Long Weekend Wines (Labor Day Edition)
Pian dell'Orino
Vigneti del Versante Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2014
Pian Dell’Orino Vigneti del Versante Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2014: Smooth & elegant. Lively acidity. Medium tannins. Nice cherry bouquet. Red fruits. Leather. Herbs. Earth. Powerful long finish. All in all, I love this Brunello! Call me a creature of habit but this is my happy place. Grilled marinated skirt steak and a bottle of Brunello! Great weekend to all! Cheers🍷 — 5 years ago
Thick as Thieves
Levings Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2017
First decent sunshine in the garden
Weekend is on early this week
Got delivered a 6 pack split between 2017 and 2016 yesterday
This '17 is delicious!!
It reminds me a lot of a sangiovese from Radda or Castelnuovo Berardenga or even a northern brunello. Vibrant, mineral, but supported by strong shoulders that you can't notice much at this stage. Neat and precise are the violet,tobacco and licorice.
Spices, leather and cola. The fruit is between a blood orange and a raspberry. I dare to say it recalls a Soldera's Brunello. Long, young and enjoyable from now and many years ahead. — 6 years ago
Mind though I didn't compared sangovese and pinot, but specific sangiovese from specific areas with this specific pinot. Many producers in Tuscany are known to be producing wines that resemble a Burgundy, but the play in your mouth is slightly different. Instead of fascinate you with the array of scents, smooth touch and a never ending elegant after-taste some wines IMO they deliver a juiciness when they enter and then in the mid palate they explode and spread everywhere with a long powerful after-taste. Well I reckon this T&T pinot noir had that factor that I find in many Tuscan wines, specifically in sangiovese from Radda, Castelnuovo(sometines) and Montosoli(northern area of Montalcino); other wines are like that(Kurni, Habemus...) but having ancestors from the Chianti area shifts me easily on that vision.
I don't think you need to move anything around in your cellar😄, but you got curious on what you would have done in regards🤗. Cheers mate!🙏
Azienda Agricola Stanislao Radikon
Jakot Bianco Tokai Friulano 2010
2010. Loved the orange wine and salmon sushi pairing last weekend, so when our friends were making salmon for us for dinner, I pulled this from the cellar. This wine was so good with the food! Not just with the parmesan-crusted salmon, but a fresh tomato cucumber salad and roasted cauliflower. — 5 years ago
Emmanuel Brochet
Le Mont Benoit Extra Brut Pinot Meunier Blend
Second time trying this cuvée and it was a just a great experience. It has great balance of fruit (apple, pear), elegant yet crisp acidity with some weight and texture on the palate. A great champagne for a weekend lunch with the family. Stood up through the whole meal. — 6 years ago
My Favorite Neighbor
Harvey & Harriet Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Wonderful past weekend enjoying some lake time with my family. These TX summers are brutal, but some relaxation by the lake always helps!
My first time trying this and after hearing the recent news (Constellation has investment in Booker now, as well as this wine has dropped from $50 to $30 and My Favorite Neighbor has dropped from $70 to $50), this is pretty killer juice for the price. A blend of 65% cab, 20% Syrah, and rounded out by equal parts petit Verdot, Malbec and petite Sirah. Inky, dark, fresh squeezed fruits abound. Aromatically, it showed spice cake, cinnamon, and baked mixed berry pie. The Malbec and petite Sirah show up on the palate with a hint of licorice and black pepper spice. Charcoal, cedar and grilled blackberries. It’s rich and decadent with a big finish. Paired perfectly with marinated skirt steak. — 6 years ago
Cayuse Vineyards
Bionic Frog Walla Walla Valley Syrah 2013
Diving into the pond with the 🐸 tonight!
2 hour decant(cloudy sediment). An imposing dark crimson red color. On the nose: savory notes of smoked meat, little of the Cayuse funk(luv it), spice, campfire, floral, dark berries, black olives. Taste: smooth, creamy, rich, juicy, structured medium plus body wine with mouth coating cherry-raspberry, iron, tea, rich soil, pepper, smoke, and a minerally bacon grease long finish. YUM..what a start to the weekend! — 5 years ago
Melsheimer
"Schäf' Reiler Mullay-Hofberg Spätlese Riesling 2015
We had several delicious wines this weekend but this Riesling was the stand-out! Its pineapple notes paired perfectly with apple turnovers. — 6 years ago
Schloss Gobelsburg
Schlosskellerei Gobelsburg Kamptal Riesling 2018
Tonight's wine is the 2018 Schlosskellerei Gobelsburg Kamptal Riesling. This wine comes from Osterreich, Austria the A Terry Theise Estate. What a wonderful riesling this is, it checks all the boxes.
On the nose there is green apple, lemon, pear, jasmine, petrol, bicycle rubber tires and minerality.
The palate gives us lemon/lime, green apple, peach, petrol, flinty notes and a nice minerality.
This wine is medium bodied with a great balance and high acidity that gives way to a long crisp citrus finish. What a wonderful wine and a wonderful end to a nice weekend. I hope everyone had the same and stayed safe and healthy. Have a great week ahead. Nostrovia! 🥂🥂🥂🥂 — 6 years ago
Erin Kurland
Bold and deliciously smooth. Wine country weekend worthy — 5 years ago