March 2023 - What are you drinking?

2013 Trimbach Riesling

Recovering from Covid so nothing to report

@mimik posted:

Recovering from Covid so nothing to report

OK.  You get a pass.  But others?

@Bytown Rick posted:

Two from 2013 Laughing Stock Vineyards (Okanagan)

• Blind Trust Red ( full bodied Bordeaux blend)
• Portfolio (like more of a right bank Bordeaux blend)

Firm tannins on both.  Nice wines, but after a decade, still a bit young for my taste.

Tried the 2012 Portfolio last night.  A bit more advanced than the 2013 we had a few weeks ago.  Another nice wine, showing well with a thick steak, twice-baked potatoes and a chopped salad. 

@mimik posted:

Recovering from Covid so nothing to report

Sorry to hear mim.  I trust that you have a particularly nice bottle picked out for when you get back into the swing of things. 

This was very unshitty last night.

@billhike posted:

This was very unshitty last night.

You opened this for me in January. Very nice. Solemme Tasting Note.

VM

2019 Vineyard 29 Cabernet Sauvignon Cru

@wineismylife posted:

OK.  You get a pass.  But others?

Just for you, WIML ... recent interesting bottles over the past 4-6 weeks:

• N.V. Tarlant Champagne Zero Brut Nature (2014 base, disg. 2021/07/05. Lot LZB5421)
• N.V. Bruno Paillard Champagne Extra Brut Premiere Cuvée (Disg. 2022/03, unknown base, 32% reserve wines, dosage 5.5g/L)
• N.V. Francis Boulard Champagne Les Murgiers Brut Nature (2019 base, Disg. 2022/04/13. Lot Mg 04/22. Dosage 0g/L)
• N.V. Etienne Calsac Champagne Les Rocheforts Blanc de Blancs (need to double-check base and disgorgement date)
• N.V. Jérôme Prévost Champagne La Closerie & LC19 (2019 base)
• 2018 Envinate Palo Blanco
• 2001 Bodegas Muga Rioja Gran Reserva Prado Enea
• 2019 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Les Grézeaux
• 2019 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Clos Guillot
• 2006 Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) Brunello di Montalcino
• 2006 Poderi Colla Barolo Dardi Le Rose Bussia

And then a crazy Telmo Rodriguez As Caborcas dinner I hosted:

• 2014 Cédric Bouchard Champagne Blanc de Noirs Côte de Val Vilaine
• NV Ulysse Collin Champagne Les Pierrières (2016 base)
• 2014 Telmo Rodríguez Branco de Santa Cruz
• 2017 Barco del Corneta Vino de la Tierra de León Judas (replacement for a corked 2015 Branco de Santa Cruz
• 2013 Telmo Rodríguez As Caborcas
• 2014 Telmo Rodríguez As Caborcas
• 2016 Telmo Rodríguez As Caborcas
• 2015 Telmo Rodríguez As Caborcas
• 2015 Telmo Rodríguez O Diviso
• 2015 Telmo Rodríguez La Falcoeira 'A Capilla'
• 2017 Telmo Rodríguez As Caborcas
• 2018 Telmo Rodríguez As Caborcas
• 2019 Telmo Rodríguez As Caborcas
• Sandeman Royal Esmeralda VOS Amontillado

An absolutely epic evening, to say the least.

And these with more TWC people recently:

• 1995 Charles Heidsieck Blanc des millenaires
• 2009 Gimonnet Blanc de Blancs Cuvee Fleuron
• 2004 Fevre Chablis Grand Cru Le Clos
• 2014 Hubert Lamy Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Derriere chez Edouard
• 2017 Jean-Claude Ramonet Bourgogne Aligote
• 1997 Dunn Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain
• 1999 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Ovello
• 2004 Le Macchiole Paleo
• 2004 Fuligni Burnello di Montalcino Riserva

Hope to see you in our neck of the woods sometime soon.

Was posting in Feb. Thread.  Not much of interest once the work symposium started

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@wineismylife posted:

OK.  You get a pass.  But others?

2019 San Giusto di Rentennano le Baroncole chianti(Nice)

@Bytown Rick posted:

Sorry to hear mim.  I trust that you have a particularly nice bottle picked out for when you get back into the swing of things.

Thanks. I posted drinking a Chianti Classico which was nice as I bought a 6 pack. Le Baroncole from San Giusto di Rentennano

@mimik posted:

Thanks. I posted drinking a Chianti Classico which was nice as I bought a 6 pack. Le Baroncole from San Giusto di Rentennano

Good to hear mim.  I'm also enjoying a Chianti, while listening to some music. 

2015 Canonica a Cerreto Riserva Chianti Classico.  Nice wine.

Another one of these beauties. I can’t keep my hands off of them.

2016 Carlisle Zinfandel Mancini Ranch

Cremant de nashik tropicale.  This rose sparkler comes from India.  Made with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah and chenin blanc.  I do not know the percentage of each. Was $40 in an upscale Indian restaurant here.

a little strawberry nose, light rose petals.  
never had this before but will try to find it at the store. 86-88 points

@billhike posted:

Another one of these beauties. I can’t keep my hands off of them.

Laherte is a solid champagne producer. Kudos

2016 Ormes de Pez

2012 Stefania Crimson Clover

@mimik posted:

Laherte is a solid champagne producer. Kudos

This wine, from the photo, is quite a  bit darker than most rose champagnes with which I am familiar.  Is it because the grape here is petit meunier? Is it the lighting in the photo? Is it my eyesight?

@irwin posted:

This wine, from the photo, is quite a  bit darker than most rose champagnes with which I am familiar.  Is it because the grape here is petit meunier? Is it the lighting in the photo? Is it my eyesight?

It definitely shows darker than most. Even in better light.

2019 Llano Estacado Sangiovese

2017 Prince Hill Reserve Pinot

2017 Little Wings Syrah