Rothwan & Winter

Pindar Vineyards

Winter White Blend

Eric L
9.1

For a very cheap local wine, it’s a pretty good deal. Clean, with a bit acidic Chardonnay-like finish. No inflammation after for me… — 4 months ago

Nicolas Joly

Clos de la Coulée de Serrant Savennières Chenin Blanc 2013

It's Christmas eve and here in Poland it's a big deal, even bigger than tomorrow actually. It's called wigilia and the big lunch/dinner starts around nightfall (3 PM currently). Traditions dictate that you don't eat meat but fish and winter vegetables (cabbage and potatoes mostly). The star of the show is carp in many different type of serving : fried, in sauce, served cold in gelée... We start eating at 3 pm and get up whenever nobody can eat another bite any more. Usually half of the food remains. Oh and needless to say, the go to drink to go along is wódka, or vodka, drank cold, in small shot glasses, straight down.
Of course I had to bring something special to add to local traditions and this time I went with this one.
The nose is made of honey and baked apples, and saffron. It's a powerful chenin nose, brought to a level I had never encountered. The palate is extremely dry and focused, with a great acid drive, some honey and apple notes all along, a great width, some nice matter and almost a sauternes like mouthfeel, without sugar. The finish is long, fresh and lasts for ever. This is chenin at its best and I heard this was one of the lesser vintages of this. I can't wait to open my 2015 bottle which is quietly waiting for the right moment to be popped open . Great stuff!
— 3 years ago

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Anthony De Blasi

Anthony De Blasi

👌nothing better than good traditions!
Severn G

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Fun, I've caught plenty of Carp, but not eaten one yet.
Nicolas Greinacher

Nicolas Greinacher

Wonderful wine 😋🍷

Iron Horse Vineyards

Winter's Cuvée Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2016

This is how to celebrate the Winter Solstice, with a bottle of the very best bubbly. Thanks, Joy. — 5 years ago

Bonnie Hodur
with Bonnie

Christian Drouin (Domaine Coeur de Lion)

Calvados 1958

As close to perfection as can be..,, smooth, silken, 2-minute finish. Nose of ripe, preserved, wrinkled apples…complete, complex, hints of baking spices, lighter than anticipated, but packing that 80 proof wallop. I anticipate most of bottle will grace a cool winter evening in front of the fire for 2 couples! — 2 years ago

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Barbadillo

Solear en Rama Saca de Invierno Manzanilla Palomino Fino 2020

A wow! Wine. Briny, salty, sea filled,
N: Old Boats, salt, citrus, vanilla, yeast, straw, pungency! Dried caramel.
P: Such a blast ! Dried seaweed, brine, orange peel, vanilla in the background.
Mouth completely engaged.
An 8 yr old manzanilla drawn(saca) in the winter of 2020.
— 3 years ago

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Château Talbot

Saint-Julien Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1981

Big Green Egg out of winter storage, Talbot ‘81 in a amazing condition. Wow! — 4 years ago

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Yalumba

The Virgilius Eden Valley Viognier 2015

Lemon yellow in colour in the glass. Aromatic Pear and nutty notes. The palate is unctuous, rich and delicious of medium plus intensity and low acid. Excellent Viognier from the acknowledged leader in the variety making the best examples in Australia I believe. Not for long cellaring and drinking really well right now. Had another bottle 37 weeks later on 30th December 2021 with consistent notes. Always a pleasure to drink one of these. Julia Harding said a perfect varietal expression. Had my final bottle on 12th June 2022 with consistent notes. Apricot notes with an oily unctuous texture - an excellent winter white. — 4 years ago

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Mollydooker Wines

Blue Eyed Boy Shiraz 2013

Refer to previous Delectable Notes 5 years ago in July 2018. No changes to now. Black fruits - currant and berry. Rich, mouth filling, full bodied and delicious - the sort of wine that created a big profile for Mollydooker in the USA. The 16%ABV is not apparent. As I said in the previous note, definitely a crowd pleaser and a great wine on a cold night. One bottle left which I will probably have next winter. — 2 years ago

Tom, Ming and 23 others liked this

Rombauer Vineyards

Napa Valley Zinfandel 2017

Wife loves it. She is having braised ribs and I am having pasta with a heavy red red sauce. Also a snowy winter night in Maine. Rich, full and warming. — 4 years ago

Anne Miller
with Anne

Caymus Vineyards

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

NO pseudo academic vino-babble; just a great wine and among the most enjoyable domestic wine in a very long time shared with spouse and friends on the balcony of Alfond Inn in Winter Park, FL. — 4 years ago

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