Dad's Day Off

Château Le Thil Comte Clary

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Ted
9.0

Just sitting in a blueberry patch pulling them off the vines. Purple velvet in color. More green vegetables on day 2. — 8 months ago

Jeni
with Jeni
Dawn, Tom and 6 others liked this

Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

St. Julien- Beychevelle Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Paul J
9.0

Double Blind Wine Tasting. #4 ranked wine of the day. Disappointed as I love this producer and it was such a great vintage. I guessed right on the varietal but though it was an off vintage from a lower quality producer. Great nose, but stringy and medium minus depth. Fades quickly too. Maybe an off bottle? — 2 years ago

Brooke Weaver JakubowskiGeoff Parrish
with Brooke and Geoff
Tom, Shay and 2 others liked this

Poggio il Castellare

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2004

Very lovely. Well balanced. Tannins were nice and soft. Warm red fruits came off with some airtime and this was very pleasant to drink. Little rougher second day from ETO but still pretty good. Glad I waited on this bottle — 3 years ago

Henry of Pelham Family Estate

Niagara Peninsula VQA Baco Noir 2018

A really pretty dark garnet color in the glass, almost impenetrable. The nose is very interesting and lovely, especially as time passes. Black and red cherries with some soft vanilla. There’s a bit of coffee and cigar smoke. On day two, chocolate and floral notes come to the fore. Earthy and fruity in equal measure.

This starts off as a very well balanced, quite nice wine but becomes so much more if you can let it grow into itself a little bit. Full bodied but not clunky. Smooth with vibrant energy. Soft tannins and nicely dry. On the palate you’ll find tobacco and chocolate with dark fruits. A nice streak of spice brings us on home to the long finish. This is no novelty, it’s just good wine.
— a year ago

Deborah, Severn and 1 other liked this

Nicolis Angelo e figli

Seccal Ripasso Valpolicella Classico Superiore 2017

Celebrated the day with the day off and hibachi for dinner with the family. This wine is very tannic but yet very fruit forward as well. 🥳 — 2 years ago

Tom, Jody and 18 others liked this
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Domaine de Saint Pierre

Château Renard Arbois Chardonnay Savagnin 2017

Going towards being a little too reductive for me, second day after opening was definitely better, edges rounded off. — 4 years ago

Josh, David and 2 others liked this

Burn Cottage

Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020

Closed off day 1. Sat on counter with Cory in for two days. Really nice. Now expressive on day 3. This needs time cellar. — a year ago

Ira liked this

Old Westminster Winery

Channery Hill Merlot Blend 2019

2019. We decided to make it an even longer three day weekend and take the afternoon off to head up to Old Westminster Winery to pick up our allocation. The Channery Hill was my favorite today of the Just the Reds flight. — a year ago

Brent, Severn and 1 other liked this

Tensley

Santa Barbara County Syrah 2015

Highly touted but a bit disappointing. Second fermenting flavors of lactic acid were very present and threw the wine off balance. It settled more the second day. Strong notes of Vanilla. — 3 years ago

Tammy de Weerd
with Tammy
Ira and Skip liked this

Wein-Erbhof Stein

Alfer Hölle 1900 Riesling 1900

Grapes from hell. Off-dry, acid dab, rock-lick, gorgeous texture. This sh1t is on point! The struggle for life as depicted by a painter - makes you weep with incredulousness. Sugar-frosted bandaids and plantain-skin visions on the second day, if you can get there. Royal leanings. Sun-stroked skin. Impeccable scale. Dig it. — 4 years ago

Jess Paley
with Jess
Sam and Josh liked this
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