steve8 posted:sunnylea57 posted:2009 Castelgiocondo BdM - drinking beautifully with a PnP. Perhaps it shouldn't have, but this totally exceeded expectations.
I think this wine is much maligned because it's from a very large producer, but I've found it to be a consistently solid BdM at very reasonable price. The riserva is even better.
I agree with this. Almost always enjoyable and fairly priced
2015 Bodegas Exopto La Mimbrera (Rioja)
2015 Poggerino Chianti Classico
jcocktosten posted:steve8 posted:sunnylea57 posted:2009 Castelgiocondo BdM - drinking beautifully with a PnP. Perhaps it shouldn't have, but this totally exceeded expectations.
I think this wine is much maligned because it's from a very large producer, but I've found it to be a consistently solid BdM at very reasonable price. The riserva is even better.
I agree with this. Almost always enjoyable and fairly priced
+1 and the current vintage is always easily accessible in our market.
mangiare posted:jcocktosten posted:steve8 posted:sunnylea57 posted:2009 Castelgiocondo BdM - drinking beautifully with a PnP. Perhaps it shouldn't have, but this totally exceeded expectations.
I think this wine is much maligned because it's from a very large producer, but I've found it to be a consistently solid BdM at very reasonable price. The riserva is even better.
I agree with this. Almost always enjoyable and fairly priced
+1 and the current vintage is always easily accessible in our market.
Also, just to clarify, when I said “perhaps it shouldn’t have exceeded my expectations” I meant that my expectations probably should have been higher, not that the wine didn’t deserve to exceed expectations. 😏
Not sure what else but tonight with Miami Atty and a few others for birthday:
2004 Heitz Martha's
2007 Val Llach
Blandy's 15 Year Bual (as it is a 1/2 bottle and our vintage ports are full bottles)
1999 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia - took 2 hours to shed a raisin, ripe note that I was not fond of, but once it did the fruit and tannin are very balanced with a nice Italian grip on the back-end.
Still a food wine but I'd say at 20 years there is no sign of decline.
2004 Corte Pavone, BdM
This was an outstanding bottle. Much better than the previous one drank about 3 years ago.
2008 Oreno. Still young but started to show its stuff after 2 hours or so in the decanter.
NV Camille Saves Premier Cru Champagne Carte Blanche.
2011 Roda I
More like an old-world styled CA Cab or more modern Bordeaux. Loads of graphite pencil shavings, dark black raspberries, juicy cassis with enough acidity to make it a good food wine. A little beef blood, but I don’t know if I would have picked up on it if I didn’t know to look. Long finish. High quality and reasonably good value @ +/- $70. 92(+?)
winetarelli posted:2011 Roda I
More like an old-world styled CA Cab or more modern Bordeaux. Loads of graphite pencil shavings, dark black raspberries, juicy cassis with enough acidity to make it a good food wine. A little beef blood, but I don’t know if I would have picked up on it if I didn’t know to look. Long finish. High quality and reasonably good value @ +/- $70. 92(+?)
Saw for a little over 50 euro at duty free in Madrid airport last week
jcocktosten posted:winetarelli posted:2011 Roda I
More like an old-world styled CA Cab or more modern Bordeaux. Loads of graphite pencil shavings, dark black raspberries, juicy cassis with enough acidity to make it a good food wine. A little beef blood, but I don’t know if I would have picked up on it if I didn’t know to look. Long finish. High quality and reasonably good value @ +/- $70. 92(+?)
Saw for a little over 50 euro at duty free in Madrid airport last week
Duty free is a terrible place to buy wine. It's 33 Euro at the winery and 44 Euro at Vila Viniteca in Barcelona.
Love that wine though.
futronic posted:jcocktosten posted:winetarelli posted:2011 Roda I
More like an old-world styled CA Cab or more modern Bordeaux. Loads of graphite pencil shavings, dark black raspberries, juicy cassis with enough acidity to make it a good food wine. A little beef blood, but I don’t know if I would have picked up on it if I didn’t know to look. Long finish. High quality and reasonably good value @ +/- $70. 92(+?)
