Grab bag of short tasting notes including excellent summer white

• 2010 Blue Plate Wines Chenin Blanc – USA, California, Central Valley, Clarksburg (6/3/2011)
  Honey suckle and melon aromas. Light and easy drinking with charming lychee fruit and ripe honeydew melon fruit. Ordered a glass at Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen in St Helena and after enjoying it, made a note to research this wine some more. After discovering it direct from the Blue Plate winery for $10 a bottle with a 10% case discount, I ordered a case. Excellent summer white, especially for this price. (87 points)
• 2006 Cargasacchi Pinot Noir Estate – USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Rita Hills – Sta. Rita Hills (2/15/2011) Delicious. Laser like acidity lifts up cherry fruit, cola, and just a titch of tomato leaf. (90 points)
• 2006 Robert Foley Claret – USA, California, Napa Valley, Spring Mountain District (10/25/2010) One of the better bottles of Foley Claret I’ve had. This wine, while extremely big, was balanced with ripe black plum, pine tar, toasty sweet oak, and a full mouthfeel that stayed with you for a long time. (90 points)
• 1999 Archery Summit Pinot Noir Red Hills Estate – USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills (12/6/2010) Cherry cola, eucalyptus, and sweet balsamic vinegar flavor with very bright gripping acidity. Big mouthfeel and long, medium weight finish of red fruit and pine. (92 points)
• 2006 Beck-Hartweg Gewurztraminer Frankstein – France, Alsace, Dambach-la-Ville, Alsace Grand Cru AOC (3/31/2011) simple sweet wine with a touch of petrol

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