Miner’s Oracle 2004 (a Bordeaux blend) video review
Monday, December 29th, 2008
Miner’s Oracle 2004 - a review from PortersWine.com from Porter’s Wine on Vimeo.
Music by Broken Social Scene (Shoreline 7/4)
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Vina Real Plata Crianza 20005 Rioja
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Here comes a two night special:
Night one: Cigar smoke (toasty French oak) on the nose with a very sharp blackberry palate. Good wine, but not mind blowing. Medium-bodied (one day you’ll find out that most wine is medium-bodied, and that it’s not a bad thing), and a good food wine.
Night two: Sweet black currants on the nose coupled with just a bit of unlit cigarette. Totally soft with with a ripe basil and thyme scent on the end of the palate. A great crowd pleaser, and a serious wine.
Clairette de Die Cuvee Imperial Jalliance
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Slightly sweet stony peaches, apricots, and tangerines. This wine pairs well with fresh fruits, salty cheeses, and crunchy appetizers. This wine is made from nearly invisibly small Muscat grapes and a few brawny Clairette pickings, and would be our most popular, most well-loved bottle of bubbly if it contained the word “Brut” in all caps on the label. If you’re not scared of trying the most refreshing off-dry bubbly on our shelves, then pick this up for your celebration this year
Gosset Grande Reserve NV
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
This bottle agitates the palate by smelling and tasting very different than what it looks like. It has pale and almost frail white and yellow body featuring tiny, pearly bubbles. The aromas and flavors it exhibits though are reminiscent of dark berries, brown nut skins, and deep fleshy fruits (think cherries and blackberries, but from a very lightly colored wine!). I and many other wine lovers have been happy to score it an easy 9 out of 10
Adami Prosecco Brut
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Lemon zest, fresh ginger, and yellow apples on the nose and palate. Dry, yet lush. Drink as an aperitif, or with fish covered in fruit salsa.