@msten
Only Kerner I’ve ever tried was an experimental OH produced wine compliments of OSU Enologist Todd Steiner, after a Wooster Inn wine dinner a few years ago. Man, I miss that place.
@radiolysis@ScottW58 Wish I’d gone in on those based on what all of you have been saying about them. Can’t have all the wines, though! (Unless you’re Ron or Sparky, that is.)
@jmdavidson1@ScottW58 Either works as far as I’m concerned, they are drinking great now but I believe will still be just as good in 5 years,
I’m slowly working through my 2 remaining mixed cases of 07 10 11 12 ,
@jmdavidson1
IMHO the 12’s are more ready to drink only because the tannin structure is stronger in the 10’s. The 10 needs a fatty steak right now. But good Lord they are all great wines so far. Probably drink my next 10 in 3 to 5 years, these will go the distance.
Got these on Berserker Day, had to try one even though it’s sure to be young: 2013 Scherrer Winery Zinfandel Old and Mature Vines Scherrer Vineyard Alexander Valley
@klezman@ScottW58
I have a case of Scherrer mixed reds from Underground Cellar. Cab, Pinot, Syrah and Zin. Have only had the Pinot so far but it was very nice.
First, a bottle to be seen here at some future date; then an '11 Wellington Merlot that was corked (really!) or something, smelled and tasted bad (never said those words in conjunction with anything Wellington before), then an '07 Wellington Merlot that is all I’d hoped for and more.
2015 Reichsrat Von Buhl Riesling Kabinett Armand. With not-that-spicy Thai food. A pleasant enough off-dry Riesling that I got during a Last Bottle marathon a few months back.
@CorTot from Invino? How is it? We visited Lava in 2015 and had a great time; didn’t taste any grenache then. Liked the Cabs. Drinking a 2010 Jemrose Foggy Knoll tonight which I am really enjoying
Sampling Florida wines today from Keel + Curley. Several will be going home with me but most likely will be drinking the Key West Key Lime. Nice summer wines made in Florida
2016 Bodega Chacra Pinot Noir Cincuenta y Cinco for the novelty of a wine from Patagonia, with salmon. Strawberry and floral scent blanketed the dinner table.
@klezman I know you didn’t mention me, so why did I get an email notifying me of your post? (Especially when can’t I get a confirmation email when I buy wine here?) Deep questions.
Maybe Mediocrebot knows how much I enjoy Wellington and just wanted me to know?
@klezman I’ve been trying to do my part! In advance of my looming retirement I’ve been schlepping home all the wine in my file cabinet drawers at work (Ron’s nightmare) and getting reacquainted with a big chunk of my collection. Had a lovely '07 Merlot the other day, which I found stashed away at the office alongside a bottle of Crucible.
For tonight, just a few sips of tomorrow’s feature. Just to be sure it’s as mediocre as I thought on Friday night.
Tonight I opened a 2009 Wellington Victory in celebration of a complete water system (UV disinfecting, softener, tankless hot water, and reverse osmosis purifier for kitchen sink) getting installed in our rural home we occupied last November. No more lugging 5 gallon water jugs down the stairs to the house! Now about the wine: cork was a bit fragile (broke on pulling, but the remainder came out easily with a needle-pump opener), heavy sediment on the shoulders and neck, but absolutely delicious (dare I say awesome?)!
[on edit: perhaps Mediocrebot doesn’t trigger on edited replies?]
2010 Alienor Grand Vin
2011 Notre Vin Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain
2014 Qupé Syrah Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard (375 - needed just a bit more for the evening)
@ScottW58 I only got half a dozen strips, and some shortloin tails to get over the shipping threshold.
The wine is excellent. Wish I’d bought more than 2, but I suspect the other one of these might still be around for my 45th birthday. I think the 1980 Monte Bello might be worth tagging for my 50th
Grabbed a bottle of the Refugio Ranch Malvasia Bianca when I wandered over to my favorite Italian place for some corned beef (no cabbage, extra potatoes). Sounds odd, but not a bad pairing.
I have several bottles, and given that they’re impossible to procure any more, I’d like to space them out…but don’t want to have them go over the hill. Just because “port” is in the name, will they be good five years from now, by your estimation?
The sh!t’s hittin’ the fan, so drink the good stuff!
1991 Charles Krug Golden Anniversary (50 years) Merlot.
Lots of bricking, still good.
SWMBO; “Best wine I’ve had in a while”.
2005 WineSmith Faux Chablis with lobster ravioli and a seafood cream sauce. Not our typical Monday night, but when you’re hanging around the house all day, you have to make sacrifices. #socialdistancing #workfromhome
With all the lockdowns going on, I expect people to pull out excellent stuff!
2007 Masseria Felicia Falerno del Massico Ariapetrina
This is made from Aglianico. Having it with instant pot lamb shanks.
@ScottW58 You certainly do, Btw wine spies has a Denis Malbec made 2014 Kananmota cab sauv up for $29 I know you have enjoyed his Alienor and Notre Vin wines.
2014 Fogline Vineyards Pinot Noir Fogline Neighbors
Figured we should try this given that they’re selling it by the case at a better price than even Berserker Day at $30/bottle.
@rjquillin@ScottW58 Selections? They’re offering a case at $30/bottle.
I’d take a couple more bottles at that price, but we just got notice of 5 cases from Garagiste coming soon. So somebody else needs to order if you want any!
