Moric Winery

• March 2009

  After much anticipation Snooth’s OTBN was apon us! We were meeting in the ... to trying it. Darn! 2006 Moric Neckenmarkter Blaufrankisch – This was crazy good wine. Delicate yet precise with such detail and balance. I loved it and can’t wait till the next time me and this... Read more After much anticipation Snooth’s OTBN was apon us! We were meeting in the ... to trying it. Darn! 2006 Moric Neckenmarkter Blaufrankisch - This was crazy good wine. Delicate yet precise with such detail and balance. I loved it and can’t wait till the next time me and this wild blackberry beauty have a chance to get to know each other a little better. Tied for my second WOTN! By this time my lamb had arrived so fortunately I had a foil for some of the larger scaled wines to come. And boy did I need it! One after the other great wines appeared only to be replaced by another set of great wines. I was in heaven! 1987 Kistler Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Valley Kistler Vineyard - I have never smelled such a floral California Cabernet before and this was captivating. Great green olive and cassis notes as well and with the seductive texture only aged California Cabernet can have! 2004 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Backus - This was a bruiser but beat you with the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove! Great iron flecked crème de cassis fruit in a seamless velvety package. A great wine from one of my favorite vineyards! 2002 Vergelegen Estate Red - This was just gorgeous on the nose with smoky, green chile, cassis and oak tones all layered and in balance. It’s a bit simple still on the palate but this flagship South African red has the stuffing to turn into something special! 1991 Carmenet Vin de Garde Reserve Selection - This was a bit peppery and stern and reminded me a bit of 1986 Bordeaux with it’s powerful expression of tobacco tinged fruit. This is an old style of California Cabernet that one rarely encounters today. Can you say Dunn Howell Mountain? New world? Old world? The lines can get blurry sometimes and nowhere is that truer than in Spain these days. I’ll be posting my impressions from an old Rioja tasting soon and along with the notes is my take on Tempranillo these days. I go off on a lot of producers who are trying to make Tempranillo in to something it’s not and while I genuinely believe that sometimes the results make me reconsider my position, for a little while at least! 2004 CVNE Pagos De Viña Real - No mistaking this for anything but a huge, modern Rioja but the black raspberry and vanilla tones are in balance and the wine is big yet so smooth and polished that you can’t help but like it, just give it a few years in the cellar. 2004 Buil & Giné Montsant Baboix - This is another decidedly modern Spanish bruiser and it’s packed with lovely herbal, mineral and spice tones embedded in rich cassis and blackberry fruit. It’s intensely spicy and really deserves something rich and spicy to cut through! As modern as the last pair was I moved back into two classics from France, Bordeaux and Chateauneuf. Both were real treats and matched perfectly with my lamb chops. 1989 Clos du Mont Olivet Chateauneuf du Pape la Cuvee du Papet - Who wants the funk? Bring on the funk! And black olives, leather, lavender, mushrooms, you got it all on the nose and while the palate was wonderful with lovely truffly edges this had started to thin out a bit but was still fabulous. 1982 Château Grand Puy Lacoste - Classic freaking Bordeaux! This had that restrained power and endless layers of flavor that only Bordeaux can offer. As much as I love the texture of mature California Cabernet the elegance and complexity of Bordeaux can bring things to an entirely different level. Tied for my second WOTN And then I was left in my happy place; surrounded by Barolo! As you might know Nebbiolo to me is magical and while none of the Barolos tonight made it in to my top five wines I was thrilled to be ending my night with them! 1997 Paolo Scavino Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva - And as much as I love Barolo I didn’t feel the love here. While the nose offered up nice mushroom, rose and licorce scents there were loosing the battle with the spicy wood. Pretty much the same in the mouth, the fruit was intact and nice but all the complexity came from the wood so I didn’t get much depth here. 1982 Brovia Barolo Rocche Dei Brovia - This was great in it’s own way. A very good wine, but just a great glass to drink at the end of the night. Lacking some complexity as well, but just so bright and balanced with fine red berry fruits and a slightly gamy twang on the finish. I was refreshed! 1989 Marchese di Barolo Cannubi Barolo - While I preferred the Brovia to this I can’t say one is better than the other, just different. This had more complexity and deeper fruit but was a bit less elegant and refreshing. It’s still a delicious glass of big black cherry fruit. We spent the night trying to Twitter our notes as we participated in Twitter Taste Live with our virtual drinking companions but it was not with much success. Connectivity, in the virtual sense, was limited in the dining room but that didn't prevent us from trying! There was one bottle that I missed the 2005 Turley Howell Mountain Zinfandel. Can anyone let me know what it’s like? And with that I was left with the 2 dessert wines. First up was the rather crappy bottle of 1985 Warres Port. Alcoholic, disjointed and volatile it’s only redeeming feature was that it was marginally sweet and smelled faintly of fruit. I chose to move on an end my night with the fairly remarkable 2005 Feiler-Artinger - Ruster Ausbruch Essenz. Intense and intensely sweet yet with such incredible acidity that this never became cloying and the mineral notes on the finish cut right through the remaining fresh fruity sweetness so it never became over-powering or boring either. Simply a great sip with which to end a brilliant evening. I want to thank everyone who helped make this evening so special. Thanks to Wilson Daniels for their support and generous contributions Thanks to North Square for taking such good care of us. And thanks to everyone who made this such a special evening with their generous contributions and brilliant company. I can’t wait to do this again. Do you really want to wait an entire year? I know I don’t! Gregory Dal Piaz is the Community Manager at Snooth, an avid Wine Geek with a passion for things Italian, and a long suffering Mets fan.    (hide)

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  March 2009

  Moric Neckenmarkter Blaufrankisch 2006

  Snoothrank: Starting at $39^.77

  Light red fruits and a bit of spice, cranberries, a hint of coffee and much darker than I expected. Medium to high, well integrated acidity.

