Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
 | | 01/12/2003 7:25 PM |
| O wow.
I had this on New Year's Eve with friends who had invited us over to dinner. We had a number of wines that evening, including this one.
This wine was perhaps not the best pairing for the course (with seared foie gras and pears and something else), but it tasted great.
We decanted it for about 3 hours prior to tasting. It smelled of bubble gum and black fruits and licorice. The tastes were lesser intensities of the same smells we had on the nose, but also mixed in were nice red fruits, especially cherries. This was one cdelicious wine.
I would rate this with 91.5 TJ points.
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts:1210
| | 01/13/2003 1:57 AM |
| nice notes. I do have to say that is the first "half point" rating I have seen. Are you sure it wasn't 91.75 points??   | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Sorter
Posts:210
| | 01/13/2003 2:05 AM |
| TJ:
I think many '98 Oregons are just coming into their own. Glad I saved a bunch! For some reason, it seems a great number of us winos are willing to lay down our CA Pinots but we drink our Oregons far too early.
oh god...why do I sound like Board-O?? | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
| | 01/14/2003 3:33 AM |
| I suppose I coulda said 91-92 pts, but I was being anal-retentive.
I wish I had more 98 Oregon Pinots, I think I only have one or two left. But, man, I do love my CA Pinots, too. What to do, what to do?
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ChangeMe
Grape Truck Driver
Posts:37
| | 01/31/2003 3:55 AM |
| What a coincidence, TJ--I also had this wine with my date on New Year's Eve. We had it with salmon topped with a wasabi/creme fraiche sauce.
Unfortunately, I did not open the bottle prior to bringing it to the restaurant. Our first glass had waited "in glass" for perhaps 15 minutes before the salmon arrived. Until we got to the last glass of the night, we got very little from the wine. By our last glass each, the wine was finally starting to open--but alas, too late. Lesson learned: 98 Oregons may still need a fair amount of decant time. Unfortunately, this was my only bottle. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
| | 02/01/2003 5:23 PM |
| This failure of mine to buy only single bottles mostly in the past has me cursing to myself. I am starting to believe that I should buy at the very least two bottles of everything I get so I know I always have another to try.
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Budman
Master of Wine
Posts:11879
| | 02/01/2003 9:06 PM |
| TJ,
Buying one at a time was a frustrating (but economically necessary) habit that I have only recently broken. Thefeeling that I get knowing that I still have another bottle after a particularly satisfying wine is almost too joyful to describe.
Sometimes now, I even buy 3 or 4 (if I can afford it). | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
| | 02/01/2003 9:35 PM |
| | Totally budman. I too have only recently started buying multiple bottles. It keeps my shopping list short, but it is still very rewarding. | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Truck Driver
Posts:37
| | 02/03/2003 1:08 AM |
| Make that three of us who no longer make the mistake of buying just one bottle of ANYTHING, particularly the good stuff. Damn the cost...full speed ahead!! | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
| | 02/03/2003 1:15 AM |
| | Hey MBD, I am totally with you. I have to commit to this hobby, even if it kills me. But then again, red wine is supposed to be good for you right? | |
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