vincentric posted:redknife posted:This week
05 Quilceda creek
1970 chateau Lafite
1970 Chateau Latour
1982 Mouton
1982 Latour
1986 Lafite
1986 Mouton
1989 Lafite
1989 Mouton
1996 Latour
1996 lafite
2007 D’Yquem
Nicely done. Any standouts?
82 Latour and 89 mouton were special with plenty fruit left and should be holding for at least a decade
the The 82 Mouton was a little off not corked but funky
the 70 Lafite and Latour showed wonderful tertiary aromas but clearly downhill
2016 Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico.
2016 Domaine Serene Two Barns Vineyard Pinot Noir
J3
With the San Diego wine tasting group at Sbicca in Del Mar on Saturday:
2010 Philippe Fourrier Brut, Champagne
2017 Rivers-Marie Chardonnay, Platt Vineyard, Sonoma Coast
2013 Peter Michael "Mon Plaisir" Chardonnay -- FIRST PLACE by group vote (white wines)
2000 Mount Mary Vineyard "Quintet" Yarra Valley, Australia. Tasted blind in the venerable Shebang jug; guesses were all over the northern hemisphere, with no guesses in the correct hemisphere.
1992 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon -- THIRD PLACE (reds)
2004 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon, The Montelena Estate -- FIRST PLACE (reds)
1999 Clarendon Hills Astralis
2009 Morlet Passionnément Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley -- SECOND PLACE (reds)
2014 Melville Block M Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hilla
2011 Paul Lato "The Prospect" Pinot Noir, Sierra Madre Vineyard
1985 Churchill's Vintage Port
Wines and people all showing well.
Excellent Sunday:
NV Vadin-Plateau Champagne Renaissance
2013 Schrader RBS Beckstoffer
2015 Pax Hermit Syrah
Saturday night off wine list:
2016 Argiano Rosso di Montalcino
2010 Tournon (Chapoutier), Shiraz, Lady's Lane Vnyd.
Corked. Too bad because it is not a typical Oz shiraz. Much more restrained. With some patience and persistence I managed to get the SAQ to give me a credit for the wine even if it didn't scan in their system.
2013 Roses de Jeanne, Champagne, Les Ursules
OK, now I get the hype about Bouchard's champagnes. Stunning. I want more.
2010 Hamilton Russell Pinot Noir. Very nice Pinot, in a new world style.
Cal cabs and some friends. First lunch with Machine (from Toronto), bman and mrs. bman, bytown rick and mrs, br at Beckta in Ottawa.
Bytown Rick posted:Cal cabs and some friends. First lunch with Machine (from Toronto), bman and mrs. bman, bytown rick and mrs, br at Beckta in Ottawa.
And every bottle was stellar, aside from the Ramey which was only OK. It's fun to taste really old bottles when they show so well!
2011 Querce Bettina BdM - drinking well
2015 Querce Bettina RdM - can’t wait for the Brunello
2009 Château Larrivet Haut Brion - was truly surprised at how good this wine is right now
2015 Château Larrivet Haut Brion - good potential
2015 Clos Floridene Bordeaux Blanc - Good QPR
2009 Guiraud Sauternes - perfectly paired with Cashel Blue Cheese
redknife posted:This week
05 Quilceda creek
1970 chateau Lafite
1970 Chateau Latour
1982 Mouton
1982 Latour
1986 Lafite
1986 Mouton
1989 Lafite
1989 Mouton
1996 Latour
1996 lafite
2007 D’Yquem
How's the '96 Lafite doing? I last had it about 10-12 years ago, and after and hour of air time, I thought it was one of the greatest wines I've ever tried. Friends tell me that it has since closed down, and is going to need another 5 years to mature. Was that your experience?
Second lunch with Machine and bman in Ottawa at Play. A few 2000 Bordeaux and some friends. Followed by a nice walk through the Byward Market.
2004 La Leccaia BDM - lots of bottle variation with this wine. All 4 were bought on release at the LCBO and stored properly but the first 3 were on the downside and not great. This bottle was pretty damn good.
2010 LDH Cubillo - enjoyable but the oak is bordering too much at this time. Should be a great QPR in 3-5+ years as there's definitely enough fruit
Ironstone Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 (Lodi) Quite nice, with good cherry-berry fruit and roasted/smoky notes.
2004 Veuve La Grande Dame.
Bytown Rick posted:Second lunch with Machine and bman in Ottawa at Play. A few 2000 Bordeaux and some friends. Followed by a nice walk through the Byward Market.
Rick, is that Gruaud-Larose a 2000? If so, how was it? TIA
Over the past few days
2017 Feudi di San Gregorio, Greco di Tufo
2003 Quinta do Vesuvio, Vintage Port 
2015 Tardieu-Laurent, Rasteau, Vieilles Vignes
2015 Domaine Fouassier, Sancerre, Les Grands Groux
2011 Element, Riesling
2016 La Tunella, Friuli Colli Orientale, Biancosesto
2018 Pra, Soave Classico, Otto
With KSC02, Vinaigre and a visiting friend of mine over lunch on Wednesday
2017 Billaud-Simon, Chablis, Mont de Milieu
2009 Delas Freres, Hermitage, Blanc
2010 Chateau Simone, Palette, Blanc
2017 Thorne & Daughters, Semillon, Paper Kite
2007 Boutari Grande Réserve Naoussa - awesome. what value.
steve8 posted:Bytown Rick posted:Second lunch with Machine and bman in Ottawa at Play. A few 2000 Bordeaux and some friends. Followed by a nice walk through the Byward Market.