@klezman@rjquillin
Fogline makes some really nice pinot (that’s all I have tried) but I already bought some Jean Edwards and some JB Neufeld cabs, gotta support the little guy
@CorTot no I got to miss that, i’m staying at a place I have in Idaho for the next several weeks. Trying to avoid the community spread in SLC of Covid-19.
2004 Hawley Wine Cabernet Sauvignon
sous vide Flannery hangar, roasted carrots/asparagus and some potato concoction swmbo did up.
Wednesday is good, except I have no more Hawley CS.
Well since i’m sitting at home working and cooking some Texas chili with cornbread why not drink a great bottle everyday while waiting for my demise If the virus dosen’t get me the quarantine will!
2009 Wellington Petit Verdot with Flannery ny strip sous vide. My first experience with this varietal. An excellent pairing. Thank you Brian Flannery… credit card fraud never tasted so good!
Trying to clear out the cellar a bit for better bottles…
2007 Lang Wines Zinfandel Oakmont @winedavid49 remember this one from Feb of '12?
Holding it’s own actually. Still loads of fruit.
@jmdavidson1
You don’t like jelly beans?
Seriously, that’s a very kind offer and I’d love to see you guys…once some of this chaos “resolves”. We’re long overdue to clink glasses.
Cheers and stay safe!
2016 Campesino Syrah, Las Madres Vineyard. A very enjoyable Last Bottle pickup. In honor of our nonagenarian mothers: one who bristles at offers of help, and one who is cheerful but a bit more fragile and thrives on her kids’ visits. Worried for both of them.
2015 Muscardini Zinfandel. First sip had quite zip but now tasting fantastic. Serving it up with leftovers and some strange rice noodles that I had floating around.
2013 Sueño Profundo over two nights. It was profoundly sueño. Perhaps a tad reticent on the first night, but tonight is was just delicious.
I’ve got a 2007 Col Solare and a 2007 High Flyer Centerline pulled from the cellar and staged for takeoff. I’m sure the Col Solare will be fine, but the High Flyer…we’ll see.
2014 Silverado Vineyards Napa Valley Cab Sauv. This was a gift from my brother 2 years ago. On PNP, I’m thinking it may be in a mute period, but dinner won’t be for an hour so there’s hope.
@FritzCat I like it. It’s got an earthy goodness to it and good energy. Fruity and relatively soft. I opened it precisely because I just got 2 of the 2018 in the recent release, too.
@chipgreen@rjquillin
It’s tomorrow, and thank you!
I get to ring out my 30s working all evening because toddler. At least I got a nice icewine lined up.
@rjquillin No truffles…no way to go through 8 oz just the two of us quickly enough. Scott didn’t want to share.
Working two full time jobs and taking care of two very young kids. We’re putting in 100 hour weeks right now.
Last night;
2013 Johnson Estate Founder’s Red w/BBQ ribs
90% Chancellor, 10% Merlot from a solid Western NY winery between Buffalo and Cleveland. This is the family winery of Casemater @arielleslie who I haven’t seen around in quite awhile.
We stopped there on the way back from one of @bahwm and @ddeuddeg 's annual gatherings. Note to self; seek out more Chancellor and return to Johnson Estate once things get back to something resembling normal!
@ScottW58 Excellent, dark fruit long finish, Bordeaux like compared to typical Napa cab. 11 not being the best vintage it really shows what a talented winemaker can do.
@rc70@ScottW58
I think the mountain fruit fared better in '11 than the fruit on the valley floor, at least judging from the Napa wines I have tried from that vintage.
2013 Grand Napa Vineyards Blanc de Noir w/apps
2012 Tasca D’Almerita Sicilia Le Rose di Regaleali w/salad
2005 Jana Winery Cathedral w/filet mignon, mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts
N.V. Jonata Winery La Miel de Jonata w/strawberry shortcake
@rjquillin@ScottW58
It looks like two men with dark hair and big sideburns - back to back side profile head shots, wearing Mario style hats. It was less grainy from snapping a screenshot with my phone and zooming in upside down. Maybe I am just chasing clouds… err, mushrooms!
@chipgreen@ScottW58@winedavid49
Oh, my woot! mixed mushrooms arrived yesterday; actually looking good after spending all day on a UPS truck. Out of fridge space so they are now in a cooler with a bit of spare dry ice keeping them at a cool ~ 8.5C.
2015 Virage Cab Franc Rosé
molarchae gets her request when she spends a large part of the last two days doing yet another brick harvest from our garden.
@klezman Tonight I opened a 2013 Wellington Estate Malbec, but didn’t bother trying it, as I can neither taste nor smell at the moment. So I can’t say whether it went as well with cassoulet as the Cahors Malbecs we usually pair with it. But I’m told it was nice.
@klezman@ScottW58 I adapted the recipe from this American expat who was living in France. Not sure of his current status, I can only find it now via the Wayback Machine.
I use his instructions as a loose guide for ingredients and cooking times, but I adapted it to lighten it up. Instead of lamb, beef, and pork, mine’s more of a Turducken version. I start with a smoked duck breast – I cut off the fat layer and render it down into duck fat and bacony bits that go into the recipe. The duck meat I cut up and throw into the pot toward the end so it doesn’t get too dry, since it’s ready to eat right out of the package. The turkey part is a couple of good local turkey sausages, I sear the outsides and slice them. And the chicken, I use chicken thighs. I brown them and cut them up. The meat and the bones go into the pot with the beans, before it all gets baked.
