Willy Willy

Willy Gisselbrecht

Réserve Spéciale Vin d'Alsace Gewürztraminer

Lemon yellow. Peach pear lychee. White rose. Honey. High viscosity. Spices like Coriander Seed. Good balanced
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Fresh Juicy Willy Gisselbrecht Vin dAlsace Gewurztraminer @379, cost, 260606-260621
— 18 days ago

Willy Gisselbrecht

Frankstein Grand Cru Œnothéque Riesling 2012

Cross between dessert wine & summer white  — 4 years ago

Celler Vall Llach

Embruix Priorat Grenache Blend 2017

Dark and squishy, like that one girl who turned into a blueberry in Willy Wonka — 6 years ago

Predator

Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel 2018

This Zinfandel from Predator makes me feel like I’m on a stroll through Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, stalked by flavors of tobacco, jam, cherry, spice, and everything nice. Umpa Lumpa’s chanting songs of intoxication and merriment lull me into bliss. This Zinfandel is the golden ticket. — 6 years ago

Willy Willy

Shiraz 2017

Very smooth! Enjoyed on December 24, 2018 — 8 years ago

FX Barc

Complices de Loire Chenin Blanc 2013

Very nice chenin blanc. Zippy and bright but also medium body, as it opens up tastes a bit like gruyere cheese and lemon and smells like what the candied daffodils in Willy Wonka I imagine would smell/taste like. Also has a nice touch of a bitter finish. Pairs great with citrus and tahini. — 8 years ago

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Iron Horse Vineyards

Estate Chardonnay 2012

2012 Napa/Sonoma closeout Chardonnay face-off. If you were going to make a movie theater popcorn flavor of chewing gum, you’d want to drink the William Hill before you started just to make sure you got it right. It’s a Willy Wonka expression of malolactic fermentation. The Iron Horse brings more precision along with more restraint. Focused stone fruit infused with lemongrass and lychee lead the way to a lime and mineral driven finish. — 9 years ago

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René-Jean Dard & Francois Ribo

St. Joseph Blanc White Rhone Blend 2015

Absolutely good with ample richness. Clean. No silly willy stuff with this particular wine and vintage after two days. So good — a year ago

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Antiche Terre Venete

Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend

Kind of sweet but really smooth and enjoyable! With Willy — 3 years ago

Romano Dal Forno

Monte Lodoletta Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend 2013

After wading through sage smudge sticks & ashen pine forests I stumble upon Willy Wonka’s sinister step brother’s setup lined with dried black cherries, dark chocolate covered cherry cordials & espresso beans, soaked rum cake, brandied soaked plums, figs and a finish of cocoa powder with flowerless dark chocolate cake — 5 years ago

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Glinavos

Vlahiko Dry Red Blend 2016

I love Greek wine. They really get the idea. Light bodied, could be chilled. Like eating a eating a blueberry tart and drink a lambic with salt water riding up against the bottle. but Willy wonka style - so it’s all in this wine — 6 years ago

Cantina Della Volta

Lambrusco di Sorbara Rosé 2016

Like the part in Willy Wonka where they drink the Fizzy lifting drinks and float joyously in the air. Lovely apple, pear, grapefruit flavors. Wonderfully smooth bubbles. Dances across the palate like a sexy ballerina. An Excellent celebration wine! — 8 years ago

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Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1998

Drinking the 2 decade old product of the masterful collaboration of the new world (order's) master, Robert Mondavi, and the old world's (puppet) master, Baron Philippe Rothschild was a dream cum. True, I may be biased, but after recently tasting the 1996 and 1997 vintages of Robert Mondavi's Napa Can, I can see how much RM benefitted from Rothschild's involvement in the 1998 Opus One. He must have felt like the Cleveland Orchestra in Michael Jackson's Will You Be There (Free Willy Song). Really good, aged, mellow cherry juice. This one has quite a few years of life left in it. Mmmmmm. — 9 years ago

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La Rioja Alta

Gran Reserva 904 Rioja Tempranillo Graciano 2004

Columbia county 2.0: end of a meal, nightcap of sorts. So so perfumed with dill & vanilla & tree sap, as if Willy Wonka decided to get into winemaking. Really just lived for a while breathing this in. On palate it’s remarkably agile & light, even though the body of red fruits is firmly medium boned. No signs of decay or slowing down- even the cork was perfect-easily can go on another several decades ( it feels). God what a treat. — 3 years ago

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Willy Gisselbrecht

Tradition Pinot Gris 2017

Like honey and candied pear — 6 years ago

Warre's

Quinta da Cavadinha Vintage Port Blend 1982

25th wedding anniversary gifted by Uncle Willy — 7 years ago

Regusci

Estate Bottled Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2001

A fun blast to the past with this ‘01. Smooth tannins, bing cherry, black fruit. A roll of your tongue kind of experience. A Willy Wonka ticket for the holidays. — 8 years ago

Château Montrose

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1971

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🗞 Intel 1st microprocessor, Disney World, 18 🗳
🎵 Maggie May, Brown Sugar. Ain’t no Sunshine
🎥 Clockwork Orange, Willy Wonka
🗣 I know what you're thinking Did he fire 6 shots or only 5
🌍 3.72B

Fab @ £95 for a 47yr old 😁

🍷 Ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Gravel, gun smoke, soot, pencil lead, minerals & faint dark fruit w/ mocha

👄 Med body of mineral laden faded dark fruit w/ black currant coming to life in the mouth & a mocha & liquorice touché

🎯 Med mineral & dark fruit w/ liquorice mocha

Bonus 🗣 Weebles wobble but they don't fall down 🤣
— 8 years ago

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@Bill Bender thank you buddy 😊🍷👍
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Chris England

@Neil Valenzuela I’ve got some 95 left & agree it’s superb - we had a 95 over Xmas that I’ll post at some point 😉 i can see why it got you hooked 👍🍷
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Still enjoyable on that side too! 😋