Templeton Smith

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Taylor Fladgate 20 Year Old Tawny Port, Douro Valley Bottle
Taylor Fladgate 20 Year Old Tawny Port, Douro Valley
Douro, Portugal
$64.95

Extremely pleasurable. Fresh floral and sweet butterscotch nose and taste. Smooth. Yum.

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Stoney Ridge Vidal Icewine 2007, VQA Niagara Peninsula (375ml) Bottle
Stoney Ridge Vidal Icewine 2007, VQA Niagara Peninsula (375ml)
Ontario, Canada
$34.95

Pear, lychee, apple and sweet. Ever so smooth. Very nice.

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Livio Sassetti Pertimali Brunello Di Montalcino 2006 Bottle
Livio Sassetti Pertimali Brunello Di Montalcino 2006
Tuscany, Italy
$47.95

A terrific Brunello. Nose of violets, roses and flowers. Intense and dark fruits on the palate. Smooth and Long finish.

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Michele Castellani Colle Cristi Collezione Ca' Del Pipa Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico 2006 Bottle
Michele Castellani Colle Cristi Collezione Ca' Del Pipa Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico 2006
Veneto, Italy
$44.95

This amarone has a wonderful bouquet of fresh fruit, flowers, mint, vanilla ice cream and slight earthiness. The palate is intense with cooked fruit and cherries, and good length. The vanilla makes me think it might be over-oaked. Nonetheless the corvina doesn't show through in all its flavours. So it's not the most representative of amarones but a very good one on its own.

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Farina Le Pezze Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico 2006, Doc Bottle
Farina Le Pezze Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico 2006, Doc
Veneto, Italy
$30.25

Excellent wine. A good example of Amarone and definitely among the best in the vintage. Very nice. Tasted April 2011 and September 2012.

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Inniskillin Vidal Icewine 2007, VQA Niagara Peninsula, With Gift Box  (375ml) Bottle
Inniskillin Vidal Icewine 2007, VQA Niagara Peninsula, With Gift Box (375ml)
Ontario, Canada
$49.95

Simply wonderful. Sweet, apple and grape. Smooth. Not so sweet it overpowers you. Just the right balance, that makes you keep wanting more and more and more.

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Corte Pavone Brunello Di Montalcino 2005, Docg Bottle
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Sequillo Cellars Red 2009, Wo Swartland Bottle
Sequillo Cellars Red 2009, Wo Swartland
Swartland, South Africa
$23.90

Very nice, but not a wine over 90. Not memorable.

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Clos Du Calvaire Châteauneuf Du Pape 2009 Bottle
Clos Du Calvaire Châteauneuf Du Pape 2009
Rhône, France
$34.95

Fruity nose. In the mouth it's herbal and fruity w cherries, nice. Finish has some cocoa and minerals. Not impressed but not bad either.

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Inniskillin Winemaker's Series Montague Vineyard Pinot Noir 2009, VQA Four Mile Creek, Niagara Peninsula Bottle
Inniskillin Winemaker's Series Montague Vineyard Pinot Noir 2009, VQA Four Mile Creek, Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada
$29.95

This pinot has a very fruity nose of lychee and fresh fruits. Reminded me of the nose you get in Inniskillin's icewine. The palate is again fresh with some citrus and good acidity. The finish is not long. There's no sense of terroir or earthiness. This is all new world pinot, clean and intense. Tasted January 2012

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