Random Handful

This is mostly for my own brain since I don't want to forget them.... I drank these here and there a while back, and meant to post them pre-illness, but didn't. Most of them were eh or okay, but the Meric and the Palacios were both interesting and I would seek them out again. And the Le Grive, that was pretty tasty.

2002 Cold Heaven "Vogelzgang" Viognier
Santa Ynez Valley, CA, US
Deep straw, unusual color, very dark
Very perfumey nose honeysuckle and some mineral and lemon
Honey and vanilla and citrus green apple in mouth
Slightly bitter (dull bitter) finish but honey peachy bitter

2002 Erhart Pinot-Auxerrois "Val St. Gregorie"
Alsace, France
Pale straw, soft nose
Almost foxy soapy
Soapy vanilla in mouth
Kind of flabby, slight citrus apple at finish

2003 Brick House Chardonnay
Willamette Valley, Oregon, US
Pale yellow
Sweet soft floral nose creamy white flower
Green apple in mouth leading into creme brulee finish
lemony!

2000 Forteto della Luja 'Le Grive' (Barbera/Pinot Noir)
Piemonte, Italy
Ruby red in glass
Soft astringent nose soft red fruit bacon fat
Gobs of red fruit in the palate, velvety
Some dust on finish
Very simple but enjoyable

2000 Chateau Bousquette Cuvée Tradition
St Chinian, France
Eric Perret, vigneron
Dusty blackberry nose
Light, almost thin spice in finish
Slight smoke
Some carignaney rigidity mid to back palate

2002 Alvaro Palacios "Les Terraces"
Priorat, Spain
Blue purple, vibrant
Nose of sweet black raspberry, cherry, sweet extracted dried blackberry or raisin
Elegant restrained leathery fruit, tannins sweep in but then finish is very very good, and lingers
Goregous finish, leathery but pretty

2001 Allegrini "La Grola" (IGT)
Verona, Italy
Nose like musty attic, funky
Burnt wood, char, bacon fat, meat
Some red/black fruit, bitters
Very chalky finish, big tannins at finish

NV Meric Catherine de Medicis Cuvee Prestige Grand Cru
Champagne, France
Golden yellow in glass fine bubbles
Sweet biscuit and peach funk crazy sweet funk
Sharp mousse (slightly) descends to slight lemon and toast
All about breads in the finish toasty muffiny

Comments

[josh]

KM, what the F is up. Here's an emoticon: >:-D