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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
Last night with the visiting Redhawk, MiamiAtty, Redknife and spouses at FKG and my house:

Nicholas Feuillate NV Brut
2008 Avanthia Goldello
2006 Penninsula Gewurz Manigold Vineyard
2001 Fuligni Brunello
1997 Pio Cesare Barolo (corked)
2004 Pegau
2005 Domaine de la Vielle Julienne CDP
2004 Kosta Browne Amber Ridge Pinot
2001 Clos Apalta

and because Redhawk had never had a Stefania, the excessive and totally unnecessary

2008 Stefania Eaglepoint Ranch Syrah

How was the fuligni showing?

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Originally posted by wine+art:
A stellar night in Houston.

1959 Krug (1.5)
2005 Vincent Dauvissat La Forest Chablis
2008 Raveneaux Montee de Tonnerre
2002 Coche Dury Corton Charlemagne
2001 Leroy Chambertin
2002 Leroy Clos de la Roche
1995 DRC La Tache
1990 DRC Saint Vivant Romanee

Longboarder, I sent you pictures, but only the first one went through.

You have some friends with great cellars w+a. Sounds like a great night, well done!

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Originally posted by GlennK:

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Originally posted by Jcocktosten:
Last night with the visiting Redhawk, MiamiAtty, Redknife and spouses at FKG and my house:

Nicholas Feuillate NV Brut
2008 Avanthia Goldello
2006 Penninsula Gewurz Manigold Vineyard
2001 Fuligni Brunello
1997 Pio Cesare Barolo (corked)
2004 Pegau
2005 Domaine de la Vielle Julienne CDP
2004 Kosta Browne Amber Ridge Pinot
2001 Clos Apalta

and because Redhawk had never had a Stefania, the excessive and totally unnecessary

2008 Stefania Eaglepoint Ranch Syrah

How was the fuligni showing?

Red fruit predominate more than dark. Excellent and lengthy finish. Good balance and I really enjoyed this and amm happy we have 2 more.

Tonight with Francesco Illy at IL Giglio.

1995 Mastrojanni Normale - Excellent and in a very good place right now.

2006 Mastrojanni Normale - We debated whether this wine will ever reach the complexity of the '95. A good wine though in its own right.

Sadly a bottle of 1995 Costanti Riserva was corked.

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Originally posted by Board-O:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
A stellar night in Houston.

1959 Krug (1.5)
2005 Vincent Dauvissat La Forest Chablis
2008 Raveneaux Montee de Tonnerre
2002 Coche Dury Corton Charlemagne
2001 Leroy Chambertin
2002 Leroy Clos de la Roche
1995 DRC La Tache
1990 DRC Saint Vivant Romanee

Longboarder, I sent you pictures, but only the first one went through.

Maybe a few brief impressions, if not notes?

Will do when I return home.

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Originally posted by GlennK:

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
A stellar night in Houston.

1959 Krug (1.5)
2005 Vincent Dauvissat La Forest Chablis
2008 Raveneaux Montee de Tonnerre
2002 Coche Dury Corton Charlemagne
2001 Leroy Chambertin
2002 Leroy Clos de la Roche
1995 DRC La Tache
1990 DRC Saint Vivant Romanee

You have some friends with great cellars w+a. Sounds like a great night, well done!

Yes, I do have friends with nice cellars, but we bought these off of a restaurant list.

A little early year end celebration for a great year in Houston for our partnership.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by GlennK:

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
A stellar night in Houston.

1959 Krug (1.5)
2005 Vincent Dauvissat La Forest Chablis
2008 Raveneaux Montee de Tonnerre
2002 Coche Dury Corton Charlemagne
2001 Leroy Chambertin
2002 Leroy Clos de la Roche
1995 DRC La Tache
1990 DRC Saint Vivant Romanee

You have some friends with great cellars w+a. Sounds like a great night, well done!

Yes, I do have friends with nice cellars, but we bought these off of a restaurant list.

A little early year end celebration for a great year in Houston for our partnership.

What restaurant in Houston has those gems?

2006 Pierre Usseglio Cdp.

Penner Ash PN 2010

Tasty.

1986 Chateau Lynch Bages- 2 hours in the decanter and it seems to be the most ready to drink 1986 Bordeaux I've tried to date. I've always regarded Lynch Bages as an earlier drinking Bordeaux.

Don Pascual Tannat Reserve 2010 at an Uruguayan restaurant in Mexico City. Not bad, exceeded my expectations as it was less tannic and less full bodied than others i have had.

