Impromptu after receiving Poon's TV. kk, x, lim, kko, ben, rosalia, bigland, gene 2005/3/27

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
2002	Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet, South Eastern Australia Austere in the beginning, opening up in an hour with blackberry, strawberry nose and flavor, pleasantly acidic, med body, med finish - so - ws	7.99	***
2003	Orin Swift Cellars The Prisoner, Napa Valley very fruity, plummy, sweet cherry, blueberry, fruit punch, vanilla, the 15.2% alcohol indicates probably some Zinfanel, and I asscoiated the hint of orange peel to new world Syrah. Very long finish. Later found out from K&L the component: 40% zinfandel, 20% cabernet, 20% syrah, 10% petite sirah, and 10% charbono. Quite unusual. - so - ws	23.99	****
2000	Dominus, Napa Valley restrained nose of green pepper, pencil lead, opening up to taste plummy, chocolate mint, graceful, long finish. - so - ws	60	*****
1998	d'Arenberg The Ironstone Pressing, McLaren Vale very strong nose of blueberry, fresh paint, zesty, smoke, extremely astringent, tannic, 45 second long finish, need some time to tame the very coarse tannins. - so - ws	55	*****
2000	Cantemerle, Haut-Medoc Lots of earth, a bit barnyardy, blackcurrant, licorice, med long finish - so - ws	30	****