Hang Loose
Marcassin
Marcassin Vineyard Chardonnay 2012
A distinctive CA Chard for sure. Creamy, dusty, lemony, with white flowers that hang with you. Very drinkable. — 2 years ago
Larkmead Vineyards
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
See my prior notes. Outstanding presentation. This will hang around for a few more years, too. — 3 years ago
Ridge Vineyards
Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel Blend 2009
A lovely, mature Zin. In a great place right now showing beautiful layers of leather, tobacco, and forest on top of the softened berry fruit. Lytton it all hang out! — 3 years ago
Ridge Vineyards
Three Valleys Sonoma County Zinfandel Blend 2019
Yalumba
The Octavius Barossa Shiraz 2002
There are several previous Delectable notes for this wine. Very rich Ruby in colour. Wonderful aromatics - Plum, spice, mint, garden herbs and coffee grounds - the remnants of a fair bit of oak in its youth. Full bodied and solid even at 20 years. A big Barossa Shiraz from a good cool vintage where there was long hang time for the grapes. Tannins are still M+ but resolving. Still life in this old girl yet! — 2 years ago
Raul Pérez
La Penitencia Mencía Blend 2011
Raul Perez, Mencia wizard and human garden gnome, makes some of the most innovative and highly allocated wines from anywhere. I don’t often drink stuff this good. Sometimes you need to be reminded that average and good wines are made for relaxation and enjoyment and that extraordinary wines are art.
La penitencia could be the best thing I’ve ever opened at home. It’s elegant and bootlegged. The front label probably designed in an Internet cafe, the back label looks like it was cut and glued by a five year old. These things make it lovable because it’s so bad and it’s so good.
Pours a browned purple motor oil. The aromas fly. Perfumes of red and blue colored berries, clove, spice, leather. Like a brand new catchers mitt that needs some oil and some love. Feels of plush berry fruit and flavors of prunes and macerated strawberries and boxed raisins that seem to hang around for about as many years as I waited to open this thing. — 3 years ago
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. (Leinenkugel's)
Summer Shandy
Not only is this a weekend to remember those who have lost their lives for us, but it’s a sad weekend for me. I lost a longtime friend to cancer yesterday. We went to high school together in Iceland and we both served in the Navy. Normally this would be our weekend to get together and hang out at the pool, drinking beer and listening to 80’s music. RIP Faye I’ll miss you my friend — 2 years ago
Domaine Maume
Lavaux St. Jacques Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2010
Similar notes from April 2020 when I last had it. A red fruited nose giving a lovely earthy perfume with Sous Bois influences. Loam, compost heap nose. Same red fruits on the medium weight palate with strawberry and a touch of raspberry. As Jasper Morris said in his book, Lavaux St Jacques is one of the cooler sites in Gevrey Chambertin. This is always the last Rousseau wine to be picked and enjoying a longer hang time. After a couple of hours, just a gorgeous nose. — 3 years ago
Château Cos d'Estournel
Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1982
We decanted and let her warm up from the cellar. Phenomenal as she warmed up and still felt tight and spicy and continued to develop. Reached a massive peak of fullness and complexity faster than expected about 90 minutes after decanting and started to flatten and loose something from there. Final glass to end the evening a full 3 hours later and there was still something there but next time, I would not decant. Rated based on the best drinking period. — 3 years ago
Sipping Fine Wine
From 100% Wente clones that get max hang time, large and tiny berries packed together, pale lemon with subtle aromas of citrus and stone fruits. On the palate flavors of apple, lemon and lime flavors, crisp acidity, long finish ending with rich mineral character. Perfect now! — 12 days ago