Bears opening night

mike's house
Tasted Sunday, September 7, 2008 by KeithAkers with 247 views

Introduction

Headed over to mike's place to meet up with him, shane, and his brother in law to lay back a few beers and wines while enjoying the Bears put a beat down on the Colts

Flight 1 (3 Notes)

  • 2005 Spring Valley Vineyard Uriah 93 Points

    USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Walla Walla Valley

    this was decanted for 3 hours, recorked, and then left open for a good 3 hours more before drinking

    nose: intoxicating and deep nose filled with black cherries, smoke, blackberries, and anise. Fruit is certainly present, but not in a super fruit bomb way. Big balance and lots of depth

    taste: very rich and elegant with a lot of saavy providing smooth flavors of black cherry, smoke, blackberries, bits of leather, and a touch of anise

    overall: a very beautiful and elegant wine that has a ton to offer. Smooth and rich with a pretty black cherry attack and blackberry+anise finish. The tannins are nice and plush and this will be singing in 5 years, but is very accessible right now

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  • 1999 Frédéric Magnien Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Rouge 88 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru

    nose: light and distinctive nose of mushrooms, sour cherries, earth tones and some raspberry bits work together in a seductive manner

    taste: smooth with a touch of class providing tones of mushrooms, sour cherries and earth notes

    overall: this seems to be right in it's sweet spot right now. The acidity isn't overbearing and the nose is right in the pocket as it makes the wine. Good aromatics with a smooth mushroom based attack and a easy earthen finish

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  • 2006 Viña Cobos Malbec Felino 87 Points

    Argentina, Mendoza, Lujan de Cuyo

    nose: fruit foreward nose of dark cherry, blackberry, oak, and smokey tones with them being more surface tones rather then real depth that the Uriah showed

    taste: nice and easy but a bit thin with tones of dark cherries and blackberries with a hint of smoke hiding in there

    overall: a nice and solid malbec, but it doesn't really bring those nice and rich dark flavors that I love from it. Smooth but thinnish dark cherry attack with not much of a finish of blackberry

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Closing

The bears putting a good old beat down on the colts made this all teh better. Tons of fun with great people and watching the beloved win is always a perfect match

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