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| Topic: TN: Sat. wine lunch Author: Bruce L. Date: Mon Aug 20 12:11:33 2001 . 95 Thackrey Orion. After lunch, some of us went over to David Millman''s new house. I brought this wine over and we opened it up. I didn''t take any notes, but this wine is still a baby, with lots of ripe fruit followed by massive tannins. For those who love the minty/eucalyptus style of the Orions, this wine doesn''t disappoint. Probably still needs 2-4 years in the cellar. |
| TN: My Madison Offline Notes Posted by Jamie Goode on Jul 09, 1998 at 11:40:57 Sean Thackrey 1992 Orion Old Vines What a star! Deep rich red/black with intense nose of bacon fat and vanilla. Youthful palate with strong tannin, intense spicy new oak and damson and cherry fruit galore. Excellent! |
| TN: 11 Premium Californian wines (longish) Posted by Tom Cannavan on Apr 07, 1998 at 08:48:28 Orion old vines, Sean Thackrey (Napa), 1995. £34.99 Very deep, striking, cerise colour - straight out of a paint-box. This is Orion. That high, confected, mint-leaf, basil nose is unmistakable. Rather more lush on the palate than the last vintage, with that consistent confected top-note, but much better, more structured fruit beneath. Quite unctuous and chewy, with sour cherry and dusty, berry fruit and tannic backbone. This is better than the '94 and....I actually like it. |
| Topic: TN: Twin Cities Off-Line Blind Rhones Author: Brad Ballinger - St. Paul, MN Date: Fri Apr 6 14:19:10 2001 1990 Sean Thackrey Orion, 1 point. Had we voted to fifth place, this would''ve been by fifth place wine. Several pegged it as the ringer. Nose of serious lavender, vanilla, rose hips and citrus. Plenty of fruit and structure with a clean and pleasing finish. Easily, for me, the most intriguing nose of the flight, if you dismiss the cat piss wine. |
| TN: WTO Millennium Dinner (21 Great wines) Posted by Marc Pearlman (Seattle) on Dec 22, 1999 at 20:14:41 1990 Sean Thackrey Orion typical over-the-top Orion nose, rosemary, pine nettles and eucalyptis medium to full body, still some drying tanins after 10 years lots of fruit left. very impressive long dry finish still seems quite young |
| Topic: TN: Triply Blinded tasters fumble through 18 Supposed Syrahs Author: Bryan Loofbourrow Date: Sun Jul 2 17:07:45 2000 Wine No 1 (My #4, group #6): Strong citrus oil and berry fruit, mint, oak spice; an interesting and complex nose. On palate, very good acid, young tongue-coating tannins and bright lemon. The acid is a little weird, with a Country-Time Lemonade quality. Still, complex and fun. Doesn''t seem like a Syrah. VERY GOOD MINUS. French. [1992 Sean Thackrey Orion] |
| Topic: TN: East Coast, West Coast, OR . . . Author: Jason Brandt Lewis (San Francisco) Date: Wed Jun 14 13:05:25 2000 1995 Thackrey "Orion," A California Native Red Wine: (opened the night before, the bottle appears on the table two-thids full) big, dark, inky black in color and opaque; big, dense, full-blown nose of black cherry, blackberry, spice and more; very full in body, plush, mouth-filling -- almost chewy -- with loads of flavor and character, very long in the finish. Very impressive in its style, perhaps best served alone (?). JBL: "''Native Red Wine''?!?!? WTF is that?!?!?!?!?" Plotnicki: "Oh wow, look at that color! Now this is a wine!" Stuart: "''Native Red Wine''?!?!? WTF is that?!?!?!?!?" George: "This is the only wine that will stand up to the venison." Plotnicki: "This is more like it!" George: "Nope. Too powerful." Plotnicki (much later): "This is great, but what would you serve it with?" |
| TN: The Best of Everything (?) Posted by Tom Cannavan on August 29, 1997 at 07:32:45 Orion old vines 1994, Sean Thackrey, £29.99 Deep, black, opaque colour. Last time I tasted this I used the adjective "weird" to describe the nose. I'll stick with that: really high scents of mint leaf, confectionery, blackcurrant and pesto sauce. On the palate it's a very luscious wine with plenty of ripe black fruit and very grippy tannin. The finish dries the mouth with plenty of good acidity. It is clearly a well structured, complex and characterful wine, but I'm just not convinced I really like it. |
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