Rick, is that Gruaud-Larose a 2000? If so, how was it? TIA
The GL was indeed a 2000, courtesy of bman. This was first 2000 GL that I have tried, but for my taste it is just entering what should be a long drinking window. Worth a try now if you have several, but I will wait a few years before opening one, to see how the tertiary characteristics develop. Maybe bman and machine can comment further.
Interestingly, I found there were more similarities than differences between the three 2000s. And you will note that I snuck a bottle of 2012 Le Vieux Pin Ava into the mix. I always enjoy seeing how others respond to this white Rhone-style blend from the Okanagan, served blind.
Bytown Rick posted:steve8 posted:Bytown Rick posted:Second lunch with Machine and bman in Ottawa at Play. A few 2000 Bordeaux and some friends. Followed by a nice walk through the Byward Market.
Rick, is that Gruaud-Larose a 2000? If so, how was it? TIA
The GL was indeed a 2000, courtesy of bman. This was first 2000 GL that I have tried, but for my taste it is just entering what should be a long drinking window. Worth a try now if you have several, but I will wait a few years before opening one, to see how the tertiary characteristics develop. Maybe bman and machine can comment further.
Interestingly, I found there were more similarities than differences between the three 2000s. And you will note that I snuck a bottle of 2012 Le Vieux Pin Ava into the mix. I always enjoy seeing how others respond to this white Rhone-style blend from the Okanagan, served blind.
I thought it was much too young but as you know, I am hardly a Bordeaux expert. DoktaP suggested a year or two ago that it was too young then and I think it still is. I liked it the least of all, and the Monbousquet most of all.
2009 Rasa QED. Showing WAY better than the last one I opened.
billhike posted:2009 Rasa QED. Showing WAY better than the last one I opened.
Is this the Axiom of Choice cab franc? I have a bottle standing.
bman posted:billhike posted:2009 Rasa QED. Showing WAY better than the last one I opened.
Is this the Axiom of Choice cab franc? I have a bottle standing.
Nope - Rhône blend. I posted a TN.
2014 Wind Gap Grenache
2017 Sandler Petersen Pinot
At a friend’s birthday bash with about 14 vintages of d’Yquem - Flight 1 (93, 95, 96, 98), Flight 2 (59, 68, 70, 79, 80, 83), and Flight 3 (88, 90, 99, 04). Oh yeah, some 1979 birth year wines - Margaux, Haut Brion, La Mission Haut Brion, Latour - and a few others. The d’Yquem were the stars. The 68 and 70 were awesome with the 95 and 83 right behind. The 96, 98, 99, 04 were still young. The latter felt a bit disjointed.
There were 22 of us with 2 bottles of each wine I think with the exception of the ‘59 which someone said was corked. The ‘80 stood out in a bad way unfortunately. If tasted blind, I would have thought it was the Ygrec. It was a pale yellow due to the lack of botrytis that didn’t develope.
doubled posted:
Did someone make a 24” diameter creme brûlée?
billhike posted:2004 Veuve La Grande Dame.
Nice way to celebrate a milestone purchase, Bill. Congrats to you and your wife!
Funny Bill.
doubled posted:
At a friend’s birthday bash with about 14 vintages of d’Yquem - Flight 1 (93, 95, 96, 98), Flight 2 (59, 68, 70, 79, 80, 83), and Flight 3 (88, 90, 99, 04). Oh yeah, some 1979 birth year wines - Margaux, Haut Brion, La Mission Haut Brion, Latour - and a few others. The d’Yquem were the stars. The 68 and 70 were awesome with the 95 and 83 right behind. The 96, 98, 99, 04 were still young. The latter felt a bit disjointed.
There were 22 of us with 2 bottles of each wine I think with the exception of the ‘59 which someone said was corked. The ‘80 stood out in a bad way unfortunately. If tasted blind, I would have thought it was the Ygrec. It was a pale yellow due to the lack of botrytis that didn’t develope.
So how many major corporations does your friend own?
Bman - there were 16 of the 22 who were serious winos, and each made a contribution of one of the bottles. Some were from their cellars. The rest were sourced. The birthday boy and his wife supplied several of the bottles. I don’t remember which but I’d guess they brought the birth year bottles.
vinoevelo posted:2007 Boutari Grande Réserve Naoussa - awesome. what value.
Especially with some age on it
2016 Chateau Pierre-Bise, Anjou Blanc, Le Haut de la Garde
1998 Graham's, VP, Malvedos
The Malvedos was a little too oaky for my liking but still pretty tasty.
1999 Musar ( red).
Beta P posted:1999 Musar ( red).
I've got a bottle. Is it at peak? Any notes?
2013 Guigal Crozes-Hermitage.
bman posted:Beta P posted:1999 Musar ( red).
I've got a bottle. Is it at peak? Any notes?
After a 3 hour decant, it was singing. This was my 3rd bottle of 12, so I have lots left, and while I don't know that it will improve much, think it will hold for another 8-10 years.
Beta P posted:bman posted:Beta P posted:1999 Musar ( red).
I've got a bottle. Is it at peak? Any notes?
After a 3 hour decant, it was singing. This was my 3rd bottle of 12, so I have lots left, and while I don't know that it will improve much, think it will hold for another 8-10 years.
fantastic wine week with a couple different groups of friends
2009 Francois Boulard Grand Cru Grande Montagne
Jacquesson 736 Extra brut
2016 Bernabeleva Garnacha de Vina Bonita
2005 Fuligni BDM
2008 Giacosa Falletto Barolo
1969 Biondi Santi Il Greppo Riserva
Jacques Lassaigne La Colline Inspirée Blanc de Blancs Extra-Brut
1990 Chapoutier Hermitage La Sizeranne
1997 Saffredi
1989 Leoville Las Cases
2001 Valdicava BDM
2016 Domaine Giraud CdP Les Gallimardes Blanc
2010 Pujanza Norte Rioja
