WTN: Excellent Ca. Cab. and Bordeaux

My wife and I drink a bottle of wine per nite and for the last several months we have consumed so-so wine so I thougth it was time to celebrate the shi*** snowy weather and have something really good.

2005 Andersons Conn Valley Cabernet Reserve. I do not know if they make a non-reserve but this wine was indeed awesome. Consumed with pork roast (on the wood stove) in peach/garlic sauce, this was a very aromatic Cabernet with deep cassis nose and flavors (the nose was even better than the palate) and plenty of smooth tannins. This wine could very much benifit from 2-4 years of age but with 6 hrs. of breathing it was extremely enjoyable last nite. A Parker 96, I'd give it a 94 with the definite potential of 96 or more. Just plain excellent.
My last Andersons Conn Valley Cab. was probably 15 years ago.

2003 Ch. Malescot St. Exupery, my first nice 2003 and my first Margaux ever, what a pleasure it was to drink. Dense purple in color with wonderful cassis and coffee and maybe mint aromas, the flavors followed and the whole package was extremely smooth given 1 hour to breath in a carafe. This wine was more ready to go than the Cal. Cab. but certainly had the stuffings to age for many (10-15) years given its great balance and great fruit level. I should do this more often to celebrate surviving the harsh winter we are having in southern Ohio!!!

[David M. Bueker]

I like the Andersons Conn Valley wines. It's a shame that "The Todd" makes them. His Ghost Horse image really turns me off.

I like the Andersons Conn Valley wines. It's a shame that "The Todd" makes them. His Ghost Horse image really turns me off.

You don't mean to say that he's being serious, do you? Surely it's a spoof. Surely...

Mark Lipton

[David M. Bueker]

I know it's a spoof, but it's so ridiculously stupid that I am repulsed.

Thanks for the notes! I've been intrigued with this winery but have never had the opportunity to give them a try!

I know it's a spoof, but it's so ridiculously stupid that I am repulsed.

Sorry, David, but it's for real, unless he's seeding Cellartracker with fake notes. I was just being a bit Disorderly, I'm afraid. Of course, it could both be real and a put-on at the same time, sort of like Howard the Duck or something...

Mark Lipton

Jim, thanks for the 2003 Malescot note. I bought 4 on futures and am looking forward to dipping in some time over the next few years. In the meantime, I am gratified to read notes like yours. I also just bought a pair of 2004's, though I doubt I will buy the uber-pricey 2005 (though it will break up my 2000 onwards vertical).

Thanks,
Michael

[David M. Bueker]

Yeah...sadly true on the Ghost Horse. My spoof comment was in some kind of blind hope that he's just playing it up to get noticed.