Blindtasting March 2011 Ganddal

Wine # 1

Medium dark red with brown rim. Shy smell of old cherries and wood. Strong alholic taste with good length and acidity. Not brilliant but drinkable.

Panel in doubt, talks about Priorat and stuff like that.

Torres Gran Coronas Penedes, 144 NOK, Score 16,20
Good ordinary wine

Wine # 2

Clear dark red colour with purple rim.
Smell of dark berries, cherries and vanilla. Not very unlike the last one.
Well balanced taste filled with cherries and good acidity and quite a long balanced aftertaste.
Panel in doubt about where and the grape. Still Penedes or maybe now in Priorat?

Vinha Pana 2005, Beiras by Louis Pato , NOK 345 stiff price for the quality, grape is Baga. Score 16,80

Luis Pato wines official website

Wine # 3

Medium dark red with brown rim. Long legs. Dried fruit and wood, figs.
A big solid wine with dry aftertaste. Perhaps lacking a bit of fruit?
A very nice wine but wood is too dominant perhaps?
Panel misses out completely, didders between southern France and Spain...

Vigna Colonnello 1999 by Bussia Soprana, Barolo
NOK 479 and one of the top 100 Barolo's to be drunk before you die.....Score 17,60
Sito Azienda Agricola Bussia Soprana

Wine # 4

Medium red.
Smell full of chocolate, mint, coffee and cherries.
Good balance and acidity with along velvety aftertaste with hints of dark berries.
Great stuff!
Panel again totally lost ....

Castillo Ygay 1978 by Marques de Murrieta, Score 18,50 and price 770 but amazing 240 months in american oak...75% Tempranillo from 500m in Rioja Alta...

Shocking tasting by the host who managed to fool such experinced and well educated panel...A bit like the first game of the season in Bergen.....?

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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