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And for my next trick....
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A little sweet to finish dinner. Ch Filhot 2005 Sauternes. Honeyed apricot, a little "plastic" on the nose but expected. The finish is a bit short and the palate a bit light. A tiny bit of spice on the finish, coupled with some vanilla. #delectable #wine
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Drinkable for $15! Morellino do Scansano Tempo. Decent dried red fruits. Could use a bit more acid. The Reserva is much better for only $4 more. #delectable #wine
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A little Max Ferd Richter 2011 Mosel Kabinett Riesling. Beautiful stone fruit of dried apricot, peach, honey, with great acidity to balance it. A touch of sweetness but still fairly dry. A great German wine. #delectable #wine
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Because... France met California and made baby grapes! Excellent. Bouchaine Pinot Noir 2007. Sitting in my cellar a year or two, excellent fruit mixed with great earthy notes. A great mix of old and new worlds. #delectable #wine
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Using a Coravin to taste a few wines out of a client's cellar with @VirginiaPhilip
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Summer calls for Rose! Aroma of strawberry and orange citrus, palate of smokey, tangy strawberry marmalade with citrus and spice. Nice acidity, long spiced finish. This would be great with grilled chicken, grilled fish, smoked cheeses. #delectable #wine
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Smells like you squeezed a grapefruit on a cat litter box . Taste like green grassy tropical honeyed fruit. Lots of acid for a Napa Oaked Sauvignon Blanc. Arguments over grapefruit versus pee on the nose, but it's an interesting wine. #delectable #wine
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For about $35, all day! Chateau Faugeres 2010 - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru. Nose and palate of ripe cherry, vanilla. Some earthiness and veggies on the palate. Great acidity balances the 15% abv. Slightly new world if I was blind, but really nice! #delectabl
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Perfumed nose of red flowers, red berries and soft spice. Palate is full, rich, silky. Tannin is soft and sweet. Dark red raspberry, plum skin, mocha, some earthiness. A little rustic mouth feel on the finish. For $17 or so, this is nice! #delectable #win
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Meh. Bellini Vernaccia do San Gimignano 2012. #delectable #wine
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Sweet floral and red fruits, with enough earthiness to remind you it's old world. Soft and elegant. Fine tannins. Just amazingly beautiful. Frederic Magnien 2006 Cote de Nuits-Villages "Coeur de Roches". Omg. Seriously #delectable #wine
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The Beaujolais you need to know! Charly Thevenet 2010 Regnie. Grain & Granit. Ridiculousness in a glass! Tart red fruits, earthy minerality. Changes as it opens. Great with grilled foods. #delectable #wine
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Coenobium 2011. Monastero Supre Costercensi. 45% Trebbiano. 35% Malvasia, 20% Verdicchio. Partial skin masceration for color and texture plus some oxidization giving it a unique palate and aroma. Nice acidity. One for the wine geeks! #delectable #wine
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The Soave you want to drink. Vigneti Di Foscarino, Soave Classico, 2009. Heavy baked apple, almonds. Medium mouth feel from neutral oak aging. Fun easy drinking summer wine. $40 #delectable #wine
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The $22 @wente Riva Ranch chard - sweet pear w vanilla caramel, sweet honey, white floral with a sprinkling of light baking spice #ChardDay #wentechard
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For $15 @Wente Morning Fog is a great #wine Great pear fruit mixed w vanilla & white flower! Nice balance between oak and fruit, only 50% see oak. #ChardDay #wentechard
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The @wente Eric's Small Lot '12 Chardonnay. Warmed spiced Bosc pear, med- acid, a bit round #ChardDay #wentechard
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Hanzell "Sebella" Chardonnay 2012 - nose of lemon, chalky wet stone, and white flowers. Palate is crisp and clean. Green apple and Bartlet pear, great acidity. Spice mixed with citrus and flowers, really fun vibrancy in the glass. Really like, $35.
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Gloria Ferrer 2011 Carneros Chardonnay. 100% Carneros estate fruit. Aged in 100% French oak for 9 months. 50% malolactic fermentation. Buttery, vanilla cream custard aroma. Palate is rich, medium full, with yellow apple, toasted coconut, and a soft warmin
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1st up for #ChardDay is @GloriaFerrer Blanc de Blanc NV Sparkling #wine. Granny Smith apple, lemon custard, almonds! Crisp and clean, a little orange blossom on the approach, but nice tart Granny Smith is the dominant flavor. Carneros, CA
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Tonight's lineup for #ChardonnayDay. Wente, Gloria Ferrer, and Hanzell on deck! #wine
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Terre di Talamo, Tempo Riserva 2006, Morellino di Scansano DOC - aroma of earthy dark cherry, dried herbs. Palate of robust dark cherry, forest floor, dried rose petals, thyme, nice tannin. Aged 6 months in Barriques, bottle aged 12 months. Certainly old
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Simi Sauvignon Blanc 2013 - grapefruit, lime, major green herbal notes, a little spice. The finish is a little jarring. Decent acidity, but not razor sharp. A little pepper on the finish. Like for the price, under $20, but not love #delectable #wine
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Birthday Cocktail #1. And #2. Bennett using New Amsterdam Gin. Cheers
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Aroma of fresh ripe strawberry and smokey bacon. Medium to full mouth feel. A ton of baking spice and even a little pepper mixed in with dark but ripe strawberry, raspberry and cocoa. A little over extracted, A little heavy on the oak, but not overwhelmin
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Young and tight. Needed a bit to decant and open. Tart cranberry and under ripe strawberry. Earthy mushroom and soft baking spices on the finish. Softens as it opens. Looking forward to roasted chicken with this. #delectable #wine
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Our back patio rocks! #UnderTheMangoTree
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Because... I'm out of lemons! #Scotch
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Because... Friday! Cheers! #cocktail #sidecar
