Loin De L'oeil
Ridge Vineyards
Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel Blend 2017
Rich deep purple and clear in the glass. Complex black fruits a bit of tar. Served with grilled lamb loin with garlic rosemary and EVO. Wine will be great for years to come — 3 years ago
Domaine Auguste Clape
Cornas Syrah 1996
2020/12/22 with pan-roasted venison loin and tenderloin with sauce poivrade (after Richard Olney). This is a tricky one. I love Clape, and this wine was quite nice, in a brambly blackberry and funk vein. It did not, however, have any of the notes you’d expect from a mature Clape. It certainly didn’t feel old or faded - quite the opposite, it was still fleshy and fresh, if not terribly deep. Sometimes this happens, but sometimes I feel it happens a bit frequently with wines from my cellar. Perhaps it’s just too cold - I have heard some views that in cool, stable “benchmark” cellar conditions, wine can age much more slowly than is generally expected. One thing I can say is that my 2004 Clape and Allemand, stored with no cooling with family in the Bay Area, has already started to shown those delicious, gamy aromas. Should I raise my cellar temp a few degrees? As is, who knows how much longer this one could or should have gone, but as it’s my last bottle I guess I’ll never know. — 4 years ago
Marine Leys
Vignereuse Marinade Mauzac 2022
Marinade : maceration de Mauzac et Loin de l'œil — 2 years ago
Domaine de la Côte de l'Ange
Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2004
Lovely nose, leather, dark fruit slight pepper. Scrumptious! Full mouth, lovely long finish, perfect complement to@out NY Strip Loin roast! — 4 years ago
Domaine de la Chanade
"Les Rials" Loin de l'Oeil 2019
Super quaffable, hints of citrus and honey, low acidity, crisp with a beautiful finish. — 4 years ago
Louis Martin
A bit bitter on its own, balances itself out when paired with a fatty meat (in this case, a Basque region raised pork loin). — a year ago