2018 vintage. The 2018 Bordeauxfest continues (but sadly over with this specimen). Dark dense spearmint plummy nose. High acid. Medium body. Respectfully giving up just enough to rate but clearly needs a week at the beach. Everything in due time, I suppose. Big tannin reservoir and built to revisit in a solid twenty. Maybe hit it again in a baker’s dozen bender for giggles but it structurally lacks a sense of humo(u)r so best not to. Serious stuff. — 5 years ago
Excellent. Approachable Nebbiolo, 2013--just enough age to make it enjoyable. Getting ready for our upcoming Italy trip! Looking for recommendations. Visiting Barolo et al and Puglia this time around.
Friends: where should we go? Who should we meet? What should we drink?
@Antonio Galloni @Bill Bender @P A @Kimberly Anderson @"Odedi" @Eric Shanks @Dr. Owen Bargreen @Ralph DiBiasi @David From The 504 @James Forsyth @David L @Mike R @Shay A @Stuart Scheff @David T — 7 years ago



😂😂😂 this was popped with no expectations, next to the sink so we could quickly pour it down the drain. the wine ended up being beautiful! The fruit is all secondary of course, bust still tons of dried tart cherry and forest floor. It is refreshing and zero signs of oxidation. Not sure if there is truth to this, but I was told that it had belonged to R Welland. — 8 years ago
Decanted - paired well with lugars and some blue cheese! Thank u Ron P! — 9 years ago
R u kidding a cali wine that is this on point... 2012 vintage — 10 years ago
2019 vintage. Last tasted 3.8.25 (9.6) and 8.19.23 (9.5). Excellent fill and great cork. Decanted and tasted after 30 minutes. Small amount of chunky sed. Medium-heavy body but starting to slowly thin out. Excellent colo(u)r. Alongside the roasted nuts and smoked meats flavors, this drops a current cola-nut driven finish. Smooth and harmonious. Love this producer along with a nod to consumers/wine trade for keeping these ridiculous pricings down. 10.10.25. — 10 months ago
@Mike R this pic is for you Mike. My pooch is surprised to see me all day and would rather sleep. Not fazed by me balancing the bottle on the couch....The wine is more acid driven Pinot and feels like it would benefit from more time in the storage. One of those burgs that needs food. — 6 years ago

Not as balanced. Day 2, woah! so much better. @Aravind Asok u r right. a baby so need a lot more time! — 7 years ago
One of the best Sauvignon Blanc’s I have had — 8 years ago

The one that started it all! S u p e r b — 8 years ago
21 January 2017. 1 or 8, Brooklyn, NY. — 10 years ago
Soft lovely easy to drink — 10 years ago
Always amazing.
N: Tar, Cherries, smoky rubber, forest, balsam, chocolate , dirt, spice( cinnamon).
P: Vegetal wrapped in luscious roundness, if I were schooled in burgs, I’m sure I could find comparable.
Such a delightful mouthfeel, lush, acidic, tannic all in harmony. Resinous pine.
One of the very faves.
We once counted the fonts on a LdH bottle, got 12…any significance? — 4 years ago
Delicious and easy to drink. A LITER! Strawberries and great color! — 7 years ago
The freshness
The fullness
The complexity
U couldn't name a scent it was in there
Absolutely mind blowing
Give it another 10 years easy
This wine is for rebels
Picture some well educated guy running away from a castle and knights going after him that disappear the wood
Elegance with wilderness
Visions — 7 years ago
Awesome and got better with time. — 8 years ago
2001 La Spinetta Vursu Nebbiolo. Dinner P&R D at Off Bre. Didn’t decant. Excellent. — 8 years ago
R E E E D U U U C T I O N N N ... — 10 years ago
Peter van den Besselaar
Vintage 2010 | My last 375 ml, curious because I thought it might be too old. Instead: it is g o r g e o u s. Beautiful ripened cab franc smell, as vibrant as possible. The back label says cab franc ánd cab sauvignon. Elegant taste. This wine is from the time Frederic Brochet owned the domaine and wanted to make wines as beautiful as possible. Proof that great wines can be made in Vienne. Biological organic wine, if anyone needs proof that these wines can ripen > this is a great example. Paired with pasta and a improvisation mushroom sauce. — 5 months ago