Wilde Farm
Heritage Bedrock Vineyard Zinfandel Blend 2015
Date drank: October 2019
Year: 2016
Producer: Wilde Farm Wines
Grape(s): Blend
Region: Sonoma County
Purchased from: Garagiste
Distributor/Importer: free run
Natty: 100% whole cluster, co-fermented using wild yeast and neutral oak
Notes: Good but a little flat, tannins were flabby and there was very little fruit. Like almost a chalky or dusty. — 2 months ago
Domaine Labbé
Vin de Savoie Abymes Jacquère 2018
Date drank: January 2020
Year: 2018
Producer: Domaine Labbe
Grape(s): likely Jacquere
Region: Savoie
Purchased from: Anconas
Distributor/Importer: Skurnik
Natty: just French
Notes: apple. On the mid-sweet side. Very little acid. East but not interesting. Grows im alpine sort of a pine sap note but faint. — 2 months ago
Selbach-Oster
Bünchen Riesling Spätlese Trocken 2018
Date drank: July 2020
Year: 2018
Producer: Pradikatswein?
Grape(s): Riesling
Region: Mosel
Purchased from: Garagiste
Distributor/Importer: Free Run
Natty: ?
Notes: so so good. Had this twice, first with seafood mussels and another with frittata. Both times is was so easy. Clean dry but pleasantly fruity. Only critique is that I would have wanted a bit more acid to even it out. But it was so glou glou. I wouldn’t complain. — 2 months ago
Onabay Vineyards
Côt-Fermented Cabernet Franc 2017
So so good. Cab franc. Co-fermented with Malbec. No sulfites added. Delicious north fork Long Island — a month ago
Château Le Pey
Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2014
Date drank: November 2019
Year: 2014
Producer: Chateau le Pey
Grape(s): likely cot, merlot, cab sav
Region: Medoc Bordeaux
Purchased from: Garagiste
Distributor/Importer: Fruit of the Vines
Natty: not sure
Notes: taste like an aged bordeaux. Little fruit if any, earthy, dusty, tannins have been completely smoothed over. Would drink with duck. — 2 months ago
Vincent Caillé
Monniéres-Saint Fiacre Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Melon de Bourgogne 2012
Date drank: Frebruary 2020
Year: 2012
Producer: Monnaires-Saint-Fiacre
Grape(s):
Region: Muscadet Sevre et Maine
Purchased from: Fountainhead
Distributor/Importer: SAP! Fountainhead Selections
Natty: french
Notes: Glu glu. Nicely balanced and great with white fish dish. Metamorphic rocks, gneiss type with two micas. Vines more 65 years old. Short pruning with 8-eye fruiting cane, organic and biodynamic for soil and vines. Hand harvested. Harvested sept. 30, 2013 35 hl/ha. . — 2 months ago
Domaine Ledogar
Boscaton Red Blend 2016
Date drank: October 2019
Year: 2016
Producer: Xavier & Mathieu Ledogar - Domaine Ledogar
Grape(s): Cabernet Savignon, Merlot, Marselan
Region: Ferrais-les-Carbieres in Western Languedoc
Purchased from: Garagiste
Distributor/Importer: Free Run
Natty: -
Notes: Bright, med bodied, lively fruits like cranberry, bright red color. Interesting nose plum to prune. — 2 months ago
Domaine du Vissoux / Pierre-Marie Chermette
Griottes Beaujolais Gamay 2015
Date drank: November 2019
Year: 2018
Producer: Pierre-Marie Chermette
Grape(s):
Region: Beaujolais
Purchased from: East Warren Community Market
Distributor/Importer: Weygandt-Metzler
Natty: low sulfites. Minimal
Notes: decent. Nice and fruity. Good acid. Bright Cherry and cranberry notes. — 2 months ago
Meinklang
Prosa Österreich Rosé 2016
Date drank: May 2020
Year: 2016
Producer: Meinklang
Grape(s): ?
Region: Burgenland
Purchased from: ?
Distributor/Importer: Artisanal Cellars
Natty: biodynamic, demeter cerified. Yes.
Notes: labeled as a dry sparkling rose, but read more like an orange wine. It was pleasant but weird. A little effervecense and the nose and palate was slightly sherry ,but it was pleasing none the less. I think the had been through all sorts of temperatures. Would want to try again fresh. — 2 months ago
Courteny Morehouse
Delicious. Peach notes. Very little acidity perhaps that’s why it’s almost too easy to drink. — 15 days ago