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Petalos 2005

I like to think that I am infallible in my wine selecitons even when I don't know what I am getting into. Tonight reality caught up to me. Nice wine but not for the lamb chops (think Rioja or even a nice Tempranillo I thought with Spanish I couldn't miss, I did) The wine is deep with a welcoming if a bit oaky nose. In the mouth it is spicy and light with a little of the violets that Nils was talking about. Light tannin and fair acidity, it was a nice wine, but a disaster for tonight. c'est la vie.

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Joseph Coulter
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Funny thing, Joseph, I was just reading about this wine elsewhere today, from yet another Floridian, "Florida" Jim Cowan. The consensus seems to be that these wines are no longer quite as juicy and vibrant as they once were, and showing a bit more oaky. Still, Mencia (the grape of Bierzo) produces lighter wines, so perhaps it was just an inherent difficulty.

Mark Lipton

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Mark Lipton
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Just curious; what do you mean by "a reductrive grape"?

Andy

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AyTee

AyTee wrote in news:1177810977.380141.34400 @e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:

A grape that makes wine with a tendency to show reduction in a bigger manner than other varieties. Cabernet Franc is another grape that I would say is reductive.

S.

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santiago

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