Last night with a vegetable risotto.
2019 Tablas Creek Marsanne
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2019 Faury St Joseph VV
2001 Tondonia blanco Gran Reserva rioja -just wow. So seductively complex.
2013 No Girls Grenache
2017 Calais Winery Merlot La Cuvée Du Ruisseau
2016 Hyde De Villaine Chardonnay
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2014 Ken Wright Guadalupe Pinot
2016 Long Shadows Ranch the Sequel
2018 Shane Syrah
2019 Herman Story Casual Encounters
2020 Melville Pinot Noir Block M
2007 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art Series
2002 Krug
2002 Henri Gouges Les Pruliers
2001 Ciacci Piccolomini Pianrosso Brunello
2001 Fuligni Brunello
2005 Peter Michael Les Pavots
2011 Herman Story Casual Encounters
2013 Herman Story On the Road Grenache
2016 Amapola Creek Jos. Bellini Vineyard Chardonnay
2016 Petrolo Galatrona hold!
2019 Ridge Viognier
2019 Carlisle Piner-Olivet Ranches Zinfandel
2020 Ridge Estate Chardonnay
2015 Colpetrone Montefalco Rosso.
2016 Mount Eden Pinot Noir.
Spectacular tonight.
2014 Ferreton, St Joseph, 'la source' very nice with my first attempt at beef wellington, which seemed to be a hit for my sister-in-law's mother in law's (sort of a great aunt, if you will) 83rd bday.
@lrousseau posted:2002 Krug
2002 Henri Gouges Les Pruliers
2001 Ciacci Piccolomini Pianrosso Brunello
2001 Fuligni Brunello
2005 Peter Michael Les Pavots
2011 Herman Story Casual Encounters
2013 Herman Story On the Road Grenache
2016 Amapola Creek Jos. Bellini Vineyard Chardonnay
2016 Petrolo Galatrona hold!
2019 Ridge Viognier
2019 Carlisle Piner-Olivet Ranches Zinfandel
2020 Ridge Estate Chardonnay
Shocker of all shockers the Galatrona's hold 
. Otherwise, mighty fine drinkin', lrousseau.
1981 Penfolds Grange
@jcocktosten posted:
Very nice. A rare btling and one of the ports of the vintage
@jabe11 posted:Shocker of all shockers the Galatrona's hold
Galatrona was a little tight still. Better on the second day.
2019 Au Bon Climat Pinot Noir “Isabelle”
1990 Penfolds Grange
2019 Domaine Charvin le Poutet Cdr
Read that as Le Poulet initially and figured you had some St. Hubert on the go as well. 
2020 Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc.
Friday at the local fish house with another excellent meal, 2014 Domaine Billaud-Simon Chablis 1er Cru Mont de Milieu, a very special Chablis. I bought more than 20 different bottlings from this vintage, and this is one of the 3 best. Surpasses some Grand Crus. Rich, silky, intense and light at the same time, parade of citrus flavours, lime, Meyer lemon, lemon zest, some mandarin orange, mineral, long finish. Beautiful, and still has time though I don’t expect it’ll improve any more.
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2008 Pichon Lalande. Drinking very very nicely last night.
Family from CA up for a visit, and came for dinner last night. Started with very nice 2021 Duck Hunter Sauvignon Blanc from NZ, then OR Pinots: 2014 Utopia Utopia Vineyard, 2014 Argyle Reserve, and 2012 Antica Terra Ceras Vineyard. All wines I’m happy to drink any time, and all with similar flavours, but the Antica Terra was head and shoulders above the others— deeper, darker, richer, more intense, longer, an outstanding Pinot.
Also had a remarkable dessert wine (with delicious blueberry-raspberry tart), 2000 Albert Mann Tokay Pinot Gris Altenberg Vendanges Tardives, unctuous, ripe, understated Alsatian with an extremely long finish. Wow!
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2014 TH Estate Wines Syrah Three-Four
On a warm summer day with simple dinner of soup and great bread (Fife Bakery, for any locals looking for really good sourdough), 2020 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc, predictably excellent, just as it is almost every vintage. Crisp, bright, lip-smacking acidity.
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2015 Epoch Estate Wines Estate Blend
2017 release overture opus. a nice well balanced wine that shows off its toasty vanillan body but keeps it in check to make it a very fun wine to drink
2017 Joseph Roty Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvee de “Champs-Chenys”
@winetarelli posted:2017 Joseph Roty Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvee de “Champs-Chenys”
how was this?
@g-man posted:how was this?
Great! I paid only $70 for my bottles, I think it is regularly closer to $90, and it compares favorably to most of the CA and Cote de Beaune wines in that price range. My benchmark in that price range is Denis Bachelet Cote de Nuits Village and this is earthier and more obviously Burgundian, though lacks some of the fruit purity and crunchiness. TN from memory is a decently expressive nose of red currents, black currents and forrest floor with a great palate of the same, dark but still very Pinot-y fruits, really getting into the mulchiness and earth of Gevrey. Long finish. It’s not a flashy wine, and I don’t know that it will improve *that* much with time. But I really liked it. *Opened 3 hours before consuming, no decant, then consumed over 2 hours with constant improvement.* 92, but high enjoyment factor.
Sounds like you flew to NYC to visit your lonely cellar and eat at your favorite places.
1946 Bodegas Toro Albala Don PX Convento Selección
@winetarelli posted:Great! I paid only $70 for my bottles, I think it is regularly closer to $90, and it compares favorably to most of the CA and Cote de Beaune wines in that price range. My benchmark in that price range is Denis Bachelet Cote de Nuits Village and this is earthier and more obviously Burgundian, though lacks some of the fruit purity and crunchiness. TN from memory is a decently expressive nose of red currents, black currents and forrest floor with a great palate of the same, dark but still very Pinot-y fruits, really getting into the mulchiness and earth of Gevrey. Long finish. It’s not a flashy wine, and I don’t know that it will improve *that* much with time. But I really liked it. *Opened 3 hours before consuming, no decant, then consumed over 2 hours with constant improvement.* 92, but high enjoyment factor.
yea your first sentence is spot on about comparing favorably with most of CA. I'm a big fan of their big vintages, but havne't had the 17.
and thanks for the note. try the 15' if you get a chance.
@wineismylife posted:Sounds like you flew to NYC to visit your lonely cellar and eat at your favorite places.
lol umm yes,
1958 Fonseca being stood up from my Christies auction winning from 2 years back!