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Sean Minor

Nicole Marie Napa Valley Merlot Blend

A really nice red blend. A great "go to" especially as the weather warms. Nice for grilled meats outdoors or charcuterie. It's an unusual blend with real depth. — 4 months ago

Sean Minor

Four Bears Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

At the bottle shop with Becky, chris, patty and me. Nice and smooth! — 4 years ago

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Vinca Minor

Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Franc Merlot 2016

Tasting great with some age. Cedar, tobacco, green pepper, plums, chocolate covered tart cherries. More on the herbal/veggie side of Bordeaux blend. I really like this. Probably even better in a few more years. — 4 years ago

Olivier Leflaive

Les Sétilles Bourgogne Chardonnay 2014

Minor differences compared with the -19. Didn’t gain much with 5 years. — 5 years ago

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Freemark Abbey

Cabernet Bosché Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 1982

Nose has over-ripe stinky cherry, dry leather, moist leather, old horse pasture, tomato leaf, blackberry, dried blueberry, dried mint, saturated oak and old cigar.

Palate has blackberry, partially dried cherry, dried raspberry, (minor) moist garden soil, wet raisins with soft tannins and a long finish. Decanted 4H and it's finally starting to really open up.

Mid-shoulder fill on this particular bottle, remaining bottles are looking better. Quite reminiscent of older Bordeaux in the nose/palate traits.

(BTW I love the old labels when they used to underscore the Cabernet Sauvignon, for me it's always been Cabernet Bosché, history in a bottle!)
— 6 years ago

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Vinca Minor

Rosewood Vineyards Carignan Merlot

Paired well with grilled chicken parm — 6 years ago

Ameztoi

Rubentis Getariako Txakolina Hondarrabi Beltza Hondarrabi Zuri Rosé Blend 2016

2016 / 2017 / 2018
Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Rubentis Rosé - Mini-Vertical
50% Hondarrabi Zuri / 50% Hondarrabi Beltza

Nose has ripe strawberry, dried orange peel, ripe Clementine orange and tangerine gummy bears (yum).

Palate has tart strawberry, tart raspberry, minor candle wax, dried grapefruit with light tannins.

Txakolina rosé tasting on the 2020 Summer Solstice, perfect for a hot/humid day in the Berkshires. Last bottle from our cellar.
— 6 years ago

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Nice vertical.
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Thanks @David T This '16 has held beautifully, it was one of our favorite vintages.

Vinca Minor

Sonoma Valley Chardonnay 2020

Excellent chard. Tasting great now. Lemon, honeysuckle, wax, rain on a field from nose. So expressive. Palate is lovely, oyster shells, lemon in multiple forms, some cream, honey on red apples. Just outstanding! — 10 months ago

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Sean Minor

4B California Pinot Noir Rosé 2021

Slight strawberry notes. Well balanced. Not too sweet and not to dry. One of the best roses I ever had — 4 years ago

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Kristin Cancellieri

Strawberries 🍓 and summer in a glass. Slightly dry with effervescence
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Sean Minor

Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2019

苦味強めだが美味しい — 4 years ago

Ravines Wine Cellars

White Springs Vineyard Dry Riesling 2017

A pre-dinner bottle while we do meal prep tonight.

Prior notes still apply:
Nose has lime zest, lime juice, green hay, wet granite/limestone pebbles, oxidized green apple peel, polyethylene tubing and tangerine peel.
Palate has Key lime flesh, cold tangerine slice, apricot skin, wet-pulverized limestone, lemongrass, tangerine zest, (minor) dried apricot and light honey on the medium finish, medium acid, great balance.
— 5 years ago

Paul, Ira and 22 others liked this

Vinca Minor

Los Carneros Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Lots of mineral on the nose and an ever so subtle bit of jam there at the end. I wish I could make this an everyday drinker. h/t to Chris Leon for the bottle! — 6 years ago

Enderle & Moll

Baden Pinot Noir 2018

Wine 6/12 (Pinot Noir aka 'Peanut of the Night')

Nose has ripe cherry, tree bark, roses, blood orange slice, minor cedar notes, molasses cookie and fresh blackberry.

Palate has dried strawberry, ripe cherry, dried citrus, tart cherry, molasses, baking spices with notable tannins/acidity, a very long finish.

A perfect wine for any party, if you don't like this there might be something wrong with you. Are you a dyed-in-the-wool White Zinfandel fan, maybe this isn't your game then.

Once again it is notable that I have made one full trip around the Sun earlier this week. We had our small, social bubble team to the house for celebrating my getting older and somewhat less flexible in advancing age...Whatever will be done when I creast 50? Well, at least it's several years until needing manage that concern.

We enjoyed well-salted Ribeyes (Kinderhook Farm - Valatie, NY, prepared 48h in advance), turning to a beautiful medium-rare after a mere 12m of grill time and smashed, small red potatoes with capers (yeah try it, don't judge me yet). None of the bottles were particularly planned as 'steak wines'; we didn't care as it really was a wine nerd-fest of grapes/regions, from Burgenland, Austria to Brittany, France. Wine and food were on individual plateaux today. This was the vom Boden Spring Experience case, expertly curated by Stephen Bitterolf, and well received by our tasting crew.
— 6 years ago

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Pinotman /// Andreas

Pinotman /// Andreas

The 18th Pinot’s of E&M are impressive in fact I consider it one of the best if not the best vintage since inception.
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@Pinotman /// Andreas I think this might be the best yet, and this this is only the entry level.

Sean Minor

Signature Series North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

A rich bouquet of raspberry and blackberries oak and savory spices. Soft tannins make for a easy relaxing wine.  — 2 years ago

Sean Minor

Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2022

Had in Truckee with John, Jeff Kepple and Natalie and Garret Haywood. Very light but very tasty. — 2 years ago

Vinca Minor

Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay 2021

A tasting note for their Vermentino (since no such entry exists): Stony grassy oily beeswax lanoline
Crushed stones citrus medium+ acidity medium - finish phenolic bitterness
— 4 years ago

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Vinca Minor

Mendocino Field Blend

Fruity and flavourful. — 5 years ago

Sean Minor

Four Bears Central Coast Chardonnay 2018

Good Chardonnay with just the right amount of butteriness. Great value wine that I picked up from my local wine guy! — 6 years ago

Enderle & Moll

Baden Spätburgunder Rosé 2018

Words escape me...Notes later, best E&M Rosé to date!

Nose has ripe cranberry, mashed raspberry, blood orange flesh, mashed strawberry, recently cut grass, oak bark and a pint of cherries.

Palate has tart cherry, strawberry, over-ripe raspberry, fresh Clementine peel, (minor) baking spice, cold plum with a long finish. Weighty yet finessed

I can't believe I'm stating this, but I think this wine exceeds the 2017 version, which I thought was bonkers, this is better!
— 6 years ago

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@David T Blind, this is a light bodied Gevrey-Chambertin, and it's the ROSÉ!
Josh Morgenthau

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@Severn Goodwin Great notes. Reminds me of how good this was. One of the most memorable wines of the year for me thus far. Going to be hard to wait on the few bottles I have left. Darn, maybe I need to get more!
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@Josh Morgenthau Thanks, each time I open the new vintage, my immediate thoughts are, we didn't buy enough. 🤷‍♂️

Vinca Minor

Hawkeye Ranch Carignan Rosé 2019

Lemon, peach, rose nose, very well balanced complex flavors, strawberry — 6 years ago