Comments on: A Blind Tasting of Washington Reds http://www.winetonite.com/2010/02/09/a-blind-tasting-of-washington-reds/ Sharing the social aspect of wine from a personal perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:44:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed Thralls http://www.winetonite.com/2010/02/09/a-blind-tasting-of-washington-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Ed Thralls Wed, 12 May 2010 22:57:24 +0000 http://www.winetonite.com/?p=1580#comment-791 Bean, this particular group is pretty well-rounded and enjoys a plethora of wine styles, but our other club does have a lot of big red lovers mainly. I am very impressed with WA Cab AND Merlot and this was the first time I sat down and tasted so many together at one time. Based on what I've had so far this year, I would tend to agree with you that WA may sway me more than CA and FR in several cases. The Januik was awesome! Bean, this particular group is pretty well-rounded and enjoys a plethora of wine styles, but our other club does have a lot of big red lovers mainly. I am very impressed with WA Cab AND Merlot and this was the first time I sat down and tasted so many together at one time. Based on what I’ve had so far this year, I would tend to agree with you that WA may sway me more than CA and FR in several cases. The Januik was awesome!

]]> By: Bean http://www.winetonite.com/2010/02/09/a-blind-tasting-of-washington-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Bean Wed, 12 May 2010 22:11:31 +0000 http://www.winetonite.com/?p=1580#comment-789 Question, does your tasting group generally prefer Cab Sauv? Personally I do and I am almost always going to prefer a Cab over a Merlot BUT when I have a WA, CA FR Merlots blinded side by side I am going to probably pick the WA Merlot over the others. Too bad the Januik was ineligible that 04 is one helluva of an elegant Cab and shows the elegance that Washington wines are capable of. Question, does your tasting group generally prefer Cab Sauv? Personally I do and I am almost always going to prefer a Cab over a Merlot BUT when I have a WA, CA FR Merlots blinded side by side I am going to probably pick the WA Merlot over the others.
Too bad the Januik was ineligible that 04 is one helluva of an elegant Cab and shows the elegance that Washington wines are capable of.

]]> By: Ed Thralls http://www.winetonite.com/2010/02/09/a-blind-tasting-of-washington-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Ed Thralls Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:55:52 +0000 http://www.winetonite.com/?p=1580#comment-602 Thanks Party-J and Josh (also a Party J with mad guitar skillz) for the comments. I was surprised at how much WA wine we found both at Total Wine and Green's, a beverage store. Haven't researched which distributors they use. But, a good selection nonetheless that allowed us to try quite a variety last month. Thanks Party-J and Josh (also a Party J with mad guitar skillz) for the comments. I was surprised at how much WA wine we found both at Total Wine and Green’s, a beverage store. Haven’t researched which distributors they use. But, a good selection nonetheless that allowed us to try quite a variety last month.

]]> By: @nectarwine http://www.winetonite.com/2010/02/09/a-blind-tasting-of-washington-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-601 @nectarwine Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:04:55 +0000 http://www.winetonite.com/?p=1580#comment-601 Love this post. Do you guys see a fair amount of WA Wine available in Georgia? Not all of these are the mainstream guys. Thanks for the shout out! Josh Love this post. Do you guys see a fair amount of WA Wine available in Georgia? Not all of these are the mainstream guys.

Thanks for the shout out!

Josh

]]> By: Jason http://www.winetonite.com/2010/02/09/a-blind-tasting-of-washington-reds/comment-page-1/#comment-600 Jason Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:34:07 +0000 http://www.winetonite.com/?p=1580#comment-600 Nice post and great tasting, makes me want to head westward to WA. The Bridgman Syrah was definitely vegetal, a lot of green pepper that brings "Funky Town' to mind too Nice post and great tasting, makes me want to head westward to WA. The Bridgman Syrah was definitely vegetal, a lot of green pepper that brings “Funky Town’ to mind too

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