Can copy over what I just posted in the August thread? Let’s see:
2013 Maryhill Winemaker’s Red at dinner, followed by a thimbleful (so far, at least) of 2013 Kacaba Cab Franc ice wine, with which we were recently reunited after some months of its sheltering in Buffalo chez @bahwm and @ddeuddeg.
OK, so this otherwise delightful newish Szechuan place could have done a little better on the glassware, but we keep our expectations low in local places when the corkage is reasonable.
I had to add the photo back in. In the interim, in keeping with the theme of things associated with our January trip to Buffalo, we’re enjoying a couple of pieces of the dark chocolate sponge candy that arrived in the same delivery as the Kacaba. Life is good!
See picture above. Text copied from last night on August thread.
For a belated birthday celebration with family tonight: 2013 Iron Horse Brut, which was lovely as an aperitif and with the soup.
With the grilled, marinated butterflied leg of lamb, we drank 1982 Leoville Barton. Low neck fill. It was gorgeous: still significant black currant fruit on the nose, mixed with cedar, leather, a hint (but just the tiniest hint) of tariness, bergamot, and heather. Color very nice; not a hint of brownness at the edge of the glass. Nice rich entry, combined fruit flavors. good mouthfeel, though a touch more acetic than ideal - on its own only - this was not at all the case with the lamb, where the acid cut the fat and blended spectacularly. Tannins softened, almost completely resolved, but with a very, very long finish. A really lovely Leoville at just a touch past its peak. If you’ve got this in your cellar in 750s, it’s probably time to drink it now and for the next few years. In larger bottles it should be at absolute peak now, holding for several years, and good for at least another decade.
I’ve had some 1982 Bordeaux that did not live up to the reputation of the vintage, especially around the 20 year mark, but this wine was a real treat for all of us. Not, in my view, the equal of the 1970 or the 1961, but a very fine, mature 2nd Growth.
@jmdavidson1
Black fruits, spice, good acidity. It was excellent with the rib eyes at dinner. Has another 7 or 8 years easy. At the tso price very good value, would get more if it comes up again.
I took a chance on these and have 08 09 10 stashed away - going to have to have a vertical tasting.
@jmdavidson1 Nothing wrong with working with former football players. I’m in the process of purchasing a home using a realty office run by a former NFL player (Jason Whittle).
@jmdavidson1@rjquillin – It’s a dilemma - when do you pop a cork to see how a wine’s aging when you expect it to be a long-lived wine. I suppose it depends on how much you have: if you’ve got several cases of a CS based wine, it might make sense to see where it is before it goes to sleep. Although, I presume a serious CS based wine would be sold at least three, maybe four, years after the vintage date. If you have some confidence in your ability to predict age worthiness from tasting when the wine is in commercial distribution (and you bought it), I think it would be superfluous to taste two years later. And, if you don’t have a large quantity of the wine, then one would be less likely to open a bottle before the anticipated ‘earliest mature drinking date’.
2015 Domaine La Grangette Piquepoul Noir Vin de Pays des Côtes de Thau CocoriKo
Piquepoul Noir is a new grape for me too - I’ve had Picpoul, which is a white grape before.
Annual Wine & Appetizer Party is tonight, so we will start with:
2011 Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas (1.5)
2011 Scott Harvey Barbera J & R Rsv (1.5)
2007 Jana Cathedral (1.5)
NV Cooper’s Hawk Dodici (1.5)
2012 Runquist Petite Sirah
2014 Campesino Baybos
2013 Cristom Pinot Noir
2008 Meeerlust Merlot
2012 Guastaferro Irpinia Memini
2014 Los Haroldos Blend
2013 Le Sughere di Frassinello
2014 Intrinsic CS
NV Cooper’s Hawk OVZ
2015 Michael David Petite Petit
2012 Dulcamara
2016 Thanisch Riesling
2016 Nagler Kabinett Rheingau
Looking forward to seeing chipgreen and +1, karenh & friends, jmruru, and others.
@jmdavidson1 Added to the list:
2001 Serpico Dei Feudi di San Gregorio
2008 Congruence
2016 Campesino Isa
2010 2 Jakes PS
2012 Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas
Nothing tonight! Stopped by Epicurus gourmet today after a round of golf to pick up a few things and they had some wines open The 76 Rodney Strong pinot and the 99 Nuits St George were served blind. Love this store!
2005 Winesmith Fiddlestix PN
Superior burgers (WF) with cheddar and fresh-roasted Hatch green chilies, Olathe sweet corn-on-cob, Rocky Ford cantaloupe. What a feast.
I never have anything good to share, until tonight, but no pictures
2013 The Spaniard which was a random draw from the cellar and so fricking good. With t-bone steak, chestnut mushrooms and onions and the (close to) last local corn on the cob. There are not enough words to describe how much I love Twisted Oak Winery and @eljefetwisted
2006 Scott Harvey Barbera J&S Reserve
Doing well. Plenty of fruits, boysenberry, at PnP, secondary earth with resolved tannins and enough acid to work well with some heavy white sauce pasta.
Five bottles last night for Rosh Hashannah
2012 Iron Horse Classic Brut
2014 Jezreel Winery Adumim blend (Syrah, Carignane, Argaman)
2012 Wellington Grenache
2014 Iron Horse Estate
TooGood winery 8 year Cave Aged Mission Port
2008 Wellington Victory, after playing in a charity golf tourney held by the MJ business community. Goodie bags and the hole sponsor booths were awesome!
