David Kline

9.5

Fat Orange Cat Cautionary Tail Pumpkin Ale. North Haven, CT

Brown and flinty orange body has a coffee with cream head that loosely rises. Drawn and quartered lacing has bubble eyed ghosts and barn owl faces in an appropriate nod. Warm and cozy comfort spices rise from sweet potatoes, maple syrup, brown sugar and butter cauldrons, while spider eyes blink and pop on a wisp of fog as stringy as Spanish moss. The head is gone like the last gasp of an autumn tree, and the gourd ascends. Cinnamon sticks and nutmeg creak in the vestiges of twilight. Only darkness now. Roasted pecan, burnt brown sugar, toffee and treacle, crowned by a full moon scoop of vanilla cream.

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Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby color with aromas of juicy red fruits, smoky cedar and floral spice. On the palate flavors of cherry and raspberry with toasty oak notes and cinnamon spice. Full-bodied, fine tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit toasty-smoky oak and an earthy spice character. Nice! Pair this with maple glazed pork chop! — 2 years ago

Fabian Kühlhorn

9.1

Super volatile nose with notes of paint thinner, creme de cassis, aged cherries in liqueur, oxdized in a way that reminds me of bandol sweet wines with walnuts and maple syrup almost. The palate is dry, with high alcohol, but also a balancing acidity. Red fruit and some leather, pine forest and tart cherry skin. Long finish, very contemplative wine. From 100+ yo Carignan vineyard co-planted with local varieties. Two years in old barrels. — 4 years ago

Norman

9.3

I bought this years ago for my dad since its “made” in San Carlos. He told me he liked his Jack Daniel’s better… Given dad’s gone and mom doesn’t drink bourbon I’m drinking it now and enjoying it! It’s got some power, mainly on the front of tongue/lips. Finish goes for a while and the flavors are nice. Light wood and sweetness. Cheers Dad! Btw the price on this thing now (not at all what I paid) would have sent him through the roof. — 2 months ago

Cassidy Dolan

9.7

Caramel, maple, nutty and sweet aroma with an even sweeter taste. Sings a sweet song on your tongue as it crescendos with a lovely finish. Great sipping wine. — a year ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Deep Ruby color with aromas of red fruits, smoky cedar and floral spice. On the palate flavors of cherry and ripe raspberry with toasty notes and cinnamon spice. Full-bodied, fine tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit toasty-smoky oak and an earthy spice character. Nice! Pair this with maple crusted pork chop! — 2 years ago

Joe Estrada

9.7

In Afrinkaans, Baie Dankie means Thank You Very Much. Thanks to @Brad Saarloos & @Greg Saarloos And Crew for this white blend. Paired with a Double Smoked Ham w/Maple Syrup Glaze 🤤 — 5 years ago

Bruce Dunbar

8.9

Rose in October? Rose with ‘age’? Yes and yes, especially when it’s in the mid-70s in New York and it’s the ‘21 Bedrock Ode to Lulu. This wine gives you plenty of Bandol for the buck, based on old vine Mourvedre from premier vineyards. With another year in bottle, it was darker hued, subtler and perhaps even a bit sturdier than on initial release. A great wine for what feels like an endless summer. UPDATE 7/25 — last of my ‘21s still vibrant, more fruit and minerals, less floral. Stood up to a spicy shrimp dish and a soy/maple syrup marinaded skirt steak. Delicious on a beautiful July 4th outdoors. — a year ago

Matt Schwartz

9.0

Caramel, sugar cane, maple syrup and vanilla — a year ago

Severn G

9.3

2000 | Red Blend
(65% Cabernet Sauvignon / 28% Merlot / 7% Petit Verdot)
Château Lagrange
Grand Cru Classé (3ème), Left Bank
Bordeaux; Médoc, St-Julien, France
(93-94; Drink 2030-40)

Ripe black currant, damp leather, pencil lead, raspberry-fig bar; Dried black cherry, chocolate espresso cake, faint vanilla. Decanted 10H.

Paired with long braised (local, Columbia Co. NY ❤️) lamb shanks, charred carrots w/ maple glaze and garden mashed potatoes. A great 2023 Easter dinner, BDX is the best pairing for lamb, of many preparation styles.
(We're finding that the cats also enjoy a savory lamb dish. 😉) — 3 years ago