Jay Kline

9.6

Lorenzo Accomasso, a man whose wines I have long wanted to experience. He carried the reputation as being the ultimate traditionalist; a man after my own heart! While such a title is certainly defensible, he was once considered a bit of an innovator. Lorenzo was green harvesting in the mid-1970’s, long before the practice was accepted in Barolo. This bottle, confirmed what I have long expected: I would love this wine and wish that I had better access. Alas, the production was microscopic and sadly, Lorenzo passed last year at the ripe age of 91.

Opened about two hours prior to service; enjoyed over the course of two days. Consistent throughout with very little evolution. The 2011 Riserva, a blend of Accomasso’s holdings, pours a deep garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with dark fruited notes of Morello cherries, pomegranate, tar, roses, talcum powder, ground cumin, dried green herbs and gravelly earth. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, the finish is long and the 15% ABV is almost imperceptible. This is a rustic, soulful Barolo by a true master and perfect pairing with the duo of Colorado and Japanese A5 Wagyu. Bravissimo! Drink now with patience through 2061. — 13 days ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

2009 Allemand Horizontal. I absolutely love Allemand’s wines. Always a seamless combination of both elegance and power. Both the Chaillot and Reynard showed perfectly, with the Reynard a bit more concentrated and deep than the Chaillot. Both wines had superb intensity, focus and a wonderful texture with the signature liquid rock, violets, herbs and cassis of Allemand Cornas. Fantastic duo. — 6 years ago

Shay A

9.2

Earlier this week, a rep for Crown Point wines hosted a tasting to show off a few of their newer releases. New to me, they are out of Santa Barbara and have the duo of Adam Henkel (former assistant winemaker at Harlan for 8yrs) and Philippe Melka (who came on starting with the ‘15 vintage) making the wines.


This wine is their Estate Selection, which is 73% cab, 16% malbec and 11% merlot. I believe this was the first vintage for this wine. It sports a very soft profile and is made in a riper style. Aromatically it smells of baked boysenberry, fig and mixed berry pie with milk chocolate chips. The ABV is around 15.2% and it shows here. Extracted on the palate with chocolate covered dark fruits, baking spices, nutmeg and Andes mint. — 7 years ago

with Clare and Weston

Brandon Becker

9.0

Post Libby’s celebrations — 7 years ago

with Sara

MRM

9.5

Part of the duo 1990s for tonight. Held its own against one of the best in the world. Still plenty of fruit. — 8 years ago

Bret Barker

9.0

Guys steak night bottle numero duo.. another solid napa cab. The most fruit forward of the bottles, not tannic, maybe too much fruit for me but hits well with the steak. — 9 years ago

Austin Baird

9.0

Classic! Light bodied with robust cranberry and leather. Paired well with Beef duo AND shellfish risotto for our anniversary dinner. Yum! This wine should age splendidly! — 2 years ago

Nikita Konstantinov

9.0

Очень здорово, стало еще более чернослива, и абрикосовый вкус можно уловить. Наслаждение — 5 years ago

great.lena

9.1

2020- an unforgettable year! — 6 years ago

kpblc_a

9.0

Очень вкусно! Сразу после открытия пьётся с удовольствием. Цвет вишнёвого сока. В аромате - та же вишня, шампиньоны, без серы, без дуба (почти без дуба), без лозы. Если не пробовать на вкус - прямо десертное вино. Допишу.
Вкус весьма хорош: плотный, при этом достаточно свежий, ягодный, слегка фруктовый, слегка танинный (после всех танинных вариантов, которыми я балуюсь), сбалансированный (не слишком сладко, не слишком кисло, всё в меру, лёгкая горчинка к месту).
В пустом бокале остаётся аромат джема на поджаренном багете.
Почитал отзывы, поправлю: пил (и пью, и буду пить) переохлаждённый сабж, поэтому и не сильно выпирает дуб, и поэтому не обязательно было декантировать. Выше +8..10°С не пил.
Добавлю по поводу декантации: в остатке кисловато, рекомендую не оставлять на завтра, пейте сразу ;) — 6 years ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.2

Wonderfull duo from Le Macchiole. The Paleo (100% Cab Franc) is driven on horsepower and is quite intense while the Scrio (100% Syrah) is somewhat more elegant and smoother. Both fantastic wines! — 7 years ago

with Jeroen and Amanda

Anastasia

9.1

Not bad)очень не плохое саперави — 7 years ago

Erika Strong

9.3

Major ‘ship of this dynamic duo — 8 years ago

Василий Куртц

9.0

Вот это вот без привкуса дешёвого столовняка уже.
Хороший многослойный мускусно-бочечно-ванильный аромат с уклоном в специи и нотки фиалки.
На вкус очень приятное, бархатное, с хорошим дружклюбным балансом, питкое. По ощущению, может ещё годик полежать с удовольствием. — 9 years ago

Aaron Tan

8.9

I must compliment Delectable’s computer vision algo here - such a blur photo and it took only a second to correctly identify the wine! For me, this was the better of the 2011 duo in our line-up. More complexity and purer, with intense black fruits lifted by a lick of VA. Not my kind of wine, but an interesting data point in our blind line-up. — 4 years ago

Anil Saxena

9.5

Outstanding Portuguese red blend. It’s a nakedwines.com wine and it’s awesome. You should try it. — 5 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.7

2009 Allemand Horizontal. I absolutely love Allemand’s wines. Always a seamless combination of both elegance and power. Both the Chaillot and Reynard showed perfectly, with the Reynard a bit more concentrated and deep than the Chaillot. Both wines had superb intensity, focus and a wonderful texture with the signature liquid rock, violets, herbs and cassis of Allemand Cornas. Fantastic duo. — 6 years ago

great.lena

8.9

Just 499 rub but so much pleasure! — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.4

Had a guest today at FF. Showed him the list of chards, to which he said "That one should be drinking well." And, voila. Here we are. This Sugar Shack Chardonnay arguably outdrank its 2014 Ritchie Chard by just about a point. A little less sweetness, a little less salinity, a little more balance than the Ritchie. Ripe peach, pear, plantain with a little bit of dried herb. It has been about 15 months since I've had this one. Lots of yellow fruits and that Classic Aubert backbone. You sorta forget about other Chards when a duo of 2014 Aubert are on the table, and this was no exception tonight. — 7 years ago

with Dan, Bradley and 3 others

Jay Kline

9.5

This was a really fun follow up to the duo of 2010 Saint-Damien’s. Same consulting wine maker (P. Cambie). Consistent with my previous experiences with this wine, it was beguiling from the start. Lush, amazing example of Grenache with brambles for days and while that sounds like this is massively fruit forward (and it is) it’s just so pure that you can’t help but fall head over heals for it. Sadly, all good things must come to an end and this was my last bottle. Tremendous. — 8 years ago