The day after jm’s incredible wine party, we stayed in Chicago and took a bottle of 2006 Tom Eddy Cabernet Sauvignon VSR to dinner at Ruth’s Chris. Followed that up later with 2010 Binigrau Nounat (Spanish white blend of Prensal Blanc and Chardonnay). Sunday night we shared a 2007 Iron Horse Brut Rosé.
2009 Eagles Trace Pinot Noir Valhalla Vineyard
Found in my bulk long term cooler , did not know I had it.
Drank with Charcuterie, excellent. Going to go through that cooler tomorrow and see if I find any more hidden gems I’m not aware of. Could be a very fun weekend.
Finally got around to pulling a cork on something I didn’t even know I had.
This surprises you why?
Despite consuming with spaghetti, and pizza, this is a cut above a spaghetti wine, as time seems to have done it’s thing; think Pedroncelli.
Decent at PnP, we’ll see how it develops.
Edit: not quite the find as for rc70, but it’ll do.
Last night we had a bottle of this: https://www.klwines.com/p/i?i=1328062
We picked a couple inexpensive bubblies to try when picking up some of those bottles of Ridge Scott told us about a while back. Worth the $14 price tag for sure, but it’s not a “wow” bottle.
@ScottW58 Oh, of course not. That was the point. “Wow” would only be in contrast to the price in any case. You know, like when you say “I paid $X but this drinks like it’s $3x - wow!” This one drinks like a $15-ish bottle of Cremant, exactly what I bargained for.
You get my text about this weekend?
@ScottW58 Well, in that case, I didn’t expect a wow wine nor was I disappointed that it wasn’t. I guess the better term would have been that it’s good value but not spectacular value - since that takes price into account!
@klezman just for the day. I’m seeing my Padres (lose) against the Dodgers that night. Since I leave SD early to miss as much traffic as possible, I make the most of it. Last time was a dodger stadium tour and lunch at Langer’s. This time K&L and…?
@klezman K&L was an experience. Every aisle was the greatest hits of wine. Walked out buying a few, but the best was a 2007 Bandol with 10 years of elevage. I had to buy since I appreciate the long elevage of Clark Smith’s stuff. Now I just wait another 20 years to drink it…
Then we finished the evening with a bottle of 2012 Meeker Fro-Zin dessert wine. Essentially Zin picked at normal ripeness, frozen post-harvest to make an icewine-style dessert wine. I love it when those turn out to be great wines, this one did.
Charles Smith 2013 Viognier, purchased right here on Casemates! The red win drinkers’ white wine, as it was described in the forums. I think I agree with that statement…I’m a red wine drinker, but I quite like this…however my wife is a white wine drinker and she does not like this much.
@TimW I gave a set of these to my wife for Christmas and she’s purely a white wine drinker. She really enjoyed it, it’s got a ton of depth. Great bottle of wine.
Two bottles of note last nite: first, I finished my last bottle of Two Jakes Petite Sirah. Hope to see something like that on offer here soon. A good P.S. under $20 (case price) would be very welcome.
Second was a 2016 Honoro Vera Jumilla, “…Made Using Organic Monastrell Grapes”. It’s an interesting wine-- high alcohol (15%) well balanced by plentiful fruit-- and a real value at the ten buck price of a local store. It reminds me of some of the high alcohol, high fruit wines that one sometimes finds among CA Zins, except somewhat different fruit.
One of my “unsung hero” wines from wine.woot. Wines that flew under the radar but ended up being personal faves with great QPR. Almost halfway through my second case of these.
Bonus: This wine also introduced me to the music of Brett Dennen.
Quite good, but might be at the peak. It’s under Nomacork, which I didn’t know until today. I had intended to keep it longer, but the grilled tri-tip called out for it.
@rjquillin I’m sure it would age further, I worry about bottle variation based on the other CT reviews recently. My bottle opened up over a few hours, but didn’t become “better” during that time. The finish lengthened at the expense of increased harshness.
This cork did get me down the rabbit hole of synthetic/manufactured cork replacements. I was unaware that Nomacorc had different stoppers for different aging curves. I knew that was the case for screw tops and DIAM, but didn’t think about it for “plastic” corks.
Opened a bottle of 2009 Cabot Syrah. Corked. I’m going to try again tomorrow and see if it blows off, but signs are not pointing in the right direction. Damn.
Then I moved on to a 2015 Davide Carlone Croatina Colline Novaresi
Grilled a couple of big ribeyes tonight.
I opened a 2011 waterbrook Cabernet Sauvignon reserve
My bride opened a 2015 bonny doon a proper pink 70% tannat and 30% cab franc. Happy Friday everybody!
@CorTot@ScottW58 Yes, we’ve enjoyed every bottle we’ve opened so far. The old vine Rosé was excellent, this one almost as good. Maybe they could do a post-summer deal with WD to move some Rosé and some of that delicious sparkling Gewurz.
@CorTot@klezman@ScottW58 I bought their mystery 6-pack, and then filled out a case to get free shipping. I picked one of those sparklers, and was happy to find another among my mystery selection. I still have one left.
