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Weekly Twitter Wine Mini Reviews Round-Up For November 5, 20112 min read

Posted on November 5, 2011 by 1WineDude

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I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be fun, quickly-and-easily-digestible reviews. Below is a wrap-up of the twitter reviews from the past week (click here for the skinny on how to read them), along with links to help you find them so you can try them for yourself. Cheers!

  • 06 Mount Veeder Winery Reserve (Napa Valley): Tight-lipped, whispering black licorice secrets to be revealed a few years from now. $80 A- >>find this wine>>
  • 09 Indaba Sauvignon Blanc (Western Cape): Flinty; and like a piece of flint, it’s got plenty of edges – some of them a bit rough. $8 C+ >>find this wine>>
  • 09 Treana Red (Paso Robles): Nice complexity (earth, black currant, tar, chocolate), but so big it feels like it’s trying to be Port. $35 B >>find this wine>>
  • 09 Kukkula Lothario (Paso Robles): Great tobacco leaves, but they’re wrapping stewed & pruney fruit, & it’s not going down easy. $36 B- >>find this wine>>
  • 07 Niner Wine Estates Twisted Spur (Paso Robles): Like a rodeo – a little woody, a little leathery, a little dusty, & a lot of fun. $25 B >>find this wine>>
  • NV Sokol Blosser Meditrina Red Blend (OR): Pretty well-assembled for a kitchen sink blend; but still more ‘assembled’ than ‘balanced’ $17 B- >>find this wine>>
  • NV Sokol Blosser Evolution White Wine (OR): Goes down refreshing & fast; but like a drunken hookup, U might forget it almost as fast. $17 B- >>find this wine>>
  • 08 James Oatley Tic Tok Chardonnay (Mudgee): Get past the toasty tropical nose & you’ll be rewarded with a mouthful of vibrant charm. $14 B- >>find this wine>>
  • 09 Apothic Red (CA): Your wine-geek-self might not be into the sweet red fruits, but chances are high that all your friends will be. $14 B- >>find this wine>>
  • 07 Bonny Doon Le Pousseur Syrah (Central Coast): Further proof + that Central Coast is onto something when it comes to ageworthy Syrah $15 B >>find this wine>>
  • 09 Clayhouse Wines Adobe Red (Paso Robles): A bit of a battle royal between silky, sexy mouthfeel & bellicose-but-sweet red fruits. $15 B- >>find this wine>>
  • 09 Lone Madrone La Mezcla (Paso Robles): I will slay your octopus, grill it in olive oil & serve it w/ my tasty floral, citrusy self! $22 B >>find this wine>>
  • 10 Denner Vineyards The Dirt Worshiper (Central Coast): Syrah that’s kicking more than dirt; it’s kicking some serious ass as well. $55 B+ >>find this wine>>
  • 10 Chronic Cellars Stone Fox (Paso Robles): Delicate orange blossom & honeysuckle meet hefty but-still-gorgeous topical fruits. Wow. $20 B+ >>find this wine>>
  • 08 Four Vines Anarchy (Paso Robles): Red Rhone blend that’s far from total chaos; over-the-top in a pleasing, boisterous way. $30 B+ >>find this wine>>
  • 09 Chaddsford Pinot Noir (PA): She’s quite pretty & delicate & inviting, but this smoky room’s kind of cramping my style, man. $17 B- >>find this wine>>
  • 07 Chaddsford Merlot (PA): Fine mix of concentrated black fruit & herbal, veggie complexity from arguably PA’s best-ever red vintage. $17 B >>find this wine>>
  • 09 Red Car Trolley Pinot Noir (Sonoma Coast): Fresh, highly-explosive red berry hand-grenade contains spicy, earthy mushroom shrapnel $45 B+ >>find this wine>>
  • 09 Davis Family Vineyards Cuvee Luke (Sierra Foothills): Beguilingly curvy but has a pithy/abrasive streak; think I used to date this. $26 B >>find this wine>>
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