Had a recent gathering with my wine bros and we drank the following with tomahawk, cheese , salami and jamon...yum yum
The wines are as follows:
Vasse Felix Heytesbury 2003
Poggione Brunello di Montalcino 2011
Cullen Madeline 2007
Muga Prado Enea Gran Reserva 2004
Castello di Amarosa Pinot Noir 2014
VF is ultra smooth, elegant and very balanced wine with long after taste. Palate still feels fruity fresh and comes with blue berries notes.
Poggione BdM is somewhat too early for prime time but nonetheless notes of dry fruit and tabacco emerges from the palate. I feel its will be better in 2-3 more years as acidity is somewhat strong.
Cullen Madeline emits strong perfume aroma upon nosing and does exudes elegance and class. The taste is smooth well balanced with velvety smooth tannins to accompany you on a polite long finish without coming across as too in your face. Nice date wine to impress your partners lol
Muga Prado has good nosing too with strong intense aroma of cedar, berries and fruits but however the tannins are still edgy at this point. So we think it might be we never decant it or its still too young for a 2004 vintage. I went away disappointed because I am the owner of this bottle. I would say average at best versus other Riojas I had.
Castello Pinot from Napa is a supposedly a fresh young pinot. WE had this first but it feels heavy and rich for a Pinot so much that we thought it is a labeling mistake LOL. It tasted more like a syrah to some of us. But to give it some credit for being the juvenile here, it does exceeded our expectation for such a young light wine.
Happy Drinking for CNY!!