1986 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley in Magnum. Magnificent wine! Great way to start the year.
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NV Vueve Cliquot yellow label in magnum
2009 Quilceda Creek Red
2015 Warr-King Grand Rouge Red
Finishing up a bottle of 2016 The Withers Claire’s Vineyard Mendocino County Pinot Noir. Very good balance but won’t be mistaken for Burgundy or Oregon. At $40, not something I would buy in large quantities.
2015 Château Cos d’Estournel Blanc
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
1996 La Grande Dame
2007 LdH Gran Reserva Tondonia
2015 Antolini Recioto d’Valpolicella
2015 Istine Chianti Classico
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longboarder posted:1996 La Grande Dame
2007 LdH Gran Reserva Tondonia
2015 Antolini Recioto d’Valpolicella
How's that LGD holding up? I always found that a very good wine. The 1990 was stunning, they don't seem to be firing on all cylinders these days like they once were, however.
2016 Patz and Hall Hudson Vineyard Chardonnay—I’ve yet to have a bad Hudson vineyard chard, and this was no exception
2011 Favia Cabernet—really nice for a less than stellar vintage.
2015 Saxum James Berry—wonderful. Wine of the night for everyone.
2016 Long Meadow Ranch Farmstead Cabernet - off wine list - pretty good standard - fairly reasonably priced.
2009 UPR Le Mesnil, Champagne, BdB, Sublime
2009 Leclerc-Briant, Champagne, Les Chevres Pierreuses
2016 Felton Road, Chardonnay, Block 6
2006 Mas Igneus, Priorat, FA206
2008 Mas Igneus, Priorat, FA206
2010 Mas Igneus, Priorat, FA206
2010 Mas Igneus, Priorat, FA112
2004 Siro Pacenti, BdM 
2011 Castello di Ama, Chianti Classico, San Lorenzo, Gran Selezione
2015 Tolaini, IGT, Al Passo
NV Ramos-Pinto, Port, Quinta da Ervamoira 10 Year Old Tawny
2006 Louis Jadot Grands-Echezeaux
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2009 Bod. Pascual Buro' de Penalosa RdD crianza
2005 R. Usseglio CdP Cuvee Girard....this was fantastic
longboarder posted:1996 La Grande Dame
2007 LdH Gran Reserva Tondonia
2015 Antolini Recioto d’Valpolicella
Nice! Just a small question. Are you sure the Tondonia is the Gran Reserva or the reserva ? I believe the current release vintage of the gran reserva is the 1996
2005 Chateau Rieussec
2014 Delas Clos Boucher condrieu
2017 Thorne & Daughters, Semillon (gris), Tin Soldier
2010 M. Chapoutier, Saint-Joseph, Les Granilites
2015 Fess Parker Bien Nacido Vineyard Chardonnay
1999 Chateau Bourgneuf (Pomerol)
2005 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Bonnes Mares
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
mimik posted:longboarder posted:1996 La Grande Dame
2007 LdH Gran Reserva Tondonia
2015 Antolini Recioto d’Valpolicella
Nice! Just a small question. Are you sure the Tondonia is the Gran Reserva or the reserva ? I believe the current release vintage of the gran reserva is the 1996
Yeah, if it's the 2007 it's definitely the Reserva.
2012 Domain Danielle Laurent Soléna Pinot Noir
2004 Charlier & Fils Special Club Champagne
A fantastic champagne. Unfortunately not available in the USA but if you find this in other countries you should try it. I feel you will not be disappointed with any vintage. I rate the 2004 94-95 points
IW
2014 Angela Pinot Noir Abbott Claim Vineyard
2005 Louis Jadot Bonnes Mares
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
Various Laherte Freres Champagnes. I’m a huge fan of this under-the-RADAR, mostly Meunier, producer. The Rosés are particularly nice.
I enjoy their Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature as well.
2005 Louis Jadot Clos de la Roche
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2015 Wind Gap Pinot Noir
2006 Querce Bettina BdM - just a small step below the fantastic 2004. Really a beautiful BdM.
sunnylea57 posted:mimik posted:longboarder posted:1996 La Grande Dame
2007 LdH Gran Reserva Tondonia
2015 Antolini Recioto d’Valpolicella
Nice! Just a small question. Are you sure the Tondonia is the Gran Reserva or the reserva ? I believe the current release vintage of the gran reserva is the 1996
Yeah, if it's the 2007 it's definitely the Reserva.
