#hirondelle vineyard

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Leap of Faith

After a week of plugging leaks and mopping up, was ready for something big and beautiful tonight and noticed I had a couple of these babies in the queue. Quick taste, heavy decant, and let the glory of Napa Cab flow through you. Deep, nearly impenetrable ruby with distinct purple-blue at the rim. Bitter, glorious tobacco–pipe and cigar–are the first to come at you, followed by vague glimpses of…

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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 31, 2018

I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format.   They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) currently available wines (click here for the skinny on how to read them), and are presented links to help you find them, so that you can try them out for yourself. Cheers!

2016 Larry Hyde Hyde Vineyard Estate Syrah (Carneros): A smooth – and fruity – character, who’s surprising in ways that are pretty much entirely good. $60 A-

2015 Clos du Val Hirondelle Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District): Basically, this is Cab that’s as big as life ina ll of the ways that you will either love or hate, depending on your tolerance for the mystique of The Valley. $120 A

NV J Vineyards CA Cuvee (California): An invigorating stroll through apple and pear orchards, sunny day included. $27 B+

2016 Herzog Wine Cellars Late Harvest Orange Muscat (California): Irresistible, just like those chewy mandarin orange candies that it so successfully evokes. $20 B-

2016 Halter Ranch Vineyard Ancestor Estate Reserve (Paso Robles): Drop. Dead. Sexxxxxxyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! $60 A-

2014 Enrico Serafino Rose (Alta Langa): That crowd-pleasing, cherry-and-flowers alternative to Champers for your NYE festivities. $26 B+

NV Palmer & Co Brut Reserve (Champagne): Dry, elegant, and someone got almost the entire bread loaf stuffed into that glass. $40 A-

2014 Hugel & Fils Pinot Gris Classic (Alsace): If this were any more on-point, it would be fired in the air as part of an archery contest. $17 B+

2012 Tenuta Carretta Barolo Vigneti in Cannubi (Barolo): Aiming for Old School, but delivering more like Ancient School. $75 B+

2015 Stemmari Hedonis Riserva Nero d’Avola (Sicilia): Hedonistic, nearly to a fault; but also authentic, nearly to a saving grace. $50 B+

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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 31, 2018

I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format.   They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) currently available wines (click here for the skinny on how to read them), and are presented links to help you find them, so that you can try them out for yourself. Cheers!

2016 Larry Hyde Hyde Vineyard Estate Syrah (Carneros): A smooth – and fruity – character, who’s surprising in ways that are pretty much entirely good. $60 A-

2015 Clos du Val Hirondelle Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District): Basically, this is Cab that’s as big as life ina ll of the ways that you will either love or hate, depending on your tolerance for the mystique of The Valley. $120 A

NV J Vineyards CA Cuvee (California): An invigorating stroll through apple and pear orchards, sunny day included. $27 B+

2016 Herzog Wine Cellars Late Harvest Orange Muscat (California): Irresistible, just like those chewy mandarin orange candies that it so successfully evokes. $20 B-

2016 Halter Ranch Vineyard Ancestor Estate Reserve (Paso Robles): Drop. Dead. Sexxxxxxyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! $60 A-

2014 Enrico Serafino Rose (Alta Langa): That crowd-pleasing, cherry-and-flowers alternative to Champers for your NYE festivities. $26 B+

NV Palmer & Co Brut Reserve (Champagne): Dry, elegant, and someone got almost the entire bread loaf stuffed into that glass. $40 A-

2014 Hugel & Fils Pinot Gris Classic (Alsace): If this were any more on-point, it would be fired in the air as part of an archery contest. $17 B+

2012 Tenuta Carretta Barolo Vigneti in Cannubi (Barolo): Aiming for Old School, but delivering more like Ancient School. $75 B+

2015 Stemmari Hedonis Riserva Nero d’Avola (Sicilia): Hedonistic, nearly to a fault; but also authentic, nearly to a saving grace. $50 B+

Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start getting more out of every glass of wine today!

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Copyright © 2016. Originally at Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 31, 2018 from 1WineDude.com – for personal, non-commercial use only. Cheers! Source: http://www.1winedude.com/wine-reviews-weekly-mini-round-up-for-december-31-2018/

from Linda Johnson https://meself84.wordpress.com/2018/12/31/wine-reviews-weekly-mini-round-up-for-december-31-2018/

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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 31, 2018

I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format.   They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) currently available wines (click here for the skinny on how to read them), and are presented links to help you find them, so that you can try them out for yourself. Cheers!

