if you can sense alcohol on the nose of a wine, and maybe this was simply preemptive taste judgement, but that is what I smelled. Definitely sharper red fruits characterized this one. Becky swore that it smelled like play-doh/plastic action figures. I think that may have been any one of the three shandies that she enjoyed before opening this bottles talking. On the palette, I get a cran-licorice-hotness. The tannins are nice and make for a firm structure. Josh picks up "the pulp and the depth" of a cherry. Becky gets some plum as the wine opens up, I disagree - but the fruit is definitely getting a bit deeper as we drink on. Josh hypothesizes that the age (it iiiis an 03) may have something to do with the depth. It is not, afterall, easy to find a 10 year old malbec for 10 bucks....that's right. Did we mention that this was 10 bucks. As not a real malbec lover, I give this one a B-, but the value is really outstanding. Due the wine opening up quite a bit, we may have been selling this one short at the beginning of the post. It might have been wiser to decant this, but the urgency of the post-thai tasting session was undeniable. We give this one a robust B.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Terra Buena Malbec 2003: B
After a meal of expertly prepared, and extremely authentic Thai food, courtesy of Becky, we decided to open up a bottle of the Terra Buena Malbec. On the nose, I got some hotness. I am not sure if you can sense alcohol on the nose of a wine, and maybe this was simply preemptive taste judgement, but that is what I smelled. Definitely sharper red fruits characterized this one. Becky swore that it smelled like play-doh/plastic action figures. I think that may have been any one of the three shandies that she enjoyed before opening this bottles talking. On the palette, I get a cran-licorice-hotness. The tannins are nice and make for a firm structure. Josh picks up "the pulp and the depth" of a cherry. Becky gets some plum as the wine opens up, I disagree - but the fruit is definitely getting a bit deeper as we drink on. Josh hypothesizes that the age (it iiiis an 03) may have something to do with the depth. It is not, afterall, easy to find a 10 year old malbec for 10 bucks....that's right. Did we mention that this was 10 bucks. As not a real malbec lover, I give this one a B-, but the value is really outstanding. Due the wine opening up quite a bit, we may have been selling this one short at the beginning of the post. It might have been wiser to decant this, but the urgency of the post-thai tasting session was undeniable. We give this one a robust B.
if you can sense alcohol on the nose of a wine, and maybe this was simply preemptive taste judgement, but that is what I smelled. Definitely sharper red fruits characterized this one. Becky swore that it smelled like play-doh/plastic action figures. I think that may have been any one of the three shandies that she enjoyed before opening this bottles talking. On the palette, I get a cran-licorice-hotness. The tannins are nice and make for a firm structure. Josh picks up "the pulp and the depth" of a cherry. Becky gets some plum as the wine opens up, I disagree - but the fruit is definitely getting a bit deeper as we drink on. Josh hypothesizes that the age (it iiiis an 03) may have something to do with the depth. It is not, afterall, easy to find a 10 year old malbec for 10 bucks....that's right. Did we mention that this was 10 bucks. As not a real malbec lover, I give this one a B-, but the value is really outstanding. Due the wine opening up quite a bit, we may have been selling this one short at the beginning of the post. It might have been wiser to decant this, but the urgency of the post-thai tasting session was undeniable. We give this one a robust B.
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