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| Taking in the Room at the ROM |
Below are highlights from the California Legends tasting held at the Royal Ontario Museum ... the wines were all consider "icon wines" of California ... (pictured in no particular order) - most of the wines were available on this day only through a special order table at the front of the room ... (in Ontario anyway) - here I chose what I considered the best wine the winery poured on that day (each winery had no more than 4 wines at the event). Ontario prices given where available along with brief notes and a score out of 5 stars.
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| Beringer 2007 Steinhauer Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon spiced-cherry vanilla with a chocolate finish (****+) |
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| Cade 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon, Howell Mountain beautiful nose - chocolate and cherry on the palate (****+) |
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| Bonaccorsi 2009 Cargasacchi Pinot Noir all kinds of spiced aromas and flavours: raspberry, strawberry and big peppery finish (****) |
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| Cakebread 2006 Benchland Select Cabernet Sauvignon ($139.00) nice spice and cassis notes (****) |
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| Calera 2009 de Villiers Vineyard Pinot Noir loved the power of the red cherry yet there was a sweetness with balanced acidity (****+) |
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| Dominus 2009 Proprietary Red nice fruit, dark and robust (****+) |
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| Duckhorn 2011 Migration Pinot Noir gentle, easy drinking and really fruity (****+) |
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| Duckhorn 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley firm with plenty of licorice and dark fruit (****+) |
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| Hartley-Ostini 2009 Hitching Post Hometown Pinot Noir (Vintages April 27) nice spices and good cherry fruit, easy drinking and tasty (****+) |
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| Joseph Phelps 2006 Insignia ($234.00) lovely full on fruit attack with just enough acidity to keep it from being jammy and cloying (****+) |
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| Kistler 2010 Trenton Roadhouse Chardonnay ($93.00) nice mouthfeel, creamy but with a balancing of acidity and long finish (****+) |
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| Merry Edwards 2010 Meredith Estate Pinot Noir luscious, smooth and silky (****+) |
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| Merry Edwards 2011 Sauvignon Blanc grassy with grapefruit cocktail (****+) |
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| Pahlmeyer 2009 Estate Red ($150.00) raspberry and strawberry with cherry and red licorice sweetnes before the spice kicks in (****+) |
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| Robert Mondavi 2010 Pinot Noir, Carneros spice that goes from start to finish (****+) |
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| Plumpjack 2010 Merlot, Napa Valley ($73.00) plump is right, lovely juicy blueberry and raspberry with vanilla - sexy (**** 1/2) |
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| Ravenswood 2008 Single Vineyard Desinate Icon ($75.00) Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Carignan, Alicante Bouchet blend sweet fruit, elegant and pretty (**** 1/2) |
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| Ridge 2010 Lytton Spring Zinfandel juicy, chocolate, raspberry, blueberry and nice spice (****+) |
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| Sonoma-Cutrer 2008 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir lots of cherry fruit (****) |
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| Shafer 2010 One Point Five Cab very juicy with fruit, plump and chocolatey (**** 1/2) |
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| Stags' Leap Winery 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon spicy dark fruit, quite elegant all on its own (**** 1/2) |
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| Stag's Leap Wine Cellars 2010 Artemis Cabernet Sauvignon smooth and supple (****+) |
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| Stonestreet 2009 Monument Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon intensity of fruit with really good balancing acidity (****+) |
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