  Wine review by mark

  
  
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  March 2009

  Moric Neckenmarkter Blaufrankisch 2006

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  Pure. Lean and acidic, this is a very classically styled wine. Bitter cherries dominate. Would work well with food, given its balance and length.

  Wine review by Philip

  
  

• March 2009

  Poured at the OTBN Snooth event in NYC. This was one of the wines I bought. I'd heard great things about it, and Greg seemed to salivate when I produced it. Somehow, in the face of some impressive magnums of Barolo, aged Spatlese's and nice California Cab's no one seems to want to... Read morePoured at the OTBN Snooth event in NYC. This was one of the wines I bought. I'd heard great things about it, and Greg seemed to salivate when I produced it. Somehow, in the face of some impressive magnums of Barolo, aged Spatlese's and nice California Cab's no one seems to want to give such an unusual varietal / region much of a look. A great wine, but only worth drinking when there aren't any major named brands around.    (hide)

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  March 2009

  Moric Neckenmarkter Blaufrankisch 2006

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  Boy was this beautiful! I loved everything about this wine. Burgundy in Austria! The nose smells like a farmer's hands with a touch of wet earth, a hint of nutty pipe tobacco and rushed black fruits with just an edge of sappy bark. In the mouth this is pure, elegant and refined with... Read moreBoy was this beautiful! I loved everything about this wine. Burgundy in Austria! The nose smells like a farmer's hands with a touch of wet earth, a hint of nutty pipe tobacco and rushed black fruits with just an edge of sappy bark. In the mouth this is pure, elegant and refined with a wonderfully fresh fruited, grape/black cherry. black currant fruit is presented in a crisp, tense, perfectly balanced package. Killer wine 93pts    (hide)

  Wine review by Gregory Dal Piaz

  
  

• March 2009

  Last night was an excellent event, thanks to everyone that was involved and ... - 2006 Moric Neckenmarkter Blaufrankisch - http://www.snooth.com/wine/moric-neckenmarkter-blaufrankisch-2006/ - 2003 Beaux Frères Pinot Noir Beaux Frères Vineyard -... Read moreLast night was an excellent event, thanks to everyone that was involved and ... - 2006 Moric Neckenmarkter Blaufrankisch - http://www.snooth.com/wine/moric-neckenmarkter-blaufrankisch-2006/ - 2003 Beaux Frères Pinot Noir Beaux Frères Vineyard - http://www.snooth.com/wine/beaux-freres-pinot-noir-beaux-freres-vineyard-2003-2/ - 2004 C.v.n.e. Compania Vinicola Norte De Espana Rioja Pagos De Viña Real - http://www.snooth.com/wine/cvne-compania-vinicola-norte-de-espana-rioja-pagos-de-vina-real-2004/ - 2006 ROAR Pinot Noir Santa Lucia Highlands - http://www.snooth.com/wine/-roar-pinot-noir-santa-lucia-highlands-2006/ - 2004 Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon Backus - http://www.snooth.com/wine/joseph-phelps-cabernet-sauvignon-backus-2004/ - 2005 Turley Zinfandel Howell Mountain Vineyard - http://www.snooth.com/wine/turley-zinfandel-howell-mountain-vineyard-2005/ - 1983 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Stag's Leap Vineyards - http://www.snooth.com/wine/stags-leap-wine-cellars-cabernet-sauvignon-napa-valley-stags-leap-vineyards-1983/ - 1982 Château Grand Puy Lacoste Red Bordeaux Pauillac - http://www.snooth.com/wine/chateau-grand-puy-lacoste-red-bordeaux-pauillac-1982/ - 2002 Vergelegen Estate Red - http://www.snooth.com/wine/vergelegen-estate-red-2002/ - 1991 Carmenet Vin de Garde Reserve Selection - http://www.snooth.com/wine/carmenet-vin-de-garde-reserve-selection-1991/ - 2005 Feiler-Artinger - Ruster Essenz Ausbruch Jonathan - http://www.snooth.com/wine/feiler-artinger-ruster-essenz-ausbruch-jonathan-2005/ - 1985 Warre's Vintage Port - http://www.snooth.com/wine/warre-and-co-vintage-port-1985/ - 1982 Brovia Barolo Rocche Dei Brovia - http://www.snooth.com/wine/brovia-barolo-rocche-dei-brovia-1982/ - 1993 Volnay Caillerets 1er Cru - not sure which one - 1993 Armand Comte Pommard Clos des Epeneaux Premier Cru - http://www.snooth.com/wine/armand-comte-pommard-clos-des-epeneaux-premier-cru-1993/ Phew! OK, that was all I recorded. I missed several of the wines that were up on the bar - so there are some missing Barolo's as well as some bottles which may not have made a full circuit. I'm sure I've made some mistakes here too, please add your additions and corrections and we'll create a master list based off that    (hide)

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  January 2009

  Moric Blaufrankisch 2006

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  Wine review by sfquixote

  
  
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  September 2008

  Moric Blaufrankisch Neckenmarkter Alte Reben 2004

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  Wine review by Annabelle

  
  
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  July 2007

  Moric Neckenmarkter Blaufrankisch 2003

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  Wine review by packjev

  
  

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