2008 Kennedy Shah "La Vie en Rouge" (August 2011)
A little nervous after a surprising start we recently had with one of it's brethren A Wine Club Wine, turned out to be totally unwarranted. The first sip was wonderful, and it really didn't change much as our dinner was consumed. Deep in color, at the purple end of the scale it's got a jammy nose. Big fruit flavors up front they soften at the back of the palette to a spicy(ish) chocolate(ish) finish.
Someone has thought long and hard about what to put in the bottle, and there's no doubt they've got this blend right. This may be a red happiest without food as the most enjoyable tastes were after our simple meal was all gone...
And, it helped us out on our quest for the Wine Century Club A Century Club Contributor...
2007 Mankas Hills Vineyards "Amelie" (September 2011)
We opened it up with a fairly rich Pork Dish A Daring Kitchen Article because the tasting notes suggested Korean BBQ. We'd call it a match where no one was unhappy but no one was any happier. It worked, and they didn't cause problems for each other, that's all.
2009 Terredora Di Paolo Aglianico (October 2011)
Upon reflection, it still is pretty rough, but we see a grand future for it... We kind of feel we just go a mouthful of tannins, but as it got a little more air after sitting on the table for awhile they softened a bit, certainly enough to give some clues as to what's underneath. We're pretty certain we found cherries in there and probably the same on the nose. We really think this would benefit from spending some time in the back of the cellar, probably closer to 5 years. We don't really cellar for posterity, but we may tuck one of these away, especially since it's the first time (we're pretty certain, anyway) that we've had an Aglianico.
We did pair it up with a beef dinner A Daring Kitchen Article, and would do so again in 5 years time, we expect.
This also helped us on our quest A Century Project Qualifying Grape to join the Wine Century Club The Century Project Introduction.
2004 Celler El Masroig "Castell de les Pinyeres" (June 2011)
But nothing overly memorable in terms of specifics. So, we're assuming it was balanced because we don't remember it being unbalanced; we're assuming low in the tannin range because we don't remember thinking "ahh, there's the tannins"; we're assuming a gentle nose because we don't remember getting a big whiff of anything; we're assuming not a big palette because we don't remember any sort of flavor profile standing out. Sorry.
Having said that, we'd have the wine again. It seems to be perfect for when you feel like a glass of wine, but don't want to have to work at figuring it out.
2009 Château Michel de Vert Lussac Saint-Emilion (December 2010)
We cracked this open to share with a Moo Shu A Daring Kitchen Article dish and although we enjoyed the wine, probably not the best match up we could have found - perhaps a slower cooked big hunk of pork better.
A really big nose straight off the bat (we kind of want to say earthy, but that's perhaps not quite right - what's earthy, but not so earthy?), but that mellowed the longer the cork was out of the bottle. Really well balanced, smooth even, with no change from start to finish in the mouth. A bit of those sweeter spices going on, cinnamon or clove, but not a lot.
If you really want a good Bordeaux this probably will get you there, but if you just want a good wine you'll definitely be happy with this.
2008 Planeta "La Segreta" Rosso (September 2010)
It's got some earthy tones going on, which sort of suggest we got it right for a dish majoring in mushrooms, but it was also smooth and fruity suggesting there's a lot of other things it would work with, but as noted already, really doesn't have to have food. If there were tannins there when the bottle was first placed in our cellar, they're all but gone a year later...
It's a little brighter in the purple range if you care. And in most situations, probably hard to have just one glass.
2008 Elizabeth Rose
Not a particularly big nose, but there's a nose, kind of fruity, but orchard fruity not fruit salad fruity. A bit of acid up front, but not at the finish. Not as much fruit on the palette as the nose, and a sort of smooth earthy note all the way through.
And, it's certifed Organic if that's relevant to anything.
2008 Sineann Red Table Wine [November, 2010]
Nothing complicated, nothing complex, just good and comforting. It's got some fruit upfront, perhaps blackberry but maybe more berry compote-like (without the 5 extra cups of sugar). Consistant from start to finish, nothing much on the tannin side, just a gentle acidity at the very end.
Oh, and it has a glass(?) cork. Not sure I'm happy about that, but it's also the absolute very first time I've seen (or even heard about) a glass cork so there's plenty of time to sway me, especially after I find out some of the pros & cons other people have come across.
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