I bought a bootle of this wine at Joe’s for $13.99. It seems high for this wine?

Is this a food wine or a wine that I can Quaf?

ok.. thanks I am always looking for the best price on wine I enjoy

OK, it’s 7 by my computer. Robert, what exactly is a “Super Tuscan”?

Well, Vinnie, I think we’re it for now. The first thing I noticed about the wine was a spicy nose–clove and bay, specifically. Your first impressions?

I really tasted cherry when I first tried this wine.

I am not good on smell But I like this full bodied wine with a nice long finish

The bottle says dogayalo, I think.

Dave, I noticed the astringency too and pondered over whether it was best described as acid or tannin. I’ve got my reading material at hand tonight so I looked it up and it says that if your mouth is dry and then it waters, it’s acid (the saliva neutralizes the acid). But if it’s the tannins, your mouth stays dry.

So, i would say acid, then.

Henrietta, we have begun, and welcome to everyone. Glad that you’re feeling better, Marie.

I have never had blackbrry pie.

It has tannins also — Larry thinks it has a good tannin-acid balance and good dark fruit– nose hasn’t opened up yet. He expected a dirtier nose. I opened the bottle about 6:50pm.

yes that is why I think this wine needs food

Who is Robert?

My husband tried this wine and did not like it all…said it left a bad taste in his mouth. However, he’s a beer drinker…

What do you mean, a dirtier nose?

When I got this wine from John Vego at Buster’s, he said it was actually a Chianti, but had been de-classified because of addition of Cabernet Savignon. A Super Tuscan cannot be classified as a Chianti because it has some Bordeau grapes in it as well. They are usually very well-made — and expensive! This is cheap for a Super-Tuscan.

did anyone get duck for tonight as robert suggested??

My wine is still to cold.Just came out of the cellar.

John Vego, is that you?

Glad you’re enjoying it, David.

I think this wine is A GREAT VALUE. I will take it to Spindini’s on Friday.

I think I remember seeing this wine on the list at Flemings steakhouse. I really enjoy the wine

Glad you’re here, John. Is this wine a Super Tuscan?

I bought mine at Poplar Pike Liquor for $10.99. I really like it.

Marie, tell your husband that this wine MUST be tried with food! I can understand why it wouldn’t appeal to him. I think he would probably gain appreciation for wine, if properly paired with the right food. I like a good beer also, but it is ususally food neutral. Wine can improve the flavor of your meal, if properly matched.

As time has passed, I taste a hint of coffee?

It works well with our Veal Parm, My wife can’t stop commenting on the label. Women!

Any suggestions of this wine with certain cheeses?

I wouldn’t personally use super tuscan for this wine but the law allow them to.It does not fall in Doc or Docg
This would be called a table wine in the old days

My husband didn’t like it either, and he drinks whiskey. I think cherries, too, but not dirty socks, and I’ve had mine open for an hour.

Marie, tell your husband we’re thinking about a big beer tasting down the line.

If John is here we are in good hands….

Super tuscans use sangiovese blended with syrah merlot cab there is no certain law

The description of “dirty nose” was to answer the question. Our comment was that this wine doesn’t have the dirty nose we expected.

how much did you pay?

I remember my first Chainti (more years ago than I care to admit) and the “old socks” fits for them, in general. Again, it is a food wine, and a very good one.

this is my first tasting with all of you…have you all ever talked about meeting somewhere and doing the tasting together?

John what cheeses would you pair it with?

Hey Robby, missed you at JayWags last night.

We’re having Cincinnati chili because it was in the freezer. It has all-spice, cloves and chocolate among other things and it’s over pasta. Larry says he thinks it goes well. I think it would have gone better with an Italian pasta dish which doesn’t have the chili flavoring.

Who is Robby?

What is Jay Wags? A restaurant ?

Who is Robby? Vinnie, I think this wine would be nice with both timid and assertive cheeses, although I don’t see it with heavy blue ones.

I think an Italian Fontina, a hard Parm or Grana Padana, or even a creamy cheese like a Camembert or brie. I just don’t think blues or a sharp feta, for instance, would pair well. But I prefer contrast to complement in wine/cheese pairings.

Neither of us is getting much nose even now, but the flavor is developing with purple fruit coming forward.

Next week the wine is Jessie Stone Earth, Zin and Fire and the host is Brett Barrett with Victor Robilio Co. He’s suggesting we pair it with lamb and–hopefully–he’ll be here arond 7:50 to tell us a little about it.

The wine is getting softer and rounder — maybe because we’ve been drinking it for a while.

Let’s take a minute to weigh in on Valentine’s Day. Does everyone want to do the tasting as scheduled on that night or to switch it to Wednesday, Feb. 13? We didn’t reach a decision last week.

sorry….late…sister….hospital

spicy nose
tannin more than acid to me

lovely color

not alot of complexity but I like the old world meets the new.

vinnie-look on the bottle under the name..it shows how to sayit i think.. the “j” is a “y”

Julie! I was worried about you. John, this is Julie from last week and she told me today she was planning to buy a case of your In Fine. She loved it!

