Tasting at end of August. Wines by Todd. 7 wines, I think the idea was there were two varietals and two countries involved. My notes:
wine 1 - m/d gold, slightly herbal nose with melon and some coconut. med acid, with melon and apple flavours and a spicy vanilla finish. Oak is a bit hefty on this one. 14 pts.
wine 2 - m/d gold, rubbery notes with maybe a bit of lychee on the nose. m to m/h acid, green apple and lemon. l/m body. 14 pts.
wine 3 - m gold. Light nose, maybe a bit of lychee and nut. m acid, slightly sweet, mineral and lemon, m body, kind of simple. 13 pts.
wine 4 - m gold, soapy floral nose. m acid, sharp minerally lemon steely flavour. light body. 13 pts.
wine 5 - p/m gold, slightly skunky floral nose (some say perm solution). m acid, mineral with a slightly bitter resiny note. Good body, pear finish. 14 pts.
wine 6 - m/d gold. Woody slightly musty nose to start, turns to melon. l/m acid, vanilla, apple flavours, some melon. 14 pts.
wine 7 - p to m gold. Floral, with a hint of smoke, perfumy. l/m acid, mineral almost salty notes, nutty. This one is a bit odd. 13 pts.
wine 1 = 06 Rodney Strong Chard - $24. This one is more than a bit disappointing.
wine 2 - 08 Crios Torrontes (Susan Balbo). $15. Decent value.
wine 3 - 08 Zolo Torrontes. $15
wine 4 - 018 Filus Torrontes $7.29
wine 5 - 08 Alamos Torrontes. $10. This has to be the value winner for the night.
wine 6 - 06 Keenan Chard. $30. Ouch.
wine 7 - 08 Tamari Torrontes Reserva, $14.
Conclusion - Torrontes is an upcoming varietal, one to pay attention to. Fairly decent value, as is common with Argentinian wines. The two cal chards did not fare well in the value category.
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