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Wine Blogger's Conference Top Wines - Number Seven
Last weekend was the Wine Blogger's Conference. And what a conference it was! I easily must have tried 200 wines, all in the name of finding you, my dear readers, absolute gems! What I wouldn't sacrifice for you.
Now you have to understand, this conference is a big deal. Every winery is showing wines that are pretty darn good. So to make it to into the list of seven wines is a really, really big deal.
Each day this week I'll blog about one of my seven favorite wines from the show.
Drumroll please for number seven:
Yates Family Vineyard, Alden Perry Reserve, 2005
In a grand tasting of forty or so Napa valley wines this was the one I wanted to go home with.
Too bad they were located the farthest away from the entrance of the tasting. I have a feeling that kept many people from having time to try it.
Alphabetism (discrimination based on the first letter of a persons name) rears its ugly head!
This wine is a blend of 55% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon.
StarSilverCreek shot some interviews at the tasting, and you can see me expound on the Yates at around the 10 minute mark. (Quick summary: it was tremendous on a scale from bad to tremendous).
Before the 2005 labeling, this winery was only known as Napa Redwoods Estate. Wine Thoughts also loved this wine, putting the 2002 vintage in its top 10 wines for 2007.
Wine Thoughts wrote: "This is a truly fantastic wine - deep, dark and complex, with ripe black fruit flavors, hints of chocolate and mocha, and well structured tannins. Wonderfully dense and concentrated."
Below is a picture of just a small part of the Napa tasting at the Quintessa winery where I discovered the Yates.