Saw for a little over 50 euro at duty free in Madrid airport last week
Duty free is a terrible place to buy wine. It's 33 Euro at the winery and 44 Euro at Vila Viniteca in Barcelona.
Love that wine though.
Bought the 2008 at Lavinia in Madrid for 40 Euro.
Only commenting relative to Winetarellis price. We were just looking for gifts for our friends who take care of our dogs
2010 Domaine Tempier, Bandol
Delicious. Never as good as the single vineyards, but still excellent. Drinking well but I'll try to hold my other bottle for a couple of years.
Haven’t been drinking much lately, but I brought to dinner at in-laws house:
2018 Peyrassol cuvée de la commanderie, rose
2015 CVNE Monopole blanco
2018 Amestoi, Getariako Txakolina,
A lot of Grolsch and Brand draft beer in the Netherlands.
jcocktosten posted:Only commenting relative to Winetarellis price. We were just looking for gifts for our friends who take care of our dogs
$70 is the US price. ($64 at Woodland Hills, $70 at K&L, a bit more elsewhere.) Even then, compared to the US market for that style of wine I think it is fairly priced. I can’t believe it is $40 US all over Spain. (And Europe! Even the UK! (Though not for long.)) That is amazing. Lopez Tondonia Reserva is <$25 USD there and $40 here for the current release. Lots of my favorite wines are 60% over there, actually. Maybe we should all move.
Last night with with Mrs. Gigabit, Roentgen Ray, his significant other, and friends at Kimi's Chop & Oyster House in SLC:
Two from Australia
Up at the cottage for a seafood weekend. Night 1: Gigas and Raspberry Point oysters, Littleneck clams (both raw & steamed), salmon and scallop ceviche, King crab legs washed down with:
2013 & 2015 Raventos i Blanc Cava Gran Reserva de la Finca
2007 & 2008 Recaredo Finca Serral Del Vell Brut de Brut
2012 Liquid Farm Chardonnay White Hill
2007 Montelena Chardonnay
2013 Rivers-Marie Occidental Ridge Vineyard Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
2008 Evening Land Pinot Noir la Source Seven Springs Vineyard
2004 Thomas Pinot Noir Dundee Hills
All the wines were good. For me, it was a toss-up between the Thomas and Evening Land.
Sounds like a fantastic long weekend, otw.
Last night:
2015 CVNE Monopole Blanco Clasico
2013 Valle dell'Acate Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Ready to go for tonight:
1987 Dunn CS Napa Valley
otw posted:Up at the cottage for a seafood weekend. Night 1: Gigas and Raspberry Point oysters, Littleneck clams (both raw & steamed), salmon and scallop ceviche, King crab legs washed down with:
2013 & 2015 Raventos i Blanc Cava Gran Reserva de la Finca
2007 & 2008 Recaredo Finca Serral Del Vell Brut de Brut
2012 Liquid Farm Chardonnay White Hill
2007 Montelena Chardonnay
2013 Rivers-Marie Occidental Ridge Vineyard Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
2008 Evening Land Pinot Noir la Source Seven Springs Vineyard
2004 Thomas Pinot Noir Dundee Hills
All the wines were good. For me, it was a toss-up between the Thomas and Evening Land.
How was the 2008 Recaredo Serral del Vell, and how did it compare to the 2007? 2008 was an outstanding vintage in Sant Sadurni, but everything Recaredo rocks. I haven't opened any of my 2008s yet.
2017 Copain Tous Ensemble Rose of Pinot Noir
jcocktosten posted:With smoked brisket last night:
2013 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Maestro Collection Limited Release followed by
NV Sandeman Founder's Reserve - this had been given to us as a house warming present 5 years ago and I dug it out - a fairly inexpensive Ruby Port. Nothing special but reasonably tasty and certainly enjoyable.
Was that BV a Garagiste Mystery Wine by any chance? What did you think? If it’s the one I think it is, my first bottle was pretty flat.
