2005 Vidau Rioja - like most '05s a really nice drink
NV Egly-Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Brut Rosé
Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2017 Jean Foillard Morgon Cote du Py
2017 Pali Huntington Pinot
2017 Clos du Joncuas Vacqueyras La Font de Papier
2012 Saxum Heart Stone Vineyard
Tasted note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2017 Kirkland Siganature Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon. My daughter picked up some cellar defenders (well actually a Vintage Keeper 220 that is miraculously still working after 20 years) for me while making a Costco run for us both. She does not know wine and I just said red and under $20. I believe this is supposed to emulate Robert Mondavi's Oakville, but I can only say I liked this better than the few of those I've tried. Very nice.
2015 Waters Interlude
2012 Keermont Syrah from Stellenbosch, South Africa. Leans very much in the direction of northern Rhone with smoke, pepper and meat as opposed to a jammier new world style. Loved it.
2005 Montes Folly syrah
2016 Domaine Eden Pinot Noir
2014 Saxum Heart Stone Vineyard
Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2017 Barruol Lynch 'Tiercerolles' Crozes-Hermitage
2014 Guigal St. Joseph
2018 Azienda Agricola F. Tornatore Sicilia Etna Bianco
2015 Juvé y Camps, Cava, Gran Reserva de la Familia
2014 Domaine Drouhin, Pinot Noir, Dundee Hills
@vint posted:2012 Keermont Syrah from Stellenbosch, South Africa. Leans very much in the direction of northern Rhone with smoke, pepper and meat as opposed to a jammier new world style. Loved it.
I just remembered you had asked me about the 2014 version of this I had a couple of weeks ago. Sorry for not responding, but glad you enjoyed it. I've had the 2012 before and it's better than the 14 imo, which could be due to the former being a stronger vintage for Stellenbosch in general.
I still have a single bottle of their Topside single vineyard syrah from 2014 which I've never had before. If we're able to get together sometime in the not too distant future I'll open it with you.
2011Remoissenet Givry 'le prefere du Roi Henry IV' blanc - still drinking well, developing a more honeyed/hazelnut profile. Great QPR. Drinks like village meursault.
2014 Ventisquero chardonnay Tara - wow. Outstanding layered chard with electric acidity. Hands down WOTN for everyone. Better with grilled fish than the givry.
2015 Joan D'Anguera La Planella - cant keep my hands off of these
Also 2018 Wilde Farm Pinot and 2017 Pali The Jetty
2012 Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas
Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2012 Brewer Clifton Chardonnay 3-D slightly oxidized and a bruiser at 15%. Not my jam
2015 Colene Clemens Pinot Noir Dopp Creek time has been kind to it and was better on day 2. Nice complexity for a sub $30 pinot
2006 Querce Bettina Brunello Riserva. Similar observations with the cork. Wine stains 3/4 up to top. Approachable but still early for me. Paired with penne and homemade Bolognese.
2015 El Enemigo Cab Franc. From the Catena family in Argentina, an easy-drinking franc with herbs and spice and everything nice, but just didn't rock my world. Not sure what Gutiérrez was smoking when he gave this a 93.
@doubled posted:2006 Querce Bettina Brunello Riserva. Similar observations with the cork. Wine stains 3/4 up to top. Approachable but still early for me. Paired with penne and homemade Bolognese.
I've had a lot of disappointments with Querce Bettina, especially with corked wines. But the 2006 Brunello Riserva lived up to the billing that some of its fans on the forum have been giving it.
1998 Mauro Veglio Barolo Vigneto Arborina
1998 Podere Colla Barolo Bussia Dardi Le Rose
Two extraordinarily intense Baroli. The Veglio Arborina was full-bodied, intensely savoury, smoke, dried roses, mushrooms. The Dardi le Rose was a massive wall of tar and licorice for the first hour. After that, I started to get sun-dried tomato, old leather, chestnut, dried dusty flowers. Not for the delicate palate.
