Twomey

Monument Tree Vineyard Pinot Noir

Walt M Britt

9.3

Paired this with red beans, chicken, andouille sausage, and Jasmine rice. Both were made for each other. — 6 months ago

Buffalo Trace Distillery

Sazerac Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey

Severn Goodwin

9.3

How does anyone not hoard (regular) Sazerac at ~$25?!
Incredibly smooth, great sweet note to the finish. Again, why haven't I not been buying this for years...?

(BTW Kirkland Bourbon at $30 is worth the price of admission, earthy oak note on the palate is quite similar to Buffalo Trace.)

Counter-Clockwise from top left:
Buffalo Trace (single-barrel selection), Jefferson's Reserve Very Old/Very Small Batch, Knob Creek (9yo), Kirkland Bourbon (7yo), St George single-malt (SM 015), Hillrock (Ancram NY, solera aged, Barrel No. 174), Berkshire Mountain Distillers Shay's Rebellion and Wild Turkey Master's Keep (Batch 0001, 17yo). — 2 years ago

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Rhonely Boy

Yes to Rye, my ‘go to’ for a category I don’t venture into often.

Paul T- Huntington Beach

Surprisingly Eagle Rare 10 is highly allocated this year if you’ve had in the past. One bottle only on K&L

Daniel Bloom

Nice assortment, if I remember correctly,
Kirkland 12 yr scotch is McCallan.

Silent Pool Distillers

Gin

Al Sargent

Crisp and smooth gin. — 5 years ago

Byron

Monument Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir 2014

Brad Jensen

9.2

A HUGELY perfumed nose, with strong notes of plum gummy candy, fresh figs, with a slight spice, and vegetal hints that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. The color betrays the age, with prominent bricking to the edges, with a beautiful light rose core. The palate still has quite a bit of zing to it, with hints of tart cherries, plum jam, some overripe cranberry, and maybe some fig preserves, prominent floral notes towards the end, with a dry finish that betrays some tar and cigar smoke towards the back of the palate, but the breath still feels like fresh cut red roses. — 9 months ago