| | | Rocca Guicciarda Chianti Classico Riserva 2006 | Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:09 pm by Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud | Color: Deep dark red.
Nose: Powerful of black cherries and ripe plum, cuban cigar from Romeo & Juliet with dark honey aromas, coffee, oak, minerals, almonds, spices.
Palate: Full bodied, rich ripe fruit, distinct but fine tannins, good balancing acidity, long finish. Nicely oaked.
Foodmatch: Red meat, lamb, game, red fungus cheese. Grill.
Cel...
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| Firesteed Oregon Pinot Noir 2005, USA | Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:51 pm by Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud | 6 months in oak for 20 % of the wine.
Color: Dark red with some brown showing, medium depth
Nose: Wild strawberries and forrest berries, some herbs and anis, minerals, slightly of oak, almonds and some vanilla.
Palate: Medium bodied, very good balance, good fruit concentration, fine medium tannins, good acidity, long fresh finish with nicely integrated oak a...
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| Colombier Crozes Hermitage 2007 | Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:20 pm by Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud | 9 months in oak.
Color: Dark red-blue-violet, good depth.
Nose: Distinct of blaccurrant and plum, balsamic oils, a lot of minerals, some reductiv aromas like boiled egg. Peppery and herby.
Palate: Full bodied, concentrated mature berry fruit, fine medium pluss tannins, good balancing acidity, long fresh finish with a lot of stone minerals.
Foodma...
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| Cardo Real Baga 2006, Beiras | Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:21 pm by Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud | Color: Dark red with some brown showing, good depth.
Nose: Mature red berries going slightly on dried berries. Slight of aromas like vanilla, cinnamon, balsamic herbs, some wood/bark, mushrooms.
Palate: Medium to full bodied, very good balanced wine, good concentration, perfect balancing structure of fine tannins and fresh acidity, long harmonious finish.
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| João Pato Touriga Nacional 2007, Beiras | Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:36 pm by Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud | Grapes: 85% TOURIGA NACIONAL, 15% BAGA
Color: dark red, violet, good depth.
Nose: Exiting nose, I am using a Riedel Bordeaux Grand Cru glass, because the Riedel Chianti/Zinfandel glass was to small to give this wine the complex picture it has.
Mature dark berries like black cherry and black plum, and very ripe blackberry. Smells a lot of cedar, coffee,...
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| Croix de Beaucaillou 2004, Saint Julien | Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:30 pm by Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud | This is the second wine of Ducru-Beaucaillou.
Grapes: 65 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 25 % Merlot, 5% Cabernet franc, 5% Petit Verdot.
Color: dark red, violet, black, good depth.
Nose: Concentrated ripe berries like black plum, black cherry and blackcurrant, some cedar, tosted oak with aromas like fried bacon, coffee and mocca, slight of vanilla, slight smell ...
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| Quinta do Noval Unfiltered Lbv 2003 | Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:55 pm by Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud | Grapes: TOURIGA NACIONAL, TOURIGA FRANCESA OG TINTA RORIZ.
Color: Very dark red, violet, black,deep.
Nose: Concentrated ripe black cherry, black plum going on prune, almonds, almost marsipan, some syrup beef stock, hazelnuts and some walnuts, mocca, black pepper, slightly of violet or rose flowers.
Palate: Full to big body, very good fruit,concentratio...
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| Hochenheimer Kirchenstück Riesling Spätlese 1989 , Rheingau | Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:34 pm by Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud | Color: Deep golden yellow with hint of orange, quite brilliant.
Nose: Clean mature fruitaromas of ripe yellow apple, more distinct aroma is ripe apricot, and it has some aroma of mandarin citric fruit, aromas of petroleum like parafin wax and a lot of other mineral aromas, some warm spices like cinnamon, some humus.
Palate: Medium bodied, perfect balance between all the a...
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| Wittmann Grüner Silvaner Trocken 2007 , Rheinessen, Germany | Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:17 pm by Bjørn Tore Aastorp Ruud | This is from ecological agriculture.
Grape: 100 % Silvaner
Color: Straw yellow with quite a lot of green medium depth.
Nose: Green apples, mature citric fruits like lemon and lime, some minerals, pure clean fruityness.
Palate: Medium bodied, the same fruit picture, very good concentration, a long fresh aftertaste with some grapefruit ...
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