65% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon
Sells to WIne Angels for around $11.
Languedoc.
Tannins, spice, dark fruit.
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Speed Tasting #8 2015 Orgasmic Sangiovese
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Sonadora
Just bottled 2015.
All Sangiovese. From Columbia Valley, WA.
Spice, vanilla, more spice. Some dark red fruit.
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Speed Tasting #7 2014 Peters Vineyard Papapietro Perry Pinot Noir.
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Sonadora
So spicy and herbal and lovely.
Strawberry, light cherry, great fruit and acidity on the palate.
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Speed Tasting #7 2015 Mother Clone Pedroncelli Zin
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Sonadora
$19 retail.
Step into your spice cabinet and inhale and that is this wine. Drink it now. And forever. A great Zin bargain in a bottle.
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Speed Tasting #6 2015 Upshot (Rodney Strong)
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Sonadora
Red blend from Rodney Strong.
Cofermented with Riesling.
44% Zin, 29% Merlot, 15% Malbec, 7% Petit Verdot, 5% Riesling.
Retails for $28.
Cocoa nib. Vanilla, fresh black fruit. Plush mouthfeel.
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Speed Tasting #5 2013 Acumen Cabernet Sauvignon
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Sonadora
About 85% Cabernet Sauv.
Aged roughly 18 months. 85% new French oak. Retails for $60.
Lovely soft black fruit nose. Black cherry, plum. Nice tannins on the back end.
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Speed Tasting #4 2014 St. Supery Estate Cab Sauvignon
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Sonadora
81% Cabernet, 7% Petit Verdot, 6% Malbec, 2.% Cabernet France.
Retails for $42. 100% Estate grown wines.
Black cherry, fresh fruit, great acidity. Very fresh, young, tasty.
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Speed Tasting #3 M*T Troon 2015
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Sonadora
CO ferment of over 50% Tannat with the rest mostly Malbec. Natural ferment, no new oak, foot crushed.
Moving to all natural wine and biodynamic
Minty, dark, extremely dark fruit with lovely acidity.
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Speed Tasting #2 2006 Cain Five Cabernet Sauvignon
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Sonadora
60-70 acre vineyard.
Wow. This is a current release. Very funky earthy nose. Dark, gripping palate. Aging so well.
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Speed Tasting #1 2015 Jack Winery Diamond Mountain Cabernet
Posted on November 11, 2017 by Sonadora
Bramble, black fruit, lovely nose. Lovely deep black cherry.
Named for the children of the wine makers.
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