WTN miscellaneous wines with Friends

Opened a few bottles of wines for some friends. All were picked by them from my cellar so that would explain the haphazardness of the selections. Fine by me Also talking and laughing more than taking notes so these are impression by the end of the night.

2006 Vincent Girardin Pugliny-Montrachet, Vieilles Vignes, 1/2 bottles twist top. Nicely done wine, fresh, definitely heavy on the toast, vanilla, but after a while the minerality shows through, good density of flavors and nice persistence
2006 Lemelson Willamette Valley Pinot Noir: so popular, I never even got a chance to taste...... no idea here....
2006 Giacomo Conterno Barbera d'Alba Serralunga d'Alba: Wow, I love this wine, good price and drinks more like a Burgundy than an italian. thoughtful and interesting nose, more strawberries, berries, nice high toned acidity, medium body, elegant with a little furriness. I was impressed.
2004 Hall T-Bar-T Ranch, Ripe but Reserved nose, leather, tobacco, good structure
2004 Tobin James Silver Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon: nicely evolving wine, nose of ripe black and red fruit, sweet, leather and some hints of tobacco, solid structure.
2004 Mission Hill Oculus, Corked..... I love this winery and I'm generally okay with this wine (just a bit heavy on the oak there) so I was looking forward to opening this but D@mn
2004 Mission Hills Five Vineyards Icewine: honey, dried lychee, lush, sweet, super smooth but simple and nothing much too interesting. Well done though.

[David M. Bueker]

Conterno Barbera...yum.

Conterno Barbera...yum.

Indeed. And funny that Michael mentions it drinking like a Burgundy because I can still feel the 05 Cascina Francia Barbera in my mind's palate that I drank over a year ago and which was opened by someone who usually (read 99.9% of the time) opens Burgundy.

Conterno Barbera...yum.

Indeed. And funny that Michael mentions it drinking like a Burgundy because I can still feel the 05 Cascina Francia Barbera in my mind's palate that I drank over a year ago and which was opened by someone who usually (read 99.9% of the time) opens Burgundy.

I kept on going back to this wine over the night and it was very nice,. Local wine store told me not to leave without it. Not cheap but for a barbera but it got the conterno treatment