Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

1989 vintage. Last tasted 3.28.24, 5.5.23, 4.4.23 and 12.9.22. Solid fill and cork. Recommended decanting but was denied. Mmkay. Eventually got clearance to decant after the bottle had been open for 1.25 hrs. Tasted after being open 5 mins, 45 mins and 2 hrs. Light-medium body throughout. Wine was funky and super tight initially. Had to talk a few of the “participants” down from their “this wine ain’t nothing” perch by telling them it needed at least an hour in the glass (since it hadn’t been decanted at that point). Wine threw expected sed on the decant. Started to loosen up at the 45 mins open stage and fairly exploded at the 2 hrs open (45 mins decanted) point. Dude that didn’t want to decant it gave me a wistful, regretful look at that point (since it blew the other 4 reds at the table away and was getting better) and it took waay too much willpower on my end not to say “Congrats on minimizing a fantastic wine experience, bro.” It wasn’t the best 1989 P-L specimen tasted semi-recently but feel this coulda delved into the 9.4 range without the unnecessary power trip from someone that didn’t even bring this wine to the shindig. Hopefully, this individual learned their lesson. 7.6.24. — 4 months ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Reddish tawny color. Vibrant in the glass. Direct nose with notes of raspberries, rhubarb, asian spice and moist black soil. At first, more structure than fruit. But with 6+ hours of air a sweetness develops and softens the harsher notes, making this more voluptuous. Was singing loudly at the end of the shindig! — 6 years ago

Brooklyn Oenology

9.8

Shindig Fizzi Pink
With a nose of berry, lime, and a slight minerality, fizzi pink is a dry, effervescent sparkling wine with notes of cherry and raspberry. I love it.
Stephanie, Hospitality at Brooklyn Oenology — 9 years ago

Grayson Wolf

9.0

Yeah there's some residual sugars. So what. It still tastes nice and has nice structure.

This won a blind tasting of cheaper cab sauvs, and it's the bottle we keep coming back to visit. Would serve at a cookout, shindig, or hootaninny. Might spring for something fancier for Christmas dinner. — 3 years ago

David MacMillan

9.7

Ridiculous wine. Blue cheese, velvet tannins with the mildest chalk level, tiny amount of menthol and cherry, that made it perfect. Great wine for Todd’s leaving shindig — 4 years ago

with Robert and Mike

Brooklyn Oenology

9.8

2013 Shindig by Brooklyn Oenology. Alie Shaper's zingy, fun wine is even better over time. Opened some this Xmas 2015, and the longer it was open the better it tasted. Good decant before serving. Full smooth fruity mouthfeel with a nice clean acidity on the lemony finish. Warm belly post drink. Hard to say "when" with this anytime white. — 9 years ago

Andrew Stover

Sommelier/Wine Director Oya & Sei, Wine Blogger ChiefWino, Founder Vino50

10

@Vino50wines 2013 SHINDIG Vidal Blanc, Finger Lakes #flxwine. Bright & racy with white flower, green apple, pear and lemon peel. Loads of acid. Very #refreshing. The perfect #patio sipper. #wine #sommelier #summer #nywine
— 10 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.7

I brought this and was super impressed with the fill, color and overall condition the wine was in. Gave it a few hours in the decanter before bringing it to the shindig. Medium gold, but lighter than the 90 Montrachet next to it. Great nose with notes of lemon, tangerine, tan spice, some iodine and gravel stone. Great mouth feel with lots of fruit balanced against still strong acidity. This was killer juice and the bottle easily had another 10 years of life in it. Lucky to have an experience with an exceptional old white burg like this. — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.7

I contributed this bottle, which had a seepage problem earlier in its life leaving a ~5.5cm ullage. Decanted and left to aerate and hour before heading to the shindig. Amber tawny color, translucent. A Wow! Nose from the get go. Bing cherry, framboise raspberries, rhubarb, rose petals, sweet red cherries. Exotic nose leads to a luscious experience as the wine is tasted. Sois bois. The wine peacocks over several hours of enjoyment. Great juice. — 4 years ago

Elaine Thap

8.9

This is the beer I had at the Big Red Shindig. Not too hoppy and easy to drink. Light on the pine but more citrusy. — 9 years ago