The Spurs Wine Company
Château Haut-Brion
Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 1998
Game 5 Spurs vs Oklahoma City — 8 years ago
A to Z Wineworks
Oregon Pinot Noir
Smooth an affordable Pinot Noir. Comes from Oregon winery that Spurs Coach Popovich has interest in. — 8 years ago
Jean François Ganevat
Les Grands Teppes Vieilles Vignes Côtes du Jura Chardonnay
Outstanding while watching over your newborn and enjoying the Warriors/Spurs game. Love me some Ganevat! — 9 years ago
Nicholson Jones
St. Helena Sauvignon Blanc 2016
One of my favorite small production wine, 300 cases. Cal Nicholson spent his youth in So. CA & after a long marketing career he hung up his spurs to follow his 2 real interests in life – surfing & wine making. Jones is the maiden name of Cal’s wife Pam. A wonderful wine. Aromas of lemon citrus with herb, stone & tropical fruits. Palate, peach, Granny Smith apple & ripe melon flavors with lively citrus zest wrapped in lbalanced acidity. Lingering finish ending with mineral citrus finish. Consistent! Nice! — 4 years ago
Rivers-Marie
Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2013
pairs well with a side of warriors - spurs game — 8 years ago
Királyudvar
Sec Tokaji Furmint 2012
Country: Hungary
Region: Tokaj
Wine type: White
Varietals: White Blend
Varietal Notes: 85% Furmint, 15% Hárslevelu
Biodynamic: Practicing
Vineyard: Sourced from estate vineyards located in Tokaji’s heartland in the towns of Mád and Bodrogkeresztur. All are historically important grand cru sites including Henye, Percze, Becsek, and the great Lapis.
Soil: Clay and rock of volcanic origin (various Rhyolite Tuffs).
Viticulture: Farmed biodynamically, hand harvested.
Vinification: Fruit is gently pressed. Wild yeasts spurs natural fermentation in 500 liter Hungarian oak barrels
Production: 2,000 cases
Notes: Introduced by the domaine in ’05, this innovative dry wine wonderously balances Furmint’s viscous intensity and bright acidity. — 8 years ago
Easton
Duarte-Georgetown Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012
On day one, it's hard to approach. Lots of edges and spurs. On day three, it settles in. Aromas like cherry cordial, cinnamon and dried herbs. Assertive concentration delivers lively pomegranate, cherry, underripe plum flavors with tannins that should mellow with time. I appreciate that it doesn't read like a Cal Pinot, and sets its own, high-elevation Sierra Foothills course. — 7 years ago
Château Musar
Bekaa Valley Red Blend 2002
Out of the bottle this was thin and had a watery finish, but decanted over a couple of hours transformed it. It moves on the palate with choreography, evokes emotion as though a live performance, and spurs thought as any good art. This opened up to have the detailed and hedonistic flavors of milk chocolate bark studded with dried cranberries, cherries, toasted hazelnuts, and espresso beans. I'd say it's safe to wait at least another 10 years on this, but it's not necessary with some air. — 8 years ago
While the lighter-styled 2001 seems more advanced now, this has an exciting precocity to it - by which I mean it shows integration that it has no business having before the fruit has started to calm down.
If the similarly powerful '99 is any indication, this will remain unintegrated for the first ~20 years, so maybe check in with this again in 2020.
(*)In reference to Kirk's classification of Musar vintages:
Bold: 93, 99, 02, 05
Beautiful: 98, 01
Atypical: 93, 97
I'm going to add another category: "Centered" - 91, 94, 95, 96.
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Full Notes:
Sweet fruit on the nose, a dose of dark merlot-like blackcurrant.
In the mouth, sweet oak tones are prominent - sawdusty clove. Brett isn’t present, except as a suggestion. There's a lacing of sweet figginess (slight oxidation as expected in Musar), but overall it’s relatively clean. Oak isn’t well-integrated at this stage. Medium body - it holds it's 13.5% alcohol well. Medium plus acidity - bright and integrated. Medium plus tannins - ripe and velvety, with a nice firm grip.
Beautifully balanced, in a ripe style for Musar (13.5%). Right now this is all potential, whereas the 2001 (a light-styled Musar) was drinking well
Over a few hours, the wine grew in weight and ripeness. Some milk chocolate emerged, with dried black cherry. There was a whiff of strawberry balsamic vinegar. Complex, young and gangly. Reminds me of the power and youthful disjointedness of the 1999.
Score: This is around 9.5 right now. A fantastic wine, but without the profundity Musar takes on in adulthood. I'll defer to more experienced folks to gauge potential, but if this is anything like the '91, or '95, it could be a serious experience in 30+ years.
Philip Patston
Superb. A few years of aging is creating layers of flavor as it becomes more harmonious. The RS is melding with the acid spurs super lush. Boundary Breaks produces the best Riesling. — 2 years ago