My mistake. You are correct it was the Reserva.
2003 Louis Jadot Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Domaine Louis Jadot
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
Over a civilized lunch... 2007 Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Clos St. Jacques (dont @ me VinT)
Over a less civilized pasta dinner w. kids... 2016 Col D'Orcia RdM
By civilised, I assume you mean that you didn't have to go back to work! I did same at Tabule where we had a 2015 Grosset Polish Hill Riesling (love that whiff of petroleum you get when you open the bottle) and 2010 Laurel Glen Sonoma Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon.
2017 Condado de Haza Crianza
Last night with the BMan's, Mimik and my better half at Lannes et Pacifique.
2008 H. Blin, Champagne, Millisime
2016 CVNE, Rioja, Monopole Blanco
2005 Domaine de la Janasse, CdP, Chaupin
2011 Peter Michael, Les Pavots
2008 Sadie Family, Columella
2005 Chateau Pavie Macquin, St. Emilion
Everything showed well. Hard to pick a WOTN, but it might have been the Pavie Macquin which surprised me after a really poor showing of this wine in August with some of the Chicago group. This bottle was excellent, which gives me hope for my last bottle. The Pavots was outstanding also. My least favourite red was the Chaupin.
First time for us at this BYOW resto. Food was very good. The place would be noisy on a busy night which it wasn't luckily for us. Will go back.
steve8 posted:Last night with the BMan's, Mimik and my better half at Lannes et Pacifique.
2008 H. Blin, Champagne, Millisime
2016 CVNE, Rioja, Monopole Blanco
2005 Domaine de la Janasse, CdP, Chaupin
2011 Peter Michael, Les Pavots
2008 Sadie Family, Columella
2005 Chateau Pavie Macquin, St. Emilion
Everything showed well. Hard to pick a WOTN, but it might have been the Pavie Macquin which surprised me after a really poor showing of this wine in August with some of the Chicago group. This bottle was excellent, which gives me hope for my last bottle. The Pavots was outstanding also. My least favourite red was the Chaupin.
First time for us at this BYOW resto. Food was very good. The place would be noisy on a busy night which it wasn't luckily for us. Will go back.
Thanks for posting the wines, Steve. My favourites were the Les Pavots and the Chaupin, least favourite the Columella. mrs bman liked the Les Pavots best too, the Chaupin not so much. To each their own!
2012 Ridge Estate Cab - young, but very nice already. Still the best value for Cali Cab out there IMO
2005 Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
bman posted:steve8 posted:Last night with the BMan's, Mimik and my better half at Lannes et Pacifique.
2008 H. Blin, Champagne, Millisime
2016 CVNE, Rioja, Monopole Blanco
2005 Domaine de la Janasse, CdP, Chaupin
2011 Peter Michael, Les Pavots
2008 Sadie Family, Columella
2005 Chateau Pavie Macquin, St. Emilion
Everything showed well. Hard to pick a WOTN, but it might have been the Pavie Macquin which surprised me after a really poor showing of this wine in August with some of the Chicago group. This bottle was excellent, which gives me hope for my last bottle. The Pavots was outstanding also. My least favourite red was the Chaupin.
First time for us at this BYOW resto. Food was very good. The place would be noisy on a busy night which it wasn't luckily for us. Will go back.
Thanks for posting the wines, Steve. My favourites were the Les Pavots and the Chaupin, least favourite the Columella. mrs bman liked the Les Pavots best too, the Chaupin not so much. To each their own!
Great night with great wines. It was great to see Bman and Mrs Bman and Steve8 and J. Loved the food and like the resto if not a little loud.
All wines showed well but the Chaupin cdp Janasse and the Pavie Macquin were my favourites. The pavots showed structure but I felt a bit disjointed since it was too young but I’m very honoured and grateful bman brought the bottle.
see you next time very soon
Australian shiraz is out of style, so I've been ignoring it in my cellar for the last few years. Last night I opened my last bottle of 2001 Craneford Barossa Shiraz. Despite Cellartracker's advice that the drinking window had expired in 2007, it was really quite good. Deep ruby colour with no bricking. Deep dark fruit flavours with a bit of leather and no perceived tannin but still well-structured.
