WTN: Three With Dinner...(short/boring)

Celebrating a BD dinner w/ the Brooks at Lamberts of Taos, after the Taos WWF GrandTasting, we cracked:
1. BottFreres GWT ReservePersonnell AC: Vin d'Alsace (12.8%) 1989: Light gold color; beautiful/spectacular very perfumed/aromatic slight cheap hair oil strong GWT/spicy/nutmeg lovely/mature GWT quite complex nose; soft/lush/rich/mouthfilling/glycerined mature GWT/very spicy/nutmeg quite complex flavor; very long/lingering lush/glycerined very spicy/nutmeg very complex finish; as about as good as old GWT ever gets; a beautiful GWT.
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2. Qupe Syrah BienNacidoVnyd/SantaBarbaraCnty (RTW) 1988: Med.dark color; beautiful/fragrant/strong very smokey/FrancoisFreres/oak rather Rhonish/roasted some blackberry/Syrah complex nose; soft/round very rich/smokey/Fr.oak
rather Rhonish/roasted slight blackberry/Syrah complex flavor; very long quite smokey/Rhonish/pungent some blackberry/Syrah finish w/ little tannins; a lovely example of how the Qupe Syrahs can mature; beautiful complex old Syrah that's still very much alove.
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3. EdmundsStJohn LesCotesSauvages Calif RTW (13.1%; 53% Mourvedre, 24% Grenache, 17% Syrah, 6% Carignane) 1989: Med.light color; slightly funky/wet wool rather peppery/SouthernRhonish/roasted slight bretty/gamey/meaty/sausage fairly complex nose; tart slight funky/bretty/SouthernRhonish quite spicy/meaty/sausage/peppery complex bit tannic finish; long slight bretty some roasted/SouthernRhone/gamey/meaty/peppery/pungent complex finish w/ slight dried-out/astringent character; loads of older/SouthernRhone/mature character; still very interesting and a real pleasure to drink but should be drunk up afore it fades away into senility.
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And a bit of a BloodyPulpit:
1. BottFreres: Back with the '76 vintage, my group bought a bunch of the BottFreres CuveeExceptionelle and ReservePersonelle Riesling and GWT at very attractive prices. They were imported by Draper-Esquin in those days. I had my last ones at 25+ yrs of age and they were absolutely spectacular mature Alsatian wines, much like the '71 Dopff Au Moulin ones. This Bott GWT was one of the most spectacular mature Alsatian GWT's I've had in several yrs. I tried the '89 CE GWT a few weeks ago was pretty shakey and on its last legs. The more recent ones (Riesling/ GWT, Muscat) RP I've tried from Gomer's/MT were nice, but just that...a bit underwhelming.
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2. QupeSyrah: BobLindquist uses well-toasted FrancoisFreres barrels on his Syrahs and it gives them a distinct smokey character. This one leaped out of the glass as an older Qupe from that distinct smokey character. He often seasons the new barrels w/ BienNacido Syrah and then backblends some into his HillsideReserve to give it that same smokey character.
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3. EdStJohn: If memory serves me right on this, the Mourvedre in this wine came from BrandlinRanch afore they were ripped out.
Tom

Tom
I'm not sure I've mentioned this before, but really like the format you have for tasting notes (notes followed by the Pulpit message). It works really well in giving some interesting context, but without confusing the TN. Ta for the note on the Qupe as well as I'm considering picking up a later vintage of this.

regards
Ian

Tom
I'm not sure I've mentioned this before, but really like the format you have for tasting notes (notes followed by the Pulpit message). It works really well in giving some interesting context, but without confusing the TN. Ta for the note on the Qupe as well as I'm considering picking up a later vintage of this.

regards
Ian

Thanks for the compliment on the notes, Ian. It's a strange/unusual/ugglutanative (word I learned from Robin) format that not everyone
finds easy to read. The BP is the part I enjoy writing most and it sorta puts things in context.
The Qupe Syrahs are no-brainers. The standard CentralCoast is pleasant, but just that...basic Calif Syrah at a fair price. The SingleVnyds and
the BienNacido Hillside Reserve are very/very special. They are not particularly big/extracted/powerful nor stand out in a crowd, but their
balance allows them to age amazingly well.
Tom