Twin Cities Wine Tasting with John Glas
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WINE REVIEWS & RATINGS

 

 

ARGENTINA

 

CHILE

2004 Concha Y Toro Don Melchor Puente Alto Cabernet Sauvignon $$$$

Color:  Medium Purple

Nose:  Big with plum, earth, oak, mushrooms, spice

Taste:  Mouthful of cherry, blackberries, oak, spice, vanilla

Finish:  Medium with nice fruit, truffles, oak, vanilla, spice, floral

Evaluation:  Cellar or decant 4 hours.  A wonderful wine.  93 points

2004 Santa Rita Medalla Real Special Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon $$

Color:  Dark purple

Nose:  Floral, plum, earth, spice,

Taste:  Huge spice and crushed rock, floral, oak, vanilla, cinnamon

Finish:  Powerful with spice, floral, oak, vanilla, and cinnamon

Evaluation:  For $16.99 at Hennepin Lake a steal!  This needs to be decanted 4 hours and is better the next day.  I would also cellar for 5 years as you will be rewarded.  89 points

2004 Veramonte Primus Casablanca Valley Merlot/Cabernet/Carmenere Blend $$

Color:  Dark purple

Nose:  Spice, oak

Taste:  spice, earth, oak, and cinnamon

Finish:  Oak, spice, earth

Evaluation:  Solid Blend  85 points

2005 Santa Rita Medalla Real Special Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon $$

Color:  Dark purple

Nose:  Plum, oak, vanilla, spice

Taste:  Oak, vanilla, spice, and a hint of fruit

Finish:  Medium with earth qualities dominating

Evaluation:  Earth Forward.  86 points

2005 Veramonte Reserva Casablanca Valley Cabernet $$

Color:  Dark purple

Nose:  Spice, oak

Taste:  Spice, cinnamon

finish:  Spice, cinnamon, oak

Evaluation:  83 points

2005 Veramonte Reserva Casablanca Valley Merlot $$

Color: Medium purple

Nose:  Spice, cigar box

Taste:  Spice, oak, cinnamon

Finish:  Spice, oak

Evaluation:  Good everyday wine.  84 points

2006 Casa Lapostolle Rapel Valley Cabernet Sauvignon $$

Color:  Medium purple

Nose:  Earth, spice Taste:  Earth, spice, oak

Finish:  A gritty wine with a medium finish

Evaluation:  Simple wine. 83 points

2006 Veramonte Riserva Casablanca Valley Pinot Noir $$

Color:  Light purple

Nose:  spice

Taste:  Spice, cigar box, earth

Finish:  Short with spice and earth

Evaluation:  Simple but good.  84 points

2006 Walnut Crest Valle Rapel Shiraz $

Color:  Medium purple

Nose:  Spice

Taste:  Tannic and overly bitter with a hint of spice

Finish:  Too bitter and not balanced

Evaluation:  Poorly made 76 points

GERMANY

2006 Two Worlds Pfalz Pinot Noir $$

Color:  Light purple

Nose:  Spice, raspberry, blueberry

Taste:  Nice and smooth

Finish:  Spice, raspberry and blueberry on this smooth finish

Evaluation:  A nice Pinot Noir from Germany for the cost 87 points

NEW ZEALAND

2004 Abacus South Island Pinot Noir $

Color:  Medium purple

Nose:  Spice, floral

Taste:  Spice, floral, pepper, little acidic, nice fruit featuring sour cherry

Finish:  Medium with spice, earth, floral and a little too acidic

Evaluation:  For $6 at Sam's Club a steal!  85 points

2006 Brancott South Island Pinot Noir $

Color:  Light purple

Nose:  Floral, raspberry, spice

Taste:  Spice, bing cherry, floral

Finish:  Short

Evaluation:  For under $10 a good intro to Pinot Noir 86 points

2006 Kim Crawford Pinot Noir $$

Color:  Light purple

Nose:  Mineral and cola

Taste:  Mineral and cola

Finish:  Acidic and weak

Evaluation:  Not a great effort.  80 points

2006 Dog Point Marlborough Pinot Noir $$$

Color:  Light purple

Nose:  Strawberry, spice

Taste: Strawberry, cherry, floral, some oak

Finish:  Overall balanced wine with a medium finish

Evaluation:  Solid 88 points

2006 Huia Marlborough Pinot Noir $$$

Color:  Medium purple

Nose:  Big fruit featuring raspberry, dark cherry, spice

Taste:  Cherry, raspberry, spice, and good acidity

Finish:  Nice fruit showing with a minor amount of spice.  Medium tannins that should soften with a year in the cellar.  Very balanced wine.

Evaluation:  A great example of a fruit forward wine!  90 points

2006 Villa Maria Marlborough Pinot Noir $$

Color:  Medium red

Nose:  Spice, mineral, floral

Taste:  Spice, mineral, floral

Finish:  Long and multi layered with floral, spice, mineral

Evaluation:  Great value Pinot.  88 points

PORTUGUL

2004 Uniao das Adegas Cooperativas do Dao Beiras Irreverente $

Color:  Dark purple

Nose:  Plum, earth

Taste:  Plum, blackberry, spice

Finish:  Spice, blackberry, plum and pepper

Evaluation:  Buy it!  90 points

2005 Symington Family Estates Douro Tinta Roriz (70%)/Touriga Franca (30%) $

Color:  Light purple

Nose:  Big with plum, meat, cherry, mineral

Taste:  Nice fruit, mineral, floral

Finish:  Medium with smooth tannins

Evaluation:  A steal for the price.  88 points

SOUTH AFRICA

2005 Gove Valley Grenache $$

Color:  Dark purple

Nose:  Earth, spice

Taste:  Earth, mineral, floral and spice

Finish:  Medium with floral and spice

Evaluation:  For around $11 a great buy.  87 points

Hennepin Lake

2005 Long Neck Western Cape Shiraz $

Color:  Medium purple

Nose:  Pepper, earth

Taste:  Earth, pepper

Finish:  Medium with pepper and earth

Evaluation:  Straight forward wine, good value 85 points

 

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