So tonight I opened up a 1998 Clarendon Hills Piggott Range Shiraz. Again, there is no visible sign of aging other than substantial sediment. But the wine has a lovely spiciness with a Rhone-style flavour profile. According to CT, it's drinking window expired in 2016.
2013 Delectus Argentum
2014 Stefania Santa Cruz Mountains Cab
2005 Louis Jadot Clos de la Roche
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
wineismylife posted:
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
So seems you are professional offline-attendee now? 
otw posted:Australian shiraz is out of style, so I've been ignoring it in my cellar for the last few years. Last night I opened my last bottle of 2001 Craneford Barossa Shiraz. Despite Cellartracker's advice that the drinking window had expired in 2007, it was really quite good. Deep ruby colour with no bricking. Deep dark fruit flavours with a bit of leather and no perceived tannin but still well-structured.
So tonight I opened up a 1998 Clarendon Hills Piggott Range Shiraz. Again, there is no visible sign of aging other than substantial sediment. But the wine has a lovely spiciness with a Rhone-style flavour profile. According to CT, it's drinking window expired in 2016.
Agree 100%. Those big fruit-forward shirazs that so many diss soften and become quite nice in their old age!
2016 Relic Kashaya Vineyard Pinot
bman posted:otw posted:Australian shiraz is out of style, so I've been ignoring it in my cellar for the last few years. Last night I opened my last bottle of 2001 Craneford Barossa Shiraz. Despite Cellartracker's advice that the drinking window had expired in 2007, it was really quite good. Deep ruby colour with no bricking. Deep dark fruit flavours with a bit of leather and no perceived tannin but still well-structured.
So tonight I opened up a 1998 Clarendon Hills Piggott Range Shiraz. Again, there is no visible sign of aging other than substantial sediment. But the wine has a lovely spiciness with a Rhone-style flavour profile. According to CT, it's drinking window expired in 2016.
Agree 100%. Those big fruit-forward shirazs that so many diss soften and become quite nice in their old age!
Agree Bman re: nice in their old age.
While not a Shiraz, a really nice Ozzie Bordeaux blend.
- 1998 Voyager Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
2016 Orin Swift pinot noir Slander
2016 Orin Swift Palermo
Muscular wines for NFL playoff games
We had Washington bordeaux varietal night last night with a smoked brisket
2015 Waters Interlude
2013 Fall Line Red Willow
2013 Den Hoed Andreas Wallula Cab
bman posted:wineismylife posted:
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
So seems you are professional offline-attendee now?
Pretty close although I do still hold a day job. About 6 more years before I go full time offliner.
NV Pierre Gerbais, Champagne, Grains de Celles
2013 Domaine Huet, Vouvray, Le Haut-Lieu, Sec
2017 Isola Augusta, Friuli, Chardonnay
2004 Casanova di Neri, BdM, Tenuta Nuova
2014 Frescobaldi, BdM
J. Lohr Paso Robles Merlot 2017
2015 Bodegas Salentein Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva
Served Saturday night with a nice, big, juicy, medium rare, bone-in Ribeye. Tasting note posted in CellarTracker and blogged.
steve8 posted:NV Pierre Gerbais, Champagne, Grains de Celles
2013 Domaine Huet, Vouvray, Le Haut-Lieu, Sec
2017 Isola Augusta, Friuli, Chardonnay
2004 Casanova di Neri, BdM, Tenuta Nuova
2014 Frescobaldi, BdM
How was the ‘04 TN?
2011 Pira Barolo Vigna Rionda
2012 Pira Barolo Vigna Rionda
2005 Louis Jadot Latricières-Chambertin
Tasted at an offline. Last bottle in a Louis Jadot blind tasting. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
wineismylife posted:2005 Louis Jadot Latricières-Chambertin
Tasted at an offline. Last bottle in a Louis Jadot blind tasting. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
Are you responding to a January "What are you drinking" thread with a wine you had... in October?
I liked the note, though. Thanks!
Pretty much! I'm that far behind right now. I'm hoping to get caught up soon.
