De Venoge Cordon Bleu Brut Select

Has a lovely bouqet of ginger, citrus, and brioche. Lots of good apple up front and finishes with a bit of plum. What's unique about this is it's simply not focused at all on any classic parings but highly complex and even a bit racy acidic. The acidity almost comes on the end of this with like an acidic plum, with an apple at the beginning.


A key descriptor would be racy plum acidity on the end, Apple first with citrus ginger brioche feel throughout.

Chateau du Retout 2015

A tart red nose with red fruit starting.  More medium bodied with ripe tannin finish.  During second taste plum tart appears i.e. the Damson plum and its a bit smoother.  Aeration helps this as I'm noticing slight note differences as the wine stays exposed.

Chateau Fonseche Haut Medoc 2012

Dark fruit based medium bodied cabernet with good grip on backend.  Good medium level easy drinking fruit content with the backend tannins enhancing ease of drink.  Overall perfect for an easy drinking steak wine.

Atrevida Malbec 2015

Strong blackberry nose that carries over to the front of the mouthfeel.  Medium bodied definite red fruit finish with a subtle herb. Consider as a lighter bodied steak wine.  Meant not as a big wine. 

River Road Russian River Valley

Cranberries and cherries in nose with a little spice.  Medium bodied mouthfeel sold cherry front and plum backbone.  Cherry long lasting finish.  Light tannin. Pretty velvet 

Chateau De Cornemps Cuvee Prestige 2015

A drier red with black currant on the nose, blackcurrent as your first fruit in the mouthfeel and plum finish. No tannin on the backend, this is much more a low tannin easy drinking drier merlot. I found the picture online/didn't take it myself, I drank the 2015. The plum does sort of intermix with everything else in the wine.

Chateau La Fleur Peyrabon

I think this is a wine you can play with in the sense of truly savoring every drop instead of just chugging.  Has a gorgeous blueberry spiced nose with lots of tons of red berry and nice well structured tannins that pervade the entire mouth feel quite excellently. The length on this is fantastic in part structured by the tannins. Almost notes of cherry that appear later.

Dominican Oaks Chardonnay Unoaked

Pear on the nose.  crisp pear first peach last. Has subtle notes of lemon throughout both in the nose and mouthfeel.  Medium bodied.  I'd argue this is a classic example of a drier Unoaked Chardonnay.

Goose Island bourbon barrel county stout

Tons of what I think is vanilla on nose with vanilla carrying throughout and roasted malt finish

Solena Pinot Gris

Peach on the nose. Tons of pear on the front have of the tongue and peach on the finish, long lasting. medium bodied.

Rubus 2009

Pulled it out of my dad's inappropriately stored stockpile.  Wanted to see if it was still good.  It was.  A bit smoky on nose with tons of black currant and plum on back end.  Long lasting

Center 38 Cabernet Napa

Big thick cab that is perfect for streaks.  Has blackberry in nose,  tons of blackberry in mouthfeel with silky chewy tannins and long finish

Butterfield Station Chardonnay

A distinctly fruiter style butter chardonnay. It begins with both apple and peaches on the nose with peaches dominating. These flavors follow through to the pallate. Apple remains predominant on the pallate, more on the front of the tongue. Peach flavor dominates the sides of the tongue. Butter finishes. Nice and big. Drank the 2016 version while playing videogames.

Five Branches Chardonnay

Very clean nose with pear first butter second and citrus backend.  Almost defined by a caramel style butter and a nice citrus fruit. Nose is the same as I tasted on Ch Ste Michelle

River Road Boschetti Vineyard 2014

Excellent inviting nose of cedar,  blackberry front of the tongue and toffee on backend.  Medium bodied with slightly dry feel. An excellent  Zin from River Road and what is especially notable is its dryness and overall elegence

Spaten Optimator

Basically plum and prune. Not strong on chocolate or coffee

Delurium Tremens Pale Ale

Nice creamy head with fine bubbles. 
Toasty nose with a slight berry mouthfeel.  Not too heavy. Banana on backend

Bogle Chardonnay

Basically buttery nose,  apple mouthfeel,  butter finish.  Medium bodied.  Well balanced. Nothing bad but nothing new either.

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Solnia Tempranillo

So this wine doesn't have a tasting note to base my judgments on so I'm going to just draw what I can from the taste.




Nice and fruity throughout the nose and pallate. Medium bodied with a subtle, I think I might call it a chewy tanin on the backend. The fruit is a little bit brighter than darker throughout the pallate. I'd also refer to the nose as being not quite oaky but more rasberry/plum.