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Originally posted by GlennK:

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by GlennK:

quote:

Originally posted by wine+art:
A stellar night in Houston.

1959 Krug (1.5)
2005 Vincent Dauvissat La Forest Chablis
2008 Raveneau Montee de Tonnerre
2002 Coche Dury Corton Charlemagne
2001 Leroy Chambertin
2002 Leroy Clos de la Roche
1995 DRC La Tache
1990 DRC Saint Vivant Romanee

You have some friends with great cellars w+a. Sounds like a great night, well done!

Yes, I do have friends with nice cellars, but we bought these off of a restaurant list.

A little early year end celebration for a great year in Houston for our partnership.

What restaurant in Houston has those gems?

Pappas Bros Steakhouse.

Their new wine list is 110 pages, and there are some darn good wines if you can get past ALL the B.S. wines most people look for, like SQN, SE and others.

Longboarder and I have had great luck here ( Raveneau, Leoville Las Cases 1990 et al)

The food was also as good as I have ever enjoyed at Pappas.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Pappas Bros Steakhouse.

Their new wine list is 110 pages, and there are some darn good wines if you can get past ALL the B.S. wines most people look for, like SQN, SE and others.

Longboarder and I have had great luck here ( Raveneau, Leoville Las Cases 1990 et al)

The food was also as good as I have ever enjoyed at Pappas.

Nice! Back when I was going to Pappas the list was not that impressive, but that was a good 8-10 years ago. I did always enjoy the food and service. Smoked a few good cigars at the bar as well.

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Originally posted by GlennK:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Pappas Bros Steakhouse.

Their new wine list is 110 pages, and there are some darn good wines if you can get past ALL the B.S. wines most people look for, like SQN, SE and others.

Longboarder and I have had great luck here ( Raveneau, Leoville Las Cases 1990 et al)

The food was also as good as I have ever enjoyed at Pappas.

Nice! Back when I was going to Pappas the list was not that impressive, but that was a good 8-10 years ago. I did always enjoy the food and service. Smoked a few good cigars at the bar as well.

Longboarder and I are always surprised how well the wines we love are priced compared to the expense account wines.

You are correct, their list is far FAR deeper than years ago.

This is the restaurant Longboarder and I enjoyed the 1855 Scion Port at.

2007 Perrin & Fils Gigondas La Gille.

Beaujolais nouveau

- 2008 Tolaini Valdisanti Tenuta S. Giovanni Toscana IGT

Love this stuff! The QPR is tough to beat.

Beaujolais Nouveau - first time trying this. Although the celebration that went along with this wine was great last night I wouldn't be upset if I missed future events with this wine.

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Originally posted by xhoser:
Beaujolais Nouveau - first time trying this. Although the celebration that went along with this wine was great last night I wouldn't be upset if I missed future events with this wine.

The only think they should be celebrating is the rare occasion that the Nouveau s**t is actually drinkable. I'm sure Binny's has pallets of this stacked up in each location that they will be closing out for $4.99 or less in January.

2008 Rivers-Marie pinot

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Originally posted by billhike:

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Originally posted by xhoser:
Beaujolais Nouveau - first time trying this. Although the celebration that went along with this wine was great last night I wouldn't be upset if I missed future events with this wine.

The only think they should be celebrating is the rare occasion that the Nouveau s**t is actually drinkable. I'm sure Binny's has pallets of this stacked up in each location that they will be closing out for $4.99 or less in January.

Every year I wander over to my neighbr's house on Thanksgiving morning to watch a little football and "hang out", and every year he offers me a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau, and every year I opt for a Bloody Mary.

KW Crew Last Night:

2008 Domaine Faivley Puligny Montrachet (Solid)
2009 Delas St. Joseph 'Francois de Tournon' (Corked)
2010 Domaine Terlato & Chapoutier Lieu Dit Malakoff Shiraz (Ringer for N. Rhone, solid)
2010 Halcon Vineyards Syrah Alturas (Nice, clean, high quality, but ultimately unremarkable)
2006 Casanova di Neri Tenuta Nuova (Good, but really nothing exceptional)
2000 Roberto Voerzio Langhe Nebbiolo/Barbera (maderized)
2007 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Estate (Great as ever)

EDITED, thanks Andrew!

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Forgot one, WC:

2007 Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Estate

Leftovers from Redhark offline on Wednesday. 01 Fuligni (drops of it that were left) was killer last night.

2009 Casanova di Neri Rosso