The Wine Club Saturday Tasting: California Red 2005/6/25

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
2002	Turnbull Fortuna Vineyard Cabernet Franc, Napa Valley Chinese dried plum, anise, cherry, complex, concentrated blackberry, abrupt bitter chocolate finish - so - ws	44.99	***½
2002	Iron Horse T Bar T Vineyard Cabernet Franc, Alexander Valley raspberry, dried herbs, jasmine tea, light body - so - ws	23.99	**
2002	Hanna Cabernet, Alexander Valley green pepper, metallic, light body, berries, licorice finish - so - ws	25.99	**
2002	Sterling SVR, Napa Valley french oak, blackberry, complex, med body, anise finish - so - ws	31.99	***½
2001	Robert Young Scion, Alexander Valley complex nose, plum, currants, power, violet, long finish - so - ws	39.99	****
2002	Cosentino Cabernet, Napa Valley Beautiful nose of toasty oak, acidic, chalky, currants, blueberry, long finish - so - ws	30.99	****
2002	Elyse Morisoli Vineyard Cabernet, Napa Valley complex, jammy, vanilla, mixed spice, berries, plum, full body - so - ws	47.99	*****
2001	Stags Leap Winery The Leap Reserve Cabernet, Napa Valley restrained nose of coffee and earth, chalky, berry, full body. Doesn't exhibit too much Stags Leap District characteristics. Long finish. Very closed. - so - ws	42.99	****
2001	Verite Le Desir, Sonoma County elegant Bordeaux earth, mocha, tar, licorice, gripping tannin, astringent, very long finish, closed. - so - ws	99.99	*****
2001	Robert Keenan 25th Anniversary Cabernet, Napa Valley interesting nose of earth, extremely tannic, astringent, not balanced with fruit, red fruit, mineral, herbal - so - ws	29.99	***
2001	Anakota Helena Dakota Cabernet, Knights Valley earthy, burned wire, tannic, astringent, inky, coffee, plum, long finish - so - ws	75.99	****
2002	Lokoya Cabernet, Howell Mountain toasty oak, plum, syrupy, tar, burned wire, closed, spicy. Ridiculously, outrageously, grossly overpriced. No distinctive characteristic at all. - so - ws	179.99	****