Archive for 'Sonoma'
1999 Ernest & Julio Gallo Stefani Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
GINI 13 (July 14, 2007) wine# 4 – AC: Nose of a non-sanitized basement washroom… NOT very pleasant. Herbal in the mid-palate and have a medium finish. Quite tannic. – 89 VW: Darkest of the 4 and also tasted the youngest. Still with good amount of tannins to last couple more years. Not giving as [...]
Posted: July 16th, 2007 under California, Sonoma, tasting note.
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2003 MacRostie Pinot Noir Carneros
Strawberry and wet earth nose. Medium body of nice cherry mixed with beet. Finished with some bell peppers. The best thing about it was that the excess sweetness in many of the new world pinots does not present here. The nose was not as deep, nor as floral as the first time I tasted this half a [...]
Posted: May 1st, 2007 under California, Pinot Noir, Sonoma, tasting note.
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1996 Gallo of Sonoma Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Lots of sediment. Look still dark and young. There was certain solvent like plastic smell on decanting which luckily dissipated quickly. Black fruits and new oak…smell rather nice and complex.. but i can also smell the alcohol. The alcohol definitely show on the palate together with good amount of sweet currant but not jammy. Full [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2007 under Cabernet Sauvignon, California, Sonoma, tasting note.
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