I haven’t tried the verjus yet. I bought a couple of those, though I think I traded one of them to Cesare. I seem to remember that Scott really liked it, when it was up on Woot.
Back from a week in Portugal, so last night a 2013 Charles Smith Viognier with fresh oysters to start, then steamed mussels in a tomato/chorizo broth (+ sour dough bread). Tonight, margherita grilled pizza with a 2011 Castellani CCR Campomaggio.
Already have tonight planned out. For our 40th anniversary, planning on grilling some prime ribeyes and enjoying them with a 2013 Woot Cellars Revelry (just seems appropriate).
@chipgreen@jmdavidson1 Following chipgreen’s advice, I gave the bottle almost 5 hours after opening before we drank it (it had really smoothed out over that time, as I gave a quick taste when it was opened). I had it with some Costco Prime Ribeye Cap steaks (they are kind of rolled/bound strips of steak) that turned out absolutely fabulous. It was a dinner to remember. The back of the Revelry bottle says, “Revelry is a wine for for good times. Celebration is in its molecular structure. So gather round with your own revelers. Pop, pour, and start the party.” If they had added “pause” after pop, they would have nailed it! I’m looking forward to (but probably also hoarding) the other 3 bottles I got on November 21, 2017, in the waning days of WW. Well done, RPM-revelers and @PeterW, well done!
@jmdavidson1
2 years ago I bought two bottles of this stuff, earlier this year I told some friends (who I know buy the stuff regularly) that we should do a dinner around these wines they agreed and I got to taste through a bunch of vintages!
@rjquillin This is holding up quite well. Cork was perfect; ~4mm saturation. A bit of sediment, to be expected, but a nicely aged cab on the lighter side of the spectrum.
With some Flannery hanger steak following sashimi with G-50. A rather odd surf and turf. @TechnoViking@Winedavid49; you made me search for it, thanks for the reminder.
@trifecta The Pinot was very good, probably at peak or a little past, it was like drinking a cherry pie,delicious. I have a couple of more and am going to put them on my drink in the next year list.
Went up to APL Restaurant in Hollywood for a birthday dinner. Brought a few bottles but ended up opening a 2011 Ridge Estate Cabernet. Phenomenal.
Oh yeah…100+ day dry-aged tomahawk rib chop?! You’d better believe it!
Tonight;
2008 Roessler Pinot Noir Laurelwood
Seems I still have a decent quantity of these to work thru…
Worked well with some broiled salmon.
Last night;
popped a
2008 Fonseca Porto Vintage Quinta do Panascal
after working through some open 2013 Wellington
Chardonnay and Meeks Hilltop Ranch Zinfandel
Birthday dinner with friends.
1997 Ardente Cab Sauv Espressione
2007 JKL CS - Schifflett Vineyard
2008 Eagles Trace Latitude 38
2010 Ty Caton Tytanium
2014 Corison CS- I know to young but it was delicious- hell I might not be here in another 10 years.
2009 Lieff CS Auberge Road Vyd. If you haven’t tried Costco’s Butternut squash ravioli, put 'em on your must buy list. Seasonal item, btw. Add sage butter and wowza…delicious.
Is there a thread for GO finds?
2012 Two Horns red offered here. Found for $4.99
2013 Cameron Hughes PN for 7.99. Great QPr
2016 Bila Haut rose for $5.99 score!
@losthighwayz we should start one!
I found the following in the last couple of weeks.
2016 rock wall wine co viognier Livermore valley Kristen’s vineyard $5
2015 carne humana white blend napa $5
2013 madigral Cabernet Sauvignon napa valley $15
2011 waterbrook Cabernet Sauvignon estate reserve Columbia valley $8
2010 X Winery Syrah Amicus Quercus Block napa valley $15
Last night, with friends at an Italian restaurant;
2009 Scott Harvey J&S Reserve Barbera w/ arancini and pasta bolognese
N.V. Pavi Sémillon Due Sorelle Vin Santo w/ bread pudding
2017 Van Ruiten SP Rosé after dinner while watching Jurassic World.
2014 Six Sigma Ranch Diamond Mine Cuvée. I don’t know what it is this weekend, but I seem to have picked sweet ones this weekend. I can’t find the actual RS on line though.
I had my retirement dinner at Cooper’s Hawk (Napverville, IL) tonight and had their Cabernet Sauvignon with dinner. It was a smaller group in their private room, and since the restaurant had a minimum charge for the room the VP that was present sent me home with a 12 liter bottle of their Cab. My first (and probably only ever) Salmanazar! Party, anyone??!!
Can copy over what I just posted in the August thread? Let’s see:
2013 Maryhill Winemaker’s Red at dinner, followed by a thimbleful (so far, at least) of 2013 Kacaba Cab Franc ice wine, with which we were recently reunited after some months of its sheltering in Buffalo chez @bahwm and @ddeuddeg.
OK, so this otherwise delightful newish Szechuan place could have done a little better on the glassware, but we keep our expectations low in local places when the corkage is reasonable.
I had to add the photo back in. In the interim, in keeping with the theme of things associated with our January trip to Buffalo, we’re enjoying a couple of pieces of the dark chocolate sponge candy that arrived in the same delivery as the Kacaba. Life is good!
I opened a Laura Michael 2010 Zin that I’m pretty sure I got on woot. Saving her more recent ones! or at least trying to.
