Tried o'er the weekend w/ Susan:
1. Hoffman-Simon Piesporter Goldtropfchen Riesling Mosel (QmP; Spatlese; APNr 2 596 119 015 00; 8%) 1999: Med.gold color; beautiful Mosel valve oil/gout de petrol/minerally rather floral/R/fragrant/perfumed fairly complex classic Mosel nose; bit soft/lush off-dry spicy/floral/R/minerally/slatey slight Mosel valve oil/gout de petrol fairly complex flavor; long light Mosel valve oil/gout de petrol light floral/R/minerally/slatey bit soft finish; a lovely fairly mature Mosel; not a profound Mosel but very nice for the price.
$25.00
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2. Qupe LosOlivosCuvee SantaYnezVlly (58% Syrah/26% Mourvedre/16% Grenache; Ibarra-Young/Sawyer Lindquist/PurisimaMtn vnyds; 13.5%) 2007: Med.color; rather smokey/pungent blackberry/plummy/Syrah slight earthy/Rhonish fairly complex nose; soft slight dried out/tannic lovely plummy/blackberry/Syrah slight smokey/pungent/Rhonish fairly complex flavor; med.long plummy/blackberry/Syrah bit dried out/tannic/bitey slight pungent finish; showing really nice development but starting to dry out. $12.00
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3. Novy Zinfandel PaperaRanchVnyd/RRV (15.7%) 2008: Very dark color; lovely strong blackberry/Zin/spicy/fragrant rather pencilly/oaked classic Siduri nose; soft quite lush ripe/blackberry/Zin/boysenberry rather pencilly/oak/Siduri
bit dusty/old vines balanced/lush flavor w/ some tannins; long strong blackberry/boysenberry/Zin some pencilly/oak finish w/ some tannins; pretty classic RRV Zin w/ some dusty/old vine character; needs 2-4 yrs; lovely Zin but not the structure of the Carlisle Papera; tastes like a Zin made by a Siduri Pinot producer. $23.50
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4. ElkCoveVnyds Ultima WilametteVlly WW (RS: 23%; 9%) 2006: Med.gold some burnished bronze color; strong botrytis/peachy/apricotty slight floral/earthy fairly complex nose; quite tart strong botrytis/peachy/apricotty creme brulee not that sweet light floral/earthy flavor; long slightly sweet strong botrytis/peachy/apricotty/creme brulee light earthy finish; a really lovely dessert wine that should go another 10-20 yrs; great value at $26.50/hlf marked down from $36/hlf.
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A poor excuse for a BloodyPulpit:
1. Alas...no Scheurebe to be found in all SantaFe.
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2. After completing the 2'nd read of TerryThiese's book, I've promised myself to start drinking more German Riesling (and Scheurebe..if'n I can find them). This btl is my first step down that path. It is sooooo nice to be able to drink over hlf a btl (Susan wasn't keeping up) and not feel the least bit compromised.
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3. LosOlivosCuvee: This is Bob's version of a CdP blend. Distinctly Calif in style. They're always very reasonably priced and age amazingly well. I've had LOC at 20 yrs that were amazingly good. This one seems to be moving right along and I doubt it'll make even 10 yrs of age.
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4. Ultima: Would guess that this is a PinotGris wine.
Tom