We tasted a Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon "Backus Vineyard" 1985 *** first. This had a great nose, amazingly fresh acidity for a 23 year old with still rich fruit with a herbaceous mid note that created a nice complexity. Second up was a Laurel Glenn Sonoma Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1985 ** which was a shade lighter, still herbaceous but with good structure too, and boysenberry on the palate. Last up was a Fife "Spring Mountain" Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 1995 *** which was much younger, with less acidity and much riper fruit - no green notes at all. Phelps' Backus was the wine of the night for me.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
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Hey Sean,
ReplyDeleteNice take on the wines! It was alot of fun. Noticed that perhaps you have yet to try the 94 Monte Bello. We can change that soon. Take care. Greg
Hi Sean... I knew I'd run into you on the circuit... what a great blog you have, and thanks for linking to my site, I'll put up a link to yours right now. BTW, you have a strong showing on BlogJuice:
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just plug in your url and you'll see. I attended another dinner/tasting last week with Greg Dal Piaz, it was a good one... see:
http://vignauvavino.blogspot.com/2008/11/5-wines-by-cameron-hughes-then-dinner.html
Hope to see you next time the snooth-ers get together.
Regards
Dave Trieger