See picture above. Text copied from last night on August thread.
For a belated birthday celebration with family tonight: 2013 Iron Horse Brut, which was lovely as an aperitif and with the soup.
With the grilled, marinated butterflied leg of lamb, we drank 1982 Leoville Barton. Low neck fill. It was gorgeous: still significant black currant fruit on the nose, mixed with cedar, leather, a hint (but just the tiniest hint) of tariness, bergamot, and heather. Color very nice; not a hint of brownness at the edge of the glass. Nice rich entry, combined fruit flavors. good mouthfeel, though a touch more acetic than ideal - on its own only - this was not at all the case with the lamb, where the acid cut the fat and blended spectacularly. Tannins softened, almost completely resolved, but with a very, very long finish. A really lovely Leoville at just a touch past its peak. If you’ve got this in your cellar in 750s, it’s probably time to drink it now and for the next few years. In larger bottles it should be at absolute peak now, holding for several years, and good for at least another decade.
I’ve had some 1982 Bordeaux that did not live up to the reputation of the vintage, especially around the 20 year mark, but this wine was a real treat for all of us. Not, in my view, the equal of the 1970 or the 1961, but a very fine, mature 2nd Growth.
@rpm
Happy Belated Birthday!
Grilling some steaks and having a 2007 Crucible from the Winesmith offer during the Winewoot days.
2012 Black Cat Vyds CF Rutherford
2013 Heure d’ete Cotes de Provence Rosé
2006 Arrowhead Mountain Vineyard Arrowhead Red
2007 Wellington Vineyards Zinfandel Estate Vineyard
2010 Zeppelin Winery Syrah Colossus (34 Proof!)
2005 Eagles Trace Latitude 38
…with smoked ribs, tossed salad, corn on the cob, sausage-stuffed peppers, pasta salad and baked beans.
@chipgreen I slow cooked (with hickory smoke) ribs on the grill last night. Had a 2011 Wellington England Crest Syrah.
2011 Wellington Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Mohrhardt Ridge
Last night, not sure yet about tonight.
@rjquillin
2010 Twisted Oak Carignane
2013 Hawley Wine Viognier
2011 Bell Syrah, Canterbury Vineyards, Sierra Foothills
2013 Navarro Cabernet Sauvignon, Mendocino
With bacon burgers
2011 Two Jakes of Diamonds Merlot
2009 Pedroncelli Cabernet Sauvignon block 007 estate vineyard
2009 Charles Woodson Wines Cabernet Sauvignon TwentyFour
@rc70 Curious about the CW.
@jmdavidson1
Black fruits, spice, good acidity. It was excellent with the rib eyes at dinner. Has another 7 or 8 years easy. At the tso price very good value, would get more if it comes up again.
I took a chance on these and have 08 09 10 stashed away - going to have to have a vertical tasting.
@rc70 Nice. It seemed like a no-brainer, even if it is a football player’s vineyard.
@jmdavidson1 Nothing wrong with working with former football players. I’m in the process of purchasing a home using a realty office run by a former NFL player (Jason Whittle).
2013 Jana Cathedral CS. Good bones but too young to drink now. A 1 hour decant did little to it.
@jmdavidson1 I’d think rpm’s 10 year rule of thumb of 10 would aptly apply here.
@rjquillin Sometimes you just gotta open one to see where it is in its development.
@jmdavidson1 @rjquillin – It’s a dilemma - when do you pop a cork to see how a wine’s aging when you expect it to be a long-lived wine. I suppose it depends on how much you have: if you’ve got several cases of a CS based wine, it might make sense to see where it is before it goes to sleep. Although, I presume a serious CS based wine would be sold at least three, maybe four, years after the vintage date. If you have some confidence in your ability to predict age worthiness from tasting when the wine is in commercial distribution (and you bought it), I think it would be superfluous to taste two years later. And, if you don’t have a large quantity of the wine, then one would be less likely to open a bottle before the anticipated ‘earliest mature drinking date’.
2010 Switchback Ridge CS Peterson Family Vyd…yumm!
2015 Domaine La Grangette Piquepoul Noir Vin de Pays des Côtes de Thau CocoriKo
Piquepoul Noir is a new grape for me too - I’ve had Picpoul, which is a white grape before.
2011 Campomaggio CCR Riserva
2012 Twisted Oak Syrah
2014 Loring Pinot Noir Clos Pepe
2016 Shannon ridge dalliance
Pretty meh!
But not bad for $5 on a Thursday night.
So good I had to buy more
With instapot brisket.
All this TO talk…
2009 Twisted Oak Petite Sirah Calaveras County
Annual Wine & Appetizer Party is tonight, so we will start with:
2011 Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas (1.5)
2011 Scott Harvey Barbera J & R Rsv (1.5)
2007 Jana Cathedral (1.5)
NV Cooper’s Hawk Dodici (1.5)
2012 Runquist Petite Sirah
2014 Campesino Baybos
2013 Cristom Pinot Noir
2008 Meeerlust Merlot
2012 Guastaferro Irpinia Memini
2014 Los Haroldos Blend
2013 Le Sughere di Frassinello
2014 Intrinsic CS
NV Cooper’s Hawk OVZ
2015 Michael David Petite Petit
2012 Dulcamara
2016 Thanisch Riesling
2016 Nagler Kabinett Rheingau
Looking forward to seeing chipgreen and +1, karenh & friends, jmruru, and others.
