Wino's March Gatherimg

Sunday, March 24, 2013

It was Terry's turn to host this month so he opted for a "cellar cleaning". We brought the food and he furnished all the wines. A lot of good food showed up. Most I did not get to taste. I have this thing about walking around with a plate, eating and trying to pour and balance the wine  glass, I always go for the finger foods..

We started out with a 1982 Caymus, Napa, Cabernet Sauvignon. It was old, and over the hill but still had a lot of fruit on it. Old wines can be interesting. Most people really pass them up because they are into "fresh". But it is unique experience to taste the old ones.

A lot of McKeon Phillips wines were on the table as Terry is a big fan of them. All were good. Ranged from 1999 to 2010

All together there were 31 wines opened. A couple that I did like were the 2004 Notarpanaro red blend from Italy and the 2006 Reignac Bordeaux. There was a 2009 Winzer Dornfelder which was not even close to the Huber Dornfeldere out of the Sta. Rita Hills. One is German and much lighter in the structure and the other is classic Sta Rita Hills big , jammy, wine.