Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2021 vintage. Excellent QPR. New banquet/large party Cab. 3.6.24. — 2 months ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Nose has ripe blackberry, medium roast coffee grounds, tannic black cherry, crushed milk chocolate, sliced red pepper, tanned black leather and ripe plum skin.

Palate has ripe blackberry, plum, milk chocolate chips, mild new oak, black currant and red clay pottery. Mild tannins are becoming integrated. Decanted 6H.

We enjoyed this bottle with mesquite smoked chuck steaks from a local farmer (Kinderhook Farm; Valatie, NY), cooked slow and low. Manage your temperature and you'll never be disappointed, on the grill for almost 25+minutes, but beautifully medium-rare.

FAW is a staple producer in our cellar, but generally I do not touch anything until at least a 10-12Y birthday. A one off bottle purchase from Costco ($40) so that I can check in on bottles we're waiting on.

75.8% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16.2% Merlot, 4.0% Malbec, 3% Petit Verdot, 1% Cabernet Franc.
Sourced from Bosché Vineyard, Keyes Vineyard, Oakville Vineyard, Stagecoach Vineyard & Sycamore Vineyard.

++++++

FYI, new-ish trending algorithm on Delectable only pushes wines to the feed which can be purchased through Delectable/Banquet. Kind of a 'fake news' feed of the actual popularity on wines in the platform, but what do I know?! I figured since this bottle 'trended' with no likes as of this commentary, I'd let everyone know. I generally don't drink wines that are available via Banquet registered purveyors, since most of our wines are unique or older. Same with 'Tasting Notes: Weeky Roundup' so be aware. Enjoy this tidbit of knowledge, community. 🤗 My soapbox. — 3 years ago

Victor

9.0

I enjoy the banquet to the nose and the crisp distinct fruity and honey like flavor. This wine has a great palette of flavor. — 7 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.5

1986; Won the cork lottery on this impeccable bottle, mint, leather, dark red fruits. Post No. 2900.

Slow oxidation, +24H.

@Delectable Wine It would be great if really good wines would Trend again, as opposed to literally anything that could be 'purchased' via the Shop Banquet platform, it's just wrong and against the beautiful Community we have here. Just my 2¢. — 2 years ago

Frank Chen

9.2

Poundable old world Pinot...light mushroom earth, nice concentrated dark currants...light red fruit quality perfect banquet wine..could drink 3 bottles — 5 years ago

Bret Barker

9.8

Camping with my daughter on Catalina island. I grew up in Colorado so the silver bullet and the banquet beer were staples in my family home. Heck I hit on Pete Coors daughter in high school, she turned me down more times than the sheets at the holiday inn. Ahh sweet memories. Did you know Coors was heavy into ceramics?? Go check it out. That’s you cliff Clavin fact of the day. Cheers! — 6 years ago

John Tan

8.9

Amy’s, Greg’s farewell.

Light, cloudy orange wine. Apricot, guava.

“Light refreshing orange wine. “Xerinola" is a Catalan word meaning "a banquet with well-known friends and family." This cuvée is the winemakers favourite drink. Hints of lemon curd, nectarine, grapefruit and guava. — 2 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.0

Interesting to have seen this against the Keller. It seems pretty unfair, for me at least, to have pitted a Marsanne against a Riesling, but there's surprisingly more similarities here than I'd like to admit. They were both highly intense, strongly herbal, almost-exotic in their fruit profile, and ungodly in length. Of course I preferred the Keller's striking incisiveness, but there's a certain elegance in the smoky minerality of the Chapoutier that's quite alluring. This is undoubtedly a RP100 - rich, oily, concentrated, and very full. Finishes deeply warming with a nutty bitter touch. Surprisingly, I actually liked this. Went well with our Chinese banquet. — 4 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.2

2010 Livio Fontana Barolo “Villero” and Beggar’s Banquet. Beautiful sprong evening, heading into a beautiful Mother’s Day Weekend. Hits the notes with Braciole. — 6 years ago

Bill Belanger

9.2

Nebbiolo grown 90 miles north of Barolo, by a producer who knows what he is doing. Besides tar and roses, there were tobacco and a hint of raisin. We drank it at a banquet, and after one sip, it became the favorite of almost everyone there! — 7 years ago