@jmdavidson1 I’ll be fashionably late, as usual…coming from Skokie via River North. Looking forward to seeing you!
@jmdavidson1 looks like a solid line up, have fun everyone!
@jmdavidson1 Added to the list:
2001 Serpico Dei Feudi di San Gregorio
2008 Congruence
2016 Campesino Isa
2010 2 Jakes PS
2012 Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas
@jmdavidson1 Sounds like a great evening!
I need to engineer another trip in your direction.
@klezman First Friday (after Labor Day) is a good date to shoot for; i.e. Our Wine Party is that day.
@jmdavidson1 would love to know how the Serpico was drinking?
@ScottW58 Sadly to say…weak.
@jmdavidson1
We had an incredible time, thanks again!
A nice pairing with crab mac and cheese!
2014 Winesmith Pinot Gris
Nothing tonight! Stopped by Epicurus gourmet today after a round of golf to pick up a few things and they had some wines open
The 76 Rodney Strong pinot and the 99 Nuits St George were served blind. Love this store!
2012 deering Zinfandel maus vineyard
With BBQ tri-tip & corn
End of a 2013 Wellington Noir de Noirs Alicante Bouschet
Start of a 2014 Savannah-Chanelle Pinot Noir Rose, Santa Cruz Mtns. Yum.
2013 Wellington Chardonnay
2012 Stillman Brown Viognier Chateau d’Abalone
Amazed how well it carries that 15% AbV.
2007 Agharta Wines Red Label Syrah
2013 Woot Cellars Revelry
Tri Tip & just picked corn.
Had a 2011 Wellington Cabernet Sauvignon Handal-Denier with grilled flank steak.
2005 Winesmith Fiddlestix PN
Superior burgers (WF) with cheddar and fresh-roasted Hatch green chilies, Olathe sweet corn-on-cob, Rocky Ford cantaloupe. What a feast.
I never have anything good to share, until tonight, but no pictures
2013 The Spaniard which was a random draw from the cellar and so fricking good. With t-bone steak, chestnut mushrooms and onions and the (close to) last local corn on the cob. There are not enough words to describe how much I love Twisted Oak Winery and @eljefetwisted
@melrod333 Your menu sounds fantastic - thanks!
2006 Scott Harvey Barbera J&S Reserve
Doing well. Plenty of fruits, boysenberry, at PnP, secondary earth with resolved tannins and enough acid to work well with some heavy white sauce pasta.
Five bottles last night for Rosh Hashannah
2012 Iron Horse Classic Brut
2014 Jezreel Winery Adumim blend (Syrah, Carignane, Argaman)
2012 Wellington Grenache
2014 Iron Horse Estate
TooGood winery 8 year Cave Aged Mission Port
@klezman L’shana tovah!
@InFrom Same to you!
Last night with standing rib roast:
2003 Corison CS
2007 Blankiet Estate Rive Droit
Did you have better luck with the corison? How was the Blanket? I’m sitting on an offer from them…so your note might sway me
@ScottW58 It was better than the Corison IMHO.
@jmdavidson1 well then I guess I will jump on the offer! Thanks for helping spend my money
2008 Wellington Victory, after playing in a charity golf tourney held by the MJ business community. Goodie bags and the hole sponsor booths were awesome!
RH day 2:
2012 Wellington Marsanne
2014 Kendric Pinot Noir
2010 Bailiwick Cab Franc
2015 Winzerkeller Andau Scheurebe Beerenauslese
What, nobody drinking?
2009 Valentons-Canteloup Cuvee Excentrique Bdx Superieur (70%PV 30%M)
2016 Robert Mondavi Private Selection Pinot Noir, last night and tonight. Gifts from coworkers should always taste fantastic, right?
@radiolysis I need to reside in your reality.
@rjquillin haha. Gift Horses. The gift was meant in all the best ways, so i’ll drink and enjoy.
2011 Expression 38 Pinot Noir Gap’s Crown
The day after jm’s incredible wine party, we stayed in Chicago and took a bottle of 2006 Tom Eddy Cabernet Sauvignon VSR to dinner at Ruth’s Chris. Followed that up later with 2010 Binigrau Nounat (Spanish white blend of Prensal Blanc and Chardonnay). Sunday night we shared a 2007 Iron Horse Brut Rosé.
Working late…with beer.
@klezman You mean I really got off earlier than you!?
2016 Kent Rasmussen Pinot Noir Esoterica
@rjquillin Every once in a while that happens. Yesterday was 13.5 hours. Today is already at 12 after removing the hour I was out for an appointment.
2012 d’Arenberg Shiraz viognier the laughing magpie mclaren vale
Interesting enough, I have yet to find a bottle from Australia that I’ve really enjoyed. This one had some nice notes but not memorable in the least.
With burgers…
2009 Eagles Trace Pinot Noir Valhalla Vineyard
Found in my bulk long term cooler , did not know I had it.
Drank with Charcuterie, excellent. Going to go through that cooler tomorrow and see if I find any more hidden gems I’m not aware of. Could be a very fun weekend.
Finally got around to pulling a cork on something I didn’t even know I had.
This surprises you why?
Despite consuming with spaghetti, and pizza, this is a cut above a spaghetti wine, as time seems to have done it’s thing; think Pedroncelli.
