Sunday, May 28, 2017

Coastline Zin

Rich and fruit forward.  If you like oak ridge or mad duck you will love this due to its fruit and jammy flavors.  Caramel and mocha throughout with predominant cherry tones.

Truett Hurst Red Rooster Zin

Excellent raspberry on mouthfeel.  Spice on back end.  Long lasting berry finish. Some chocolate notes on the nose.

Friday, May 26, 2017

Sobon Estate Reserve Zin 2014

Chocolate nose. Plum mouthfeel with a silky chocolate finish.
 Little pepper bite on the back end. Does have some tasty sort of brown sugar spices in the mouthfeel.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Firestone Union Jack

Hoppy on the nose and mouthfeel.  Piney. Touch of vanilla and citrus. 

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Aficionado

Berry style Shiraz.  Long finish.  Chocolate nose.  Fresh and lighter bodied.

Sonoma Loeb Chardonnay Private Reserve Carneros Appellation



A lovely golden color. A little oak and tropical fruit on the nose. Starts with more of a spiced or tropical pear and a vanilla butter finish. More anise on the backend. There is somewhat of an interesting unique finish that I'm attributing to the smoked fig that the tasting profile suggest this has. Long lasting. More of a butter forward chard.

Monday, May 22, 2017

West Coast IPA



More copper in color. Hoppy piney in the nose. Subtle chocolate. Definite hop and citrus in mouthfeel. Strong on the hop if your looking for it. Crisp finish.

Troegs Hopback Amber Ale



Dark amber to brown color. Caramel on the nose. Caramel with a subtle crispness of hop on the mouthfeel. Crisp finish. Medium bodied. More malty oriented.

Ommegang White Wheat Ale




Golden in color. Crisp Style Wheat Ale. With more lemony nose and mouthfeel smells and flavors. Subtle hoppy spice punctuates the ale. The foaminess and subtle bitterness makes this distinct when compared to a shandy.

Saturday, May 20, 2017

Moon Tsai Chard 2014

Long lasting butter finish.  Start comes off first with bright acidity and finishes with a little cream soda feel.  Beginning get some creme brulee feel

Friday, May 19, 2017

Montecillo Vineyards Corley Family Reserve

Meant for the Buttery Chardonnay lover. Buttery forwardness throughout and finish.  Touch of pear and citrus.  Medium bodied long lasting finish

Monday, May 15, 2017

Terra Bossa Shiraz Cabernet Petit Verdt

strong fruit oak nose when young. Almost chocolate in the nose. Not as tart as denoting berries. More plum. Grip on the back end.  You can really tell the oak in this wine. Needs probably time to decant. Does have some tannin. Long finish.

Second taste. Notes of tobacco with chocolate on nose. The rest fairly similar except less tannin

Ideology Gone Wild

Long lasting finish. Flower Garndenia nose. Butter on the front end with pear in the middle. Citrus at the end with a hint of honey to punctuate. Vanilla from the oak is somewhat slight on the finish.

Friday, May 12, 2017

Lienkugel Summer Shandy

Fruity nose.  Touch of citrus and grapefruit and vanilla in the nose. 
Lemon and vanilla mouthfeel.  Crisp. Like a lemon drop or good lemon candy in beer format. 

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Thorn Clarke Terra Bossa

Pencil on nose.  BlackBerry first with cola finish.  Dry finish. Subtle notes of herb. 

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Gumdale Shiraz

Good if you like fruit.  Smooth too. Not to bitey.

BlackBerry vanilla nose.  With plum berry mouthfeel and vanilla first berry finish.  Finish is extremely long lasting.

Friday, May 5, 2017

Excelsior

Beautiful blackberry nose with subtle hints of chocolate.  Blackberry oak is the definition of this wine with light tannins

Angeline Merlot

Nice blackberry notes with touches of cherry. fruit forward blueberry cherry mouthfeel and crisp finish

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Adventurous

I had the 2015 and had a chance to also drink the Mischievous Zin by the same people.  As usual good smoke and spice on the nose and finish.  The mouthfeel in the adventurous though is more subdued vanilla spice compared to the berry in the mischievous.  Overall am probably going to recommend the mischievous more often to guests at my store.

Monday, May 1, 2017

Olema Chard

Stone Mineral Nose.
Little bit of citrus in the nose. 
Good apple citrus mouthfeel with long lasting butter finish.