Wine Tasting May 8 ’10

Posted at May 7, 2010

Well. Not sure if my post this AM at 0630 was in time for the cutoff for when these messages are auto sent. In case not, I said this: THIS JUST IN! CONNECTION FAILURE KEEPS INTREPID BLOGGER FROM MAKING USUAL LATE NIGHT POST! Will this hit the presses in time?! (Now 0630!) WHAT TIME DOES WORDPRESS SEND THESE THINGS OUT??!! Last week seems like a million years ago… MJ decked out….Brian and Leigh, your hosts for the next two weekends while we are in Italy (stay tuned to this blog for updates!….Judy pours on 22nd, Lauren on the 15th)…Rocket Scientists convene, So  I will just let this post stand, a marker to the whimsy of the Universe, to things you just can’t count on…

Mary Jane

Brian, Judy, Leigh Rocket Scientists

This week’s wines:

Peirano vognier (Calif)  $10 Peaches, pineapple, and tropical fruit are complemented by the scent of lemons and ginger.  Lush flavors of fresh ripe peaches balanced by flavors of apples, pears and orange marmalade.

Peirano Six Clones Merlot (Calif)  $10 Aromas of rich ripe cherries and blackberries with hints of leather and vanilla; robust flavors of cherry, plum, cranberry, raspberries and strawberries with lingering hints of cocoa and cinnamon. Terrific buy! (note: Wine Spectator got this one Really Wrong: “Lean and clumsy, with earthy herb and ripe cherry notes.—79 pts)!

Rose de Ora Primitivo (Calif)  $15 Fascinating aromas and flavors of ripe cherry and roses that begin on the nose and carry through the midpalate and finish; primitivo thought to be an ancestor of zinfandel.

Finca Sandoval 05  (Spain)    Parker 94pts
76% Syrah, 13% Mourvedre, and 11% Bobal fermented with native yeasts followed by malolactic fermentation in barrel with lees stirring, a year in French and American oak. Purple-colored, with alluring nose of toasty oak, mineral, floral notes, blueberry, and blackberry, leading to a full-bodied, ripe, layered wine with superb integration of oak, tannin, and acidity; this outstanding effort should be at its best between 2012 and 2025.

Wine Tasting

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