Decent at PnP, we’ll see how it develops.
Edit: not quite the find as for rc70, but it’ll do.
@rjquillin But you didn’t tell us what it was!
@klezman silly me, thinking I was still on the old ww daily thread and you’d know.
2012 Woot Cellars Help Yourself
Last night we had a bottle of this: https://www.klwines.com/p/i?i=1328062
We picked a couple inexpensive bubblies to try when picking up some of those bottles of Ridge Scott told us about a while back. Worth the $14 price tag for sure, but it’s not a “wow” bottle.
@klezman I can’t imagine you were expecting a wow bottle when you buy a 14 dollar Cremant?
@ScottW58 Oh, of course not. That was the point. “Wow” would only be in contrast to the price in any case. You know, like when you say “I paid $X but this drinks like it’s $3x - wow!” This one drinks like a $15-ish bottle of Cremant, exactly what I bargained for.
You get my text about this weekend?
@klezman I did and returned…I always thought a wow wine was OMG WOW this is one of the best wines I ever tasted! (regardless of price)
@ScottW58 Well, in that case, I didn’t expect a wow wine nor was I disappointed that it wasn’t. I guess the better term would have been that it’s good value but not spectacular value - since that takes price into account!
@klezman i’ll be making my first ever K&L trip next week. i’m hardly ever in LA proper, and since i’ll have time to kill, why not shop!
@radiolysis How long you in town? There be wooters, er, casemateers in town you could hang with!
@klezman just for the day. I’m seeing my Padres (lose) against the Dodgers that night. Since I leave SD early to miss as much traffic as possible, I make the most of it. Last time was a dodger stadium tour and lunch at Langer’s. This time K&L and…?
@klezman
I like the extra e, “Casemateers”.
@klezman K&L was an experience. Every aisle was the greatest hits of wine. Walked out buying a few, but the best was a 2007 Bandol with 10 years of elevage. I had to buy since I appreciate the long elevage of Clark Smith’s stuff. Now I just wait another 20 years to drink it…
@radiolysis I see no 2007 Bandol on their website…nice find!
Wednesday night had some after work fun, Thursday not so much
@ScottW58 Nicely done, as always.
Starting the afternoon/evening with 2013 Liquid Farm La Hermana Chardonnay. Deliciousness.
Then we finished the evening with a bottle of 2012 Meeker Fro-Zin dessert wine. Essentially Zin picked at normal ripeness, frozen post-harvest to make an icewine-style dessert wine. I love it when those turn out to be great wines, this one did.
2011 Scott Harvey Zin - Old Vine Reserve White label
2009 Etre Wines Chardonnay
2007 Buena Vista Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard Series Ramal Vineyard
Charles Smith 2013 Viognier, purchased right here on Casemates! The red win drinkers’ white wine, as it was described in the forums. I think I agree with that statement…I’m a red wine drinker, but I quite like this…however my wife is a white wine drinker and she does not like this much.
@TimW I gave a set of these to my wife for Christmas and she’s purely a white wine drinker. She really enjoyed it, it’s got a ton of depth. Great bottle of wine.
Two bottles of note last nite: first, I finished my last bottle of Two Jakes Petite Sirah. Hope to see something like that on offer here soon. A good P.S. under $20 (case price) would be very welcome.
Second was a 2016 Honoro Vera Jumilla, “…Made Using Organic Monastrell Grapes”. It’s an interesting wine-- high alcohol (15%) well balanced by plentiful fruit-- and a real value at the ten buck price of a local store. It reminds me of some of the high alcohol, high fruit wines that one sometimes finds among CA Zins, except somewhat different fruit.
2012 Waxwing Spring Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir
With homemade pesto.
@klezman
One of my favorite Sauv Blancs (2007 Gann Family) was made from Spring Hill fruit. Another “unsung hero” wine from wine.woot.
Had dinner with @MarkDaSpark and he stopped by afterward. i now have empty bottles of 2003 Port and 1999 Tokaji…
2015 Dennen Vacationer Rosé
One of my “unsung hero” wines from wine.woot. Wines that flew under the radar but ended up being personal faves with great QPR. Almost halfway through my second case of these.
Bonus: This wine also introduced me to the music of Brett Dennen.
2014 Cameron Hughes Lot 606, Rutherford Cabernet
Quite good, but might be at the peak. It’s under Nomacork, which I didn’t know until today. I had intended to keep it longer, but the grilled tri-tip called out for it.
@radiolysis A '14 at peak? Guess that would confirm/support the rpm adage most wines are now produced for drink NOW!
@rjquillin I’m sure it would age further, I worry about bottle variation based on the other CT reviews recently. My bottle opened up over a few hours, but didn’t become “better” during that time. The finish lengthened at the expense of increased harshness.
This cork did get me down the rabbit hole of synthetic/manufactured cork replacements. I was unaware that Nomacorc had different stoppers for different aging curves. I knew that was the case for screw tops and DIAM, but didn’t think about it for “plastic” corks.
last night with ribs
Broken Earth Quadrant 2012 CdR Rhône Blend
With ugghh Turkey burgers…wine was great tho
@ScottW58 She makes fantastic wine
Post-Yom Kippur dinner tonight…probably will at least pull out a Riesling or a pink. Not sure…
Man these girls make a really nice wine! Who knows what I will eat, just got home from work
Opened a bottle of 2009 Cabot Syrah. Corked. I’m going to try again tomorrow and see if it blows off, but signs are not pointing in the right direction. Damn.