Last night with Osso Bucco and Zucchini Risotto:
2007 Fontodi Flaccianello
2007 Tua Rita Giusto di Notri
both throwing sediment (the latter quite a bit) and drinking very well.
eltoro posted:jcocktosten posted:With smoked brisket last night:
2013 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Maestro Collection Limited Release followed by
NV Sandeman Founder's Reserve - this had been given to us as a house warming present 5 years ago and I dug it out - a fairly inexpensive Ruby Port. Nothing special but reasonably tasty and certainly enjoyable.
Was that BV a Garagiste Mystery Wine by any chance? What did you think? If it’s the one I think it is, my first bottle was pretty flat.
Yes, it was. Was big and oaky and a good companion for the smoked brisket we had it with. Was nothing special, but nothing wrong with it eithe
1990 Schloss Schönborn Riesling Spätlese with Indian food the other night
futronic posted:otw posted:Up at the cottage for a seafood weekend. Night 1: Gigas and Raspberry Point oysters, Littleneck clams (both raw & steamed), salmon and scallop ceviche, King crab legs washed down with:
2013 & 2015 Raventos i Blanc Cava Gran Reserva de la Finca
2007 & 2008 Recaredo Finca Serral Del Vell Brut de Brut
2012 Liquid Farm Chardonnay White Hill
2007 Montelena Chardonnay
2013 Rivers-Marie Occidental Ridge Vineyard Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
2008 Evening Land Pinot Noir la Source Seven Springs Vineyard
2004 Thomas Pinot Noir Dundee Hills
All the wines were good. For me, it was a toss-up between the Thomas and Evening Land.
How was the 2008 Recaredo Serral del Vell, and how did it compare to the 2007? 2008 was an outstanding vintage in Sant Sadurni, but everything Recaredo rocks. I haven't opened any of my 2008s yet.
They were both really good. The 2007 Recaredo might have been a little more minerally while the 2008 seemed a little more bready/yeasty. Both excellent with more evolved flavours compared to the two Raventos..
Night 2 of our seafood weekend: more Gigas and Raspberry Point oysters; white anchovies with olive oil, vinegar, garlic and parsley; ceviche with salmon, sea bass and wild-caught shrimp; pan-seared tuna; beef bourguignon (needed some meat!)... all washed down with:
Codorniu Seleccion Raventos Brut
NV Larmandier-Bernier Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Longitude
2008 Gimonnet Oenophile Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut
2015 CVNE Monopole Clásico
2001 Domaine Beaurenard CdP Boisrenard
2005 Domaine Grand Veneur CdP Les Origines
2005 Domaine Charbonnière CdP Cuvée Mourre des Perdrix
2014 Antidoto La Hormiga
2004 Guado al Tasso
2001 Oreno
2004 Bernard Burgaud Cote Rotie
1997 Chapoutier Le Pavillion
Last week :
2005 Dalla Valle Maya
2015 Morlet Ma Princesse Chard
2013 Roar Pisoni Pinot
2016 Chasseur RR Pinot
2014 Chasseur SC Chard
2009 Delas Frères Les Launes Crozes-Hermitage. Very nice wine at a very reasonable price.
2017 Begasti white blend from Cinque Terre.
steve8 posted:sunnylea57 posted:2009 Castelgiocondo BdM - drinking beautifully with a PnP. Perhaps it shouldn't have, but this totally exceeded expectations.
I think this wine is much maligned because it's from a very large producer, but I've found it to be a consistently solid BdM at very reasonable price. The riserva is even better.
Totally agree. It’s often overlooked by snobs.
2016 Louis Jadot, Morgon, Chateau des Jacques
2015 Fuligni Rosso di Montalcino Ginestreto - with Golden Tile Fish and zoodles with pesto
2013 B. Levet Cote-Rotie La Chavaroche
TN to follow. But, obviously, yum.
2013 Small Vines MK Pinot
2008 Porto Carras Chateau Carras -outstanding bought 6 more bottles
