2007 Ken Wright Pinot Noir Carter Vineyard
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2015 Ch. Lanessan - Haut Medoc with lamb burgers and grilled ribeye. Very nice wine especially for the price
1795 Barbieto Torrentes Madeira, nice.
2015 J. K. Carriere Pinot Noir St. Dolores Estate
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
vincentric posted:1795 Barbieto Torrentes Madeira, nice.
Mic drop! How was it?
2014 Querce Bettina Santa Donna - all production went into this wine since no BdM was produced. Got to love a producer that doesn’t compromise quality. Very good wine.
2016 Bethel Heights Pinot Noir Eola – Amity Hills
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2015 Rotie Cellars Northern Blend
2006 Lopez de Herdia Vina Bosconia - gamy and savory with strawberry but I think a little extra time would smooth this a bit.
2015 Forgeron Cellars Chardonnay
2015 Tranch Pape Blanc - nice, sister winery of Corliss and I enjoy these domestic whites made in the Rhone style. Best wine I have had from Corliss.
Well..............I just got back from visiting my 95 year old dad in southern Brazil, and we took a two hour road trip to the "Valley of the Vineyards" for a four-day wine and gastronomically enjoyable side trip. My wife and I did some wine tasting and we brought 24 bottles back to L.A. in two suitcases. So, we're drinking some wines most people on this forum don't get a chance to drink. We drank Marselan (hybrid grape from Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache), Arinarnoa (Cabernet Sauvignon and Tannat), Teroldego, Sangiovese (that drinks like a hearty Chianti), Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Lagrein, Chardonnay, Syrah, and Tannat. Among the bottles were some Rhone blends (Cab Sauv/Cab Franc/Merlot) ranging between 14-15% alcohol, and some other interesting blends. A vineyard run by a family whose ancestors came from the Veneto region of Italy, makes an Amarone style wine using three local grapes. Awesome!!! Total cost for 24 bottles of some premium wines? $664.00, or an average of $27.68 per bottle. I might regret my posting of this nice wine experience here, because I want WS to keep ignoring my home state and it's small wine production, so prices stay low and the bargains abound. :-)
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vint posted:vincentric posted:1795 Barbieto Torrentes Madeira, nice.Mic drop! How was it?
Great. Started off with notes of honey, orange marmalade and caramel notes finally treacle with a dry finish. We had it with Fois Gras stuffed Ravioli in a Mushroom Cream sauce - great pairing. Only criticism was that it should have been filtered after opening. Given the age of the cork (Estimated to be early 1900s) the crumbled cork made things a bit cloudy. Overall, it was a very cool experience to enjoy something that had spent about 100 yrs in cask and another 100 in the bottle.
2015 Wind Gap Pinot
2015 Prats and Symington Douro Chruseai