Then I moved on to a 2015 Davide Carlone Croatina Colline Novaresi
Had my last 1996 Ardente Cab a few nights ago. Still hanging around. Finishing shorter, fruits fading. Great juice for the price and region.
@TechnoViking that Stuff was special.
@TechnoViking @Winedavid49 Was? Still is.
Gotta go dig out some bottles.
Grilled a couple of big ribeyes tonight.
I opened a 2011 waterbrook Cabernet Sauvignon reserve
My bride opened a 2015 bonny doon a proper pink 70% tannat and 30% cab franc. Happy Friday everybody!
@CorTot Nice and happy Friday!
The rest of waterbrook and my bride opened a 2016 the rock wall wine co viognier kristens vineyard with grilled pork chops.
Summer ain’t over yet! 2016 Navarro Mendocino Rose. What I bought on a cold, January BD yields dividends today.
/giphy Berserker Day
@InFrom Never tried one of those but i’m guessing it is good
@InFrom @ScottW58 all the Navarro bottles I’ve had have been good. I’m surprised we don’t see them on here.
@CorTot @ScottW58 Yes, we’ve enjoyed every bottle we’ve opened so far. The old vine Rosé was excellent, this one almost as good. Maybe they could do a post-summer deal with WD to move some Rosé and some of that delicious sparkling Gewurz.
@CorTot @InFrom @ScottW58 I’ve got a bottle of the sparkling Gewurtz from this year’s BD. Glad to know it’s delicious!
@CorTot @klezman @ScottW58 I bought their mystery 6-pack, and then filled out a case to get free shipping. I picked one of those sparklers, and was happy to find another among my mystery selection. I still have one left.
I haven’t tried the verjus yet. I bought a couple of those, though I think I traded one of them to Cesare. I seem to remember that Scott really liked it, when it was up on Woot.
Back from a week in Portugal, so last night a 2013 Charles Smith Viognier with fresh oysters to start, then steamed mussels in a tomato/chorizo broth (+ sour dough bread). Tonight, margherita grilled pizza with a 2011 Castellani CCR Campomaggio.
@jmdavidson1 really?? We get no pictures of Portugal or what you drank!?
@ScottW58 No pix, sorry. Beautiful in Porto, Duoro Valley & Lisbon tho. Wine costs only about 12E/bottle at restaurants. Not great, but drinkable.
WB, jm! Tonight I’m drinking a surprisingly youthful tasting 2008 Gazzi Pinot Noir.
2014 Bridge 1904 Cabernet.
2014 Tamber Bey Rabicano
Already have tonight planned out. For our 40th anniversary, planning on grilling some prime ribeyes and enjoying them with a 2013 Woot Cellars Revelry (just seems appropriate).
@Mark_L
Congrats! Make sure you give that Revelry some air time, it’s still a beast!
@Mark_L congrats on 40 years’
@Mark_L Congrat’s on 40!!! Update us on how the Revelry is, please.
@chipgreen @jmdavidson1 Following chipgreen’s advice, I gave the bottle almost 5 hours after opening before we drank it (it had really smoothed out over that time, as I gave a quick taste when it was opened). I had it with some Costco Prime Ribeye Cap steaks (they are kind of rolled/bound strips of steak) that turned out absolutely fabulous. It was a dinner to remember. The back of the Revelry bottle says, “Revelry is a wine for for good times. Celebration is in its molecular structure. So gather round with your own revelers. Pop, pour, and start the party.” If they had added “pause” after pop, they would have nailed it! I’m looking forward to (but probably also hoarding) the other 3 bottles I got on November 21, 2017, in the waning days of WW. Well done, RPM-revelers and @PeterW, well done!
2013 scott Harvey zin (red label) with BBQ chicken
@CorTot
That is my “go-to” BBQ wine - perfect with ribs and/or chicken!
@chipgreen and I’ll add that it’s doing just fineeee…
Leftovers from a fantastic Schrader dinner last night.
@ScottW58 Shrader. Wow. Pricey. I hang with the (Cheap) wrong group of wine friends.
@jmdavidson1
they agreed and I got to taste through a bunch of vintages!
2 years ago I bought two bottles of this stuff, earlier this year I told some friends (who I know buy the stuff regularly) that we should do a dinner around these wines
@ScottW58 this might be first time I’ve seen scott and leftovers in the same post.
@CorTot heh sometimes I get lucky
Mom in town…
2009 Château de Sours Crémant de Bordeaux Reserve de Sours Sparkling Rosé Brut
And then a 2007 Corison Syrah with smoked lamb shoulder.
1997 Ardente Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Espressione
@rjquillin This is holding up quite well. Cork was perfect; ~4mm saturation. A bit of sediment, to be expected, but a nicely aged cab on the lighter side of the spectrum.
With some Flannery hanger steak following sashimi with G-50. A rather odd surf and turf.
@TechnoViking @Winedavid49; you made me search for it, thanks for the reminder.
2012 Foxen Syrah Williamson Dore Vyd to go with frilled rack of lamb, oven roasted brussel sprouts and boiled potatoes.
@jmdavidson1 how about “grilled” and “brussels sprouts”
@jmdavidson1
I kinda like “frilled”.
