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Chappellet

Signature Donn Chappellet Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

2021 vintage. Classic Napa Cab without all the current bells and whistles. Eye on the prize. Medium body with balanced bouquet and shows across the entire palate. It’s Cabernet like this that built Napa into the 800 lb gorilla that it is. 79% Cab, 8% PV, 7% Malbec, 6% Merlot. 4.3.24. — 7 months ago

Ted, Jan and 9 others liked this

Curious Kiwi

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2020

Pale straw color. Aromas of tropical fruits, key lime and limestone. Tart Sauvignon Blanc- very good for the prize. — 4 years ago

Philip, Dawn and 16 others liked this

Domaine Vincent Paris

Granit 30 Cornas Syrah 2016

Quiz prize so unexpectedly excellent food wine.
Straight evocative messenger from the Northern Rhône.
Drank it with Angela with aubergine/goats cheese burgers.
— 5 years ago

Thelema Mountain Vineyards

Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

David T
9.2

We had this with Oxtail dinner at Rattray’s in Mala Mala last night.

Not my usual detailed notes. This is ripe & lush like the Nederburg but with more complexity.

The palate showed ripe and slightly candied fruits of; dark currants, blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries and a hint of blue fruits. Nice softly layered baking spices, dark chocolate, mocha, rich, dark soils, some dry top, well done granitic minerals and fresh red and dark florals. The acidity round & beautiful. The finish, ripe, lush, well balanced & polished. Good QPR here.

Photos of, today’s Mala Mala sunrise, baby calf elephant along with the nearly 40 in the herd and a total of over 100 Elephants seen today, playful male dominance of the Giraffe’s intertwining and smacking necks/mid section and the grand prize, male spotted Leopard. An amazing finish to our last day.
— 6 years ago

Sofia, Dawn and 18 others liked this

Château Le Prieure

Saint - Émilion Grand Cru Classé Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

Very modern style, extracted, oaky. Plenty of good fruit. Silky tannins. But lacks character, one cannot tell where it comes from. Not our thing. But better than most modern styled Bordeaux. We dont understand the high prize by some pros… — 3 years ago

Adriana Pagliano
with Adriana
Adriana, Severn and 7 others liked this

Catherine et Pierre Breton

Franc de Pied Bourgueil Cabernet Franc 2014

Loire power couple Catherine and Pierre Breton have cab franc all dressed up. 2014 Les Perrieres is their prize - pretty now, will be beautiful in time.

Elegant and deep - traditional the way cab franc contributes to Bordeaux blends.

Old cedar and pencil shavings. Fresh raspberries and stewed plums and black cherries.

Concentrated perfectly - salty solution with a little grip. Plenty of time to mellow out.
— 4 years ago

Severn, MaJ and 21 others liked this
Ely Cohn

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@Jay Kline have you ever had Breton? Or do you mean Les perriers?
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@Ely Cohn Breton...we’ll, both 😅
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@Jay Kline they make pretty awesome chenin too - paper crisp

Equipo Navazos

I Think Manzanilla Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Palomino Fino

Sanlúcar de Barrameda was the port that Christopher Columbus set off from in 1492. Just 1 year earlier, duties on wine exports from Sanlúcar had been abolished to take advantage of English merchants desperate for new supply after the loss of Bordeaux.

It began a centuries-long romance between Sherry and English wine lovers, as immortalized in Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 2, when Falstaff glorifies sturdy Spanish 'sack' over thin Bordeaux 'claret' and Rhine 'hock'.

But the honeymoon, quite literally, was not to last. Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon drove a wedge between England and Catholic Europe, and left English wine lovers in need of a new source once again. But Sherry fanatics wouldn't have to go entirely without. When Sir Francis Drake sailed into Cádiz and burned the Spanish fleet in 1587, he carried away 2,900 butts of Sherry - enough to supply London for years - as his most famous prize.

(This is adapted from notes for Le Dû’s Wines ‘History of Wine 1453AD-Present’ seminar, where this wine was poured)
— 5 years ago

Severn, James and 1 other liked this

Glenmorangie

Signet Single Malt Scotch Whiskey 46% abv

A delicious dram in great company! Celebrating a phone call with a Legend, a stint on the most petty and ill informed radio program in the Scottish speaking world, oh aye, and a wee Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Congrats again Dave! #Nobel-lshill — 3 years ago

David MacMillan
with David
Sharon, Ceccherini and 1 other liked this

Jeff Carrel

Les Darons Languedoc Grenache Blend 2017

75% Grenache / 5% Carignan / 20% Syrah
Eur 7.95
Les vins du terroir
The best vine/prix experienced in Paris, well competitive with bottles of a multiple prize
— 5 years ago

George Gale & Co.

Prize Old Ale 1998

BIG and OLD - god damn that’s some goodness but HEAVYNESS — 5 years ago

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