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In Vino

Avignonesi

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Sangiovese 2021

SJ Berryhill
9.1

Open faced, crisp with a light finish. — 11 days ago

Château Lafite Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1955

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare
10

The herbal and minty freshness in the super intense and long lasting aftertaste gave me real goosebumps. Beautiful! — 5 days ago

LM, Peter and 6 others liked this

Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Insignia Estate Grown Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2002

Somm David T
9.5

The last of the 2002 in mags brought from the property. Delicious. I would have thought these would have been saved for their member parties. So, a nice surprise.

From The Cellar event at Pebble Beach Food & Wine. — 10 days ago

Jay, Neil and 17 others liked this
Ron R

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Looks like fun! Hope you had a great time.
Somm David T

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@Ron R it’s a good event even worth the effort to travel from the other coast. Cheers! 🍷

Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2024

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare
9.5

Veramente un bel vino. 94-96.
Puro ed espressivo. Intenso ed elegante.
La miglior maturità riscontrata in tutti i vini assaggiati fin’ora.
Blend 54 CS 43 M 4 PVerdot 1 CF.
Al naso espressivo con frutta e suolo. Al palato fine, molto naturale e altrettanto preciso e pulito. Finale caldo e avvolgente.
Lascia in bocca la natura del luogo.
Super! — 8 days ago

Paul liked this

Tenuta San Guido

Bolgheri Sassicaia Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2021

Tom Garland
9.4

Decant and pour. Restrained notes of dark fruit, smoke, leather, tobacco, grilled bell pepper. Taste: cherry, blueberry, currants, crushed granite, truffles. A young wine that I would luv to drink again in 15 years. — 2 hours ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
with Brenda
Brenda, Somm and 2 others liked this

Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2024

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare
9.5

95-96. Potente e bilanciato. Molto legno a naso al momento che compre un po’ le ceste di frutta matura che vengono fuori da questo vino. Veramente notevole la maturità del frutto. Forse anche grazie ad appena il 26% di Merlot. Ma i Cabernet sono intensi e maturi. Lungo ed equilibrato sul finale. — 8 days ago

Paul liked this

Produttori del Barbaresco

Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2020

Jose Lorenzo
9.1

Islas Canarias Croquetas…. Best in tow.. paired with one of my favorite Barbarescos. Miami fine wine food pairing✊🏼😂 — 5 days ago

Bob, John and 5 others liked this

Shafer Vineyards

Hillside Select Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Kevin Dale
9.5

Decanted for 40 minutes. Still drinking really young. Probably in its prime another 10-15 years. — 16 days ago

Joe, Tom and 6 others liked this

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2024

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare
9.5

95-96+ This is gonna be really cool in the years to come. — 10 days ago

Peter and Paul liked this

Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2012

Andrew Cullimore
9.2

Medium deep ruby , quite thin garnet rim . Quite a lot of cassis, herbal grafite notes , touch of blackberry , scorched earth , a bit for floral after a while in the glass. On the palate this shows more sweet dark fruit, touch of spicy oak, blackcurrant , dark cherry and cacau . Balanced acidity and sweet slightly grippy tannins , just balanced alcohol . Spicy sweet blackcurrant, grafite tinged finish , decent length. This is still young and quite fruit driven but is enjoyable now with food . Better in 5 years or so and will last well a further 8-10. — 19 days ago

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Somm David T

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This is not a knock on anyone or this producer. For 10 years a friend of mine was the Assistant Winemaker at Opus. He is now back in Bordeaux, rebuilt & raised the quality of Clerc Milon. Now is in charge of all Rothschild properties. This is just me thinking out loud. I have been to this property many times and bought a glass of their Cabernet to take to their top deck and take in a spectacular view of the Napa Valley. Enjoyed many of their vintages in those very nice moments. However, knowing the quality of 2012 vintage and their price point, I and I think most expect & want more than a 92 point wine. Which begs the question, how long can they push bottle price with this level of quality? At what point does the quality price ratio kick in? To a bigger picture, how sustainable is the high quality respected producer wine economic model going forward? To me, a fascinating question going forward.
Andrew Cullimore

Andrew Cullimore

Yes @Somm David T , this was actually served blind , the only wine at lunch ..and we had plenty of time to get to know it before the big reveal . I was trying to evaluate the quality in the glass without the distraction of the label, which is always an illuminating experience . It’s a good wine, and went very will with our steaks but it certainly doesn’t represent good value nor is it a stellar example of 2012 . I would be perfectly happy to have it again mind you , as long as I wasn’t paying .