Colonial wines tasted
At a recent gathering several of our wines were tasted and evaluated. Really, the basis for the tasting was to familiarize with some wines that had new or previously untasted vintages. Below are a few of those as well as one or two from a recent store tasting.
1998 Chateau Meyney, St Estephe, Bordeaux, France $33.99 This wine has a bright ruby color and lots of violet flower and dark cherry in the bouquet. The body is on the medium side of full, with velvety tannins that linger on the palate with red fruit, mineral, and spice flavors. These 98’s already have a good amount of age and have developed nicely. A great find for those who want to try Bordeaux that has aged nicely and still has a lot of life.
Borsao Grenache75%, Tempranillo25 % Campo de Borja, Spain $9.99 I have tried this wine for the past three vintages and the newest is just as good and even more perfumed with cinnamon and juicy red fruit. This wine is full bodied, but is silky and finishes so softly, it really offers the best of both worlds for a very modest price.
Treana White Blend Paso Robles California 2007 47% Viognier 53% Marsanne. I was really impressed with this wine. Extremely pronounced aromas of honeysuckle and peach that evolves into more complex mineral and apricot. This wine is can be used as a great accompaniment to smoked salmon or prosciutto. A great alternative to the usually lighter Sauvignon Blancs in the same price range.
Candor Zinfandel 2006 and 2007 multi-vintage blend , Amador, Lodi, Paso Robles. California winemakers don’t have much of a tendancy to mix vintages as they do for mixing fruit from several appellations. Winemaker J.C Diefenderfer, who was present for this tasting, does both with this suprisingly textured Zinfandel. Mostly sourced from old vines, this red has tons of aroma and is very complex in it’s presentation of fruit, spice, and mineral flavors.
Free Tastings are held Tue-Sat 1-7pm.
Until next time, Salut!