I won’t bore you with the details, you can get the drift from his site. My way isn’t as elaborate as the traditional method he follows, but it’s still a process I try to spread out over the course of a couple of days, when we’re on vacation the end of the year. We always have it on NYE. It freezes well, last night’s dinner was part of January’s batch. I just popped the frozen brick into the sous vide to heat it up.
@radiolysis Thanks. I haven’t been tested, and I have relatively mild symptoms, but that loss of smell and taste do seem to be a big hint.
Trying to do my part to flatten the curve, I haven’t been out of the apartment since 3/22. I find myself unable to stop watching the traffic cam that’s shown on one of the cable channels. It’s springtime in NYC! People are driving in their cars!
@klezman@rjquillin@ScottW58 I know. Though a lot of it was like, here’s a big chunk of lamb. I took pics of my cooking process one year, but honestly they don’t look like much. They just help me remember what I did. I don’t have any rustic casseroles to do it justice.
@CorTot@jshaver@Winedavid49 Excellent! We had the Berserker Wilde Farm Syrah, 2016 last night, and it was what I think of as too cool-climate Syrah for me. High acid, low extraction, just not my cup of tea. So, tonight we’ll try the Hall. Thanks for the recommendation.
Oops. Posted in the February 30th slot of the previous thread.
@Mark_L @scottw58
you had some good company there as well
2011 Vinum Cellars White Elephant
@chipgreen may be time for you to twist a top on some of yours…
@rjquillin
Yeah, that and a thousand other wines.
I do remember liking the one bottle I did drink.
NV Franck Bonville Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru
2012 Stillman Pinot Noir San Simeon Coast
2012 Rockus Bockus Proprietary Red. Bold and juicy, tasting better than ever.
@ttboy23 My last bottle
2000 York Creek Cabernet Franc
@rjquillin’s comment convinced me to try it tonight to see if I should requisition more from him.
Yeah, this is solid. A few more would be excellent. Should continue to improve for a while yet.
@klezman went by GO tonight. No more CF on the shelves, but plenty of '96 and '97 Meritage.
But I think I have a few more of the CF…
@rjquillin CT said 13
2008 Tercero Cuvée Christie
nice bottle
2011 Corliss syrah with pot roast.
2012 Wellington Cab. w/ tri-tip roast. Yum!
2017 Abbazia di Novacella-Kloster Neustift Praepositus Sudtirol Eisacktaler Kerner. Or an Italian Kerner. Still nice on day #3.
@msten
Only Kerner I’ve ever tried was an experimental OH produced wine compliments of OSU Enologist Todd Steiner, after a Wooster Inn wine dinner a few years ago. Man, I miss that place.
Super Tuesday…
@WCCWineGirl yeah yeah, but what’s in the bottle?
@rjquillin yes, of course, Benziger Chardonnay. Pairs well with voting.
@rjquillin @WCCWineGirl
As a board of elections supervisor, I approve!
2015 Pedroncelli Cabernet Sauvignon block 007 estate vineyard
A great mountian cab! and maybe the greatest deal WTSO ever had ymmv.
@ScottW58 every time i missed that deal i died a little.
@radiolysis @ScottW58 Wish I’d gone in on those based on what all of you have been saying about them. Can’t have all the wines, though! (Unless you’re Ron or Sparky, that is.)
@ScottW58 sitting on 10s and 12s. What do you think? Drink or hold?
@jmdavidson1 @ScottW58 Either works as far as I’m concerned, they are drinking great now but I believe will still be just as good in 5 years,
I’m slowly working through my 2 remaining mixed cases of 07 10 11 12 ,
@jmdavidson1
IMHO the 12’s are more ready to drink only because the tannin structure is stronger in the 10’s. The 10 needs a fatty steak right now. But good Lord they are all great wines so far. Probably drink my next 10 in 3 to 5 years, these will go the distance.
2013 Wellington Zin (Meeks)
Got these on Berserker Day, had to try one even though it’s sure to be young: 2013 Scherrer Winery Zinfandel Old and Mature Vines Scherrer Vineyard Alexander Valley
@klezman
Love those… well the vintages I have had!
@klezman @ScottW58
I have a case of Scherrer mixed reds from Underground Cellar. Cab, Pinot, Syrah and Zin. Have only had the Pinot so far but it was very nice.
1997 York Creek Vineyards Meritage
American Tajima Wagyu Flat Iron with some mushroom risotto and veggies.
2014 Bonus level
@jmdavidson1 How is that doing?
2012 Wellington Vineyards Syrah Estate Vineyard Sonoma Valley
Beer at the hockey game. Go leafs go!
2010 Nikolaos Cabernet Sauvignon
2015 Anne Amie Dry Riesling
First, a bottle to be seen here at some future date; then an '11 Wellington Merlot that was corked (really!) or something, smelled and tasted bad (never said those words in conjunction with anything Wellington before), then an '07 Wellington Merlot that is all I’d hoped for and more.
2012 Christopher Creek Syrah. Went great with the smoked ribs we had.
2012 Parallel Cab Sauv, last night.
End of a couple bottles:
2013 Bailiwick Alegria Cab Franc
2013 Scherrer OMV Zin
With some Holy Grail Akaushi Wagyu
2015 Reichsrat Von Buhl Riesling Kabinett Armand. With not-that-spicy Thai food. A pleasant enough off-dry Riesling that I got during a Last Bottle marathon a few months back.
