1051. Author: lilgreenfrog1701 | Date: Sun, 6/2/2019, 7:10PM EST | |
Someone say wine?!? |
1052. Author: frankj1 | Date: Sun, 6/2/2019, 8:34PM EST | |
you feeling a little jumpy? |
1053. Author: Speyside | Date: Sun, 6/2/2019, 10:35PM EST | |
2017, Bellefontaine Cabernet Sauvignon, IGP Vin de Pays d'OC, France. $7/btl. Fantastic for the price! If you see it try it.
93 points to my palate. A noise of blackberries, black raspberries, graphite, cedar, and leather. Good vibrant acidity, silky smooth tannins, dark fruit flavors, with notes of forest floor and earth. Rich, heavy mouth feel. A surprising amount of lingering finish. This is case worthy, better than many $20 to $30 California Cabernet Sauvignon that I have tasted. |
1054. Author: frankj1 | Date: Mon, 6/3/2019, 7:17PM EST | |
Speyside wrote:2017, Bellefontaine Cabernet Sauvignon, IGP Vin de Pays d'OC, France. $7/btl. Fantastic for the price! If you see it try it.
93 points to my palate. A noise of blackberries, black raspberries, graphite, cedar, and leather. Good vibrant acidity, silky smooth tannins, dark fruit flavors, with notes of forest floor and earth. Rich, heavy mouth feel. A surprising amount of lingering finish. This is case worthy, better than many $20 to $30 California Cabernet Sauvignon that I have tasted. them berries were making a racket! 2018 Landhaus Mayer Rose...Austria, strawberry nose, but quiet! with fresh pan seared (barely) sea scallops and steamed broccoli. |
1055. Author: Speyside | Date: Mon, 6/3/2019, 9:54PM EST | |
Austrians are sneaky like that. Exept for Meinklang rose, it's a loud one. But the cedar was the loudest! I quieted em all down by finishing the bottle. Bought 2 cases of it today, not a whisper from either case. |
1056. Author: Speyside | Date: Tue, 6/4/2019, 7:50AM EST | |
2017, Brooks Runaway Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon. |
1057. Author: Speyside | Date: Tue, 6/4/2019, 10:24PM EST | |
2018, Elk Cove Pinot Noir Rose, Willamette Valley, Oregon. |
1058. Author: Speyside | Date: Wed, 6/5/2019, 8:17PM EST | |
2018, Belle de Provence Rose, Provence, France. |
1059. Author: frankj1 | Date: Fri, 6/7/2019, 6:44PM EST | |
2018 Prisma Rose of Pinot Noir Casablanca Valley, Chile...
love it. a blend of 3 clones from a single vineyard, think it was 12 or 13 skins |
1060. Author: Speyside | Date: Sat, 6/8/2019, 5:18PM EST | |
2018, Domaine Lafarge Bastide Milfors Rose, Roussillon, Languedoc, France. |
1061. Author: frankj1 | Date: Sun, 6/30/2019, 6:01PM EST | |
2016 Luc Cholot Reserve Pinot Noir, Vin de Pays D'Oc
great and cheap...like me
100% pinot noir, btw. |
1062. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Sun, 6/30/2019, 7:20PM EST | |
Ledger David Malbec 2016 from Rogue Valley - tight and crisp when first poured but developed nice round flavors with a little air time. Very nice.
Thanks Jamie (Z) for the gift. |
1063. Author: Speyside | Date: Mon, 7/1/2019, 12:24AM EST | |
2018, La Spinnetta rose, Italy. |
1064. Author: Palama | Date: Fri, 7/5/2019, 1:00PM EST | |
A glass of “The Prisoner” with dinner.
