Wine tasting Stavanger 15 Sept 09

We continue with the red wines:

Barbera d'Asti Lia Vi by Carussin 2008

Deep dark red colour, sweet blue berries, youghourt with vanilla, cherries well balanced taste with a developed acidity leading the panel to Piemonte. A nice daily drinking wine P+

L'Antico di Burchino 2007 Chianti

Medium dark red, lots of tannins, quite fullbodied biodynamic wine with a nice aftertaste

Difficult to place.

Izadi Expression 2000, Rioja

Deep dark red with purple edge, blueberries, dark fruit, stable, liquerice big big smell

Fruity with big body and length. Very much a warm Bordeaux look a like.

100% tempranillo very surprising

Nuits St George "Les Vignes Rondes" 1999 by George Mugneret

Medium red, discrete smell of liquerice, oak with a stringent but somewhat tame aftertaste

Vosne Romanee 2000 by Mugneret

No ordinary wines from Vosne it says and so here as well. Medium red colour witha somewhat acidic chocolate smell. Good length and very nicely balanced wine.

Vosne Romanee 1998 by Mugneret

Slightly deeper red, a bit more body and length, but similar smell. No doubt we were in the same region....

Barolo "Tettimorra" 2000 by Scarpa

Deep dark red, with autumn leaves and acidic smell, firm body with tight tannins and good acidity. Similar to burgundy above but its 100% Nebbiolo and thus Barolo. A wine to keep from the traditional wine maker in Nizza Monferrato

All in all a memorable evening!

Thanks to Nils.

Bordeaux- Le prelat du Ch. Pape Clement 2004

This is one of two second wines of the famous and expensive Ch. Pape Clement in Graves. Although young, 2004, this wine drinks really well already if you put it on carafe a couple of hours before consumption. Dark red colour, with a very attractive smell of blueberries and dark berries, its a full bodied wine with firm but nice tannins that goes best with some food. 2004 although not the best of vintages, keep surprising me with good drinkable wines at affordable prices, because from 2005 and onwards there is a big step up in prices.... Grapes; Cabernet Sauvignon 60% and Merlot 40% Price around 20€ P+

Wine # 2 Blindtasting Ganddal

Deep dark purple colour. Dark berries, cherries and mint chocolate. Full bodied with soft tannins. Reminds me of an Amarone.. A very nice wine indeed. Panel is way out as it is from the Rhone valley. Gigondas 2009 by Guigal Score 17.60 Ca 20€ or 220 NOK

Ogier Chateauneuf du Pape 2010

This is a quite reasonable Chateauneuf du Pape (ca 200 NOK or 15€). The colour is medium ruby color which was a bit surprising. Nose of ripe black cherries and liquerice with a medium + body and finish with firm tannins. The wine can be drunk now but has definitely the potential for ageing (5-10 years). Chateauneuf du Pape 2010, Ogier Bring out the steak!

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