2016 Domaine J. Boulon Brouilly.
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1998 Château Gaffelière Saint Emilion
J3
2009 Poderi Oddero Barolo Brunate - wow.
2007 J. K. Carriere Pinot Noir Anderson Family. One of the two wines I brought to the DAWGS offline last night. Pinot Noir theme. Note posted on CT and blog.
2017 Domaine Les Grands Bois Philippine CdR Villages Sainte Cécile
J3
2016 Xavier Vignon Lirac.
2015 Château Lanessan - having just got back from Franc,e had to go for a French last night even with take out
2017 Sandler Madzia Pinot
2012 Liquid Farm Golden Slope - Oak has integrated and I was pleasntly suprised by this. Last time i had it, it was a big buttery oaky mess and now its really come around.
2013 Rolet Chardonnay Arbois
2013 Marie Courtin Effloresence - love this bottling. Was perfect foil to a well executed but eclectic tasting menu.
2005 Carlisle Two Acres - Lots of smokey meaty mourvedre goodness. Could still age it at least another 5+ years.
2011 Vietti Perbacco
2015 Occhipinti SP68 Rosso - a rare sound bottle.
2012 Dom. des Aphillanthes CdR VV
2012 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast. One of the two wines I brought to the DAWGS offline Saturday night. Pinot Noir theme. Note posted on CT and blog.
billhike posted:2016 Xavier Vignon Lirac.
Thoughts?
eltoro posted:billhike posted:2016 Xavier Vignon Lirac.
Thoughts?
A bit on the riper side, without going too far for my palate. Black fruit with a hint of licorice/tar/garrigue. Definitely not what I would call rustic.
2014 Gary Farrell Pinot Noir Martaella Vineyard.
Tasted recently at a birthday party for a fellow wine lover. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
wineismylife posted:2012 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast. One of the two wines I brought to the DAWGS offline Saturday night. Pinot Noir theme. Note posted on CT and blog.
How many ice cubes required? 
2007 Shafer HSS
2014 Kongsgaard Chard
2014 Lucia-Gary's Pinot
billhike posted:wineismylife posted:2012 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast. One of the two wines I brought to the DAWGS offline Saturday night. Pinot Noir theme. Note posted on CT and blog.
How many ice cubes required?
Now mom always said if you can't say anything nice...
Cuvee William Deutz Millesime 1996
2001 Clos des Papes Cdp
2003 Torbreck RunRig
2005 Torbreck Lost Highway
2004 Drinkward-Peschon
(Thank you, my friends, who recently shared these with me and Mrs. Haggis)
2009 Gloria Ferrer Royal Cuvée. A touch more residual sugar than I like, but a lot of good stuff going on.
2014 Loring Mateo Santa Rita Hills - with take out Israeli food
2013 Domaine Nowack, Champagne, La Tuilerie, Extra Brut Chardonnay
2005 Vietti, Barolo, Rocche
2005 Chateau Lillian-Ladouys, St. Estephe
The Nowack was outstanding. Not a house I'm familiar with but I intend to be. The Vietti is drinking well. Not sure it will improve much, but I'll hold my other bottle for a few years to see.
2010 Thomas Pinot Noir Dundee Hills.
Served with dinner last night. Tasting note posted on CellarTracker and blogged.
A pair of 2013's last night:
2013 Bergstrom Pinot Noir Bergstrom Vineyard
2013 Bedrock Oakville Farmhouse
2006 R. Lopez de Heredia Viña Bosconia Reserva Rioja
J3
1964 Pio Cesare Barbaresco
One of two bottles I brought to GNO last night. Tasting note posted on CT and blogged.
2015 Torres Priorat Salmos Rated 92
With cometspider, Gentleman farmer, Bieds and Festiva last night:
- 1982 Ducru Beaucaillou
- 1996 Ducru Beaucaillou
- 1998 Montrose
- 1995 Léoville Poyferre
- 2000 Lynch Bages
Every wine showed well, and it was fun to follow them all over 3 hours or so.
Enjoyed at St. Anselm in the up and coming Union Market section of NE Washington, DC. Our second offline here, and I'm quite sure it will not be our last. Tremendous steaks and sides. Feels more like a hunting lodge than a steakhouse. Thoughtful wine service with excellent stems and wines decanted into Erlenmeyer flasks with handwritten tags to identify each wine. The servers brought us a complimentary round of Madeira as a thank you for giving them tastes of our wine. A wonderful evening, with a great group of gentlemen.
PH
Was invited to an Hourglass tasting last night. All wines were from the 2017 vintage.