My wife and I aren’t really wine drinkers but the bartender recommended it. Was good. |
1065. Author: deadeyedick | Date: Fri, 7/5/2019, 3:41PM EST | |
St Francis Old Vine Zin 2015 |
1066. Author: CelticBomber | Date: Sat, 7/6/2019, 7:48AM EST | |
I have a bunch of the $100 wine cards you get from orders here. Anyone want them? I don't drink enough to use them. |
1067. Author: frankj1 | Date: Wed, 7/10/2019, 8:17PM EST | |
2015 Pepp Zweigelt Austria nice, dryish, super cheap. |
1068. Author: gummy jones | Date: Thu, 7/18/2019, 7:36PM EST | |
2007 caymus special selection
Still fantastic imo |
1069. Author: izonfire | Date: Fri, 7/19/2019, 9:07PM EST | |
CelticBomber wrote:I have a bunch of the $100 wine cards you get from orders here. Anyone want them? I don't drink enough to use them. I got a bunch of those too. Seems like it would be worth it just to place an initial order. Get a case of something you like, and you'll go through it eventually. |
1070. Author: Plowboy221 | Date: Sat, 7/20/2019, 3:48AM EST | |
R.L. Bulletin & Son Victoria Tawny |
1071. Author: Plowboy221 | Date: Sat, 7/20/2019, 3:48AM EST | |
R.L. Buller & Son Victoria Tawny |
1072. Author: Plowboy221 | Date: Sat, 7/20/2019, 10:04PM EST | |
R.L. Buller & Son Victoria Tawny, finishing the bottle from last night |
1073. Author: izonfire | Date: Sun, 7/21/2019, 12:04AM EST | |
Plowboy221 wrote:R.L. Buller & Son Victoria Tawny, finishing the bottle from last night I heard that. And again. A bottle doesn't last me for more than a few hours, so I leave it for Sundays |
1074. Author: ZRX1200 | Date: Mon, 8/12/2019, 5:53PM EST | |
At my favorite tasting room Ledger David.
Today’s sampler: 2017 Sauvignon Blanc 2017 Radiant White (blend of Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay & Malvasia Bianca 2016 Orion’s Nebula ( blend of Cab Franc, Malbec, Petite Verdot & Syrah) 2016 Syrah just released.
Then had a glass of Orion’s Nebula. So good.... |
1075. Author: frankj1 | Date: Mon, 8/12/2019, 7:07PM EST | |
2018 Samuel Robert Winery Vintner's Reserve Pinot Noir Rose Willamette Valley semi-dry delicious. |
1076. Author: Speyside | Date: Mon, 8/12/2019, 10:24PM EST | |
Interesting blend Z. There is consideration in Bordeaux of reintroducing Syrah as a Bordeaux grape, though I doubt it will ever happen. How was the white blend? It sounds very interesting. About 3 months of living vicariously on this thread. No booze, wine, or beer till I get down to my weight goal. |
1077. Author: ZRX1200 | Date: Tue, 8/13/2019, 12:17AM EST | |
Chardonnay was top barrel forward to me |
1078. Author: ZRX1200 | Date: Tue, 8/13/2019, 12:20AM EST | |
Copied from a local vineyard that does right bank Bordeaux:
Hello Bordeaux wine lovers.
There's big news from Bordeaux. The AOC regulators have just approved 7 new grape varieties to be allowed in Bordeaux blends. It's an experimental trial allowing up to 10% of these non-traditional varieties to be added to approved blends.
Citing global warming and its impact on increasing alcohol in their wines they're attempting to try and bring the more age able, traditional, lower alcohol styles back.
Or, if you want to experience the more traditional, lower alcohol Bordeaux style wines without getting into such experimental changes you might want to come try the smooth and lingering wines of Cricket Hill. |
1079. Author: frankj1 | Date: Fri, 8/23/2019, 6:07PM EST | |
(Cavino) Ionos Roditis Rose...Greece no year given. 80% roditis 20% syrah very cheap, very good. |
1080. Author: Speyside | Date: Fri, 8/23/2019, 7:23PM EST | |
Wow!!! An interesting grouping of new grapes for Bordeaux. They all make sense. They do well in warm wet conditions and maintain acidity. |
1081. Author: izonfire | Date: Fri, 8/23/2019, 8:32PM EST | |
Speyside wrote:Wow!!! An interesting grouping of new grapes for Bordeaux. They all make sense. They do well in warm wet conditions and maintain acidity. Uhhh, hard to take wine advice from a feller that doesn’t drink... |
1082. Author: frankj1 | Date: Fri, 8/23/2019, 8:38PM EST | |
izonfire wrote:Uhhh, hard to take wine advice from a feller that doesn’t drink... he's good wif whine advice though. |
1083. Author: izonfire | Date: Fri, 8/23/2019, 8:46PM EST | |
frankj1 wrote:he's good wif whine advice though. He knows his schitt, dat’s fer shur. Does dat mean it’s schitt advice? Duuuuhhhhhh. I dunno....... Duh duh duh duh duh ........ |
1084. Author: frankj1 | Date: Fri, 8/23/2019, 8:47PM EST | |
izonfire wrote:He knows his schitt, dat’s fer shur. Does dat mean it’s schitt advice?
