What a great evening. Thanks everyone for making my B-day special. Greg, your friends are the bomb. How you can always "bring in the Liberals" is beyond me, but you bring in quality every time.
The Buchanan's delivered late, :), beautiful Champagnes.
The Blackstone's were very generous with a White Burgundy which was delicious.
Drinking the Duke was fun, lot's of fruit. Knowing the owner just makes things like that special and I see a road trip in our future.
The Pomerol was the success of the evening and I really enjoyed it with the Osco Busco.
The Gemar's and Chapman's were missed. Texting Tommy and telling him what he was missing made me feel like a man. Muy fuerte!
Until next time and thanks for my birthday meal to all.
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Tasting Notes:
ReplyDeleteThe wine has the same dark magenta, Indian Ruby color as the 2005, but, is bigger in the mouth. The nose is shy and reminiscent of the 2005 vintage which is wonderful for consistency of place and powerful floral notes. The wine exhibits dark cherries and a smoky quality that is somewhat more reminiscent of Eola than Amity. The nose evolves with time in the glass. Upon opening, the nose offers more traditional mature Amity fruits with notes of fine French oak, smoke and hints of spice.
The wine enters with a silky mouth feel. The attack on the palate is much more substantial than the 2005 vintage. The flavors explode due to the whole cluster fermentation which adds subtle peppery notes and length to the attack. The primary flavor on attack is powerful dark cherry fruit with smoky integrated support from the toasty new French oak barrels. This results in a complete full mouth supporting the classic “earthy” flavors of the soils in which the grapes were grown.
R. Gary Andrus, Winemaker