2002 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc
Light, ephemeral, a charming blend of fruit flavours, minerality and a touch of herbaceousness. This is what brought me to love NZ Sauv Blanc. Cellartracker says the drinking window expired in 2005.
longboarder posted:steve8 posted:NV Pierre Gerbais, Champagne, Grains de Celles
2013 Domaine Huet, Vouvray, Le Haut-Lieu, Sec
2017 Isola Augusta, Friuli, Chardonnay
2004 Casanova di Neri, BdM, Tenuta Nuova
2014 Frescobaldi, BdM
How was the ‘04 TN?
LB, it's an outstanding bottle of wine. If anything the chocolate/mocha note in this wine is even more pronounced now than when it was young. I remain very skeptical about the composition of this wine.
2002 Ruinart Champagne Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2016 Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis 1er Cru "Vau de Vey"
steve8 posted:longboarder posted:steve8 posted:NV Pierre Gerbais, Champagne, Grains de Celles
2013 Domaine Huet, Vouvray, Le Haut-Lieu, Sec
2017 Isola Augusta, Friuli, Chardonnay
2004 Casanova di Neri, BdM, Tenuta Nuova
2014 Frescobaldi, BdM
How was the ‘04 TN?
LB, it's an outstanding bottle of wine. If anything the chocolate/mocha note in this wine is even more pronounced now than when it was young. I remain very skeptical about the composition of this wine.
Funny you say that. We opened a bottle of the ‘05 last night. Great wine but darker, denser, and more prominent oak than any 15 year old sangiovese I can remember.
2012 Mollydooker Carnival of Love.
2013 Dom. Vincent Paris Cornas, 'granit 30' been grooving on '13 NRs
2015 Hanzell Sebella Chardonnay--good, not great. Not bad for the price, but can probably do better.
2007 Vieux Telegraphe la Crau CDP-- took a bit for the stank to blow off, but ended up in a pretty nice place.
Tonight - MIami Atty and wife are coming over. I am sure he will bring something - I plan on opening :
2010 Chateau Faizeau - Montagne-Saint-
2011 Chateau Yon Figeac - St. Emilion
With grilled rib-eyes - FKG and Miami Atty scored these bottles at the end of a Right Bank (or perhaps a general Bordeaux tasting - not sure I was not there) tasting many years ago.
jcocktosten posted:Tonight - MIami Atty and wife are coming over.
Please tell them we say hi!
bman posted:jcocktosten posted:Tonight - MIami Atty and wife are coming over.
Please tell them we say hi!
Will do -
2012 Ceritas Chardonnay Heintz Vineyard. Still in a nice place.
2008 Kanonkop Pinotage
Served double blind last night at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2004 Marques de Caceres Rioja Gran Reserva. Very nice now, but needn't be in a hurry.
2010 Evening Land Pinot Noir Seven Springs la Source.
steve8 posted:longboarder posted:steve8 posted:NV Pierre Gerbais, Champagne, Grains de Celles
2013 Domaine Huet, Vouvray, Le Haut-Lieu, Sec
2017 Isola Augusta, Friuli, Chardonnay
2004 Casanova di Neri, BdM, Tenuta Nuova
2014 Frescobaldi, BdM
How was the ‘04 TN?
LB, it's an outstanding bottle of wine. If anything the chocolate/mocha note in this wine is even more pronounced now than when it was young. I remain very skeptical about the composition of this wine.
Why are you skeptical about this wine? The mocha or chocolate notes come from the toast level of the barrel not from the fruit.
2018 Murgo enta bianco....gonna pick up a few more of these tomorrow,
Nicolas Maillart "Platine" Brut Champagne
Pommery NV
2010 Chateau Faizeau - Montagne-Saint-
2011 Chateau Yon Figeac - St. Emilion
2005 Montes Folly
With Miami Atty
2009 Château Génot-Boulanger Volnay 1er Cru Les Roncerets
This was the second bottle I took to GNO Wednesday night. Tasted it to the group double blind along side the 2008 Kanonkop Pinotage. Most guys came close on the two bottles getting mostly country of origin and a few other data points correct. One nailed country of origin, region and varietal on both bottles. Wish he'd had ventured a guess on year and producer. He might've nailed it.
Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
mimik posted:steve8 posted:longboarder posted:steve8 posted:NV Pierre Gerbais, Champagne, Grains de Celles
2013 Domaine Huet, Vouvray, Le Haut-Lieu, Sec
2017 Isola Augusta, Friuli, Chardonnay
2004 Casanova di Neri, BdM, Tenuta Nuova
2014 Frescobaldi, BdM
How was the ‘04 TN?