2016 B. Levet Cote-Rotie La Chavaroche
I should be letting these sleep for at least 4 years, but I (smartly) went deep on this. Even at the $80 tariff, this continues to be among the greatest values in top-flight red wine. And, along with the more-than-double-y expensive Jamet, it continues to be the most obvious example of what makes Cote-Rotie different from the rest of the northern Rhone. This is all violets, violet pastilles, lavender colored fruits, bacon, green olives, and underneath it all, blue-purple serine fruit. Still tightly wound up, this is pleasurable now, but I think 4 years will do wonders. Even just 3. (The 2013 is great now.). Anyway, a joy. 93+ with proper time (about 92.5 now)
2017 Pali White Cap
2015 Ch. L'Etoile de Clotte - St. Emilion Grand Cru - enjoyed during my Zoom high school reunion yesterday
2001 Foley Claret
2016 Aubert Sonoma Coast Chard
2015 Decroux Pinot Noir Radian Vineyard
Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2013 Jérémie Huchet & Jérémie Mourat Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine
2015 Sacred Hill Deerstalkers syrah
2016 Polkura g+i syrah
2015 Culmina Dilemma chardonnay
2011 Greywacke late harvest Riesling.
2016 Ettore Germano Herzu Langhe Riesling
2013 Tantalus Old Vines Sparkling Riesling (Okanagan). Yumm.
2014 L'Aventure Optimus
Tasting note posted but where is none of your damn business smarta$$e$. 
2015 Terre Nere Etna Bianco
2005 Chateau Ferran, Pessac Leognan
2005 La Rioja Alta gran Reserva 904
2010 Telmo Rodrigues Pegaso Granito
2009 Pavelot Beaunes Les Bressandes
Michel Arnould "La Grande Cuvée" Brut
Definitely on the sweeter side, but just delicious. I had only had the basic NV, this step up is still only $40 and it has more depth. Buttered brioche, cashews, almonds, pears and a lint of lemon. Rich, fuller bodied... and scarcely "Brut". Having been drinking mostly extra bruts recently, this was a bit shocking -- but it isn't off-putting once the startle wears off. Long finish. Definitely more hedonistically tasty than elegant or refined. $40, Michel Arnould strikes again with killer value. Highly recommended for the price.
Some wines over le weekend:
2018 La Rocca Gavi 'Coppo"
2019 Fattoria Corzano e Paterno, Il Corzanello, rosato
2005 Ch. de Malle, Sauternes
2014 Angela Pinot Noir Abbott Claim Vineyard
2015 Law Estate Wines Beguiling
You know where to find the flipping tasting note.
@wineismylife posted:2015 Law Estate Wines Beguiling
You know where to find the flipping tasting note.
Sounds like you're starting to show the effects of being cooped up. You need a dri............ Oh, never mind
2016 Chapelle St. Theodoric Chateauneuf du Pape Les Sablons
Great value-ish priced 100% Grenache made in an elegant style. 14% Alc, which is low for 2016 Grenache dominated CdP, is appreciated. Lots of red berries and black cherries. Has a kinship with Burgundy. I’m glad I have more. This is fast becoming a go-to winery for CdP to me; both for the flagship wines as well as this.
@bomba503 posted:Sounds like you're starting to show the effects of being cooped up. You need a dri............ Oh, never mind
Nah, just dicking with a couple of other smartalecks around here.
Who dat?
@billhike posted:Who dat?
I think it us. 😳😇
1999 Pegau CdP Cuvée Réservée - Reminds me of when I used to like CdP
@otw posted:1998 Mauro Veglio Barolo Vigneto Arborina
1998 Podere Colla Barolo Bussia Dardi Le Rose
Two extraordinarily intense Baroli. The Veglio Arborina was full-bodied, intensely savoury, smoke, dried roses, mushrooms. The Dardi le Rose was a massive wall of tar and licorice for the first hour. After that, I started to get sun-dried tomato, old leather, chestnut, dried dusty flowers. Not for the delicate palate.