2016 Larry Hyde Hyde Vineyard Estate Syrah (Carneros): A smooth – and fruity – character, who’s surprising in ways that are pretty much entirely good. $60 A-

2015 Clos du Val Hirondelle Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District): Basically, this is Cab that’s as big as life ina ll of the ways that you will either love or hate, depending on your tolerance for the mystique of The Valley. $120 A

NV J Vineyards CA Cuvee (California): An invigorating stroll through apple and pear orchards, sunny day included. $27 B+

2016 Herzog Wine Cellars Late Harvest Orange Muscat (California): Irresistible, just like those chewy mandarin orange candies that it so successfully evokes. $20 B-

2016 Halter Ranch Vineyard Ancestor Estate Reserve (Paso Robles): Drop. Dead. Sexxxxxxyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! $60 A-

2014 Enrico Serafino Rose (Alta Langa): That crowd-pleasing, cherry-and-flowers alternative to Champers for your NYE festivities. $26 B+

NV Palmer & Co Brut Reserve (Champagne): Dry, elegant, and someone got almost the entire bread loaf stuffed into that glass. $40 A-

2014 Hugel & Fils Pinot Gris Classic (Alsace): If this were any more on-point, it would be fired in the air as part of an archery contest. $17 B+

2012 Tenuta Carretta Barolo Vigneti in Cannubi (Barolo): Aiming for Old School, but delivering more like Ancient School. $75 B+

2015 Stemmari Hedonis Riserva Nero d’Avola (Sicilia): Hedonistic, nearly to a fault; but also authentic, nearly to a saving grace. $50 B+

Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start getting more out of every glass of wine today!

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Copyright © 2016. Originally at Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 31, 2018 from 1WineDude.com – for personal, non-commercial use only. Cheers!

Source: http://www.1winedude.com/wine-reviews-weekly-mini-round-up-for-december-31-2018/

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Wine Reviews: Weekly Mini Round-Up For December 31, 2018

I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format.   They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) currently available wines (click here for the skinny on how to read them), and are presented links to help you find them, so that you can try them out for yourself. Cheers!

2016 Larry Hyde Hyde Vineyard Estate Syrah (Carneros): A smooth – and fruity – character, who’s surprising in ways that are pretty much entirely good. $60 A-

2015 Clos du Val Hirondelle Vineyard Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Stags Leap District): Basically, this is Cab that’s as big as life ina ll of the ways that you will either love or hate, depending on your tolerance for the mystique of The Valley. $120 A

NV J Vineyards CA Cuvee (California): An invigorating stroll through apple and pear orchards, sunny day included. $27 B+

2016 Herzog Wine Cellars Late Harvest Orange Muscat (California): Irresistible, just like those chewy mandarin orange candies that it so successfully evokes. $20 B-

2016 Halter Ranch Vineyard Ancestor Estate Reserve (Paso Robles): Drop. Dead. Sexxxxxxyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! $60 A-

2014 Enrico Serafino Rose (Alta Langa): That crowd-pleasing, cherry-and-flowers alternative to Champers for your NYE festivities. $26 B+

NV Palmer & Co Brut Reserve (Champagne): Dry, elegant, and someone got almost the entire bread loaf stuffed into that glass. $40 A-

2014 Hugel & Fils Pinot Gris Classic (Alsace): If this were any more on-point, it would be fired in the air as part of an archery contest. $17 B+

2012 Tenuta Carretta Barolo Vigneti in Cannubi (Barolo): Aiming for Old School, but delivering more like Ancient School. $75 B+

2015 Stemmari Hedonis Riserva Nero d’Avola (Sicilia): Hedonistic, nearly to a fault; but also authentic, nearly to a saving grace. $50 B+

Grab The 1WineDude.com Tasting Guide and start getting more out of every glass of wine today!

Shop Wine Products at Amazon.com

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Hear Hear

Criminal as it is to drink wines of this pedigree at this age, somebody has to do it, and pick ME. Impenetrable pink-ruby, staining purple edges, a heavy decant is in order, although nothing changes terribly with copious air: it is rich and perfumed from the first pour, the nose a thick syrup of cherry and raspy blackberry, tanned hide and smoky earth running in seams of dark chocolate-coated…

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Secret Stags

Ridiculous black purple, effusively staining from the blue edge. How much air do you give a wine like this? Lots. And By that I mean LOTS. Dark mineral spice exudes from all corners of the glass, banana and tahini and coffee and a high fresh cherry note headed almost watermelon in its crazy brightness. Beautiful oak weighs in on all the congested fruit, a tall acidity apparent that will be…