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Category: Uncorked Tonight
(September 12, 2015) ... I seriously doubt we'll ever see this wine, or many others from Oregon's Naked Winery, in repression era Ontario ... The labels and names are too lurid for our sensitive eyes and ears, that's according to big brother anyway. Too bad, because these are some great tongue-in-cheek wine names and innuendo-influenced labels ... Who am I kidding, they're as blatant as the nose on your face. This Penetration wine has a delightful blend of cranberry, black cherry, and black olive on the nose; palate thankfully ditches the olive and picks up some really great flavours like black cherry and vanilla, with subtle nuanced fruit noting raspberry and red plum, finishing with some really good acidity.
13
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2016
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Category: Uncorked Tonight
(September 11, 2015) ... A double dose of red tonight: one old, one 'newer', both with a double zero in their number. Kicking things off with a Orestiadi 2008 Ludovico from Sicily, a wine made primary of Nero d'Avola (90%) and the rest is a dash of Cabernet Sauvignon. I wish I could take credit for lying it down this long, but I believe I recently bought it, hence someone had the sense to age this wine in bottle to a brilliant shine before selling it, and it truly is. A real delight of black cherry and plum - no reason to delve further as it's truly delicious.
And speaking of delicious, an Artezin Wines 2003 Zinfandel is still pretty good but has changed drastically over the past 6 months, when a buddy and I had it and noticeably swooned - today it seems to be a little more dried-out with notes of fig and dried cherry along with cocoa and good acidity - its become more Port-like in both aroma and flavour: what a difference 6 months has made.
