Saturday, October 6, 2007

Tasting on October 5, 2007

4 wines were tasted blind. The tasters are Winepath, Uncle N, Piroca, and Jimmy.
This is ordered from low to high score.

All tasters, please edit as you see fit.

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4. Clos Du Bois 2004 Cab Sauv

Score=2

Mineral dust nose, Austere with simple tannin taste. Not much fruits.

3. St. Clement 2004 Cab Sauv

Score=3

Black cherry and funk (not as bad as European wines) on the nose. Sour cherry taste with good tannin structure. Skimpy mid palate and short finish. Skimpy?

2. Leviathan 2005 Red Meritage

Score=3

Nice dark fruits on the nose. Lots of fruits with slightly sugarfied taste. Rounded tannin easy to drink. Short finish.

1. Seavey 2003 Cab Sauv:

Score=4

Best of the tasting. Classic California Cab. Great nose of black fruits and vanilla. Lots of fruits (cherry, black berry, blue berry). Very structure tannin. Good mid palate but relatively short finish.

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