LB, it's an outstanding bottle of wine. If anything the chocolate/mocha note in this wine is even more pronounced now than when it was young. I remain very skeptical about the composition of this wi
Why are you skeptical about this wine? The mocha or chocolate notes come from the toast level of the barrel not from the fruit.
Not speaking for Steve8 but my answer would be that it doesn’t taste like Sangiovese imo. Well made, good wine but tough to peg it as Brunello.
Fun night of syrah...
2009 Bedrock Griffins Lair
2015 Bedrock Griffins Lair
2006 Bernard Gripa St Joseph Cuvée le Berceau
2015 Durand Cornas Premices
2006 Jean Luc Colomebo Cornas La Louvee
The Gripa Berceau and the 09 Bedrock were the winners tonight. But all showed well, and led to a really enjoyable evening.
2004 Delamotte Champagne Blanc de Blancs Millésimé
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2010 Chateau de Saint Cosme, Gigondas
Outstanding, but still young. I'm waiting for a few years before opening another
2010 Quinta da Romaneira, Douro, Reserva
I should have bought more of this one. My second and last bottle. Excellent and at less than $30 it's a steal.
mangiare posted:mimik posted:Why are you skeptical about this wine? The mocha or chocolate notes come from the toast level of the barrel not from the fruit.
Not speaking for Steve8 but my answer would be that it doesn’t taste like Sangiovese imo. Well made, good wine but tough to peg it as Brunello.
In this case you can speak for me Mangiare because that's what I would answered.
2014 Loring Santa Rita Hills
2015 Mateo Santa Lucia Highlands
2002 Domaine Leflaive Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2018 Lafage Rose Miraflors - nice with a charcuterie board.
2012 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville - lively acid, balanced and a pleasant slightly Bordeaux like nose.
2012 Caduceus Cellars Anubis - a wine from Maynard James Keenan of Tool. Pretty darn nice, but I’d never have guessed the blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petite Sirah. It smelled and tasted like a southern Rhône.
billhike posted:2018 Lafage Rose Miraflors - nice with a charcuterie board.
2012 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville - lively acid, balanced and a pleasant slightly Bordeaux like nose.
2012 Caduceus Cellars Anubis - a wine from Maynard James Keenan of Tool. Pretty darn nice, but I’d never have guessed the blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petite Sirah. It smelled and tasted like a southern Rhône.
Is the Anubis from California?
Tenuta Dette Ponti Crognolo 2008. Quite mature, but still hanging in there.
bman posted:billhike posted:2018 Lafage Rose Miraflors - nice with a charcuterie board.
2012 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville - lively acid, balanced and a pleasant slightly Bordeaux like nose.
2012 Caduceus Cellars Anubis - a wine from Maynard James Keenan of Tool. Pretty darn nice, but I’d never have guessed the blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petite Sirah. It smelled and tasted like a southern Rhône.
Is the Anubis from California?
New Mexico grapes actually.
What are we drinking you ask?
2014 Bevan Ritchie Vineyard RRV chardonnay
2013 Rombauer chardonnay
Matching wild garlic chicken wings and shrimp bathed in butter and garlic with bacon/cheese/garlic bread (veggies are for losers....)
Because big Americans playing playoff football calls for big flavours matched with big American whites!
bman posted:What are we drinking you ask?
2014 Bevan Ritchie Vineyard RRV chardonnay
2013 Rombauer chardonnay
Matching wild garlic chicken wings and shrimp bathed in butter and garlic with bacon/cheese/garlic bread (veggies are for losers....)
Because big Americans playing playoff football calls for big flavours matched with big American whites!
The Mrs. wanted some cougar juice, eh? 
billhike posted:bman posted:What are we drinking you ask?
2014 Bevan Ritchie Vineyard RRV chardonnay
2013 Rombauer chardonnay
Matching wild garlic chicken wings and shrimp bathed in butter and garlic with bacon/cheese/garlic bread (veggies are for losers....)
Because big Americans playing playoff football calls for big flavours matched with big American whites!
The Mrs. wanted some cougar juice, eh?
Not sure what that means but all food and wine choices made by me!