I opened up another bottle of the 98 Bussia Dardi Le Rose and this bottle was much nicer. There wasn't that initial wall of tar and licorice. It had a nice flavour of dried plums, sandalwood, game and old leather. Much more enjoyable.
@otw posted:I haven't had a Pegau younger than 2004, so I can't appreciate that comment.
Is goat taint a flavour????
It’s the aroma I associate with Pegau in somewhat limited experience. Had two good ones vs. a half dozen gross ones.
It’s an imagined aroma, but one I associate with something I wouldn’t enjoy the taste of. 😂
@billhike posted:Before Pegau smelled like goat taint?
Bill, I’ll bring a 98 Pegau to the the next offline if we’re ever able to have one again. It will make you appreciate goat perineum. Do goats have a perineum?
I’m afraid of where that google search would take me...
I'm trying to imagine goat cheese after it has gone through some digestive processing...
2018 A.J. Adam Riesling Im Pfarrgarten Feinherb. disappeared quickly.
2018 Carlisle Grüner Veltliner Steiner Vineyard
Served last night with Pan Fried Chicken Leg Quarters & Collard Greens. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
@vinoevelo posted:2018 A.J. Adam Riesling Im Pfarrgarten Feinherb. disappeared quickly.
One of my favorite German producers. Thanks!
2018 Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc
Gonna reload next week. This has really settled down since first released. Not quite up to the 2017, but delicious.
2017 Morgon JP Thevenet
2016 Morgon Cote du Py Domaine Coquelet
not sure they’re worth the tariff. Maybe too young?
@winetarelli posted:2018 Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc
Gonna reload next week. This has really settled down since first released. Not quite up to the 2017, but delicious.
Just finished one last night. Down to 1 each of 17 and 18 so I’m Gonna reload also
2016 Morgon Cote du Py Domaine Coquelet
Not better but not broken down on the second day. Nice, not special. My wife was not a fan.
2013 Klet Ribolla Gialla Bagueri - from Slovenia - very tasty
@robsutherland posted:2016 Morgon Cote du Py Domaine Coquelet
Not better but not broken down on the second day. Nice, not special. My wife was not a fan.
J did not like it at all.
2017 Duckhorn Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc
Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
NV Ruppert-Leroy Fosse-Grely Brute Nature - Very nice and good pricing courtesy of the SAQ
This is one of the producers from the Aube that often get overlooked.
2018 Kutjevo Grasevina white (Croatian wine-good qpr)
2010 Villa Mora Sagrantino di Montefalco( you feel the 15% alcohol which is unfortunate)
2018 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spatlese #5
The real deal. Definitely a complete step up from the #10 and the Wehlener Sonnenuhr spatlesen in 2018.
2005 Chateau Faizeau Montagne Saint-Emilion
Pleasantly surprised by how good this was for CAD$23 on futures all those years ago. If I could get more I would!
NV Coessens Champagne Blanc de Noirs Brut
Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2012 Hamilton Russell Vineyards Pinot Noir. Drinking nicely.
2015 Quivira Roussanne-Viognier
Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2011 Littorai pinot Savoy vineyard
Sublime but wish I'd given it another few years. Got some others left around that old and will be holding 2-3 years before going back in.
2017 A. Christmann riesling trocken - great juice.
2018 Arnot-Roberts syrah. My first A-R syrah and i have to agree with shanet on this one - one of, if not the best, syrahs coming out of the US. Mrs. VeV remarked she was still thinking about it at lunch today and has told to i) get more and ii) let them age.
@vinoevelo posted:2017 A. Christmann riesling trocken - great juice.
2018 Arnot-Roberts syrah. My first A-R syrah and i have to agree with shanet on this one - one of, if not the best, syrahs coming out of the US. Mrs. VeV remarked she was still thinking about it at lunch today and has told to i) get more and ii) let them age.
We went through 6 of the Arnot-Roberts 2015 - very enjoyable but did not last long
A very lovely lithe floral sublime diaginjo sake