The Sands
Viuva José Gomes da Silva & Filhos
Collares Ramisco 2013
The Sands
Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2019
Quite dark colour for Pinot
Raspberry rhubarb and berries on nose and palate
Soft tannins and lingering taste, good acidity
Overall very good — 3 years ago
Domaine François Cotat
Chavignol Vin de Table Rouge 2017
Wildly expressive but not necessarily coherently so. Would be interesting to see if age sands down some of those rough edges. — 4 years ago
Sands of Time
Old Vine Single Vineyard Blewitt Springs Grenache 2022
Nice, smooth — 6 months ago
Tenute Sella
Omaggio a Quintino Sella Lessona Nebbiolo Blend 2015
A toast to the “Unification of Italy.” A light garnet red tapering to burnt orange on the edges. Aromas of black cherry and red currants. Hints of orange with a spicy pepper. The palate is dry and bright with a complex mix of flavor. The Sella family’s history in Lessona region began in 1671. This is one of the smallest village appellations in all of Italy with a mere 23 hectares of land under vine. The success of this region is the Pliocene sandy, marine-influenced soils. These deposits of marine sands and fossil shells provide the mineral cocktail which enhances Nebbiolo with a bright energy. — a year ago
Barefoot Cellars
California Cabernet Sauvignon
Luv the vibe
Luv the tone rich and balance as it said
Seconds alongside with my Cabernet merlot, this one is typical California Wine, fruity sweet with all fruit dominates
🍒🍇🥭
So much fruit berry here
With touch of green mango 🥭🥭🥭
blackberry plum blackcurrant black cherry raspberry so much cherry plum lots of plum here like a giant plum ground
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Feels of sun vibe beach sands shore
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Like a yacht boat with smiley captain
👨🏻🦰 — 4 years ago
Companhia dos Profetas e dos Villões
Caracol dos Profetas
Just stunning ! From the master Antonio Macanita . From the island Porto Santo . 100% Caracol a traditional variety. Limestone , sands oils . Intense , citrus , orange peel . Gunpowder. Acidity … and crazy long . This is beautiful — a year ago
The Sands
Mornington Peninsula Pinot Gris 2019
Very light, nice easy drinking. — 3 years ago
Château Pontet-Canet
Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2006
Pontet Canet tasting and dinner with Alfred Tesseron.
The fruits are dark & muted. Blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries, blue fruits, plums with strawberries come on late. Lots of moist clay, dry soils, deep dark spice, crushed, rock powder, graphite, black, dry soils, hints of green bell pepper, dry herbs with blue, dark withering flowers. The acidity is round but could be better. The long finish is balanced but, for me, comes up short and a little flat.
Photos of; our dinner group, The K&L Bordeaux Buyer-Ralph Sands and Alfred talking about the wines, Clyde Beffa Jr. -Owner of K&L Wine Merchants and Chateau Pontet Canet. — 5 years ago
Vin d’Ottawa
I cannot describe how excited I’ve been for this bottle.
From Portugal’s tiny Colares wine region, this is the famed Ramisco grape, grown in vines in the sands off the coast of Sintra. Back when phylloxera destroyed most of Europe’s grapevines, these survived as the parasite couldn’t make its way in the sands the grapevines grew in. The Portuguese crown then nationalized the wine- unique to Portugal- and used it in diplomacy as a form of soft power.
The wine starts with a roughness that smooths into a beautiful, medium bodied flavour of black cherry and blackberry. Think of a juicy California Pinot Noir that manages the punch of a Rioja.
A wine worthy of its great history.
— 3 months ago