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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | DR. VINO JUNE 8, 2009 249 bottles of wine on the wall 1996 d’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings Grenache/Shiraz, McLaren Vale. 2002 d’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvèdre, McLaren Vale. 2006 d’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvèdre, McLaren Vale. 2005 Howard Park Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Cabernet Franc, Great. | | | | | | | | SLAKED JUNE 14, 2010 Blending. continued 4) Press wine (round, full). Petit verdot showed very nicely in 2009. Increasing the petit verdot addition to 10% resulted in a significantly less interesting wine than the 5% addition. Likewise, an addition of cabernet franc did nothing for the wine. 2) Dark fruits. 3) Mellow and round. with a 3.9 | WINE TASTING GUY SEPTEMBER 27, 2008 Wines for the New (Jewish) Year UNDER $30 I'm pressed for time (aren't we all) so here goes. And two wines in their appellation series that are of interest are the Carmel "old vine" Carignan & the Carmel Petit Sirah. Staying with the theme of uncommon varietals is the Recanati Reserve Cabernet Franc. I'm sorry for the delay in writing this post. | WINE TASTING GUY MAY 4, 2008 Day in Napa then had a Rose' made from Cab Franc before moving on to the reds. Following the Cab I had a Petit Sirah and finished with an old vine Zin PORT that I REALLY enjoyed. The Zin was blended with about 7-8% Petit Sirah & a touch (about 1%) of Cab. had a 2004 " The Sisters " Cab made with 8% Cab Franc. Nice wines. | | | | | | | | | |
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