January Wine Range

Craggy Range

Te Muna Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Quite nice with air fryer salmon, rice pilaf & broccoli. Fruity with herbaceous notes and a smooth finish.. — 9 days ago

Craggy Range

Te Muna Road Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Complex SB from NZ. Cucumber veggie notes with minerality such as flint etc — 8 months ago

Domaine Serene

Yamhill Cuvée Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2013

[Tasted on January 18, 2023 at Home]

Yamhill Cuvée is a blend of Estate fruit from Dundee Hills, Eola-Amity Hills and Yamhill-Carlton AVAs. 2013 was an austere vintage, followed by warmer vintages in 2014 and 2015. Raspberry, strawberry and blackberry fruit, with cinnamon spice, graphite, earth, smoke, rose petals, sage and black pepper.
— 3 years ago

Foxen

7200 Range 30 West Red Blend 2017

Lighter bodied than even some of their Pinots but has decent balance. — 5 years ago

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Storybook Mountain Vineyards

Mayacamas Range Napa Estate Zinfandel 2018

My favorite zin producer! — 3 months ago

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Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010

[Tasted on January 25, 2025 at Home with Tom, Kathy, Mark and Lucille]

84% Cabernet Sauvignon; 5.5% Merlot; 5.5% Cabernet Franc; 4% Petit Verdot and 1% Malbec. Blackberry and black currant fruit, with chocolate, espresso, earth and a mineral note. Nicely balanced.
— a year ago

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Ridge Vineyards

Coast Range Zinfandel Blend 2001

The first bottle right after receiving this lot felt a little overblown and pruny. So glad I waited a while before opening a second one. This is now well put together and putting across the notes I expect out of old vine field blend California coast; chocolate, coffee, cool climate lift right on top of intensity. — 5 years ago

Clarendon Hills

Piggott Range Vineyard Syrah 2005

Opened for my 80th birthday. Wow, at its peak, deep cherry colour, fresh, vibrant, complex with amazing depth and flavours, a long aftertaste. So tasty. — 5 months ago

Craggy Range

Martinborough Pinot Noir 2024

Quite nice — 8 months ago

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Bollinger

La Grande Année Brut Champagne Blend 2004

Christmas lunch date at V. Mertz. Disgorged January 2013. No formal notes. Rich in style with bruised apple, brioche, honey and some nutty, oxidative notes too. Zippy acid still. A truly wonderful way to close out the meal. — 4 years ago

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