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2001 Failla Pinot Noir Hirsch Vineyard

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6/19/2011 - VRago wrote: 93 points

Clear burgundy red - slightly bricked but with no oxidation. Light bodied in the glass. Herbal (not herbaceous) nose with black & brown spice. Gives it's alc. up on the nose. Light to medium body in the mouth, viscosity coming from the alc. with no glycol feel. Shows it's acid, and alc. but balanced with red fruit and black spice flavors. Starts bright and refreshing, finishes with spicy, dark fruit and eucalyptus. This is classical cold climate Pinot holding it's own with age. Like other cold coastal west county pinots the Failla Hirsch is old worldly in nature and has the aging potential to match. Previous reviewers drank this wine way too young IMHO. Super food wine - drank with aged NY Strip and red pepper sauce, grilled bok choy, and salad topped with strawberry, chevre and vinaigrette. The light bodied wine held it's own and contributed to the flavors of my meal. #the way it should be.

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2003 Red Car Some Like It Red San Marcos

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5/13/2011 - VRago wrote: 72 points

Past - noticeable EA - color good, body good, sweetness from secondary ferms - not really drinkable. Well cellared whole life.

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2000 Failla Pinot Noir Keefer Ranch

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5/16/2011 - VRago wrote: 79 points

Spritzed, way past, dark fruits strong, but showing some green flavors, colors nice.

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2002 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast

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1/22/2010 - VRago wrote: 88 points

Slightest bit of browning - alcohol on the nose holding down some cedar & spice - black cherry- little bit of black pepper, but some green olive too. Viscouse and heavy - in conflict with the origins.

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1991 Domaine Lejeune Pommard 1er Cru Les Argillières

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1/17/2010 - VRago wrote: 88 points

In no way too old - lots of fruit still there. Decanted for 3 hours. Very light bodied. Translucent ruby color. Dusty but fresh nose.

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2004 Domaine Robert-Denogent Pouilly-Fuissé La Croix Vieilles Vignes

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1/17/2010 - VRago wrote: 88 points

Very brute and mineral without too much acid. True to type. Made the Californian coastal drunk alongside taste heavy

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1998 Turley Zinfandel Old Vines

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1/16/2010 - VRago wrote: 90 points

Still got it - some of my other old turley's have shown bricking and tendancy to go to va. This bottle fine showing fruit hot as always but in balance - cocktail wine when young and still got it

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1997 Turley Zinfandel Tofanelli Vineyard

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9/24/2009 - VRago wrote: 89 points

Cork had some seepage - Nervous
Ruby with slight bricking, but still clear and colorful
Some spritz, but not the heavy oxidation I expected. Spritz settles quickly and a nice, if over the top older Zin. I think the fruit is tempered a bit, the complexity and acids balance the heat. Acids, some bright red raspberry, hints of VA, but not off (even with teh secondary induced spritz). More tannic than when younger. finish is old wine. I dont miss the fruit on this old wine, but maybe a tiny bit too old.
Was great with nicely seasoned, grilled, dry aged NY Strips
I should update this. After evacuating the bottle to preserve the remaining wine I left it for the night. Next dinner ,I tasted it and was surprise at the VA. In to the vinegar barrel.

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1999 Outpost Zinfandel Howell Mountain

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7/12/2009 - VRago wrote: 77 points

High alcoholic - Pruny port, with ethyl acetate & metallic.
After gassing off for a day it was a bit more palatable, but the EA was there.
not really an age issue

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2000 Dehlinger Pinot Noir Old Vine Reserve

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6/23/2009 - VRago wrote: 91 points

Color - tawny ruby clear
Nose - RRV cherry cedar, tiniest bit of burgundy funk
Body - light
cherry cola spice brown fruit tart cherry

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2001 Dehlinger Chardonnay

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6/13/2009 - VRago wrote: NR

Past prime, but still a fine Chard. Fruit has softened. Minerality is showing.

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2001 Failla Syrah Que Syrah Vineyard

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3/23/2009 - VRago wrote: 89 points

Tasted aslong side 2005 Boheme Que Syrah Vineyard Syrah. Interesting comparo
Deep Deep Ruby color. Clear, pretty wine
Funky smell blows off after an hour or so. Cherry, dried cherry, dried fruit. Not quite pruny
Really velvety mouth feel. Heavy bodied
bright tart Dark Cherry, Aromatics(sage & juniper), Green Olive & licorice finish, sweet tannins
Like a CherryBomb Martini with a big stinkin olive in it. Not an entirely unpleasant combination. Good with Roasted pork.
If this wine was a dude - he'd be wearing a satin smoking jacket with an ascot, would have a gin buzz on, need a shower and shave, but would have cologne on to try to hide it.

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1999 Flowers Pinot Noir Van der Kamp Vineyard

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2/23/2009 - VRago wrote: 89 points

Brite ruby to to ruby/brick color, clear, light body in glass, less viscous than water, mild sediment visible

Hot when first opened, gaseous, edgy, Leather, Cherry, dried cranberry, asian spice. Heat subsides, leaving the fruit to brighten, the leather to soften and the spice to sweeten. Rounder after it breathed a bit.

Initially spritzed somewhat but settled well in the glass, Cherry, Rasberry, Rhubarb & Cola, Tea, cedar Bark & redwood. Fruit, Acid, Tannins all present at start, middle and finish. Some viscosity and sweetness - "glyceral" was apt. Finished a touch like "flor de sel" caramel with a nice old wine roundness. Romantic notions of being on the coast at Fort Ross with the smell of salt, seaweed, and wet rocks. Not fishy, but coastal. Smooth really. Not terribly complicated, though fully structured.

For sure the wine is past its peak and on decline, though I'd bet still a few years as a Very Good wine. Probably was never very complicated and complex.

I basically solo'd this bottle as my wife is on meds and only had about a 2oz pour. I was in great shape at bedtime and in the AM, no indication of an off secondary fermentation. The secondary schpritz was likely fresh from bottling and integrated some eight years in.

Bottle was well cellared and in great shape. Cork had mild staining to caspule, but no visible seep at time of opening

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1994 Joseph Swan Vineyards Pinot Noir Russian River Valley

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2/1/2009 - VRago wrote: NR

Stained Caspule, saturated cork, sediment at cork, good ulage, good provenance
Off red to russet, semi-opaque
Cherry, plum, apple & Oak nose
Very light body with acidic backbone,
Old worldish. Burgundian. Fruit is gone, hints of what was there show cherry to frambois with tart mallic structure. Pleasant, if too late, for the bottle

label alcohol 13.6

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