{"id":12583,"date":"2012-06-11T16:23:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T20:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=12583"},"modified":"2012-06-12T20:42:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T00:42:36","slug":"wykwino-report-no-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=12583","title":{"rendered":"WYKwino Report No. 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date\/Time: 8th<\/sup> June 2012, 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Place: Fantaxia Restaurant \u6a02\u900d\u9059<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1st<\/sup> Bottle<\/strong><\/td>\nIronstone Obsession Sympohony<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"355784_web\" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Varietal:<\/strong> Symphony<\/td>\nWinery\/Producer<\/strong>: Ironstone\u00a0Vineyards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/strong>: White<\/td>\nYear<\/strong>: 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cost<\/strong>: $14.95<\/td>\nRegion:<\/strong> California, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food to pair<\/strong>: \u84ee\u82b1\u4ed9\u5b50 Scallops<\/td>\nLCBO #: <\/strong>355784<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remarks:<\/strong>A sure sign that spring has\u00a0sprung is the return of this bright and breezy aromatic wonder. Ironstone’s\u00a0ever-popular Obsession is made with the Symphony grape, which is a cross\u00a0between Grenache Gris and Muscat of Alexandria. Like Muscat it’s got a\u00a0perfumed nose with fresh peach and orange-blossom aromas. There’s a delicious touch of balanced sweetness here, which makes this wine a fabulous match for\u00a0medium-spiced Indian dishes.Highlighted\u00a0by a floral nose, it is very aromatic. On the palate, tastes include peach and fresh flowers with a bit of sweetness on the finish.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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2nd<\/sup> Bottle<\/strong><\/td>\nCasas Del Bosque Reserva<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"150047\" \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Varietal<\/strong> Sauvignon Blanc<\/td>\nWinery\/Producer<\/strong>: Vina Casas\u00a0Del Bosques<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/strong>: White<\/td>\nYear<\/strong>: 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cost<\/strong>: $14.95<\/td>\nRegion:<\/strong> Casablanca \u00a0 Valley, Chile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food to pair<\/strong>: \u767e\u82b1\u9cf3\u51f0 Shrimp stuffed chicken<\/td>\nLCBO #: <\/strong>974717<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remarks:<\/strong>\u00a0 Greenish-straw. High-pitched, spicy aromas of lime pith, green apple and\u00a0white pepper backed by subtle herbacity. Dry and racy in the mouth, offering\u00a0incisive citrus flavors and a lashing of mint. Finishes on the firm side and\u00a0with impressive clarity and spicy persistence.Sauvignon Blanc is incredibly versatile with food.\u00a0Try the dry style with bell peppers, cilantro, smoked cheeses, shellfish, Caesar salad, Jarlsberg cheese, corned beef and cabbage, cheese fondue, goat\u00a0\u00a0cheese, turkey pot pie, egg dishes, asparagus quiche, guacamole, sushi, pasta\u00a0with cream-based sauce, pizza and grilled salmon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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3rd<\/sup> Bottle<\/strong><\/td>\nSampietrana \u00a0 Vigna Delle Monache Riserva Salice Salentino<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0\"247908_web\" \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Varietal<\/strong>: Negroamaro<\/td>\nWinery\/Producer<\/strong>: Sampietrana<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/strong>: Red<\/td>\nYear<\/strong>: 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cost<\/strong>: $15.95<\/td>\nRegion:<\/strong> Puglia, Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food to pair<\/strong>: \u96d9\u83f0\u91ac\u7206\u971c\u964d\u8089 Pork<\/td>\nLCBO #: <\/strong>247908<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remarks:<\/strong> Spry, fruity nose, elegant and fresh with dark chocolate, cinnamon and sweet damsons.