Dinner At Tomasso's
After stopping by the Qupe tasting room and meeting PaigeLindquist and two of the cutest little girls I
ever done see'd, I headed back to Buellton for dinner at the Tomasso's, John & Cindi. Joining us were Brad&
Maureen Harrington/WCWN. Roasted vegetables, a terrific ginger/carrot soup and wonderful grilled pork
tenderloin. A wonderful evening of good food/great wines, and the most special of friends.
Several of the wines tried were:
1. BonnyDoon RTW Calif LeCigareVolant (86.7% Grenache/10.5% Mourvedre/2% Syrah/.8% Cinsault) 1986: This btl
had considerable leakage and over 1/3'rd of the wine was ullaged away. Most everybody thought it'd be
totally dead&gone, but, having heavily ullaged btls like this before, I thought it'd still be alive.
It was, but barely. Med. murkey color w/ some browning; slight mousey/wet wool somewhat cedary/pencilly/oak
rather earthy/mushroomy nose w/ very slight strawberry fruit; rather tart/thin/lean quite earthy/mushroomy
light mousey/wet wool bit cedary/pencilly/oak smooth/elegant/polished flavor; med.long cedary/pencilly
fairly earthy/mushroomy slight mousey/wet wool smooth finish w/ little tannins; little fruit left but not
at all oxidized or gone; certainly on its last legs, though. Interesting wine and a survivor.
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2. Flowers PinotNoir CampMeetingRidge 1998: Med.dark color; some black cherry/Pinot/spicy light pencilly/oak
slight smokey fairly complex nose; tart quite spicy/cherry/Pinot some smokey/toasty/pencilly/oak slight
earthy/dusty rather smooth/balanced flavor; long pencilly/cedary/smokey fairly cherry/spicy/Pinot smooth/
rich flavor w/ ligt tannins; a lovely fully-mature Pinot that's in a good place right now.
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3. SineQuaNon Veiled PinotNoir SheaVnyd/Oregon (14.0%) 1998: Med.color w/ some bricking; somewhat walnutty/
very spicy fragrant black cherry/Pinot spicy/cinammon quite perfumed/complex nose; some tart very spicy/
cinammon light pungent/walnutty/earthy bright/cherry/earthy/Pinot light toasty/oak flavor w/ modest
tannins; very long quite spicy/cinammon strong walnutty/earthy/black cherry/Pinot light toasty/oak/smokey
complex finish w/ light tannins; quite a lovely/mature Pinot; the once-dominant oak has integrated very
nicely.
Tom