Fates' Lieutenant
E. Guigal
Crozes-Hermitage Syrah 2019
2019 vintage. Easy, Tuesday nite Rhônefest. Dark plum, raspberry, cherry and modeling clay (!!) on the nose with some acidity/astringent notes. Medium/medium-light body and lacking the youthful and overt baby fat of some C-H producers/efforts such as/those of Delas. Pretty mid-palate, Burgundy-styled flair. That plum bouquet note transforms into spicy dark plum and ample tannins on a decently long finish. Would simply love to pair with duck or a thumb thick piece of swordfish. Has some pop and short-term (2-12 years) aging potential and can think of much worse fates than pulling the last bottle of this in a decade and opening. Has enuff stuff to cellar dweller. 3.7.23. — 3 years ago
Little Engine Wines
Naramata Bench Pinot Noir 2017
Wine tasting at Little Engine. The is the silver Pinot Noir that won last year’s Lieutenant General award. I’m critical of BC Pinot but this is on point. Savoury aromas. Dark and red cherry, figs, slight raspberry and cranberry notes followed by wet tea leaves and mild baking spices. — 7 years ago
Lord Lieutenant Kinahans Whiskey
10 Years Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Hell of a way to start a day — 11 years ago
Domaine des Espiers
Cuvée des Blaches Gigondas Red Rhone Blend 1999
Big feral meaty nose on this. Still tannic all over. The cherries are a little underripe but we can watch them ripen from green till we pick them. The perfume is complex and big but the finish not so much. Would love to have had this about 5 years ago, but I’m curious about how it would be in 5 years. Drank while watching Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant. — 6 years ago
Cameron Winery
Dundee Hills Chardonnay 2011
Do not, can't not never gettin tired of that funk, that sharpish swagger, that southpaw knockout finesse. How mad the fates, but how dope the wine. — 10 years ago
Lieutenant General
Aizu-Junmai-Aizuwakamatsu Fukushima Prefecture
Floral, lean — 11 years ago
"Odedi"
Fates' Lieutenant Winery Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir 2022, California
Reddish in color with medium intensity.
Fruity nose of cherries, currants, red candy, light wood, herbs and light spices.
Medium bodied with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with cherries, strawberries, licorice, light oak, spices, chocolates, light vegetables, coffee, black pepper and light earth.
Medium plus on the finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
This 4-year-old Pinot Noir is drinking very nicely now. Juicy and fruity. Nicely balanced, soft and engaging. Showing nice complexity with a soft mouthfeel.
This Single Vineyard Pinot Noir is very fresh and young tasting, especially on the nose.
Drinks very much like expected, and true to the Terroir. A good quality wine.
Good right out of the bottle, easy drinking, and good by itself as a sipping wine. A nice sipping wine for the porch or pool.
100% Pinot Noir grapes were aged in neutral oak barrels. 30% whole cluster. Unfiltered and unfined.
13.2% alcohol by volume.
90 points.
$55. — 9 days ago