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Wine Blogging Wednesday #010

So it's the tenth episode...not bad!  I've been drinking at least ONE bottle of wine per week since the start of two-thousand-ten and I'm looking forward to the forty-two weeks ahead!

This week I opened up a bottle which my cousin gifted to me a few years ago.  This bottle comes from Israel, literally (I brought it back to the US myself), and it is a very small production wine.  The label had the hand written vintage of 2005 on it.

Check out the video...

The Lowdown:

• Vintage: 2005
• Varietal(s): Cabernet Sauvignon
• Producer: Dipon (דיפון)
• Cost: Gift from my cousin in Israel

The 2005 Dipon (דיפון) Cabernet Sauvignon from Israel that I tasted was really a fantastic wine.  I can't recall scoring it in the video and I will score it a 93.  This wine was full of richness in the nose and on the palate.  The tannins were present but mellow, the acidity was just right and for me, this was a fantastic wine.

I wish I could find out more information about this wine so if YOU know anything about it, please share.

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I just know that it was made by someone close to my cousin, if not a family member of his, and that this wine was submitted to a tasting panel in a Boston wine event and scored a GOLD medal.

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Wine Blogging Wednesday #009

This week I opened up and tasted the 2002 Léo de la Gaffelière from the Saint Emilion area of Bordeaux. 

Whatcha' WINEing About is becoming a great success and I wanted to thank everyone for the emails and messages on facebook and elsewhere.  I still urge everyone to leave comments below the video so we can get some interaction going on.

Back to the wine...  This wine was interesting.  I don't have much experience with wine and especially French wine and Bordeaux.  Although I am trying to learn as much as I can, there are still flavors that I do not like.

This wine showed me some of those things although it is still very hard for me to explain the flavors that I tasted in this wine.

Watch the episode and I'll get back to babbling later.

So like you just saw, this wine didn't ring my bell on the yummyness scale at all.  There was a nice nose to it but the flavor was sooo different than what I am used to and it just didn't work well for me.  Flavors of old wine in particular.  You know that smell when you open up an old book, or when you walk into a room which is old and musty - that's the kind of thing I picked up on this wine.  It wasn't a great experience for me.  I have two more bottles and I am eager to see how this wine will evolve.

The tannins were sooo huge which I also thought was interesting.  The nose was nice, the tannins were still very aggressive for a wine with 8 years behind it and the flavor was yucky - I can't explain it because of my lack of experience but if you can, please share.

The Lowdown:

• Vintage: 2002
• Varietal(s): St. Emilion Blend typically consisting of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and maybe some Cabernet Sauvignon
• Producer: The Maison Malet Roquefort empire makes this wine under the LEO label with three other wines
  
• Cost: $9 US on Sale at Wally's (I accidentally said it was $13 in the video above -- can't expect much -- quality costs $$$)

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Wine Blogging Wednesday #008

The Qupé Syrah I tasted this week is full of smokey fruit flavors and easy to drink.  Sometimes you don't want to think too much.  You just want to open a bottle and enjoy it. 

I bought these four half-bottles (375mL) at Wally's tent sale a couple of weeks ago.  For $6 I couldn't pass up the buy, especially since they are half bottles.  I am really getting into the mini's because it is much easier and quicker to finish off the bottle, it won't go bad as quick and it's another cork to the collection (I get a special prize when my cork container will be full!).

The Lowdown:

• Vintage: 2007
• Varietal(s): Syrah
• Producer: Qupé
  
• Cost: $6 US on Sale

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Wine Blogging Wednesday #007

Please do not blame me or this site for the name of the wine I tasted for this weeks WBW.  It wasn't me, it was the R Wines MAN......

So this week I am tasting the 2006 R Wines 'The Bitch'.  I bought this wine for $5 and read somewhere that it received a 90 Point score from Robert Parker.  That price-to-score ration is insane but IMHO it doesn't cone close to 90 points for me - so I am wondering if it was really an RP score or someone else from WA.

Stephen Tanzer gave this wine a score of 87 so they must have liked something that I didn't get in my bottle.

Anyways - on with the show...sorry in advance - it gets lengthy and personal.  No hate or disrespect intended.  Enjoy and please post your feedback below.

The Lowdown:

• Vintage: 2006
• Varietal(s): Grenache (NO WOOD TREATMENT)
• Producer: R Wines
  
• Cost: $5 US on Sale

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