2014 lava vine Grenache
@CorTot from Invino? How is it? We visited Lava in 2015 and had a great time; didn’t taste any grenache then. Liked the Cabs. Drinking a 2010 Jemrose Foggy Knoll tonight which I am really enjoying
@pjmartin picked up in the recent last bottle marathon, drank really well! I’d absolutely buy again.
Sampling Florida wines today from Keel + Curley. Several will be going home with me but most likely will be drinking the Key West Key Lime. Nice summer wines made in Florida
Picked a couple of these up at K&L yesterday for $33 each, needs evaluation to see if it’s worth a couple more:
1995 Château du Val d’Or
2009 V Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon
2012 Donkey and Goat Syrah The Recluse Broken Leg Vineyard
2007 Silver Oak Cabernet
With 4-week dry aged Rib Steaks
It was OK.
The steaks, on the other hand, were awesome.
2016 Bodega Chacra Pinot Noir Cincuenta y Cinco for the novelty of a wine from Patagonia, with salmon. Strawberry and floral scent blanketed the dinner table.
2018 Bedrock Winery Evangelho with charcuterie. Also very nice wine.
@msten
Nice! have not tried the 18 yet, it’s ready?
Gino’s east opened in Los Angeles so with my Italian hot beef sandwich and giardiniera. I gotta say i’m pretty happy
NV Dosnon Brut Rose Champagne
2017 Fossil Point Rose
Had a sip of the 2014 Qupe Syrah from 375mL. Quite nice!
Opened a 2004 Zahtila Napa Cab Sauv last night. Got a face full of raspberries.
What wine goes best with a plunging stock market? I’m going to have to pick carefully tonight.
@WCCWineGirl
Whiskey 100 proof!
@WCCWineGirl Maalox, straight up.
https://www.forlornhopewines.com/store/detail?item=2017-grenache
This ^^^^
2013 Engracia Pinot Noir Silva Vineyard
2008 Wellington Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Mohrhardt Ridge
@klezman I know you didn’t mention me, so why did I get an email notifying me of your post? (Especially when can’t I get a confirmation email when I buy wine here?) Deep questions.
Maybe Mediocrebot knows how much I enjoy Wellington and just wanted me to know?
@InFrom Nice! I think?
So open a Wellington tonight or tomorrow and join in the fun!
@klezman I’ve been trying to do my part! In advance of my looming retirement I’ve been schlepping home all the wine in my file cabinet drawers at work (Ron’s nightmare) and getting reacquainted with a big chunk of my collection. Had a lovely '07 Merlot the other day, which I found stashed away at the office alongside a bottle of Crucible.
For tonight, just a few sips of tomorrow’s feature. Just to be sure it’s as mediocre as I thought on Friday night.
@InFrom @klezman
You have noooo idea.
Actually, neither do I come to think of it.
I don’t think I could retire without building some annex.
@klezman @rjquillin
LOL
@InFrom @klezman @rjquillin
Your daughters will have to complete quite the Scavenger Hunt to collect their eventual inheritance!
You might want to leave a list of clues in your will.
@chipgreen @InFrom @klezman
You assume I know where it all is…
@InFrom @klezman @rjquillin
Ha! Here’s hoping you can track most of it down…
@chipgreen @klezman @rjquillin The Official, Late-Great R.J. Quillin Will-Reading and Scavenger-Hunt Massacree. With 27 8x10 color glossy photos…
@InFrom @klezman @rjquillin
With circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one…
Tonight I opened a 2009 Wellington Victory in celebration of a complete water system (UV disinfecting, softener, tankless hot water, and reverse osmosis purifier for kitchen sink) getting installed in our rural home we occupied last November. No more lugging 5 gallon water jugs down the stairs to the house! Now about the wine: cork was a bit fragile (broke on pulling, but the remainder came out easily with a needle-pump opener), heavy sediment on the shoulders and neck, but absolutely delicious (dare I say awesome?)!
[on edit: perhaps Mediocrebot doesn’t trigger on edited replies?]
@Mark_L
@TankEd broke it.
Perhaps it’s now a new word, or they just ignore us here now.
We should ask Groucho.
@rjquillin @TankEd Can’t say I’m disappointed.
@Mark_L @TankEd
I miss TT; always mixing things up.
@Mark_L @rjquillin mediocrebot was a bright candle that burned twice as bright for only half as long.
2010 Qupé Syrah Sonnie’s Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard
Absolutely killing it! Starting to get secondary flavors.
2010 Alienor Grand Vin
2011 Notre Vin Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain
2014 Qupé Syrah Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard (375 - needed just a bit more for the evening)
@rc70
Needed a bit more LOL, I liked the Alienor what did you think?
@ScottW58 Enjoyed by all, hour decant and it really opened up nicely. In a good place right now. QPR outstanding.
2015 Princess & Peasant Pinot Noir.
@hscottk Those were good! I didn’t see them on BD this year, unfortunately.
@klezman Good stuff. Down to my last bottle.
2014 Gehricke RRV Pinot Noir
Hey @winedavid49, go twist some arms over there.
2013 Red Newt Cellars Riesling North Block Sawmill Creek Vineyard
Starting with this…(it’s killer btw) and because I know I will need a little more a 14 Heitz cab with Flannery hangers.
@ScottW58 Very nice “little more”
2015 Navarro Vineyards Pinot Noir Méthode à l’Ancienne - unfiltered - While out to dinner with my bride.
2012 Tercero verbiage rouge
The Flannery email convinced me to order more and to open a nice bottle: 1980 Lakespring Cabernet
@klezman
How is it? the 81 I opened was really delicious!