Hourglass Estate Cabernet - great fruit and not overly extracted. Excellent
Hourglass Estate Sauvignon Blanc - very Bordeaux like
Hourglass Blueline Estate Merlot - very similar to Paloma and a very good Merlot
Hourglass Blueline Estate Cabernet - good but not great
Hourglass Blueline Estate Right Bank - if had been served blind I would have said this was a Cheval Blanc from a decent vintage. Excellent
Hourglass Blueline Estate Cabernet 36 - glad to see CA Cabs going back to a more restrained style. Not jammy and an excellent cab.
purplehaze posted:With cometspider, Gentleman farmer, Bieds and Festiva last night:
- 1982 Ducru Beaucaillou
- 1996 Ducru Beaucaillou
- 1998 Montrose
- 1995 Léoville Poyferre
- 2000 Lynch Bages
Every wine showed well, and it was fun to follow them all over 3 hours or so.
Enjoyed at St. Anselm in the up and coming Union Market section of NE Washington, DC. Our second offline here, and I'm quite sure it will not be our last. Tremendous steaks and sides. Feels more like a hunting lodge than a steakhouse. Thoughtful wine service with excellent stems and wines decanted into Erlenmeyer flasks with handwritten tags to identify each wine. The servers brought us a complimentary round of Madeira as a thank you for giving them tastes of our wine. A wonderful evening, with a great group of gentlemen.
PH
Where was my invitation. Would love to see all the guys again. Hope everyone is doing well.
longboarder posted:Where was my invitation. Would love to see all the guys again. Hope everyone is doing well.
You are on the "always invited" list, good sir.
We're working on a December supper. Will keep you posted.
PH
2009 Bruno Paillard Premier cuvée champagne
2016 Château de Nalys cdp from magnum
2016 Guigal lieu dit st-Joseph
2017 Guigal white cdp
2017 château de nalys saint-pierres de Nalys cdp
2015 Château Brown bordeaux white
2014 Guigal Chateau D’Ampuis Côte-Rôtie
2017 Mas Julien white
2011 Terre Nere Etna Rosso. Still going strong.
2014 Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Edward James Estate
Had it with dinner last night. Tasty. Tasting note posted in CT and blogged.
wineismylife posted:2014 Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Edward James Estate
Had it with dinner last night. Tasty. Tasting note posted in CT and blogged.
One of my favorite Chardonnays every year.
2005 Vincent Girardin Clos de la Roche, yum
2015 Pax Chenin Blanc Buddha’s Dharma Vineyard
Tasting note posted on CT and blogged.
Dinner last week with DoubleD, waterdr and green wine. One of the most notable wines of the night was 2006 Cayuse God only Knows because it was exceptionally BAD. Started out with a really lovely typical floral Grenache nose, but there was this really horrible bitter metallic aftertaste that just kept lingering long after consumption. It was like there was this solid core of Thallium on the midpalate and a hint of Radon and manganese on the finish. I waited a week to write this note to make sure none of us died from radiation poisoning. Never been a big fan of Cayuse and this one didn't help. At least Cayuse got the name correct. God only knows what the f... was in that bottle.
2017 Desparada Sauvignon Blanc Fragment
2016 San Felice Chianti Classico
winedrmike posted:Dinner last week with DoubleD, waterdr and green wine. One of the most notable wines of the night was 2006 Cayuse God only Knows because it was exceptionally BAD. Started out with a really lovely typical floral Grenache nose, but there was this really horrible bitter metallic aftertaste that just kept lingering long after consumption. It was like there was this solid core of Thallium on the midpalate and a hint of Radon and manganese on the finish. I waited a week to write this note to make sure none of us died from radiation poisoning. Never been a big fan of Cayuse and this one didn't help. At least Cayuse got the name correct. God only knows what the f... was in that bottle.
By the way, what was the Burg you also brought? I was gonna post something but I didn't remember half the wines. 
I remembered the 2004 Altesino Brunello, 2008 Larkmead Firebelle, ??? Ultramarine. Didn't catch producer of the German Auslese.
2014 Andre Brunel Chateauneuf-du-Pape Les Cailloux
2011 Bodegas Muga Gran Reserva Prado Enea Fantastic Wine of the month Rated 95
2004 E. Fuligni (Cottimelli) Brunello di Montalcino
Friday night with pizza delivery. Tasting note posted on CT and blogged.
doubled posted:winedrmike posted:Dinner last week with DoubleD, waterdr and green wine. One of the most notable wines of the night was 2006 Cayuse God only Knows because it was exceptionally BAD. Started out with a really lovely typical floral Grenache nose, but there was this really horrible bitter metallic aftertaste that just kept lingering long after consumption. It was like there was this solid core of Thallium on the midpalate and a hint of Radon and manganese on the finish. I waited a week to write this note to make sure none of us died from radiation poisoning. Never been a big fan of Cayuse and this one didn't help. At least Cayuse got the name correct. God only knows what the f... was in that bottle.
By the way, what was the Burg you also brought? I was gonna post something but I didn't remember half the wines.
The German was a Donhoff. Don't remember the year. The burg was a 1988 Maison Ambroise Corton Le Rognet. The Altesino was a Montosoli.