2016 Bastides Miraflors... . Excellent with roast chicken.
2010 Carlisle Syrah Bennett Valley
Paired yesterday with a couple of NFL games. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
over the weekend....
2008 Bernard Gaucher Brut - these keep getting better imo. Great QPR.
2008 Fuligni BdM. pretty good wine for a 'bad' vintage. producers trumps vintage every time. Wouldnt hold on to them forever, but it hit all the right fuligni notes.
2013 Garage Wine Co. Cab Franc lot #52. Leans more to old world right bank than i would have guessed. A little backwards on opening, but really shone on day 2. lots of dark blue fruits, no green pepper, not over extracted or sweet. glad I have another.
2013 Ch. Musar Hochar Pere & Fils - Reminds me so much of Ridge. Red/black fruit, lots of brambly/herbal notes underneath, bit of a citrus note on the nose. Mrs. VeV's fave of the bunch.
Friday with friends,
2008 Mailly Blanc de Blanc Grand Cru
2008 Charles Heidsieck Brut Rose
2002 Pol Roger Brut
2012 Domain Pinson Freres Chablis Les Clos
2012 Louis Moreau Chablis Les Clos
1966 Confreres des Chevaliers du Tastevin Gevrey Chambertin Petit Chapelle, Bouchard Aine et Fils. WOTN
1990 Louis Latour Corton Grancey Grand Cru
2002 Lucien LeMoines Chambolle Musigny Les Charmes 1er
1996 Luciano Sandrone Cannubi Boschis
2001 Cappellano Rupestris, CORKED 
2001 Aldo Conterno Barolo Granbussia Riserva, stunning
1982 Cos d'Estournel
1982 Calon Segur
1982 Lynch Bages
Cordero di Montezemolo Barolo Chinato, 750 ml.
Everything showed well except the corked Cappellano.
Celebrated our daughter’s wedding. Served these birth year wines for the head table:
1990 VC La Grande Dame
1990 Etienne Sauzet Batard Montrachet
1990 Lynch Bages
All were stunningly beautiful as was my daughter.
longboarder posted:Celebrated our daughter’s wedding. Served these birth year wines for the head table:
1990 VC La Grande Dame
1990 Etienne Sauzet Batard Montrachet
1990 Lynch Bages
All were stunningly beautiful as was my daughter.
Congrats!
2015 Grosset Polish Hill Riesling
2010 Laurel Glen Sonoma Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
The Polish Hill Riesling was a great complement to the middle-eastern food at Tabule restaurant.
Genium Celler Priorat Ecologic 2005. Delicious.
bman posted:longboarder posted:Celebrated our daughter’s wedding. Served these birth year wines for the head table:
1990 VC La Grande Dame
1990 Etienne Sauzet Batard Montrachet
1990 Lynch Bages
All were stunningly beautiful as was my daughter.
Congrats!
Congrats Longboarder!
longboarder posted:Celebrated our daughter’s wedding. Served these birth year wines for the head table:
1990 VC La Grande Dame
1990 Etienne Sauzet Batard Montrachet
1990 Lynch Bages
All were stunningly beautiful as was my daughter.
congrats, Longboarder.
2017 Pali Tower 15 Viogner
2005 Shea Wine Cellars Pinot Noir Estate Shea Vineyard
Served with roasted chicken dinner. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
longboarder posted:Celebrated our daughter’s wedding. Served these birth year wines for the head table:
1990 VC La Grande Dame
1990 Etienne Sauzet Batard Montrachet
1990 Lynch Bages
All were stunningly beautiful as was my daughter.
Congrats longboarder - my '90 birth year daughter got married in 2018. The wines that I had for the head table never got touched until Allred, Vino Me and myself started drinking them towards the end of the evening.
2002 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2016 La Nerthe CdR Villages Les Cassagnes. This is really yummy, and not overly ripe. I used to drink a ton of CdR. Need to revisit these more often.
1978 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Lot 2
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2013 Pearl Morissette, Riesling, Cuvée Black Ball
2015 Antinori, IGT, Il Bruciato
2005 Clos Saint Michel, CdP, Cuvée Réservée
I've had 3 bottles of the Black Ball now and I don't think I'd buy it again. He does a much better job with chardonnay.
The Clos Saint Michel is very tasty. Hold or drink with decant.