@ScottW58 I only got half a dozen strips, and some shortloin tails to get over the shipping threshold.
The wine is excellent. Wish I’d bought more than 2, but I suspect the other one of these might still be around for my 45th birthday. I think the 1980 Monte Bello might be worth tagging for my 50th
@klezman
Good call! Yeah I just bought the one mag
@klezman @ScottW58
You two are making me feel like a fossil.
Roasted some chicken thighs and popped another one of these. Also loaded up on the 50 percent off Flannery sale. I will be eating well under lock down
@ScottW58 I just bought a $16 jar of anchovies… A person’s gotta eat!
@ScottW58 I’m a year or two behind you. I just received my first shipment of Franny Beck
@InFrom
Oh man guess it’s time to come to California I can feed you for months
@ScottW58 Do you have any of that Riesling left from last night? I’ll be right there. I bet I can get a cheap flight.
I’m looking forward to many many xlnt pasta dishes with this many anchovies.
@InFrom
Book it I have 2 more bottles
@InFrom @ScottW58 and I’ll just invite myself over to help
1996 York Creek Vineyards Meritage
I like the '96 over the '97 by a fair degree.
Grabbed a bottle of the Refugio Ranch Malvasia Bianca when I wandered over to my favorite Italian place for some corned beef (no cabbage, extra potatoes). Sounds odd, but not a bad pairing.
@karenhynes So, where is Mr. March?
2007 WineSmith Pinot Noir
2011 Ty Caton TyTanium Caton Vineyard
2013 Baker Lane Syrah Estate Vineyard
Q4!
Half into yesterdays Lamb ragu over polenta. Other half on todays Chuck Roast
@msten
Nice, I almost opened a Consumerus.
@msten
A great cooking wine huh?
Wellington old vines white port
@chipgreen
We polished off a bottle of that this weekend as well. Yummy stuff. Glad I have a few more.
@chipgreen @pseudogourmet98
How long do you folk think these will cellar for?
I have several bottles, and given that they’re impossible to procure any more, I’d like to space them out…but don’t want to have them go over the hill. Just because “port” is in the name, will they be good five years from now, by your estimation?
@CObrent @pseudogourmet98
Yes, they should last for a decade IMO.
@chipgreen @CObrent
Agree with Chip. No need to rush on these.
Finished a NV Gruet BdB Brut Nature. I think I like it a little more than the Sauvage, even though they should be similar wines.
2000 Turley Tofanelli Zinfandel
2015 Vino Noceto Sangiovese
@rc70
Wonder if any have yet opened up their
Vino Noceto Sangiovese AX-1
@rc70 @rjquillin We opened one at the office for happy hour, iirc. It showed better than it did on the RPM Tour in July 2018.
2016 Navarro reserve Chardonnay
2018 Navarro Chardonnay table wine
2013 cougar crest Syrah reserve
@CorTot Like-minded!
2017 Navarro Sauv Blanc
2018 Navarro Pinot Gris
2018 Navarro Rosé of Pinot Noir
The sh!t’s hittin’ the fan, so drink the good stuff!
1991 Charles Krug Golden Anniversary (50 years) Merlot.
Lots of bricking, still good.
SWMBO; “Best wine I’ve had in a while”.
2005 WineSmith Faux Chablis with lobster ravioli and a seafood cream sauce. Not our typical Monday night, but when you’re hanging around the house all day, you have to make sacrifices. #socialdistancing #workfromhome
2014 Twisted Oak Tempranillo Zilch, delicious in a good place.
With all the lockdowns going on, I expect people to pull out excellent stuff!
2007 Masseria Felicia Falerno del Massico Ariapetrina
This is made from Aglianico. Having it with instant pot lamb shanks.
I always try to open up the good stuff, life is short
@ScottW58 You certainly do, Btw wine spies has a Denis Malbec made 2014 Kananmota cab sauv up for $29 I know you have enjoyed his Alienor and Notre Vin wines.
Guinness stout with corned beef and cabbage in the instant pot. Happy St Patrick’s Day!
2004 Ardente Grande Reserva Atlas Peak Cab Sauv
2015 Kelley Fox Pinot Noir Momtazi. Floral nose. Lots of earth on the palate with a lesser infusion of fruit.
@hscottk
Just remember if you don’t like it I will buy it from you or trade
2014 Fogline Vineyards Pinot Noir Fogline Neighbors
Figured we should try this given that they’re selling it by the case at a better price than even Berserker Day at $30/bottle.
@klezman @scottw58
That offer caught my attention as well.
Thoughts as to selection(s)?
@rjquillin @ScottW58 Selections? They’re offering a case at $30/bottle.
I’d take a couple more bottles at that price, but we just got notice of 5 cases from Garagiste coming soon. So somebody else needs to order if you want any!
@klezman @rjquillin
Fogline makes some really nice pinot (that’s all I have tried) but I already bought some Jean Edwards and some JB Neufeld cabs, gotta support the little guy
If i’m going down i’m going to drink well first! F the virus
2009 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley
Flannery 45 day dry aged NY - both were wonderful.
@rc70 you in town for the earthquake this morning?
@CorTot no I got to miss that, i’m staying at a place I have in Idaho for the next several weeks. Trying to avoid the community spread in SLC of Covid-19.
2004 Hawley Wine Cabernet Sauvignon
sous vide Flannery hangar, roasted carrots/asparagus and some potato concoction swmbo did up.
Wednesday is good, except I have no more Hawley CS.
