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YoelA wrote:IMHO the Bravdo Coupage cannot get any worse; adding something to it (even merlot) could only be an improvement.
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:46 pm
Jerusalem, Israel
2010 Coupage (3 grapes, primarily cabernet franc) - Vegetal, vegetal and more vegetal.
YoelA wrote:I hope we're talking about the 2010 Coupahge, which I had at the winery about 2 months ago. To quote my earliuer post about it"2010 Coupage (3 grapes, primarily cabernet franc) - Vegetal, vegetal and more vegetal.
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:46 pm
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'So-called' wine expert
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:46 pm
Jerusalem, Israel
YoelA wrote:I hope we're talking about the 2010 Coupahge, which I had at the winery about 2 months ago. To quote my earliuer post about it"2010 Coupage (3 grapes, primarily cabernet franc) - Vegetal, vegetal and more vegetal.
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:46 pm
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Gabriel Geller wrote:Hello all,
Adir, Kerem Ben Zimra, Cabernet Sauvignon 2010: Purple with on the nose very ripe black fruits, cherries and notes of dates and sweet wood. Full-bodied with somewhat sweet blackberries, raisins, roasted herbs and sweet wood with a touch of dark chocolate, heavy oak and big tannins on the long finish. Again, very new world and with more overripe fruit and dates than I can handle and I'm usually not the most sensitive type with regards to sweet notes of dates or raisins.
Enough for today...
Best,
GG
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Daniel Kovnat wrote:Just opened this one (Adir Cabernet Sauvignon 2010) tonight with dinner. Gabe, I agree with everything you say about it, but must add that it has a lot of tannins and IMHO, will age well with time, becoming less "in your face" with the overripe fruit tastes. I call it B&B for Bold and Beautiful, no relation to the American soap TV show which has been going on since 1987.
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Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:46 pm
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Gabriel Geller wrote:I've just finished drinking a bottle I had high expectations for. Unfortunately, while good, this wine did not live up to these expectations.........
With all that having been said, tonight's wine was a bit not as good as I thought it would be, but it might very well be just my recent palate evolution for white and rosés wines with high acidity. Still, at 60 or so shekels a bottle it is a good value and a wine I recommend.
Dalton, Reserve, Sauvignon Blanc 2012: Very pale straw in color with a very nice classic SB nose of lime, wet grass, cat piss and a hint of pineapple in the background. Light to medium in body with on the palate bitter herbs, lemon zest, kiwi, stoney minerals (damn rocks!), a touch of fresh mint, more herbal notes and some grapefruit bitterness with some nice (though not bracing enough) acid on a moderate finish.
GG
Gabriel Geller wrote:Daniel Kovnat wrote:Just opened this one (Adir Cabernet Sauvignon 2010) tonight with dinner. Gabe, I agree with everything you say about it, but must add that it has a lot of tannins and IMHO, will age well with time, becoming less "in your face" with the overripe fruit tastes. I call it B&B for Bold and Beautiful, no relation to the American soap TV show which has been going on since 1987.
Dan, I would love to share your optimism but usually when overripe characteristics show thru descriptors such as "dates" or "raisin" in my dictionary it usually doesn't get better with bottle-ageing, quite on the contrary. Now, I certainly do hope you're right and will likely never turn down an opportunity to taste that wine again, whether in 6 months or in 6 years. However, I won't buy any at this point.
Best,
GG
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Daniel Kovnat wrote:"Cat piss" is a descriptor that I have never hear used applied to a wine. How is cat piss different from dog piss? Or that from a human, for that matter? I wonder if we'll be seeing Cat Piss - Pineapple Nectar in the grocery store shelves in Israel soon?![]()
Gabriel Geller wrote:
There actually is a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc wine branded as "Cat's Pee on a Gooseberry Bush"!![]()
Best,
GG
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