by GrapeGuy | Jun 25, 2021 | Uncorked Tonight
(December 18, 2020) … With Christmas dinners put on-hold this year this pre-Xmas get together was the best time to open some pretty iconic bottles before the world shut down again. Ornellaia 2005 Bolgheri … when first opened the wine showed aromas...
by GrapeGuy | Feb 12, 2021 | Lost & Found / Taste it Again
(September 5, 2020) … This is the wine I got engaged to some 12 or more years ago. It starts off with a huge strawberry component and the longer it sits open that “strawberry” moves to red currant … the bubbles seem to have subsided over...
by GrapeGuy | Aug 21, 2020 | Uncorked Tonight
(April 25, 2020) … This wine really shows its age, but is still drinkable for those who like, or need, a lesson in old bottles of Old Vines Zin. The nose is just where I thought I might find it: earthy, forest floor and spice with hints of prune and even...
by GrapeGuy | Jul 10, 2020 | Uncorked Tonight
(April 19, 2020) … At first I thought it was corked, but instead it just had a musty, just-opened-after-a-long-nap note … Within 15 minutes that blows off and starts to open. There’s plenty of dried fruit, smoky notes and even some , prun-ishy-plum...
by GrapeGuy | Apr 22, 2020 | Uncorked Tonight
(January 29, 2020) … During a podcast recording for Two Guys Talking Wine, I brought in a double helping of Montgras Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon – I found them side by side in the cellar, thinking they were the same wine. I wanted to drink just one,...