\u00a0Intense and ripe, but immaculate acidity and length. Other comments – medium dense ruby red, quite\u00a0assertive nose, clove red berries, superb palate of berries, leather,\u00a0camphor, plums, rich and textured, good persistence, very good indeed. <\/em>It got Decanter 2010 World Wine\u00a0awards.Negroamaro\u00a0is a red wine grape variety native to southern Italy. It is grown almost\u00a0exclusively in Puglia and particularly in Salento.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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4th<\/sup> Bottle<\/strong><\/td>\nCastello Di Querceto Chianti Classico Riserva 2007<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"650754_web\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Varietal<\/strong>: Sangiovese<\/td>\nWinery\/Producer<\/strong>: Castello Di\u00a0Querceto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/strong>: Red<\/td>\nYear<\/strong>: 2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cost<\/strong>: $27.95<\/td>\nRegion:<\/strong> Tuscany,\u00a0Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food to pair<\/strong>: \u7d05\u9152\u7f8e\u6975\u7117\u7f8a\u67b6 Lamb<\/td>\nLCBO #: <\/strong>650754<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remarks: Full-bodied and really\u00a0beautiful, showing floral, currant and plum aromas, silky tannins and a fresh\u00a0finish. It goes well with beef bourguignon, black pepper, chicken, turkey pot\u00a0pie, chili, hamburgers, meatloaf, lamb leg, lamb rack, and even lasagna.Chianti is made primarily of\u00a0the Sangiovese grape. (Chianti Classico must be made of 75 to 100 percent Sangiovese). Sangiovese is Italy\u2019s most famous grape, responsible for three\u00a0great wines of Tuscany: Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, and Brunello \u00a0 di Montalcino. Along with Cabernet Sauvignon, it is also a major grape in \u00a0 many of the prestigious wines known as the Super Tuscans. Sangiovese is also produced in California where it is sometimes blended with Cabernet Sauvignon\u00a0or Merlot. Also, Chianti\u00a0was historically associated with a squat bottle<\/a> enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(“flask”; pl. fiaschi<\/em>); however, the fiasco<\/em> is only\u00a0used by a few makers of the wine now; most Chianti is now bottled in more\u00a0standard shaped wine bottles. Baron<\/a> Bettino Ricasoli<\/a>\u00a0(later Prime Minister<\/a> in the Kingdom\u00a0of Italy<\/a>) created the Chianti recipe of 70% Sangiovese<\/a>, 15% Canaiolo<\/a> and 15% Malvasia bianca<\/a>\u00a0in the middle of the nineteenth century.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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5th<\/sup> Bottle<\/strong><\/td>\nMaipe \u00a0 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\"246116_web\" \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Va<\/strong>rietal<\/strong>: Cabernet Sauvignon<\/td>\nWinery\/Producer<\/strong>: Proviva<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/strong>: Red<\/td>\nYear<\/strong>: 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cost<\/strong>: $17.95<\/td>\nRegion:<\/strong> Mendoza,\u00a0Argentina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Food to pair<\/strong>: \u9999\u849c\u871c\u6912\u725b\u67f3\u7c92 Beef<\/td>\nLCBO #: <\/strong>246116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remarks: <\/strong>Similar in style, but\u00a0more structured and revealing slightly more oak is the 2009 Cabernet \u00a0 Sauvignon Reserve. Full-bodied and dense with abundant notes of cr\u00e8me de\u00a0\u00a0assis, chocolate, espresso roast, spice box, and tobacco leaf, it is a\u00a0layered, succulent, hedonistic Cabernet to drink over the next 3-4 years.\u00a0 Score – 90. (Robert Parker Jr., erobertparker.com, August 2010).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Introducing Soho Lychee Liqueur<\/strong> – tastes terrible on its own but great on papaya and vanilla ice-cream.<\/p>\n

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Date\/Time: 8th June 2012, 7:00 p.m. Place: Fantaxia Restaurant \u6a02\u900d\u9059 1st Bottle Ironstone Obsession Sympohony \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Varietal: Symphony … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[112],"class_list":["post-12583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine","tag-dc64"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12583"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12623,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12583\/revisions\/12623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}