Doug Powers

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Spitalerhof

Sepp's Alte Reben Sylvaner 2023

9.2

Beautiful nose of fragrant white spring blossoms, mineral, wet stones, and some subtle wet soil, fresh and lively on the palate, nice balance, shows excellent depth and complexity, lingering finish, lovely northern Italian Sylvaner (I do favor Sylvaner!!). — 5 days ago

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Bob McDonald

@Delect Able @Doug Powers I have had two Waiting to Submit in the last 24 hours where the notes then disappeared. This app is becoming unusable.

Doug Powers

@Bob McDonald, my experience is that when I get “Waiting to Submit”, I give it a few minutes, then close the app, and then a few minutes later go back into Delectable, find the wine in my check in list (just the picture and name), and there won’t be any of the description I previously typed, click on the item, click on Rate, and then click on Submit, the wine will usually check in and the previously-typed description info will appear — TWICE — once where it should, and the second time as a Comment to the check in — this particular wine is an example of that. I found if you re-type your descriptions in, the problem will keep repeating, I had some a month or so ago where I typed 5, 6, 7 times and had a string of comments with whatever I’d typed each time once it finally posted. That’s my current workaround!?!?

I think that’s a software issue, but I’m just a retired tax lawyer, so what do I know??

Tom Casagrande

Let’s not forget that the nonlinear submission problem collectively leads to way more scrolling in order to make sure you see the posts by those you follow, because they’re no longer added at the top of the page but buried later on, even if just posted.

Domaine Colbois

Bourgogne Chitry Chardonnay 2018

Doug Powers

8.9

My last bottle of this, still drinking quite well, great acidity and balance, really a fine Chardonnay from near Chablis. — 7 days ago

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Tom Casagrande

I’ve liked this one before, though I didn’t try the ‘18.

Yetti and the Kokonut

Bubbles 2022

Doug Powers

9.0

This sparkler from McLaren Vale is made from 100% Savagnin (a white grape grown mostly in Jura from eastern France), lovely mineral-laced aromatics, white stonefruits and subtle spicy aromas and flavors, really surprising depth, long, lingering finish, this is quite the unicorn, honestly! — 11 days ago

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Dave

Sounds fun!

Doug Powers

@Dave, it was!!

Domaine Jean Dauvissat Pere & Fils

Fourchaume Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2014

Doug Powers

9.3

Lovely aged 1er Cru Chablis, still quite fresh and lively, great fruit and complexity, lots of balancing acidity, I think the 2014 Cote de Lechet might be the top 2014 1er Cru, but this is darn good as well, long finish, “weird” perception on my palate, but I definitely perceived a subtle, yet distinct, “toasted coconut” note at one point (common in the beer pastry stout arena)!! — 5 days ago

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Dave

Doug Powers

8.6

This is a dry Chenin Blanc cuvée from Savennieres, but given that it’s now 26-years-old, it now shows honeyed, lemony, fruit notes, the minerality is largely gone, but it’s still alive with solid acidity, we used to serve this “Trie Speciale” cuvée with Gulf Coast shrimp when my wife would visit her hometown of Houston, at 6-12 years of age it’s an awesome food pairing, but this bottle was held too long (MY fault), but such fond memories of this wine!! — 7 days ago

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Tom Casagrande

We lived in Houston from 1998-2011! Great food town. Summer is interminable hell though.

Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande, my wife was born and raised in Houston, left for college, came back for law school, and moved to NYC where we met in the Graduate Tax Program. Had we not met, she would have moved back to Houston.

Tom Casagrande

Tax? Yikes. My lowest grade in law school!

Cedarville Vineyard

Estate Bottled El Dorado Zinfandel 2022

Doug Powers

8.9

Red fruits, spice, some nice minerality, medium-bodied, medium-long finish, nice Sierra Foothills Zin! — 9 days ago

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