2005 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvée
2008 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Millesime
2005 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Méthode Traditionelle Brut
2007 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
2016 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG
1983 Dunn Howell
1986 Dunn Howell
1987 Dunn Napa
1988 Dunn Howell
1992 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve
1978 Jaboulet Chateauneuf du Pape Les Cedres
2010 La Dame de Montrose
1999 Fuligni BdM
2001 Fuligni BdM
2005 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos d'Audignac MAGNUM
2002 Etude Cabernet Sauvignon
And some stuff I know I'm missing.
robsutherland posted:2005 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvée
2008 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Millesime
2005 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Méthode Traditionelle Brut
2007 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
2016 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG
1983 Dunn Howell
1986 Dunn Howell
1987 Dunn Napa
1988 Dunn Howell
1992 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve
1978 Jaboulet Chateauneuf du Pape Les Cedres
2010 La Dame de Montrose
1999 Fuligni BdM
2001 Fuligni BdM
2005 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos d'Audignac MAGNUM
2002 Etude Cabernet SauvignonAnd some stuff I know I'm missing.
1997 Lisini Ugolia
mangiare posted:robsutherland posted:2005 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvée
2008 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Millesime
2005 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Méthode Traditionelle Brut
2007 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
2016 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG
1983 Dunn Howell
1986 Dunn Howell
1987 Dunn Napa
1988 Dunn Howell
1992 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve
1978 Jaboulet Chateauneuf du Pape Les Cedres
2010 La Dame de Montrose
1999 Fuligni BdM
2001 Fuligni BdM
2005 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos d'Audignac MAGNUM
2002 Etude Cabernet SauvignonAnd some stuff I know I'm missing.
1997 Lisini Ugolia
Also:
2002 Louis Brochet Cuvée HBH
2005 Jean-Paul Chévenet Morgon VV
2004 Chateau Moulin Saint-Georges
Massa Vecchia Maremma Passito Rosso (can't recall vintage)
sunnylea57 posted:mangiare posted:robsutherland posted:2005 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvée
2008 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Millesime
2005 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Méthode Traditionelle Brut
2007 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
2016 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG
1983 Dunn Howell
1986 Dunn Howell
1987 Dunn Napa
1988 Dunn Howell
1992 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve
1978 Jaboulet Chateauneuf du Pape Les Cedres
2010 La Dame de Montrose
1999 Fuligni BdM
2001 Fuligni BdM
2005 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos d'Audignac MAGNUM
2002 Etude Cabernet SauvignonAnd some stuff I know I'm missing.
1997 Lisini Ugolia
Also:
2002 Louis Brochet Cuvée HBH
2005 Jean-Paul Chévenet Morgon VV
2004 Chateau Moulin Saint-Georges
Massa Vecchia Maremma Passito Rosso (can't recall vintage)
Nice
NV Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único Reserva Especial 1970, 1972 (1992 Release)
Tasted at an offline. Tastined note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
sunnylea57 posted:mangiare posted:robsutherland posted:2005 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvée
2008 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Millesime
2005 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Méthode Traditionelle Brut
2007 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
2016 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG
1983 Dunn Howell
1986 Dunn Howell
1987 Dunn Napa
1988 Dunn Howell
1992 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve
1978 Jaboulet Chateauneuf du Pape Les Cedres
2010 La Dame de Montrose
1999 Fuligni BdM
2001 Fuligni BdM
2005 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos d'Audignac MAGNUM
2002 Etude Cabernet SauvignonAnd some stuff I know I'm missing.
1997 Lisini Ugolia
Also:
2002 Louis Brochet Cuvée HBH
2005 Jean-Paul Chévenet Morgon VV
2004 Chateau Moulin Saint-Georges
Massa Vecchia Maremma Passito Rosso (can't recall vintage)
Who opened the 2001 Fuligni? I apparently left too early!
NV Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único Reserva Especial 1981, 1990 (1998 Release)
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
Bonneau “Les Rouliers”. Good.
