{"id":9664,"date":"2014-04-25T09:57:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T09:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=9664"},"modified":"2014-04-25T09:57:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T09:57:51","slug":"more-new-california-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/california\/more-new-california-highlights","title":{"rendered":"More new California highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, as promised, some more highlights from Tuesday’s New California tasting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Matthiasson Napa White 2012 Napa Valley, California
\n<\/strong>A curious blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Ribolla Gialla, Semillon and Tocai Friulano that really works. Floral and pretty with aromas of herbs, tea, spice, grapes and melon. The palate is fresh, pure and detailed with nice finesse, and flavours of herbs, citrus peel, lemons and pith. 93\/100
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Matthiasson Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 Napa Valley, California
\n<\/strong>Steve Matthiasson describes this as \u2018old school\u2019, and says he\u2019s copying the classic Napa Cabernet style, which was itself copying Bordeaux! It\u2019s a truly brilliant wine, with a really fresh nose of blackcurrants and red fruits. The palate is fresh and detailed with grippy red fruits and some blackcurrant. Real precision here. The antithesis of super-sweet spoofulation. 95\/100<\/p>\n

Corison Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 Napa Valley, California
\n<\/strong>Cathy Corison has a deserved reputation for making elegant, focused Napa Cabernet that ages beautiful, and this 2010 is wonderful. Lovely supple ripe blackcurrant fruit. Very stylish with some gravelly tannins, nice grip, and a hint of chalk, sitting nicely under the blackcurrant fruit. An amazing wine. 94\/100
\nBroc Cellars \u2018Vine Starr\u2019 Zinfandel 2010 Sonoma Coast, California
\n13.1% alcohol. Beautifully pure, floral and silky cherry and plum fruit nose. I never knew Zinfandel could be capable of such elegance. Amazing liqueur-like purity to the fruit. The palate is fresh and supple with fine sappy notes as well as elegance and lightness. Lovely expressive raspberry and cherry fruit. 94\/100<\/p>\n

Arnot Roberts Lushsinger Trousseau 2012 Clear Lake, California
\n<\/strong>13% alcohol. Pale colour. So pretty and fine with silky, bright cherry and plum fruit, as well as fine herbal notes. There\u2019s some fruit sweetness but also some fresh, sappy notes, finishing juicy and a bit grippy. 93\/100
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Lioco Savaria Pinot Noir 2012 Santa Cruz Mountains, California
\n<\/strong>13.6% alcohol. Warm, supple and elegant with fine spiciness. There\u2019s some structure under the sweet, pure cherry fruits. An elegant style showing some ripeness and finesse, and with brilliant balance. 95\/100<\/p>\n

Kutch McDougall Ranch Pinot Noir 2012 Sonoma Coast, California
\n<\/strong>This is a wine in need of some time. It will probably outlive me. Concentrated, taut and backward with powerful raspberry and cherry fruit, good structure and some savoury spiciness. Dense and in need of time, but everything is there for a positive development in the cellar. Remarkable intensity but not unbalanced. 95\/100
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Hirsch East Ridge Pinot Noir 2011 Sonoma Coast, California
\n<\/strong>The edgiest of the Hirsch Pinots, this is one for cellaring. Dense and vivid, yet bright and fresh, with spices, cherries, plums and a hint of savoury earthiness. Keen acidity. There\u2019s a lot of personality to this wine, and it should age brilliantly. 95\/100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, as promised, some more highlights from Tuesday’s New California tasting. Matthiasson Napa White 2012 Napa Valley, California A curious blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Ribolla Gialla, Semillon and Tocai Friulano…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[375,368,145,378,265],"class_list":["post-9664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","tag-cabernet-sauvignon","tag-california","tag-napa","tag-pinot-noir","tag-trousseau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9669,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9664\/revisions\/9669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}