87pts 2005 Edmunds St. John Rocks and Gravel California Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre in unknown % 14.2% 18.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/edmunds-st-john-rocks-gravel-2005/ A piercing nose of blueberry and black raspberry candy, soil, mineral, slate, pressed flowers/violet, a slight citrus peel tone, very fresh nose with an energetic fruity/savory synergy. Really delightful to smell. Fairly velvety right up front then brightening somewhat with a strong acidic push that is held in check by the ripe balanced fruit. A bit spicy up front with tobacco, bitter cocoa, and forest floor notes to the black tinged plum and berry fruit. The tannins are really well managed here offering great support to the fruit without being intrusive, or even noticeable for that mater. Very refreshing on the backend and finishing with good thrust and length to the mineral tinged black fruits, with a lovely flourish of spice on the finale. Great value 91pts 2005 Babich Mantra Grenache North Dalmatia, Croatia 13.5% $20.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/bibich-mantra-2005/ Very pencil leady and chalky on the nose with a narrow, focused note of earthy strawberry fruit and a touch of wet dog and seaweed. There is an underlying jammy warmth here and gentle notes of faded backing spices/middle eastern spice, turmeric, cardamom, green anise seed. Sweetly fruited right up front with a nice old vine feel in the mouth. Great acidity balanced all that fruit and while the wine is fresh with a golden raspberry tone there is a curious under current of baked fruit/ clay/ oxidation that recalls some old school Rioja. Tannins are very soft. A nice juicy red with flavors that are a touch indistinct. 87pts Flight 2 Global Grenache 2005 Mathis Grenache Sonoma Valley 14.8% $30.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/mathis-sonoma-valley-grenache-2005/ A fairly subtle nose with a nice layered appearance that combines gently jammy raspberry fruit with a touch of leather, dried earth, a little dried orange peel, a floral tone and a fair sprinkling of talc like minerality and a little cigarette smoke and white pepper. Big yet pretty well balanced with bright, juicy red berry fruit, ripe, chewy tannins and nice spice tones that range from licorice to mint, sage and earth. Holds its alcohol well and feels big but balanced in the mouth with lots of strawberry and red currant fruit but held in check enough so that it never goes over to the bomb end of the spectrum. Very well done. 91pts 2007 Tres Picos Garnacha Borsao, Spain 15% $18.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/bodegas-borsao-garnacha-campo-de-borja-tres-picos-2007/ Smells like blackberry pie. A bit zinfandel like with brambly dark fruits and lots of oak induced baking spices. Smells sweet on the nose with lots of layered vanilla, spice and roasted fruit notes. Big and think on entry with dense, chewy brambly blackberry fruit. A lot of wine with a soft, approachable character. There is sufficient structure to carry the wine but the appeal is the rich, dark coffee cream tinged blackberry pie fruits. The finish lacks the harmony of the midpalate with acidity sticking out and coming completely unintegrated on the caustic finish. 84pts 2006 Ferruccio Deiana Sileno Cannonau de Sardinia, Italy 13.5% $18.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/ferruccio-deiana-cannonau-sileno-2006/ A nose full of smoldering herbs, hay, earth, pencil eraser, oysters, strawberry liquor, chamomile, with a hint of mint and forest floor sets this apart. Round then quickly turning a touch more aggressive with tannins that just grab the mouth and are a hint drying yet offer great contrast to the rich, dark, roasted strawberry fruit in the mouth. There is a bit of vegetal character here that carries over from the nose repeating the chamomile and slight mint notes with a bit of gamy savoryness floating low in the fruit. Very fresh and honest feel to the wine. The finish shows a touch of wood up front and could use a bit more length but does offer a nice coffee bean note and refreshing fruit tones. Finishes with a zesty, bracing quality. 90pts Flight 3 - Grenache of California 2006 Margerum Grenache Santa Barbara County 14.5% $36.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/margerum-grenache-2006/ A subtle note of raw wood greets the nose and is quickly joined by bright candied cherry fruit, floral and hay tones with vanilla crème, and balsamic/roast beef accents. Silky and superbly integrated with bright acids and fine tannins lurking just under the sheen of bright red berry fruit that has a melony/canteloup note adding complexity. This gains some dried green herb and vanilla notes on the backend but never becomes ponderous or heavy. A bit of apple adds to the mix, round and very friendly. The finish continues the theme but gains a firmness one misses on the palate offering vanilla tinged strawberries and spice and a hint of medicinal licorice. 