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Restaurant Nicholas - the best restaurant in New Jersey for five star gourmet dining. Reservations are recommended at Restaurant Nicholas in Red Bank NJ.
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Hall Winery California - visit the Hall Winery and experience great wines like the Diamond Mountain Cabernet.
Winery Scarecrow Cabernet - read the latest reviews including the 2005 Scarecrow Cabernet; a new California cult wine.
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2004 Dalla Valle Cabernet - read the latest wine review of the 2004 Dalla Valley Winery cabernet by Brian Pasch.
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2003 Scarecrow Review - A Near Perfect Wine

My six bottles of 2003 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon recently arrived in the cellar and I was waiting for the right time to open a bottle for evaluation. The opportunity came at a recent wine tasting in my home which gave me the opportunity to get feedback from eight other people. I originally wrote about the Scarecrow Winery project back in June of 2006

The 2003 Scarecrow was served at the end of a wine tasting night that featured California Cabernet's from 1995 and 1996. The 2003 Scarecrow was the perfect ending to a night of fine wines. It reminded me of a young Maya in a great vintage. The wine had a perfect balance of fruit and tannins, although I will not open another bottle for 3+ years. The fruit flavors had the intensity and spiciness of the Dalla Valle Maya but had a very unique signature on its own.

This wine will be a superstar as it ages gracefully in the next 5-10 years. The packaging from the winery is fantastic; a wooden three-pack (ala Screaming Eagle) filled with hay-like materials that you would expect in a Scarecrow. The winery also provides a small bound booklet that reflects on the vineyard property and winemaking team.

This is the finest new California wine that I have tasted this year. I would strongly recommend that you contact the winery and get on their mailing list. I rate the wine 99+ points. There were only 471 cases of the wine made in 2003. The vineyard is located in the Rutherford Appellation at the site of the old J J Cohn estate. The wine retails for $100 per bottle and can be purchased in either 3 or 6 bottle lots.

Brian Pasch - October 14, 2006