Bob Yoon

9.3

A few days late but here is my annual tribute to Gustav Meier. He was loved dearly by six(?) decades of students and colleagues. As worldly and as sophisticated as he was, this great man had terrible taste in alcohol. There’s a Belgian style brewery near school where he would only order Coors Light from. His go to scotch was Cutty Sark. For wine, he preferred those gaudy Californian merlots that got deservedly dunked on in Sideways. Whenever I brought him a bottle of wine, I always got him a right bank Bordeaux. Perhaps my hints at how wonderful merlot can be were too subtle. It’s been nine years but we all miss him dearly. I may no longer be a conductor but I can still hear many teachings of his as if he is standing next to me. “Get out of their way and just trust them!” I need constant reminders of this invaluable piece of advice whether I am parenting or working with a client. Raise a glass for Gusti! — a year ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2021 vintage. Excellent QPR. New banquet/large party Cab. 3.6.24. — 2 years ago

Severn G

9.5

1986; Won the cork lottery on this impeccable bottle, mint, leather, dark red fruits. Post No. 2900.

Slow oxidation, +24H.

@Delectable Wine It would be great if really good wines would Trend again, as opposed to literally anything that could be 'purchased' via the Shop Banquet platform, it's just wrong and against the beautiful Community we have here. Just my 2¢. — 4 years ago

Severn G

9.2

Nose has ripe blackberry, medium roast coffee grounds, tannic black cherry, crushed milk chocolate, sliced red pepper, tanned black leather and ripe plum skin.

Palate has ripe blackberry, plum, milk chocolate chips, mild new oak, black currant and red clay pottery. Mild tannins are becoming integrated. Decanted 6H.

We enjoyed this bottle with mesquite smoked chuck steaks from a local farmer (Kinderhook Farm; Valatie, NY), cooked slow and low. Manage your temperature and you'll never be disappointed, on the grill for almost 25+minutes, but beautifully medium-rare.

FAW is a staple producer in our cellar, but generally I do not touch anything until at least a 10-12Y birthday. A one off bottle purchase from Costco ($40) so that I can check in on bottles we're waiting on.

75.8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16.2% Merlot, 4.0% Malbec, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc.
Sourced from Bosché Vineyard, Keyes Vineyard, Oakville Vineyard, Stagecoach Vineyard & Sycamore Vineyard.

++++++

FYI, new-ish trending algorithm on Delectable only pushes wines to the feed which can be purchased through Delectable/Banquet. Kind of a 'fake news' feed of the actual popularity on wines in the platform, but what do I know?! I figured since this bottle 'trended' with no likes as of this commentary, I'd let everyone know. I generally don't drink wines that are available via Banquet registered purveyors, since most of our wines are unique or older. Same with 'Tasting Notes: Weeky Roundup' so be aware. Enjoy this tidbit of knowledge, community. 🤗 My soapbox. — 5 years ago

Franco

10

Great tasting beer! Better tasting than a coors — 8 years ago

Simon Weston

9.2

Barmen Pilsner by Coors. Rare? Really good tasting pilsner. — 8 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.3

Wine 2 from Nobel banquet (photos not allowed, found via search in app) was youthful and intense, tannins not too obtrusive, and with anise, red and black cherries, and leafy - went perfectly with the ”chicken and porridge”. — 2 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2021 vintage. Medium-heavy body. Super inky color. Beyond solid with substantial mouthfeel and unsuspected balance. The nice resto price on multiple cases. New banquet/large party budget cab. 6.19.24. — 2 years ago

Jonathan Clark

9.4

Absolutely splendid! Enjoyed with a SNARFs Italian sandwich. This wine is underrated and good luck finding it in Colorado… a vaccum for quality. Brought this back from Mecca in my luggage. Nice one to drink to your face on Coors 150th anniversary in Golden, CO. Enough of a rant. Thanks for reading! Another moment wasted in the company of JC, amen. — 3 years ago

Stephanie Patzlaff

10

Beautiful and gold, almost too easy drinking with ripe apples, nutmeg, raisin pastry… it’s positively autumnal - perfect for toasting to a new home - and letting go of our first ever home, which we bought when we were on a Coors budget! How far we’ve come! — 5 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.0

Interesting to have seen this against the Keller. It seems pretty unfair, for me at least, to have pitted a Marsanne against a Riesling, but there's surprisingly more similarities here than I'd like to admit. They were both highly intense, strongly herbal, almost-exotic in their fruit profile, and ungodly in length. Of course I preferred the Keller's striking incisiveness, but there's a certain elegance in the smoky minerality of the Chapoutier that's quite alluring. This is undoubtedly a RP100 - rich, oily, concentrated, and very full. Finishes deeply warming with a nutty bitter touch. Surprisingly, I actually liked this. Went well with our Chinese banquet. — 6 years ago

Sharon B

9.1

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! My first time trying this delicious beer thanks to some random guy at the store telling me how good it is. For a dark beer it’s very smooth. Cheers! 🍀🍺🍀 — 7 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.2

2010 Livio Fontana Barolo “Villero” and Beggar’s Banquet. Beautiful sprong evening, heading into a beautiful Mother’s Day Weekend. Hits the notes with Braciole. — 8 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.4

Wine 1 from the Nobel banquet, this first one was amazing, salty, bready, great mousse, tart apples and floral notes. — 2 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

From half bottle at what I believe is Australia’s best Cantonese restaurant which is Flower Drum in Melbourne, and has been for 48 years. I had the Chefs banquet of 6 small courses. No notes on the wine but a quality producer from a quality terroir in the Macedon Ranges. Definitely cool climate and on the lean side. Great with food. — 2 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.0

Coors light by the yard. Getcha’ Pull! — 4 years ago

Morgan Reese

9.5

Loved this, especially with the coors light technology-“when the text turns blue, you know what to do”. Delicious. — 5 years ago

with Andrew

Neil Valenzuela

9.1

Amazing wheat ale, malt bitters. Plus it tasted really good after 8 Coors Light. In Montana, from Montana. — 7 years ago

Frank Chen

9.2

Poundable old world Pinot...light mushroom earth, nice concentrated dark currants...light red fruit quality perfect banquet wine..could drink 3 bottles — 8 years ago

John Millard

10

I’ll let you have it free two of those nights — 8 years ago