September, 2004 - Joanne
The Great Match - Wine & Tapas
San Francisco, The Regency Center
Tasting Notes:
2000 Ardeval Priorat $50
Slightly bitter.
2001 Clos Mogador Priorat $90
100% Carignane. Good acids, incredibly concentrated with a really long finish. Really good.
2000 Absis Pares Balta DO Penedes $100
Oaky. Not as good as Mogador.
2001 Les Sorts Old Vines
Grenache.
Fruity lighter style. Good. About $200/case,
2000 Scala Dei Cartoixa DOC Priorat $27
Fruity. Good. Pleasant.
1996 Conde de Valdemar Gran Reserva DOC Rioja $25
Curranty. More Bordeaux style. Really poor value.
1998 Finca Valpiedra Reserva DOC Rioja $32
Good acids. Not that notable.
1998 Baron de Ley Reserva DOC Rioja $20
95% tempranillo 5% Cab. Great! Fantastic fruit and acid.
1995 Baron de Ley Gran Reserva DOC Rioja $32
95% tempranillo 5% Cab. Smoothest wine of the night. Bordeaux-like with V/A and medicinal elements. Old style Riserva.
2001 Finca Monasterio Baron de Ley DOC Rioja $42
New world style riserva, chewy tannic and little light on the finish.
NV Maria Casanovas Brut Nature Gran Reserva DO CAVA $38
Does nothing for me. Not too sweet. Cleansing but boring.
2002 Rejadorada Tinto Roble DO Toro $16
Good fruit. Oaky but intergrated – light style.
1999 Areagata Reserve Bodgeas Asensio Sanz DO Navarra $20
Interesting fruit. Meaty and slightly herbal. YUM! *
1997 Baron de Ona Reserva Torre de Ona DOC Rioja $28
Jack: Very Young wine. Joanne: Lots of medicinal notes.
1998 Vina Ardanza La Rioja Alta DOC Rioja $37
Great acids. Interesting wine. A lot of oak on finish.
2001 Laurona Europvin Falset DO Montsant $28
Fresh black cherries. Yum.
2000 Alion Ribera del Duero $67
Way way young. Closed. Tannic. 100% Tempranillo.
2003 Nora Albarino Rias Baixas $14
Very clean. Lemon.
2003 Naia Vina Sila DO Rueda $11
Tremendous. Malolactic but crisp and balanced.
2000 Torre Muga DOC Rioja $65
Very oaky but integrated. Loooong finish.
2000 Allende DOC Rioja $18
No.
2000 Sierra Cantabria Crizana DOC Rioja $18
Tannic. Slightly bitter. Great acids.
2000. Ganuza Resrva Bodegas Fernando Remirez de Ganuza DOC Rioja $65
Pretty good.
2003 Finca Luzon DO Jumilla $10
Merlot. Oaky, tannic, cheap but drinkable.
1999 Valdubon Reserva DO Ribera del Duero $24
15,000 cases. Really great. In oak 24 mos. 100%Tempranillo (Where Vega Sicilia comes from.)
2001 Morlanda DOC Priorat $46
Wow tremendous. 30% Grenache, 10% Cab. About 4000 cases. Buy Some!
2001 Castillo Perelada Crianza DO Emporda-Costa Brava
$10 really fruity.
? Cresta Rosa Castillo Perelada DO Emporda-Costa Brava $8
Malolactic. Grenache. Yuck!
? Blanc Pescador Castillo Perelada DO Emporda-Costa Brava $8
Very clean. Cheap. Not much taste.
NV Castillo Perelada Brut Rosado DO Cava $11
Salvador Dali’s favorite wine. Wine for Spanish Royal Wedding. Drinkable. Just.
NV Castillo Perelada Reserva Brut DO Cava $10
Drinkable but cheap.
2000 Gran Claustro de Castillo Perelada DO Emporda-Costa Brava $51
Chewy. Very very concentrated. Slightly bitter but really good.
1999 Oilver Conti Red DOC Emporda-Costa Brava $40
Didn’t excite.
2001 Mas Igneus FA 206 DOC Priorat $20
Weird but good. Red Fruit.
1998 Mas La Plana Miguel Torres DO Penedes $46
Yeah good but… boring. Was expecting it to be better.
20 Yr Old Sandeman Royal Corredgidor Rich Old Oloroso Sherry $25
Brown sugar and currants. Good acids.
20 Yr Old Sandeman Royal Ambrosante Old Solera Pedro Ximenez Sherry $25
Intense Balsamic and currants. Intense. Fantastic. Buy some!
1997 Chateldon Cabernet Suavignon Gran Reserva Bodegas Pinord Penedes $29
Bordeaux style. Medicinal. Good Value.
