Paso Port

Dow's

Vintage Porto 2020

This is the 2020 Late Bottled Vintage Port. Full bodied, medium sweetness, and alcohol at 19.5%. Alcohol not overly noticeable when served chilled. Notes of cherry, bittersweet chocolate, and almond liqueur, with hints of dried fruits. Enough acidity to provide good balance. Really tasty to drink for dessert, and also makes a good reduction sauce for pan-seared duck breasts. — 15 days ago

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Saxum Vineyards

Broken Stones Red Rhone Blend 2019

2019 vintage. Needed time to breathe. Then it sang. — 16 days ago

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Fonseca

Vintage Port Blend 1977

1977 vintage. Last tasted 12.23.23 (9.6). Opened and filtered into a decanter. Tons of chunky sed trapped in the bowels of the bottle thank goodness. Tasted after 1 hour. Still top-notch and still going to outlive your born/unborn children. Great vintage port has a way of eliminating your rationalizations, excuses and contrived nonsense and cutting immediately to the bottom line. Prepare to be boarded. 8.1.26. — 2 months ago

Ruud, Jeroen and 16 others liked this
Ruud Verhagen

Ruud Verhagen

you’re damn right 👊🏼
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

100% agree on your general observations about vintage Porto, as well as the 1977 Fonseca!!

Justin Vineyards & Winery

Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon

Gibson’s Chicago outdoor bar — 3 months ago

Epoch Estate Wines

Estate Blend Red Rhone Blend

Super interesting, southern Rhone wine from Paso Robles. Perfumed nose,

91+ points
— 5 months ago

Daou Vineyards

Reserve Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon

Black cherry, clove, dusty cigar humidor and some milk chocolate but this doesn't support the price point. More of a red blend profile. Might need some time. — 3 days ago

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Tablas Creek Vineyard

Esprit de Beaucastel Red Rhone Blend 2012

Last of 11 purchased for a song at auction in 2015. Some bottle variation along the way and a couple ox’d, but this one was terrificl — 18 days ago

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Daou Vineyards

Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon

It’s National Red Wine Day! Let me see your wine! — a month ago

Tom, Ted and 5 others liked this
Dawn E.

Dawn E.

@Sharon B I didn't know, but I just posted! Cheers 🍷

Turley

Dusi Vineyard Zinfandel 2021

Hy-Vee sale aisle marked down to $30 — 2 months ago

Joe, Joel and 3 others liked this
Douglas Braun

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Great Vineyard - amazing price

Justin Vineyards & Winery

Isosceles Reserve Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2005

Deep ruby color, with a brick rim. Aromas of blackberry, cassis and mocha. Black fruit on the palate, dark chocolate and baking spices.

🍇 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Merlot

🏅92 Points - Wine Spectator
— 3 months ago

Tom, Dave and 11 others liked this

Taylor Fladgate

Late Bottled Vintage Porto Port Blend 2019

Big, rich, ripe LBV with awesome fruit and structure, lacks the subtlety of the 1977 Graham’s vintage, but a great LBV as a sipper!! — 4 months ago

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Doug Powers

Doug Powers

So, @Somm David T, thank you for the advice — we last visited Taylor-Fladgate in February of 2019, got a few nice pictures of the male peacock with the incredible plumage, but knew nothing about the Scion. If/when we go back to Porto, I will ask next time (can I use your name so they don’t think I’m just another American idiot/loser??) — sounds incredible, though, thanks!!
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Somm David T, also, we’ll be opening a 1977 Taylor Vintage Porto soon as well, I’ll report here how it was (purchased back in the early 1980s, with my other 1977s)!! Cheers!!
Somm David T

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No name needed. Just ask for it. They make quite the presentation serving it. I’ll look for your note on the 77. Cheers. .

Austin Hope

Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Deep ruby color. Aromas of black cherry, plum and caramel. Red and black fruit on the palate, vanilla and oak finish.

🏅91 Points - Wine Enthusiast
— a day ago

Joel, Tom and 11 others liked this

Booker Vineyard

Fracture Paso Robles Syrah

California eureka tasting. Big dark fruit — 8 days ago

Saxum Vineyards

Paderewski Vineyard Zinfandel Blend 2015

Almost 50% Syrah with depth — a month ago

W. & J. Graham's

Vintage Port Blend 1977

[8 hour decant] This is from a very fine lot of 1977 Graham’s I purchased in the mid-to-late 1990s from a small Napa importer, and is at the level of the 1977 Fonseca we drank last week, sweet, nice weight and balance, long, lingering finish, very nice!! — 4 months ago

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