From the Cellar

Just because I started a website called OntarioWineReview.com doesn't mean it's All-Ontario-All-the-Time. When I kick back at night my mood (and sometimes my curiosity) decides my wine of choice. And the title should read, "Uncorked and Un-Screwed Tonight" ... but that just sounds wrong.

Miguel Torres 2010 Syrah Special Reserve Cordillera De Los Andes Valley Collection (Chile)

24 Mar 2015

(January 1, 2015) ... Miguel Torres is a name one associates with Spain and Spanish wines, of some quality I might add ... So to see his name on a bottle of Chilean wine should raise a few eyebrows and some expectation.  Let me tell you, with this bottle they were certainly met.  Aromas are invitingly Syrah-esque:  smoky and meaty with elements of blueberry and hints of raspberry.  Palate is even more revealing and textbook in its Syrah-ness: cocoa, white and black pepper, blueberry skin and cassis.  The finish lingers with spice and a little coffee bean.  Pure pleasure and one I could see pulling out of the cellar in 5-7 years with even more pleasurable results.

Dr. Loosen 2007 Dr. L (Germany)

23 Mar 2015

(December 31, 2014) ... There were actually three Rieslings tasted this afternoon, but the other two were part of a Taste it Again article that can be found here ... While my counterpart taster (my wife) enjoyed the Chateau des Charmes 2006 the best, I found myself drawn to this Dr. Loosen from Germany; there was a laser focus to this wine that just rattled my palate in all the right ways.  Aromas of peach pit and talc with a touch of lanolin and beeswax; palate hinted at sweetness, which was definitely there, but there was also a fresh, clean, mineral note intermingling with pear, Mac and green apple fruit ... This one barely showed the seven years it had under the hood of the palate, while the nose tells a different, more exotic and aged, story ... But its the palate that counts here.

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