What a privilege to taste a wine that is 68 years from vintage and is not only alive, but really firing on all cylinders.
This is a proprietary Red wine from Napa. Inky purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose is great with cassis, blueberries, dark chocolate, black cherries and cedar. Clean. Full bodied. Firm tannins. On the palate, cassis, cedar and chocolate. Long finish. Deep and complex. This is still drinking young, so if opening soon, give it some air. It should drink well for twenty to thirty more years. Great on its own, this is the quintessential steak house wine.
This is the LVMH owned winery in China and this is its first vintage. Expectations were low for this, but we need not have worried, this wine was quite good. A bit different, but quite good. It is 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Cabernet Franc. Purple in color, ruby at the rim, mostly opaque and bright. The nose is lean but good. Cassis, chocolate, slight tobacco, and a bit of green bell pepper. Light tannins. On the palate, this is leaner but with some power. Black cherries, cassis and smoke with underlying earthiness. Nice finish. Drink over the next five to eight years. Good o
First time trying this winery. The winemaker is Jeff Ames who makes some great wines at TOR and other wineries. Inky purple in color, opaque and bright. The nose has cassis, chocolate, slight lumber and spice. Full bodied. Firm tannins. On the palate, this is delicious. Cassis with some cedar and spice. Tightly layered complexity, it unwinds nicely in the glass. Long finish. This will improve with a few years in the cellar but is drinking well now. Drink over the next twenty years. Great on its own, this needs big food right now. Pot Roast would go well.
Whoa! Not a wine that shows up often, and its expensive, but this wine is amazing! 15.5% abv.
This is a still red wine (Pinot Noir) made in the Champagne region of France. Garnet in color, clear and bright. The nose is nice with cinnamon, cherries, slight black cherry, and a bit of poblano pepper. Medium bodied. Good acidity. Light tannins. On the palate, this is a slightly watery, slightly bitter note that is unusual in a Pinot but also plenty of cherries and a bit of green pepper. It is a very good wine, but it is also one of the more interesting Pinots I have had. There is a nice complexity. It was served with a bunch of wines, and this would be fascinating to drink on i
Perhaps the top bottling from this storied winery. Ruby in color, purple at the core, mostly clear and bright. The nose has cherries, pomegranate, and a slight earthiness. Full bodied. On the palate, sour cherries, some cranberries, root beer, and the slightest milk chocolate note at the top of the long finish. Complex and tightly layered, it unwinds quickly in the glass. This is drinking close to peak it seems but should drink well for another ten years or so. Nice on its own, this would be better with food. Roasted Duck would be an obvious choice.
A WOW wine to be sure. Still very young. The color is fascinating. Almost a Day-Glo yellow/green in color. Iridescent. The nose has a lot of oak, toast and char but also some pineapple and a bit of citrus. With air, minerality comes out and the oak integrates just a bit. Full bodied. On the palate, this is big, ripe and sexy. Citrus, some butterscotch and plenty of baking spice and char. Long finish. This is fantastic now (especially if you are not oak averse), but give it another decade in the cellar and it will be flirting with a 100 score. Either way, it should have at least
Light golden in color, clear and bright. The nose is smoky with lemon notes. Medium to full bodied. Slightly oily texture. On the palate, lemons and lemon candy with a bit of minerality. A bit lower in acidity than expected but enough. Nice finish. This is drinking well now and should continue for another ten to twelve years. It drinks well on its own but is better served with food. This would be nice with grilled Salmon.
Great showing for this wine! At age 21, it is showing just a bit of age. No signs of any real oxidation (too old to be premox). Golden in color, clear and bright. The nose is nice with smoke, grapefruit, slight lemon and a bit of minerality. A lovely, oily texture. Medium bodied. Light tannins which were surprising. On the palate, this has a lemon hard candied quality to it with plenty of acidity to counter it. Long finish. Based solely on this bottle, this could have gone another ten to fifteen years. Good on its own, but better with food, this went very well with Baba Ghanoush
