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WTN: Two Older Calif Rhones..(short/boring)

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WTN: Two Older Calif Rhones..(short/boring)

by TomHill » Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:27 pm

After 6 old Zins went down the drain, I finally scored:
1. Domaine de la TerreRouge Calif RTW ("sophisticated blend of southern RhoneVlly varietals") Plymouth 1989: Med.light color w/ some bricking; some cedary/pencilly/oldRed slight oxidized light blackberry/strawberry some smokey/Rhonish/roasted/rustic slight briary bit alcoholic fairly complex nose; soft slight tangy/grapefruity/metallic light strawberry/Grenache bit Rhonish/smokey flavor w/ light/bitey tannins; med.long light Rhonish/smokey/toasty/oak slight strawberry/Grenache/briary bit metallic/tangy finish w/ light/bitey/astringent tannins; starting to show its age but still a pleasure to drink; speaks mostly of aged Grenache.
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2. Qupe Syrah CentralCoast (12.5%) 1990: Med.light color w/ little bricking; beautiful smokey/pungent/Rhonish/roasted/espresso/pencilly strong blackberry/blueberry/Syrah/spicy complex old Calif Syrah lovely nose; fairly tart/tangy/grapefruity quite smokey/cedary/pungent/toasty/roasted/Rhonish/pencilly/cedary some blackberry/blueberry/Syrah complex flavor w/ light/angular tannins; quite long some blackberry/blueberry/Syrah strong cedary/pencilly/smokey/pungent/bit Rhonish/coffee finish w/ light/sharp tannins; still has plenty of fruit left and has developed that classic Lindquist smokey/Rhonish complexity they tend to show w/ age.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. The Qupe is BobLindquist's basic Syrah. At one time it carried a Calif appellation when he was using a bit of old-vine Lodi Carignane..but he did that for only a few yrs. This CC Syrah is a blend of PasoRobles and SBC Syrah. I find his basic (now) SBC Syrah ages amazing well.
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2. The TR had this gawd-awful ugly red label that Bill used only that one time. 2/3'rd's Grenache + Syrah/Mourvedre.
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Re: WTN: Two Older Calif Rhones..(short/boring)

by David M. Bueker » Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:12 pm

You have written so many good notes on the Qupe Syrahs that I decided to sign up for their club. Alas they do not ship to CT. So no Qupe for me.
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Re: WTN: Two Older Calif Rhones..(short/boring)

by Shaji M » Tue Aug 19, 2014 11:15 pm

TomHill wrote:After 6 old Zins went down the drain, I finally scored:
1. [b]Domaine de la TerreRouge Calif RTW ......
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I have known Terre Rouge wines to show well with age especially his better Syrahs. What's the "RTW" Tom?
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by TomHill » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:54 am

Shaji M wrote:
TomHill wrote:After 6 old Zins went down the drain, I finally scored:
1. [b]Domaine de la TerreRouge Calif RTW ......
Tom

I have known Terre Rouge wines to show well with age especially his better Syrahs. What's the "RTW" Tom?
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That be RedTableWine. I suspect the alcohol was up there and Bill didn't want to put it on the label,
so just put TW.
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by TomHill » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:56 am

David M. Bueker wrote:You have written so many good notes on the Qupe Syrahs that I decided to sign up for their club. Alas they do not ship to CT. So no Qupe for me.


Well that's a bummer, David. I would guess that Qupe has standard distribution in CT, though.
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Re: Well...

by David M. Bueker » Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:02 am

TomHill wrote:
David M. Bueker wrote:You have written so many good notes on the Qupe Syrahs that I decided to sign up for their club. Alas they do not ship to CT. So no Qupe for me.


Well that's a bummer, David. I would guess that Qupe has standard distribution in CT, though.
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