Wines Tasted on January 4th

Wines tasted in 2005

2002
Silver Lake Chardonnay
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley
Past it's prime. Quite a bit of sediment in the bottle, but this was due to the fact that we had bottled this one ourselves at the winery. Not much fruit left on either the nose or the tongue. Opened up after about an hour, but it only gave you a little bit of oak as the dominant flavor. Cool to have a bottle with our personal lable on it, but would most likely buy this wine from the winery pre bottled in the future. Definitely a young drink.

No record of any wines tasted in 2006

No record of any wines tasted in 2007

Wines tasted in 2008

2006
Seghesio Family Vineyards Zinfandel Sonoma County
USA, California, Sonoma County
Seghesio is back to par on this vintage. '04 wasn't so good, '05 was better and the '06 was in a word "nummy". Very dark color. Nose of blackberries, oak and just a hint of milk chocolate. On the palate there was lots of dark fruit flavors along with a healthy dose of tannic structure. Finish was medium length. Would have liked a little bit more weight on the mouthfeel. Tannins stay with you for a while. Sitting in bed writing this review an hour after having my last sip and my mouth still feels a bit dry. Would purchase again.