This wine was the darkest in color of all six selections. It still had noticeable tannins that smoothed as it opened up. This wine was fuller in body with hints of leather and deep fruit.
1997 Woodward Canyon
$14.00
Votes: 1/4/1/1/1/1
Hints of raspberry in this wine. It was a bit lighter in style, more elegant.
1997 Canoe Ridge
$16.00
Votes: 1/2/2/2/2/0 - Tie vote 6 points
Nice fruit, parricularly blackberry. This was one of the fuller bodied of the 6 wines.
1997 Giardet
$9.00
Votes: 2/2/0/3/1/1 - Tie vote 3 points
This was another of the fuller bodied wines. It had an earthy nose and mouth...very pronounced in the begining.
1997 Gino's Vino (Cuneo Cellars)
$9.00
Votes: 1/1/3/0/1/3
This had the lightest color of the six wines. It showed red fruit on the palate.
NV Tefft Cellars
$10.00
Votes: 0/0/1/1/4/3
This had almost a celery/mint nose. The finish was nice, but didn't linger as long as the other wines..
