Thread: TN: Urban UCO

On Apr 28, 8:29Â*am, Godzilla Lizard <godzi...@monsters.com> wrote:
> A recent browsing at Costco's wine section left me with few choices which
> were within my present limited budget. One item caught my eye. Was it a
> high numerical rating by one of the wine gurus? Or was it just the single
> digit price tag? I don't really remember.
>
> Last night, I broke out some of the freezer's stock of veal cutlets,
> pounded them a bit, soaked some fine Porcini dried mushrooms and added
> them plus their strained liquor to the remnants of a previous day's
> Marinara. The cutlets were placed in a Paella pan and covered with th�e
> sauce. A half hour later, plated with Basmati rice and Petit Pois au
> beurre, Ambrosia reigned on the heated plates.
>
> I wish that I could say the same for the Urban UCO 2008, which I sampled
> at three half hour intervals of breathing. It was a Malbec/Tempranillo
> blend. There have been some straight Tempranillos that I have truly
> enjoyed, but I cannot recall any positive experiences with Malbec. There
> is a certain grassy and funky overtone that predominates. Perhaps there
> are some fine examples of wine made with Malbec in Argentina.
> This was not one of them. On the Davis 20 scale: 14
>
> Godzilla

Well, the food sounds good!
My take on the 2006 from 18 months ago
2006 Urban Uco Malbec-Tempranillo (Argentina)
No offense to my host, but this was dreadful wine. Jammy yet with a
harsh acidity, oak chippy, sharp raspberries and blackberries with a
weird almost chemically note. This seemed to go down fine with
everyone else, but I used the sushi as excuse to dump the red. C-

I did have an Urban Torrontes I thought was ok

On Apr 28, 8:29Â*am, Godzilla Lizard <godzi...@monsters.com> wrote:
> A recent browsing at Costco's wine section left me with few choices which
> were within my present limited budget. One item caught my eye. Was it a
> high numerical rating by one of the wine gurus? Or was it just the single
> digit price tag? I don't really remember.
>
> Last night, I broke out some of the freezer's stock of veal cutlets,
> pounded them a bit, soaked some fine Porcini dried mushrooms and added
> them plus their strained liquor to the remnants of a previous day's
> Marinara. The cutlets were placed in a Paella pan and covered with th�e
> sauce. A half hour later, plated with Basmati rice and Petit Pois au
> beurre, Ambrosia reigned on the heated plates.
>
> I wish that I could say the same for the Urban UCO 2008, which I sampled
> at three half hour intervals of breathing. It was a Malbec/Tempranillo
> blend. There have been some straight Tempranillos that I have truly
> enjoyed, but I cannot recall any positive experiences with Malbec. There
> is a certain grassy and funky overtone that predominates. Perhaps there
> are some fine examples of wine made with Malbec in Argentina.
> This was not one of them. On the Davis 20 scale: 14
>
> Godzilla

The veal sound great and this is pea season isn't it! Too bad about
the wine.