Beringer Napa Valley CS 2010.
Night 2.
A solid cabernet both nights.
Well since i’m sitting at home working and cooking some Texas chili with cornbread why not drink a great bottle everyday while waiting for my demise If the virus dosen’t get me the quarantine will!
@ScottW58 Truth!
@hscottk @ScottW58 Damn you’re going big! Entirely unsurprising.
2009 Wellington Petit Verdot with Flannery ny strip sous vide. My first experience with this varietal. An excellent pairing. Thank you Brian Flannery… credit card fraud never tasted so good!
@hscottk
LOL
@hscottk haha, aw that explains that… a month later and just saw the berserkers thread.
Celebrated my birthday with a @winesmith 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon (one of my prized bottles) and grilled NY Strip. Delicious on all accounts.
2013 Wellington Meeks Zin with burgers, pan roasted broccoli, and tater salad.
Trying to clear out the cellar a bit for better bottles…
2007 Lang Wines Zinfandel Oakmont
@winedavid49 remember this one from Feb of '12?
Holding it’s own actually. Still loads of fruit.
@rjquillin
I still have an '08. I enjoyed the Lang wine offers. They seem to have gone the way of Inspiration…
2016 Kent Rasmussen Pinot Noir Esoterica
@rc70 Thoughts? Haven’t touched mine since purchase 2 years ago.
@hscottk very flavorful easy drinking earth tones, plenty of years left
Too stressed from work today, didn’t get to thinking about wine until too late so I’m having a margarita.
@klezman
Ditto with the stress. I had jelly beans for dinner. Now I’m drinking water.
Jelly beans? Water? Who are you? What have you done with @karenhynes?
@karenhynes You know you’re welcome to come for a good meal any time.
@jmdavidson1
You don’t like jelly beans?
Seriously, that’s a very kind offer and I’d love to see you guys…once some of this chaos “resolves”. We’re long overdue to clink glasses.
Cheers and stay safe!
2017 Longplay Take 2 Pinot Noir. A little young (my fault) but opens up nicely after an hour or so.
@davirom I had the 2017 Experience last weekend - Wow, it was nice. Couldn’t keep my nose out of the glass
Michael-David Rage, 2012.
Delicious, a little harsh on pop-n-pour, as rage might be.
2016 Wilde Farm Wines Heritage Bedrock Vineyard
At the social distancing cul de sac party.
TJs brut rosè NV
2016 Pedroncelli zin bushnell vineyard
TJs brut rose for us tonight. Surviving our first weak at home…
@CorTot
So was that a typo or purposefully indicative of how it’s going?
@pseudogourmet98 a typo.
2016 Campesino Syrah, Las Madres Vineyard. A very enjoyable Last Bottle pickup. In honor of our nonagenarian mothers: one who bristles at offers of help, and one who is cheerful but a bit more fragile and thrives on her kids’ visits. Worried for both of them.
Tonight: 2010 Astrale e Terra Arcturus with a pretty good looking rib chop.
Still one of my best GO finds ever.
@CorTot Do report on it’s status.
I’ve got some of those as well; somewhere.
@rjquillin in a great place now, I’d start enjoying them.
2015 Muscardini Zinfandel. First sip had quite zip but now tasting fantastic. Serving it up with leftovers and some strange rice noodles that I had floating around.
2008 Meeker Kiss Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon
@karenhynes
Ahhh, yet another one I could use a status update on.
@rjquillin
Initial impression…no need to rush. Lots of life left in these.
While waiting for tomorrow mornings bagels to proof, drinking a 15 Jean Edwards Stagecoach cab that just fell off the truck
@ScottW58 Oh wow, those arrived quickly! They worth a long rest in the cellar?
@klezman
Yes they are.
End of the Wilde Farm Bedrock
2014 Featherstone Cabernet Franc, Niagara Peninsula VQA
2013 Sueño Profundo over two nights. It was profoundly sueño. Perhaps a tad reticent on the first night, but tonight is was just delicious.
I’ve got a 2007 Col Solare and a 2007 High Flyer Centerline pulled from the cellar and staged for takeoff. I’m sure the Col Solare will be fine, but the High Flyer…we’ll see.
@FritzCat Col Solare is good. Rich, dark fruit rewards patience.
@FritzCat The High Flyer is fantastic. Just what I expected.
1999 Torii Mor Pinot Noir Oregon
Picked this up at K&L a couple weeks ago for $20. Chazerai (as they called it) never tasted so good!
2014 Silverado Vineyards Napa Valley Cab Sauv. This was a gift from my brother 2 years ago. On PNP, I’m thinking it may be in a mute period, but dinner won’t be for an hour so there’s hope.
2015 Gloria Ferrer Pinot Noir Carneros
$14 taxed out the door from Costco.
A bit more fruit than I’d normally search out, but tasty.
2011 Virage Vineyards
Over the weekend;
2018 J. Dusi Rosé w/Thai food
2011 Denier-Handal Family Selection w/stuffed pizza
NV Vilarnau Cava Brut Rosado from Barcelona, Spain
Sleight of Hand Cellars Psychedelic, rocks vineyard with just the right amount of funk and a hint of Purell, killer juice.
2011 Wellington Zin estate Vineyard
2011 Wellington Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Handal-Denier
2015 Anne Amie Riesling over the last few days. I really like it, but i don’t think my wife is sold.
2009 Wellington Victory with Flannerys
Last night of my 4th decade…finishing a 2017 Once & Future Oakley Road Mataro
Probably will open something sweet, too.