Duuuuhhhhhh. I dunno.......
Duh duh duh duh duh ........ call him...maybe? |
1085. Author: Speyside | Date: Fri, 8/23/2019, 10:43PM EST | |
You've got a lot of catching up to do.
So here is a few questions to see if you are even remotely close.
1) How many continents have you drank wine from? A) How many countries from each of those continents. have you drank wine from? B) How many specifically named and delineated regions have you drank wine from? C) How many sub regions from that delineated region have you drank wine from? D) How many varietals or blends of wine have you drank from that sub region? E) How many of those varietals or blends have you drank red, white, and rose versions of? F) How many of those varietals and blends have you had that were orange wines, biodynamic wines, certified organic wines, USDA certified organic wines, or biodynamic wines? G) How many orange wines have you had that were made from Sauvignon Blanc, Assyrtiko, Pinot Gris, or Pinot Grigio? H) Have you had an orange Pinot Grigio made in the Ramato method? I) Have you had a wine made in the Ramato method that was made in Amphoras? J) Have you had wine made in Amphoras that was cut with water like ancient Roman wines were? K) Have you had a wine made in the ancient Roman method using indiginous yeast captured on bread that went through uncontrolled fermentation? L) Have you ever had a wine that went through uncontrolled fermentation that stuck that used the ancient Grecian method of restarting fermentation using beet sugar?
Ok, I wanted to get through the end of the alphabet, but that's all I got. And I'm not going to give you one that easy either. Freakin amateur!!!
M) Have you ever had a Burgundy that illegally used beet sugar to bump up the alchohol content in an underipe vintage? N) Have you ever had a red Burgundy that blended in Moroccan wine illegally? |
1086. Author: izonfire | Date: Fri, 8/23/2019, 11:35PM EST | |
Ummmmm.....
Did I strike a chord??? Holy schitt. Ease up there buckaroo. You’re sounding a lot like a hysterically wise Latina...
I’ll address your questions once I return home and have access to my tasting notes in my wine cellar
Until then my friend... |
1087. Author: Speyside | Date: Fri, 8/23/2019, 11:35PM EST | |
O) Have you ever had mega purple made from Moroccan wine? P) Have you ever had a California Cabernet Sauvignon that used mega purple to Parkerize the wine. Q) Have you ever had a Beaux Freres Pinot Noir, a winery in Oregon started by Robert Parker? R) Have you ever had a whole cluster Pinot Noir from Oregon? S) Have you ever had a whole cluster green pruned red Bodeaux? T) Have you ever had a red Bordeaux that used all 5 of the traditional Bordeaux grapes? U) Have you ever had a Cabernet Suavignon, one of the traditional Bordeaux grapes, that strongly tasted of green bell pepper because it was grown into hot of a region such as California's central Valley? V) Have you ever had a central valley labeled Rhine and didn't know what it was fine Rhine has no meaning on California wines? W) Have you ever had a Spatlese Riesling from Reingau, the most famous wine region on the Rhine river in Germany? X) Have you ever had a Mueller Thurgau from German, a workhorse grape that they make their bulk whites from? Y) Have you ever had a Sylvaner grown primarily in Germany and Austria? Z) Have you ever had a Federspiel Gruber Veltlinger from Wachau, a sub region, of the delineated region of the Danube valley, in Austria, on the European continent?
