http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/tags/stemilion/ Decanterberry Tales - A Willamette Valley Wine Blog ... wine, pinot noir, etc en Decanterberrytales.com Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:19:00 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/2008/12/23/1230090499391.html <img width="188" height="250" src="http://dnj.netx.net/view/0180/p_18075.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> This wasn't a bad wine, yet it was disappointing. Here I am at a party, and there's a lot of open bottles of wine. This one? Maybe not. That one, hmmm. Ahh: I spot a Grand Cru St Emilion. Okay, that's what I'll drink. And yet, it wasn't much like what I was expecting. <br /> <br /> The nose was wood, fruit, cherry, stems, saw dust, river rock, and a very subtle vanilla.The taste was black cherry, and maybe blackberry and/or plum. The vanilla was there too, and still very subtle. The body was medium and it was dry. The finish was black cherry, and very tannic (lots of stems). A bit later I found some pepper in the finish too. Surprisingly it was not as earthy as I would expect. <br /> <br /> Again, this wasn't a bad wine. And later I found out it was about $15 for the bottle. So for that, it was very decent -- just not anything like what you might guess to be inside a bottle with a label reading &quot;Grand Cru&quot;.<br /> <br /> <strong>Cost:&nbsp;&nbsp; <img align="absmiddle" alt="" src="/images/2dollars.png" /><br /> <br /> Rating: <img align="absmiddle" src="/images/65stars.png" alt="" />&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.5<br /> </strong> http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/2008/12/23/1230090499391.html#comments http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/2008/12/23/1230090499391.html Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:48:19 GMT