@klezman How’s the Once & Future? I ordered a case with their recent offer w/ one or two of the Mataros.
@FritzCat I like it. It’s got an earthy goodness to it and good energy. Fruity and relatively soft. I opened it precisely because I just got 2 of the 2018 in the recent release, too.
@klezman
Happy birthday!
@klezman
お誕生日おめでとうございます
@chipgreen @rjquillin
It’s tomorrow, and thank you!
I get to ring out my 30s working all evening because toddler. At least I got a nice icewine lined up.
@chipgreen @klezman @rjquillin
Happy (early) birthday!
@klezman truffles scheduled for delivery tomorrow;
at least mine are, so I assume yours as well.
Life could be worse.
@rjquillin No truffles…no way to go through 8 oz just the two of us quickly enough. Scott didn’t want to share.
Working two full time jobs and taking care of two very young kids. We’re putting in 100 hour weeks right now.
@klezman @rjquillin
Hey! Don’t blame me for ruining your birthday! A lot of other things but not that Happy birthday!
@rjquillin @ScottW58 Far from it!
Locked in at home with baby and toddler 24/7 is the reason
@klezman @rjquillin
Woof I feel for you!
2010 Ca‘ Rozzeria Barbaresco Neive, spaghetti & meatballs.
2008 Derot-Delugny Champagne
2012 Iron Horse Pinot Noir Green Valley RRV
Seghesio “defiant” red blend over the last couple nights.
Last night;
2013 Johnson Estate Founder’s Red w/BBQ ribs
90% Chancellor, 10% Merlot from a solid Western NY winery between Buffalo and Cleveland. This is the family winery of Casemater @arielleslie who I haven’t seen around in quite awhile.
We stopped there on the way back from one of @bahwm and @ddeuddeg 's annual gatherings. Note to self; seek out more Chancellor and return to Johnson Estate once things get back to something resembling normal!
@chipgreen I’m glad you enjoyed it! I hope you get a chance to visit again when the farm is in it’s full glory.
@arielleslie
Can’t wait!
@chipgreen This inspired me to find a bottle of Fred’s Red in the back of a closet last night.
@arielleslie
Nice! We still have 4 bottles of Johnson Estate wines, thinking of drinking the Marechal Foch next…
@chipgreen That’s one of my favorites.
2011 Notre Vin Cab Sauv Howell Mtn.
@rc70
Hmmm how was it?
@ScottW58 Excellent, dark fruit long finish, Bordeaux like compared to typical Napa cab. 11 not being the best vintage it really shows what a talented winemaker can do.
@rc70 @ScottW58
I think the mountain fruit fared better in '11 than the fruit on the valley floor, at least judging from the Napa wines I have tried from that vintage.
@chipgreen @rc70
Agreed!
Birthday dinner tonight:
34 oz Flannery porterhouse
1980 Kalin Cellars Cabernet, Santa Barbara
Probably an icewine
@klezman
Pic’s or it didn’t happen, I gotta see that porterhouse!
@ScottW58 I’ll email you one - I don’t use an image sharing platform that would let me post. Too bad we can’t just upload an image directly.
An old ww purchase…2005 Tabarrini Montefalco Sagrantino Colle Grimaldesco. On PnP, seems very good. Needs decanting however.
2016 Hawley Wine Zinfandel Ponzo Vineyard
With home made pizza
2013 Seven Bridges “Resolution” a 90% Cab, 10% Merlot from Walla Walla fruit made in PDX.
2007 Buena Vista Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard Series Ramal Vineyard
I still wonder how these would have evolved with a quality cork.
2012 Parallel Cab Sauv
2013 Grand Napa Vineyards Blanc de Noir w/apps
2012 Tasca D’Almerita Sicilia Le Rose di Regaleali w/salad
2005 Jana Winery Cathedral w/filet mignon, mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts
N.V. Jonata Winery La Miel de Jonata w/strawberry shortcake
@chipgreen must admit kinda jelly. Nice menu.
Brewdog Red & Dead Imperial Red IPA
2008 CVBDX. Full Pull. Nice.
2014 Maryhill Columbia Valley Winemaker’s Red – definitely worth $8.33!
Amavi semillon, went well with coho salmon
2009 Roessler Gap’s Crown Pinot Noir
Man, those blowouts were amazing.
@klezman agree
Earthquake Zin.
Always a winner.
This was a 2012.
Drinking a 2013 Bedrock Limerick Lane zin, beautiful wine! It’s just harder drinking now
@ScottW58
Is that Mario Brothers wine?
@ScottW58
Seriously, look at the image upside down and zoom in on the label…
@chipgreen @ScottW58
@chipgreen @rjquillin
I actually stole the image from a liquid farm offer but I don’t think that’s a LF label? It’s also now my screen saver
@rjquillin @ScottW58
It looks like two men with dark hair and big sideburns - back to back side profile head shots, wearing Mario style hats. It was less grainy from snapping a screenshot with my phone and zooming in upside down. Maybe I am just chasing clouds… err, mushrooms!
@chipgreen @ScottW58 @winedavid49
Oh, my woot! mixed mushrooms arrived yesterday; actually looking good after spending all day on a UPS truck. Out of fridge space so they are now in a cooler with a bit of spare dry ice keeping them at a cool ~ 8.5C.
@chipgreen @rjquillin @Winedavid49
??