Wine comes full circle, how about that? Freakin amateur!!! |
1088. Author: izonfire | Date: Fri, 8/23/2019, 11:48PM EST | |
Spey! No more wining! I said I’d get to it!
Why am I reminded of this heated debate that I had with Justice Sotomayor??? It’s like déjà vu. And like I’m living it all over again as well.
Get some rest Spey. Please... |
1089. Author: ZRX1200 | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 12:35AM EST | |
Orion’s Nebula (Ledger David) Schmidt Family Vineyards Cab Franc |
1090. Author: frankj1 | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 11:58AM EST | |
Speyside wrote:O) Have you ever had mega purple made from Moroccan wine? P) Have you ever had a California Cabernet Sauvignon that used mega purple to Parkerize the wine. Q) Have you ever had a Beaux Freres Pinot Noir, a winery in Oregon started by Robert Parker? R) Have you ever had a whole cluster Pinot Noir from Oregon? S) Have you ever had a whole cluster green pruned red Bodeaux? T) Have you ever had a red Bordeaux that used all 5 of the traditional Bordeaux grapes? U) Have you ever had a Cabernet Suavignon, one of the traditional Bordeaux grapes, that strongly tasted of green bell pepper because it was grown into hot of a region such as California's central Valley? V) Have you ever had a central valley labeled Rhine and didn't know what it was fine Rhine has no meaning on California wines? W) Have you ever had a Spatlese Riesling from Reingau, the most famous wine region on the Rhine river in Germany? X) Have you ever had a Mueller Thurgau from German, a workhorse grape that they make their bulk whites from? Y) Have you ever had a Sylvaner grown primarily in Germany and Austria? Z) Have you ever had a Federspiel Gruber Veltlinger from Wachau, a sub region, of the delineated region of the Danube valley, in Austria, on the European continent?
Wine comes full circle, how about that? Freakin amateur!!! OK, OK! Sorry I said whine! Or were you bored in the hospital? When you getting out? |
1091. Author: frankj1 | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 11:59AM EST | |
izonfire wrote:Ummmmm.....
Did I strike a chord??? Holy schitt. Ease up there buckaroo. You’re sounding a lot like a hysterically wise Latina...
I’ll address your questions once I return home and have access to my tasting notes in my wine cellar
Until then my friend... the cops had a term other than "wine cellar" for that sub-foundation concrete closet |
1092. Author: Speyside | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 1:00PM EST | |
Bored out of my mind. Am being released shortly today. I am no longer in intermittent A Fib so the Sotalol is working as expected. Also I fall nicely in the parameter range for Sotalal so all is very good. |
1093. Author: frankj1 | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 3:46PM EST | |
YAY! so Spey's wine corner column will be resuming? |
1094. Author: ZRX1200 | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 7:20PM EST | |
Ledger David 2016 Primoris Chenin Blanc |
1095. Author: ZRX1200 | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 7:20PM EST | |
Light honey hued in color. Aromas of pineapple and lemon lead to pear & white grapefruit on the palate balanced with lovely acid structure. The finish is medium bodied and lively with a touch of minerality. |
1096. Author: Speyside | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 7:29PM EST | |
Have you noticed any difference between their 2 Chenin Blancs Z? |
1097. Author: frankj1 | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 7:44PM EST | |
just had a glass of High Hook Pinot Noir 2015 Willamette Valley. Finally a Pinot Noir that doesn't make me think I'm drinking a heavy Cab |
1098. Author: Speyside | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 8:26PM EST | |
Nah, still miles to go on the weight Frank. I was able to maintain in the hospital and am still at 215 lb. Surprisingly I was able to get in 36 K steps while at the hospital. So I have lost 50 lb, and I will loose between 35 lb and 45 lb more. Then I can add wine and hard liqueur back in. No beer, but as you know that is no great loss for me. |
1099. Author: ZRX1200 | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 8:36PM EST | |
Yes, the Encore is sweet, the Primoris is dry. |
1100. Author: Speyside | Date: Sat, 8/24/2019, 10:04PM EST | |
Makes sense, their vision is very European in nature as are their grape varietals. The Encore is their version of a Vouvray while the Primoris is stylistically a Savenierres. |