Robert!

The “Dogajolo” means Wood Stave!

Yes Robert with a 3 yr old under my feet, do we like the wine?

wednesday is good for us

John I am I crazy if I open this at my super bowl party with spicey wings and nachos

Dave, we’ll ask Brett when he signs on and I’ll provide a recipe for lamb and for something else. Many people don’t like lamb, though I’m not one of them. Brett actually recommended lamb shanks, which I love and I might have to try them in a pressure cooker. Otherwise they’ll take too long to cook.

the more wine the worse my spelling gets

I can do either night.

It looks like robert got stuck in cyber traffic

I have never heard of greek spag. what is in it?

We grilled the Duck with a black pepper rub and a hint of Cinnamion over thetop, rare.

Sounds lovely, Susan. Do you have a favorite recipe for Greek spaghettic you’d like to share? I always put a pinch of cinnamon in my meat sauces, which I first tasted in Greek spaghetti.

You people that cook…if I donate grocery money, will you include me in the count??? LOL..I cook, but life is in the way these days….

Chinese NY sounds fun…

This winery is in the heart of Chaniti amd makes some wonderful IGt wine like the “Dog”. The IGT alloys the producer to make his of her wine with any Vireital they choose. Super Tuscan was what they called the wine early on because they could charge the super price. Now the wines are much more foward and very affordable.

OK, these broken wine bottles are weird. Today my cat brought a bird in the house (happens all the time) and apparently in the ruckus, one of the dogs ran into an armoire in the kitchen and a bottle of red wine broke on the floor and splattered all over the wall. It’ll have to be repainted, and my house smelled like a winery when I came in!

I bought a bottle of the red In Fine to try this weekend.

what exactly is IGT?

Julie we love too.Tyler is great thanks for caring

Rob–EXCELLENT choice…SUPER is the operative superlative….and since I am NOT eating yet, the fact that it’s a good quaff w/o food TO ME….speaks volumes…

Julie, I can talk dogs all day. And now that I have this cat, it’s a whole new world. E-mail me anytime.

Brett, are you online? If not, John or Robert, do either of you know about the Lodi Jessie Stone Earth, Zin and Fire for next week?

let’s keep going since robert is with us now~!

Buster’s had quite a bit of it in stock.

I am almost out of wine!!

Robert, I think everyone paid more than $11.99. Did anyone get it for less?

Nope I think this wines is a great start to the “Super Tuscan but affordable” wines

Lord, Child, I was a ‘cat’ person way before I discovered dogs…..I have, or shall I say, 3 have me as their slave.

But this wine is as good a red as In Fine is a white (Vinnie–last week’s choice from John V.)

The winery was founde in 1967 and is one of the Few to wine The Robert Mondavia Award of Excellence

Lost is what we all will be at 10:30pm

I’m obviously not drinking enough! I never even finish half a bottle. Well, I probably had a little more than half of the riesling because it was so easy to drink…

Okay…it’s back to the hot tub for us to finish off the bottle. Catch you all next week.

Whooga….. I am glad Robert finally showed. This was a great pick Bobby D. Goodnight my new friends

I’m tempted to tell you all what happens on Lost–I watched the preview DVD of the first two shows…

Only joking–I would never spill the beans.

guess that makes us girls pros, robert!

Any other thoughts? This winery makes a great higher end Chardonnay and Cabernet.

We thought it was a good value and a good wine with food.

Thank you what did you pay and where

See you in two weeks (whichever day it is!)

Robert- I didn’t get a response, have you ever taken a trip to Italy?

this is so much fun! we will be back next week..looking forward to bretts wine selection!

Dave, isn’t is nice to know that by the end of the year, we’ll have tasted 52 new wines?

Can any one tell me the what the Greek word Carpos means?

busters for me!

Robert, I bought mine at Buster’s for $12.99 and when I was there, ran into friends who were buying the Tunnel of Elms chardonnay for $6.99! Bill at Buster’s said it was a phenomenal value, so I picked up a bottle but haven’t opened it yet.

No have not been but we do have plans for a trip next year so keep buying the “DOG” and we can go

Julie, next week is Thursday, as usual. I think we’ll go with Wednesday, Feb. 13 instead of Valentine’s Day, though. I’ll put it on the blog and in the paper.

Goodnight everyone, and thanks for joining! See you next Thursday.

I have enjoyed my time and wine shared with you all, but the Donald is calling and early meeting tomorrow am. see you all next week

Julie did you have dinner with this choice?

Thanks for tasting/buying the wine guys!

Tim, I can’t imagine why you couldn’t find this wine. If you’ll email me and tell me where you went, I’ll be sure that the store owners know to check online so they’ll know which wine we’re drinking each week. Send it to biggs@commercialappeal.com.

Last night I gave the wrong name for next week’s wine, although I correctly named it in my Wednesday column: It’s Lodi 2005 Jessie’s Grove Earth, Zin and Fire and the distributor tells me it should be eaily found, too.