Nomadic Wines

Drinking red wine with the guys at Euclid

• 2004 Core Blend 163 Alta Mesa - USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County
  This is a delicious bottle of Grenache blend from Core. The wine has ripe strawberries and lots more red fruit. The wine simply slides down as the tannins are soft and well-integrated. Major crowd pleaser. There is a little licorice and spice, but it is still focused on primary fruit.


• 2004 Château de Mattes-Sabran Corbières Close Redon - France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Corbières
  Deep, complex wine for ~$14. It was darker than the two previous wines, showing off its 100% Syrah make-up. Ripe blackberry and black pepper were the highlights for me. This is a great QPR wine.


• 2000 Charles Joguet Chinon Clos de la Dioterie - France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon
  I picked this up from the sale bin at Kermit Lynch - it was thin, vegetal, and had some decent red fruit. Typical Chinon from a non-ripe vintage. Not bad with the salad lyonnais, but not appealing to most people.

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