Saturday, October 04, 2008

What's chilling in your refigerator?

Disclosure 1: I did not purposely pick these wines for this blog. They just happened to be in there.

Disclosure 2: I realized I had an interesting set of whites, so I did purposefully pick today to record for all posterity.

The wine shelf in the door holds 5 wines, of which I've opened two. They are/were:
  1. Bodegas Godeval 2006 Valdeorras Viña Godeval (WS 90) - an usual grape from Spain. I've had a previous bottle and liked but did not love it.
  2. Tiefenbrunner 2007 Pinot Grigio (WS 90, Costco $11.50) - I'm not much of a Pinot Grigio fan, but I had a wonderful Oregon Pinot Grigio, given to me as a gift by Katie, that had a citrusy core like Sauvignon Blanc, but with Grigio notes. So with renewed interest, I picked up this highly rated bottle. But the Tiefenbrunner is quite (too) restrained with some mineral, floral and unripe peach notes. No acidity. Just tasted flat. My score: 85.
  3. Dominio del Plato 2007 Torrontes "Crios" (WS 82-85 for previous years, Costco $11.69) - nice nose of rich, ripe banana, white fruit, floral and nutmeg. Dryer than it smells with some mineral. Easy to sip. With a bit more acidity would be so nice. My score: 88.
  4. Logan 2006 Chardonnay Sleepy Hollow (WS 90, $18 WC(?)) - a huge favorite of my wife's. A big (ovelry) ripe, rich chardonnay. The 2004 was actually too ripe for me.
  5. Baurmann 1992 (!) Riesling Oppenheimber Sacktragen Auslese ($16) - for some reason the Wine Club is getting the contents of their cellar of old wines. I can't resist getting a chance to taste a wine this old that has been stored properly for such a low price. They had released another fairly old vintage at the Wine Club about 9 months ago, of which 1 of 3 bottles was superb.
So on paper, the wines themselves aren't that unusual with a chardonnay, riesling, pinot grigio among them. But varietals only tell part of the story.

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