2010 Franco Conterno Barolo Pietrin, good.
1970 Ch Haut Brion recently with the wifey.
Knob Creek rye, Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 year Lot B, Old Rip Van Winkle and 1950 Old Fitzgerald 6 year BIB Stitzel-Weller with dat dude TPEwinedrinker.
futronic posted:sunnylea57 posted:mangiare posted:robsutherland posted:2005 Vilmart Coeur de Cuvée
2008 Delamotte Blanc de Blancs Millesime
2005 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Méthode Traditionelle Brut
2007 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
2016 Dr. Loosen Erdener Treppchen Riesling GG
1983 Dunn Howell
1986 Dunn Howell
1987 Dunn Napa
1988 Dunn Howell
1992 Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de Latour Private Reserve
1978 Jaboulet Chateauneuf du Pape Les Cedres
2010 La Dame de Montrose
1999 Fuligni BdM
2001 Fuligni BdM
2005 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos d'Audignac MAGNUM
2002 Etude Cabernet SauvignonAnd some stuff I know I'm missing.
1997 Lisini Ugolia
Also:
2002 Louis Brochet Cuvée HBH
2005 Jean-Paul Chévenet Morgon VV
2004 Chateau Moulin Saint-Georges
Massa Vecchia Maremma Passito Rosso (can't recall vintage)Who opened the 2001 Fuligni? I apparently left too early!
Late addition was:
2012 Duemani Cab Franc
NV Ruppert-Leroy Fosse-Grely Champagne Brute Nature
2011 Hanzell Chardonnay
2003 Fonterutoli Siepi
2001 Argiolas Turriga
2006 La Fortuna Brunello
Do Ut Des Carpineta Fontalpino 2009 My last bottle.
Chateau Imperial Tokaj Aszu 5 Puttonyos 2013
over the weekend:
2016 Envinate Albahra
2010 Jean Bourdy Cotes du Jura blanc
2010 Baron de Ley Tres Vinas Blanco Reserva
NV Diebolt Vallois Prestige Brut
1994 Faustino I Gran Reserva
2000 Ridge Paso Robles Zin
2015 Herve Souhaut Syrah
NV Williams & Humbert 20 year Palo Cortado Solera Especial
2005 Match Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Baconbrook
Served last night with a big juicy NY strip. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2015 Wind Gap Pinot
2017 Bedrock Syrah - Coast to Foothills
With chili
2011 A. Rafanelli Zinfandel
Served last night with Chicken Paprikash. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2005 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2017 Calvahas Reserva - nice surprise from the Douro
2015 Ca Rozzeria Langhe Nebbiolo
2014 Acacia Russian River Pinot
2010 Carlisle Syrah James Berry Vineyard
Served last night with Dr Pepper Pulled Pork. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
2004 Valdicava BDM - opened 8-10 hours prior to drinking beautifully
1994 Dunn Howell Mountain mag - in a great spot with no sign of decline
2012 COS Maldafrica mag
2006 Luigi D'Alessandro, Syrah, Il Bosco
2009 Cesarini Sartori (Signae), Sagrantino di Montefalco
Chateau L'Escadre Grande Reserve 2016 Bordeaux. A good $20 Bordeaux.
2015 Aubert-Hudson Chard
2001 Harlan-The Maiden
2017 Dehlinger-RR Pinot
2007 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
Off wine list:
2017 Ken Wright Willamette Pinot
2016 Bedrock Heritage Wine Evangelho Vineyard of a wine list last night.
2015 Fonterutoli, Chianti Classico
1998 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Tasted at an offline. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
thelostverse posted:2016 Bedrock Heritage Wine Evangelho Vineyard of a wine list last night.
Thoughts? I've almost bought a bottle a couple of times but went instead with cheaper Bedrock bottles I've tried before and liked.
bman posted:thelostverse posted:2016 Bedrock Heritage Wine Evangelho Vineyard of a wine list last night.
Thoughts? I've almost bought a bottle a couple of times but went instead with cheaper Bedrock bottles I've tried before and liked.
This was good from the pop and pour. This isn't a bottling I ever buy with my order, I would consider it going forward. Nice cherry notes and soft tannins.
last night at Le Select
2002 Pol Roger Vintage Brut, stunning
2010 Il Carbonaione, big, ripe, dark, intense, grippy tannins but smooth. Drinking well with plenty of air but this has a long, long way to go.
2007 Tawse Quarry Rd Barrel Fermented Chardonnay Icewine. Amazing. This showed the typical tropical fruit mix and has developed some tertiary note but without going too far towards caramel or into rancio. A great balance of youthful fruit and complexity that comes with age. Yum.
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