Comments on: ☆ 2007 Ferrari-Carano Eldorado Gold

By: What Angels Drink | Notes From The Cellar

What Angels Drink | Notes From The Cellar — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:02:45 +0000

[...] blanc (this one is 80% of the former, 20% of the latter) and it’s delicious. I wrote up a Sauternes-style wine from Sonoma County, and I’d still recommend that wine without hesitation. However, [...]

By: You Have Never Tasted A White Dessert Wine Like This | Notes From The Cellar

Thu, 20 May 2010 17:52:34 +0000

[...] And, that’s not necessarily a good thing. The 2000 Eldorado Gold is the older cousin of one of the best white dessert wines I’ve ever had. But it couldn’t be less like its relative. The vinoteca at [...]

By: This Wine + More Time = Amazing Meritage | Notes From The Cellar

This Wine + More Time = Amazing Meritage | Notes From The Cellar — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:58:56 +0000

[...] I mentioned in my review of their Eldorado Gold dessert wine, Ferrari-Carano is a pretty spectacular place. Visually stunning, physically impressive, it even [...]

By: tricie

tricie — Sat, 08 May 2010 05:24:52 +0000

Love this wine, and the Eldorado Noir too, as mentioned by suburbanwino. F.C. is a beautiful Winery. I think I want to live there.

By: tricie

tricie — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:24:52 +0000

Love this wine, and the Eldorado Noir too, as mentioned by suburbanwino. F.C. is a beautiful Winery. I think I want to live there.

By: Steve Paulo

Steve Paulo — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:14:42 +0000

I have a few more up my sleeve, but also had some nice international tastings that I'm going to intersperse. Tomorrow's is from Spain.

By: suburbanwino

suburbanwino — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:12:26 +0000

sweet! Ferrari-Carano was a little too hoity-toity for me, but I had a good time there. We went down to the reserve room too. I was a huge fan of the Eldorado Noir, actually!

Looking forward to more notes from your Sonoma trip, dude.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:26:07 +0000

I've realized in my life that fungus has been a great thing (gorgonzola, shitake, botrytis) at a higher rate than it has been a bad thing (athlete's foot) Huh.

By: Steve Paulo

Steve Paulo — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:08:48 +0000

We don't make it often to Sonoma, unfortunately (Napa and Livermore are so close) but I will try to let you know next time!

By: Steve Paulo

Steve Paulo — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:08:19 +0000

You know, I've always assumed this is basically what happened. Some 16th-century autumn in southern Bordeaux featured ridiculously early rains, rotting entire fields of semillon grapes, and the winemakers went, "well, shit, we can't just throw all this away!"

And Sauternes was born.