Comments on: Tasting notes: “Battle of the Palates” http://www.thirstyreader.com/some-blind-tasting-results-for-napa-valley-wines/ Food and Wine from Napa, Sonoma and the Bay Area • Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Scott Salvatierra http://www.thirstyreader.com/some-blind-tasting-results-for-napa-valley-wines/comment-page-1/#comment-23477 Scott Salvatierra Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:26:13 +0000 http://www.thirstyreader.com/?p=187#comment-23477 Is this the year Napa Valley Rocks had an orientation a few days before at Beringer? And there was a guy who correctly identified a practice tasting as charbono? And then at the luncheon, the same guy correctly identified a mystery wine as 1982 late harvest riesling? Or was this the year that Napa Valley Rocks was held in the room next to Bottega? Is this the year Napa Valley Rocks had an orientation a few days before at Beringer? And there was a guy who correctly identified a practice tasting as charbono? And then at the luncheon, the same guy correctly identified a mystery wine as 1982 late harvest riesling?

Or was this the year that Napa Valley Rocks was held in the room next to Bottega?

]]> By: thirstyreader http://www.thirstyreader.com/some-blind-tasting-results-for-napa-valley-wines/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 thirstyreader Tue, 19 May 2009 17:39:22 +0000 http://www.thirstyreader.com/?p=187#comment-1301 "Mountain" versus "valley floor" is something that I can (sometimes) distinguish through intensity. I was pretty accurate with valley floor terroir yesterday (such as determining Oakville versus Rutherford), but the mountain appellations were tricky for me. Personally, I didn't find the oak levels to be too distracting -- the tasting itself was challenging across the board! “Mountain” versus “valley floor” is something that I can (sometimes) distinguish through intensity. I was pretty accurate with valley floor terroir yesterday (such as determining Oakville versus Rutherford), but the mountain appellations were tricky for me. Personally, I didn’t find the oak levels to be too distracting — the tasting itself was challenging across the board!

]]> By: Barbara http://www.thirstyreader.com/some-blind-tasting-results-for-napa-valley-wines/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 Barbara Tue, 19 May 2009 16:14:40 +0000 http://www.thirstyreader.com/?p=187#comment-1300 Congratulations!! Well done! Congratulations!! Well done!

]]> By: Tish http://www.thirstyreader.com/some-blind-tasting-results-for-napa-valley-wines/comment-page-1/#comment-1299 Tish Tue, 19 May 2009 16:06:08 +0000 http://www.thirstyreader.com/?p=187#comment-1299 Did you find that oak levels varied much, and masked some of the terroir? Also was the main diff between "mountain" and "valley floor" to be flavor, or intensity? Did you find that oak levels varied much, and masked some of the terroir? Also was the main diff between “mountain” and “valley floor” to be flavor, or intensity?

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