3 posts tagged “2005”
2005 Castelli - Podere 414
Morellino di Scansano DOC (mo-rehl-lee-no dee skahn-sahno)
13.5 % ABV
Approx $22
The nose and the flavours were both muted and the wine didn't seem very interesting. Tannins were not over the top considering the amount of sediment..it's a 2005 is it supposed to have that much???.
2005 Castillo de Malueda
Bodegas y Vinedos de Jalon
Grenache Tempranillo blend
Calatayud DO, Aragon, Spain
13.5% - $12 - Metro Vino
This wine is a lot bigger than I expected. It could be because its a 2005. It has cola and spice on the nose and not much fruit. The palate is all about tannins, big tannins and not much else, well there could be a bit of red fruits and maybe chocolate but...did I mention the tannins? The wine wasn't bad, the second day I had it open it got better, so it would make me think that it would age awhile and would probably be better, I would buy again.
Music Match - Ben Harper
I was feeling tired when I came home from work and didn't want to make a big meal for dinner, so I decided I would have some Cheerios. The only problem is I can't drink wine with a breakfast cereal. Screw it I am going to do it anyway. Now the problem has changed to, what wine matches with Cheerios? There is milk in it which is sort of like a creamy french dish, so maybe I should have a Bordeaux. You drink Orange Juice with breakfast so maybe I should have Champagne and OJ. Strawberries are good with cheerios so maybe I should have a big fruity Cali Wine. But I am trying to complete this Wine Century Club, where you try and drink 100 different types of grapes, so maybe I should have something new. It's not like there is classic wine paring with Cheerios to make the Cheerios taste better. So that is how I went....something new.
2005 Dr Zen Zen - Dornfelder
When I first poured the wine I notice that it is a bit fizzy...which should cover the Champagne and OJ. From the smell I thought it was corked, but it couldn't be because it wsa a synthetic cork. Can you have a synthetically corked wine? On the palate the syntheticness didn't show up, instead it was slightly fruity, red berries, and it was slightly sweet. The sweetness I thought would be a good match for the Cherrios. Overall I thought the match worked pretty decently but after the Cheerios were done the wine disappointed. Not very complex and not very interesting. I would not buy hte wine again, but next time I have cheerios I am going for a Bordeaux.