Fritz Zinfandel Dry Creek 2014

Printed sheet is mine notes.  Unique because this wine exists drier rather than sweeter.  Lots of dried black fruit on back and not as jammy.

Firebrand Merlot Total Wine and More

Not an overly complex wine. Lots of nice smooth cherry flavors in the mouthfeel. Perfect for that second drink at the party when you just make sure that people are happy and merry. On the nose, primarily oak. Little bit of a drier finish.

Beran Zinfandel California

This wine is excellent with a little oaky nose that contains a touch of blackberry that is pretty enticing, tons and tons of blackberry fruit that isn't tart, almost black currantish, and a little rasberry on the end. I can't taste the plum the description says on the back end. Overall, nicely complex, nice fruit, but well balanced with the nose and rasberry bite on the backend.

Oak Grove Zin

Perfect for pizza night,  a nice light cherry forward raspberry backend with mint on the nose from Arroyo Secco one of the largest wineries in Cali

Lefebvre Blanche de Bruxelles

Duvel

Chimay Cinq Cents White

Cloud Break Zin

Has a bit of smoke on nose initially.  Vanilla backend with jammy blackberry front-end. I think nose and backend is a result of the oak used.  Relatively light but still loads of fruit. Blackberries came out in nose near the end for me 

Ch Ste Jean Chardonnay

Citrus on the front,  hazelnut backend.  Smooth medium bodied. Think lemon cream. 

Double Dog Dare Chardonnay

Pretty darn good for a lower cost chardonnay. 

Fruitier than some buttery chardonnay out there with a little butter on the backend.  Nice clean smell. I think the added acid really brings out fruit over the acid.  

This was actually better then the Ch. Ste Michelle that I had last night. It's simply due to the added acid that allows more of chardonnay pear to come out.

Chateau Ste Michelle Chardonnay

Sharpish nose almost smelling like a crisp sea breeze, apple and pear in mouthfeel.  Long lasting butter finish. Almost like my tongue at the end for a long finish is coated with butter candy.

I had this relatively cold with no food.

The downsides to this wine = the fruit is not very strong.  What's listed as apple pear in the description is really more butter.

The upsides is 1. Intriguing nose.  2. Very long lasting butter.

Montressor Rosso Verona

Like a BlackBerry velvet dress

Magna Terra Pinot Noir

Sobon Zin Rocky Top

Avenel Cellars Zin

For those who love blackberry jam

La Delizia Pinot Noir

Inconspicuous Zin

A powerful black cherry plum zin

Fontanyl Rose de Provence

Palmalias Cannonau di Sardegna

Witching Hour Red Blend

Smooth.  Lots of berry cherry and vanilla

Muirwood Pinot Noir

Oak nose with a little bit of plum. Bit of smokiness too. Lots of rich cherry with a little oak. More oak in the nose but atill fairly long lasting.

Mauro Sebaste Barbera d Asti

I think this showcases what a drier wine with lots of good fruit taste like.  Cherry and oak in the nose and cherry mouthfeel with sorta the saliva suck or chewiness at end.  Fairly lasting can leave open for a bit b4 drinking. Really a good example of what a fruity intense big but dry red can  be. 

First and Local Cabernet

 Medium to full bodied cab. The cab is a bit full and intense but mellows as you drink.  Lots of smoke and black currant in nose with a smoother cherry front plum finish.  Honestly not meant to be immediately smooth eat with food. It will change flavor as you drink,  Its meant to be more dry.

Domaine Bellevue

Mocha nose.  Currant front berry finish.  Smooth a bit of fruit for foundation

Amici Pinot Noir

Medium bodied.
Little bit more fruit forward as a pinot.
Tons of strawberry flavor with a smoky nose.

Little bit of chewy tannin feel. 

Reneri Brunello di Montalcino

Ancient Roots Dark

Massive Cellars

Melodramatic

Wildhaven

Clos Floeidene

Chateau Haut Cadet

Ch. Bois Redon

Victory Tart Ten

Sour nose almost hints of biscuit malt or earthy hops.  Tons of cherry and apples in mouthfeel with crisp finish. Cherry on back end 

Terre di Talmo Morellino du Scansano

Drier, full body.  Cedar spice on nose.  Long lasting flavor.  Berry mouth feel.  Touch of prune on back end. Very chewy tanins.

Chimay

Coppery in color. Dark. Fruity nose with thick chocolatey insides.