Tonight we’re going to try a new format for our wine tasting. Instead of posting comments like we’ve done in the past, we’re truly going to be in live time. No few seconds lagging here or there, and you won’t have to refresh your browser–the new comments will pop up right as they’re written (with about a half-second figured in there for me to click a button). Just scroll down a bit and start typing at “Live Blog.” All you need to do is enter your name (for your first post), then your comment and hit “Send.”
From time to time you might see a pop-up screen asking you to grade the characteristics of the wine (or maybe not–we’ll have to see how this works). When and if you do, just click on the letter grade. Your participation in this means that I can come up with a letter grade for each of our wines based on our tastings. And it will be archived, so we can go back and refresh our memories whenever we need.
Thanks for being our guinea pigs tonight as we try out this new program. I’m signing on at 6:30 instead of 7 so that anyone who needs help can email me at biggs@commercialappeal.com. We’ll not only have our wine expert Oscar Vego on hand, but our blog expert Bryan Robinson on call, too!
See you tonight.
Wine
Responses to “2005 Luzon Tasting”
February 28th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Hello Jennifer, Thanks for having me, here is a liitle info to get it going Luzon 2005, Finca Luzon, Jumilla, Spain
Founded by the Gill family in 1916, it is an estate of 216 acres of vineyards located 60 miles from the Mediterranean at 2,100 ft. in elevation (Rutherford in Napa Valley has a elevation of 100 to 500 ft.). The soils are a combination of sand and chalk covered with large chalky gravel and stones. The stones can be up to 18 inches in depth. There is little rainfall and the vines are are subjected to great temperature fluctuations daily. 20 days total maceration (The time the grape juice is left in the vat and in contact with the grape skins and stems) for the Syrah and 12 for the Monastrell ( Mourvèdre). Temperature controlled fermentation and Estate Bottled (grown in the winery’s own vineyards). 5,000 cases imported to the U.S. Robert Parker gave this wine a 88 in the Wine Advocate #166 (Aug 2006).
February 29th, 2008 at 11:13 am
I like the way the Luzon bottle has some heft to it. Also in this price range, I’d recommend a couple of Chilean cabernets - Vino de Eyzaguirre 2004 and Casillero del Diablo 2006
March 1st, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Love the new format (I’ve been reading these for info even though I haven’t had a chance to participate) but the text is a wee bit small to make for comfortable reading. Jennifer’s black text is readable but the tiny blue text wears me out. And I have good vision, so I can only imagine what it would be like for older folks.
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