Ooh La La
Pierre Bourée Fils
Pernand-Vergelesses Chardonnay
Ooh, I like this one a lot. From the nose to the palate it’s just aromatic and balanced. Gentle menthol notes from oak influence with an undercurrent of flint and minerality. Well extracted with fantastic acidity. I wish I could afford to buy this on the regular. — 3 years ago
Malatinszky
Noblesse Villány Cabernet Franc 2012
Ooh ooh ooh! I’m drinking a Hungarian cab franc. Am I a wine hipster now? Where are my skinny jeans and man bun? — 6 years ago
Realm Cellars
The Bard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2014
Ooh la la, silk. — 2 years ago
Di Filippo
Montefalco Sagrantino 2011
Over 4 years since the last time I opened a bottle from this case and ooh it is smoking! Perfumed, black fruits, intense plum, cassis?, huge secondary and tertiary spicy leather and herbs and forest, super smooth Tannins undetectable with the steak but still really grippy and prominent after. However, nicely integrate and balanced. — 3 years ago
Domaine Gros Frère et Sœur
Richebourg Grand Cru Pinot Noir 1969
WOTN! Just stunning! Old but fresh. Light, but not. Ooh! This is why people go nuts over Burgundy! 50+ yo and kicking butt! — 5 years ago
Saltari
Le Vigne di Turano Amarone della Valpolicella 2012
Brilliant expression of an amarone valpolicella. Black cherry flavours and sweet tannins. A wee bit of cloves and spice...ooh...and some interesting tobacco notes. Quite different from its cousin, the Sartori Corte Bra. Can't stop nosing this one — 3 years ago
i Clivi di Ferdinando Zanusso
Clivi Brazan Collio Goriziano Friulano 2007
Extended aging on lees? I couldn't remember that in my cellar. What I knew was that I had a big dish of braised cardoons, my first ever attempt at cooking or eating them. What to pair with this pungent, artichoke scented veg... Something to offset its bitterness, with body, not a ton of tannin; maybe a Langhe rosso? Hrm, maybe a skin contact Vitovksa? Ooh, I have these old i Clivi wines. Hrm, Brazan is the oldest, let's give it a shot.
Cardoons: artichoke, bay leaf, floral (daisy family), reminds me of Chrysanthemum tea w DimSum many years ago in NYC.
Wine: deep golden, reverberant bass notes, resinous, shows a vanilla tinged, slightly volatile edge next to the cardoons.
About as excellent a pairing as I could hope for in Covid-Year 2. — 4 years ago
Daniel Bloom
Ooh, mineral goodness to go with restrained fruit. Perfect w pesto and tomatoes. See prior notes. — a year ago