Don't Fear the Grape

2001 Blue Rock Syrah

Price: $40.00 (close out for $10.00)
Varietal: 100% Syrah
Region: California > Sonoma County > Alexander Valley
Website: www.bluerockvineyard.com

I really blew it on this one. The first time I had the 2001 Blue Rock Syrah, it was one of my favorite wines ever. I had been saving this wine for a time when I could share it with friends, and then blew it by not decanting this wine. This wine needs to breath for at LEAST 2 hours. Without decanting, this wine is closed and tight with very little body. But after decanting, oh boy…

The ratings listed below are based on the non-decanted 2001 Blue Rock Syrah.

Tad’s Rating:
Patrick’s Rating:
Jeanine’s Rating:
Anthony’s Rating:
John’s Rating:
Brianna’s Rating:

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John reviews a few wines from Bordeaux’s left bank region and then John, Patrick an I taste a 2005 Château Colombier-Monpelou.

2006 Château Bellegrave

Price: $12.00-$35.00
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Region: France > Bordeaux > Médoc > Haut Médoc
John’s Rating: 88 points

2005 Château Potensac

Price: $25.00
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Region: France > Bordeaux > Médoc
John’s Rating: 90 points

2001 Château Montrose

Price: $50.00-$105.00
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Region: France > Bordeaux > Médoc > Haut Médoc > St. Estèphe
John’s Rating: 94 points

2005 Château Lascombe

Price: $60.00-$160.00
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Region: France > Bordeaux > Médoc > Haut Médoc > Margaux
John’s Rating: 94 points

2005 Château Colombier-Monpelou

Price: $16.00-$36.00
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend (Cabernet Sauvignon 65%, Merlot 25%, Cabernet Franc 5%, Petit Verdot 5%)
Region: France > Bordeaux > Médoc > Haut Médoc > Pauillac

Tad’s Rating: Like It
Patrick’s Rating: Love It
John’s Rating: Like It

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Cheers!

John Glas
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Several years ago I had the privilege of meeting Stephen Ross Dooley at I wine tasting I was attending. Stephen, a winemaker from California, also happened to be from my hometown in Minnesota. At the time, I was just getting in to wines, and was fascinated by listening to Stephen talk about his career in the wine industry and about establishing his own wine label in 1994, Stephen Ross.

Stephen presented a few of his wines that night, and I fell in love with his Pinot Noir, which seems to be something Stephen Ross specializes in. That night I bought a bottle of his Pinot Noir and, just for the heck of it, a bottle of his Petite Sirah. I quickly drank the Pinot Noir, while the Petite Sirah languished in the back of my wine cooler, that is until last night.

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