91pts 2006 Broc Cellars Grenache, Dry Stack Vineyard, Bennet Valley California 15.4% $35.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/broc-cellars-grenache-dry-stack-bennet-valley-2006/ A really meaty, game nose with black earth, coal and spice tones greeting the nose. There some sweetness from wood here but also lots of intriguing herb and spice notes all over a bed of gamy, dried meats and salame notes and a touch of chlorine. Very smooth and polished with a spicy green cardamon note right up front that is joined by layers of dark cherry fruit, bitter chocolate, fairly intense herbal driven spice notes, a really different expression of Grenache. Feels fine, nice tannins with a bit of bite to loose, solid acids, a touch of black tea across the mid-palate, finishes long with a complex layering of spice, herbal, medicinal and dried plummy fruit notes that are a bit tarry and exceptionally long. Wow this is really different not for everyone but a special wine. 93pts 2005 Core Grenache Alta Mesa Vineyards Santa Barbara County 15.5% $35.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/core-alta-mesa-vineyard-grenache-2005/ Earthy, jammy, alcoholic nose. Lot’s of raw beef, cocoa powder+, garrigue+, apricot, bitter cherry, watermelon, pollen notes. Vivid in the mouth with a lithe feel that belies it’s formidable alcoholic content. A full blown wine but not heavy or extracted, just ripe and alcoholic. This is freshly fruited with notes of apricot, watermelon and cherry on the palate, not the most complex but well balanced and showing excellent integration and balance and a real sense of harmony in the mouth once you get over the initial alcoholic shock. Finishes very abruptly . Eminently fun to drink but without follow through. 88pts Flight 4 - Mostly Grenache 2006 Core Elevation Sensation Alta Mesa Vineyard - Santa Barbara Co. 61% Grenache 39% Mourvedre 15.1% Syrah $42.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/core-elevation-sensation-2006-1/ Sweet blackberry fruit on the nose with some pencil lead, smoke, brownie, chocolate, game, and black pepper notes that gain an intense leather, show polish tone and spicy truffle nuances. Silken on the palate with wonderfully bright acidity and superb tannin that keep this tight and focused. Just slightly dense and chewy and certainly not fully open this has deep, rich fruit with notes of plum, black cherry, black currant and a hint of roasted pecan adding a savory edge. There are soft background notes of vanilla and bay leaf and a subtle menthol top note . Very zesty in the mouth and finishing with intense inner mouth perfume of violet pastille, cinnamon, mint, and licorice. A delicious wine with significant upside potential and the most penetratingly aromatic finish! 93pts 2006 Bois de Boursan Chateauneuf du Pape 65% Grenache 15% Syrah 15% Mourvedre 5% other 14% $50.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/bois-de-boursan-chateauneuf-du-pape-tradition-2006/ A bit gamy on the nose with a big dose of brett that obscures a lot of the bright berry fruit and spice notes. Leather with a barnyard edge that veers closely to the band-aid end of the spectrum though nice notes of kirsch, herb, dried grasses and dried raspberries battle back. Sweetly fruited with a lovely natural brightness and moderate, yet chewy tannins make this very lively in the mouth. Plenty of earthy fruit on the palate with a menthol and tar edge but the brett tamps the fruit down. The tannins are a bit drying and will benefit from some brief cellaring and really pop on the moderately long yet drying finish. 86pts 2005 Kaesler Avignon Barossa Valley Grenache 41% Shiraz 40% Mourvedre 19% 15.5% $25.00 http://www.snooth.com/wine/kaesler-avignon-2005/ Deep nose is marked by a dried fruit character and moist earth/forest floor tones and a buttery overlay. Smells a little mineral water like with a bit of alcoholic burn. There is a pleasant yet mysterious sweetness to the nose like a box of candied fruit. A bit chunky and chewy in the mouth with real presence, lots of polished tannins, well integrated acidity. The flavors are a touch dark and extracted with notes of coffee liquor, roast beef juices, fig and date complimenting the roasted red berry fruit. Finishes a touch short. 88pts    (hide)

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