Saturday, August 29, 2015

Bodega Norton Malbec Reserva 2012’

Naked Wine Review 168
Wine: Bodega Norton Malbec Reserva 
Producer: Bodega Norton
Vintage: 12’
Region: Argentina>Mendoza>Lujan de Cuyo
Price: 18.00
Date tasted: 8/09/15
Place tastedIn the oddness of clarity I sipped and contemplated the ship wreck of the past week(Aug 3rd-8th). I remember some really bad moments followed by some Really bad food. Then after a six day run of painfully bad moments I woke up without the pain and just the moment alone. First I noticed the silence, then I realized I was thinking again! good brain, good brain. To celebrate the passing of the week long cluster headache I joyously embraced every beautiful scent, taste, visual, intellectual and physical experience I could soak up which included this most expressive wine. It was the beginning of an absolutely magical rest of the month. 
Banish all obstacles to pain free living,
and blessed be the Camp Tuffit experience and all my wonderful friends and family.
Salud!
Served with: It was perfect with Mediterranean Style Rolled Flank Steak. Would be good with challenging cheeses, herby red sauces, and bold red meats. Try with steak au poivre, yummy. 
Appearance: Profound and serious red with violet neon highlights. Nice firm body, viscous and meaty.
On the snoot: A bold snoot rich in bramble patch perfume floods your senses on the inhale. Suspend your breath right here for just a moment to heighten the experience of vanilla, oak, and grape pixy stix that emerges upon the exhale. Dreamy.
Taste: A dry black current and vanilla introduction blossoms into masses of chewy and kind of fury tannins slathered in black pepper and espresso. Finish is long, dry, and filled with more tannin and tobacco that lingers like a naked friend staring into space and thoughtfully smoking after a frighteningly sensual experience . I Loved it!
Balance: Acid over sugar but still smooth and silky; no residual sugars to speak of. He's packed with tannin and pretty hot so let him breathe in order to plump and get himself in the zone.
Comments: Wow, what a great wine! Masculine and musky, I could drink from this bottle all day long. Danger zone!


Rating: 4 glowing tipsy's

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Saturday, August 1, 2015

Love & Squalor Pinot Noir 12’

Naked Wine Review 167

Wine: Love & Squalor Pinot Noir 
Producer: Portland Wine Company
Vintage: 12’
Region: Oregon>Willamette Valley
Price: 29.00
Date tasted: 7/27/15
Place tasted: Does this place have a dungeon? It feels like it should have a dungeon. Schumann would never be able to write in a place such as this; with all the tables and blood and those weird little gummy pizza’s scattered about like bug repellent. It does not matter if you close your eyes long enough. Close your eyes and listen. Close your eyes and taste. Close your eyes, let there be wine. 
Served with: Menage a Mushroom, Eggplant, Red Bell Pepper​. It was ​perfect with this wine.​ ​
Appearance: The light mysterious red of vintage velvet fading rusty with time​, ​royal and rich in character.​ 
On the snoot: Memories of a ​grape Kool aid ​stand on the corner of your past intersects the place where wild strawberries squeeze the black and white of your heart into oblivion. 
Taste: Saturated with ripe red ​straw​berry​,​ star anise and maybe just a hint of basil​.​ Both quenching and moreish with just an afterthought of tannin. ​Finish lingers a while and then drops quickly into a mysterious abyss leaving you wondering ‘who Was that red wine?’ and ‘when is she coming back?’ 
Balance: A ​colorful mosaic palate of elements combine ​to create​ this​
unique and well balanced​ beauty of a wine​.
Comments: It was like drinking a naked blossoming flower, beautiful and complex. 
Thank you Molly for this very special birthday present. That was so thoughtful and kind of you.  


Rating: 4 tipsys


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