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Domaine de la Roseraie
Grands Vins de Bourgogne Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 1947
Poured blind. Nose of cabernet sauvignon. Estate was located in Grignan, ie current CdR orbit (but post-war labeling hilarity / historical reference to classical Kingdom of Burgundy with capital at Arles?). Fascinating, dazzling, unexplainable. Color guesses ran ‘70s (totally clear rim, some super thin hint of browning, but still very pure dark core running almost to the edge before). Great length, but again blind we all called cabernet nose for the minty, cedary character. Body maybe suggested some cinsault, but we were all way off mark served blind. Buy at auction if ever spotted! — 2 years ago
Graham Norton
Graham Norton's Own Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020
First time trying this 2020 vintage wine. 93+ Wine Orbit rating. Fruity, complex and delicious chilled on a hot summer night! I will buy this again! — 3 years ago
Channing Daughters
Rosso Fresco Red Blend 2017
76% Merlot, 11% Syrah, 8% Blaufrankish, 4% Cab Franc, 1% Teroldego.
My first East Coast red wine. Woot! Fantastic semi-uncomplicated (has some dark twist and turns) fruity and tasty Tuesday night pour. Table wine.
Plum, cherry, rose, hint of soil, vine and leaf (?Franc?) light-medium body, 12% ABV.
Reminds me of some young vine wines from the Escondido-Baja region. Happy to start seeing East Coast wines making their way to the West Coast. This is also my first encounter with Teroldego, which seems to be avoiding my orbit.
Good Job! More please! — 3 years ago
Jessup Cellars
Table For Four Napa Valley Red Blend 2013
And Yes! There she was, where have you been hiding??? Always great to run in a near perfect wine. That is what we live for, searching every day (actually every other day, try not to drink wine every day 😊). Bold dark fruit framed by angular tannins and a robust backbone, all in an extreme intense harmony, taking over your senses and putting you in a hypnotic trance. We set the palette with a few different hard cheeses, an aged Gouda cheese, a Harvarti and P’tit Basque (all at Costco!) which lifted the wine to outer orbit. I am writing this the next day and still haven’t quite returned to earth. — a year ago
Château Pontet-Canet
Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2012
On to the 2012 Pontet-Canet from Paulliac paired with grilled lamb chops and made from scratch boulonese sauce. Fantastic. The wine expressed it selves very well after a good hour and half of decanting at about 60 F. The earthy umami flavors of the food propelled the wine above its weight. But the absolute best ever tasting quartered, seasoned potato wedges/fries from our guests brought the wine into outer orbit. The duck fat tasting fries revealed herbaceous floral notes on the mid palet and created a soothing long finish. With smooth fine grained tannins. — 2 years ago
Lou Dumont
Léa Sélection Nuits-Saint-Georges Pinot Noir 1991
2021/5. Just a delicious bottle of mature Nuits. I’m not sure what crus specifically are in this, but still-strong core of fruit, tannin and acidity for the mature, game and forest flavors to orbit around is more than you might expect of a village wine. — 3 years ago
Jan de Weerd
Wow. Best wine of the year 😁! An elixer to lift you into outer orbit! Everything is intense. Fine grained tannins soaked in oak spice carried this dark, dark dry concentrated, dense juice on an exhilarating journey from the first touch to the long lasting finish final. Evolving complexity that started with varying layers fresh pipe tobacco and dark chocolate evolving to cigar box, earthy lead pencil minerals, and worn leather. Why is it that these mind blowing wines never have quite 750 ml in their bottles 🤔 — a year ago