2007 Wind Gap Griffin’s Lair Syrah
2014 Bedrock Wine Co. Syrah T ‘n’ S Blocks Hudson Vineyard
2001 Moon Mountain Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
If only I’d have been smarter when these were blown out…
75 day aged Flannery Rib Eye, beet and goat cheese salad, black winter truffle taters, roasted green beans and kabocha.
Who said Monday’s can’t be a little bit special?
#W@H
@rjquillin
Who ever said Monday wasn’t special?
@rjquillin 2004 Corison, Heaven in a glass. Monday is special indeed.
@merrybill I thought about a Corison, but all I have here are too young; ie not yet 21 and legal.
@merrybill @rjquillin We decided they’re best in their late teens
When did Flannery sell 75 day rib steaks? I must have missed that memo.
@klezman @rjquillin I must say, 16 was sweet!
2015 Virage Cab Franc Rosé
molarchae gets her request when she spends a large part of the last two days doing yet another brick harvest from our garden.
@klezman hard to go wrong with her choice however
2014 Nichols Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford
A cheepie throw in to fill out a case from Garagiste, really nice wine!
2015 Windgap Pinot Noir, Woodruff vineyard
@hscottk How is it? I’ve got 4 on order from Wine Spies.
@klezman We really enjoyed it. Nice balance of earthiness and red fruit. Well worth the Spies price.
2012 Wellington Meeks Zin
@klezman Tonight I opened a 2013 Wellington Estate Malbec, but didn’t bother trying it, as I can neither taste nor smell at the moment. So I can’t say whether it went as well with cassoulet as the Cahors Malbecs we usually pair with it. But I’m told it was nice.
@InFrom @klezman
Hmmm cassoulet any particular recipe?
@InFrom Acute anosmia isn’t a good thing these days… Here’s hoping for a quick recovery to your smeller!
@klezman @ScottW58 I adapted the recipe from this American expat who was living in France. Not sure of his current status, I can only find it now via the Wayback Machine.
I use his instructions as a loose guide for ingredients and cooking times, but I adapted it to lighten it up. Instead of lamb, beef, and pork, mine’s more of a Turducken version. I start with a smoked duck breast – I cut off the fat layer and render it down into duck fat and bacony bits that go into the recipe. The duck meat I cut up and throw into the pot toward the end so it doesn’t get too dry, since it’s ready to eat right out of the package. The turkey part is a couple of good local turkey sausages, I sear the outsides and slice them. And the chicken, I use chicken thighs. I brown them and cut them up. The meat and the bones go into the pot with the beans, before it all gets baked.
I won’t bore you with the details, you can get the drift from his site. My way isn’t as elaborate as the traditional method he follows, but it’s still a process I try to spread out over the course of a couple of days, when we’re on vacation the end of the year. We always have it on NYE. It freezes well, last night’s dinner was part of January’s batch. I just popped the frozen brick into the sous vide to heat it up.
@radiolysis Thanks. I haven’t been tested, and I have relatively mild symptoms, but that loss of smell and taste do seem to be a big hint.
Trying to do my part to flatten the curve, I haven’t been out of the apartment since 3/22. I find myself unable to stop watching the traffic cam that’s shown on one of the cable channels. It’s springtime in NYC! People are driving in their cars!
@InFrom @klezman @ScottW58
too bad so many of the pics are missing
@klezman @rjquillin @ScottW58 I know. Though a lot of it was like, here’s a big chunk of lamb. I took pics of my cooking process one year, but honestly they don’t look like much. They just help me remember what I did. I don’t have any rustic casseroles to do it justice.
2013 Hall Darwin Syrah
@jshaver candidate for deal of the year, IMO
@jshaver @Winedavid49 I honestly found it too extracted and gave some away as gifts. Maybe pedigree wise it’s the deal of the year but not my favorite.
@CorTot @jshaver @Winedavid49
I passed on that one as well, in part remembering our disappointing tasting on the '14(?) tour.
@CorTot @jshaver @Winedavid49 Excellent! We had the Berserker Wilde Farm Syrah, 2016 last night, and it was what I think of as too cool-climate Syrah for me. High acid, low extraction, just not my cup of tea. So, tonight we’ll try the Hall. Thanks for the recommendation.
@jshaver @rjquillin @Winedavid49 the high alcohol gave me pause, and I ordered anyways, should have gone with my gut.
@rjquillin
Maybe the '12 vets tour? I did the '12 newbie tour and the '14 tour and never got to Hall.
@chipgreen
Yes, the '12.
Last couple of nights.
2014 PWR zin poor ranch vineyard
2018 grounded wine co space age rose of Grenache
@CorTot but this would be in April, not March.
@jml326 true, when did I ever follow the rules.
Maybe I’ll post tonight’s bottle in the March 2019 thread.
2008 Roessler Pinot Noir Brosseau
@rjquillin
Wish I’d gotten more of those…
Passionfruit margaritas and painkillers
@klezman
Painkillers?
Might need some of those.
Just weed-wacked 1/3~1/2 acre today.
[edit] just realized this is the March thread.
@chipgreen, bad title for the April thread, doesn’t start with What are…
@chipgreen @klezman @rjquillin
I was going to ask if y’all were drinking in a time machine, but I got distracted with my wine.
@klezman @rjquillin
Yeah, it’s my fault people are posting in the wrong thread(s).
@chienfou is definitely to blame for… whatever this is.
@chienfou @mediocrebot
Is s/he the April goat?
@chienfou doesn’t cough into their elbow.
@chienfou @mediocrebot
Well, that explains it?