2011 Expression 38 Pinot Noir Gap’s Crown
2010 Winesmith Cabernet Franc Lake County
Prime Rib Eyes, grilled shrimp, fresh corn.
@rc70 How was the Pinot drinking?
@rc70 Taco night and I thought the 2010 W Smith CF would pair well and it did.
@trifecta The Pinot was very good, probably at peak or a little past, it was like drinking a cherry pie,delicious. I have a couple of more and am going to put them on my drink in the next year list.
@jmdavidson1 Clark’s CF just seems to go well with most food, pretty good on its own with some good air time.
2005 Haras de Pirque & Antinori Albis, Maipo Valley Chile. 80% Cab Sauv 20% Carmenere. Lot of life left.
Went up to APL Restaurant in Hollywood for a birthday dinner. Brought a few bottles but ended up opening a 2011 Ridge Estate Cabernet. Phenomenal.
Oh yeah…100+ day dry-aged tomahawk rib chop?! You’d better believe it!
@klezman you’re birthday? congrats!
@klezman now that’s a good night!
@klezman wow my grammars horrible.
What, nobody drinking tonight?
2007 Easton Rinaldi Vineyard Zin. One of the best QPR Tour purchases at $15/bottle.
@klezman Finished off the scott harvey zin from sunday night.
@CorTot not my birthday…that’s half a year away. My mom’s partner.
But damn that was tasty.
Finishing off left over wine(s), so yes we are drinking.
@jmdavidson1 Opened a 2005 Used Automobile Parts and it is not over the hill (counter to CT date of drink by 2016).
Tonight;
2008 Roessler Pinot Noir Laurelwood
Seems I still have a decent quantity of these to work thru…
Worked well with some broiled salmon.
Last night;
popped a
2008 Fonseca Porto Vintage Quinta do Panascal
after working through some open 2013 Wellington
Chardonnay and Meeks Hilltop Ranch Zinfandel
@rjquillin lol, like maybe a 100.
@CorTot Ouch!
Not quite, but more than I thought.
WD did us all good with those.
@rjquillin that he did!
I’ve finished all mine.
Recent Costco purchase…and happy I did!
A little grilled steelhead trout, a wedge salad and a 2014 Runquist PN. Simple is good.
Birthday dinner with friends.
1997 Ardente Cab Sauv Espressione
2007 JKL CS - Schifflett Vineyard
2008 Eagles Trace Latitude 38
2010 Ty Caton Tytanium
2014 Corison CS- I know to young but it was delicious- hell I might not be here in another 10 years.
@rc70 Happy Birthday!
2008 Concha y Toro Carménère Frontera
2016 Tercero aberration Cab Franc
2009 Lieff CS Auberge Road Vyd. If you haven’t tried Costco’s Butternut squash ravioli, put 'em on your must buy list. Seasonal item, btw. Add sage butter and wowza…delicious.
@jmdavidson1 Mmm, the thought of it takes me right back to Tuscany… Yum.
Last night
2010 Two Jakes Petite Sirah with some TBones and Spaghetti.
2016 Laurenz V. Singing Gruner Veltliner
Wasn’t digging the slight fizz.
2016 Château Maris Minervois
This is about as average and unexciting as you can get.
Well this is pretty damn exciting!
2012 Broken Earth Quadrant CdR blend. Very pleasant, a little too sweet in the finish. Most of the case will go to my buds at work.
2011 Rascioni & Cecconello Maremma Toscana Sangiovese Ciliegiolo
Is there a thread for GO finds?
2012 Two Horns red offered here. Found for $4.99
2013 Cameron Hughes PN for 7.99. Great QPr
2016 Bila Haut rose for $5.99 score!
@losthighwayz we should start one!
I found the following in the last couple of weeks.
2016 rock wall wine co viognier Livermore valley Kristen’s vineyard $5
2015 carne humana white blend napa $5
2013 madigral Cabernet Sauvignon napa valley $15
2011 waterbrook Cabernet Sauvignon estate reserve Columbia valley $8
2010 X Winery Syrah Amicus Quercus Block napa valley $15
Last night- Pedroncelli 2012 Zin Mother Clone
Tonight - 2014 TO Ol’ Chumbucket
Both are quite tasty!
Last night, with friends at an Italian restaurant;
2009 Scott Harvey J&S Reserve Barbera w/ arancini and pasta bolognese
N.V. Pavi Sémillon Due Sorelle Vin Santo w/ bread pudding
2017 Van Ruiten SP Rosé after dinner while watching Jurassic World.
2014 Six Sigma Ranch Diamond Mine Cuvée. I don’t know what it is this weekend, but I seem to have picked sweet ones this weekend. I can’t find the actual RS on line though.
2004 Suncé Merlot Wild Hare Vineyard
2014 Keating Zinfandel Montecillo Vineyard with burgers
@CorTot real burgers?
@ScottW58 yes, a real cow gave its life for my dinner. I salute that cow!
. 
None of that turkey
2012 Iron Horse Wedding Cuvee
2014 Domaine Olivier B Cote de Ventoux les Amidyves
2012 Double Eagle Red (NV)
@jmdavidson1
Grieve?
2017 Hamilton Russell pinot South Africa, like fried chicken everytime I try one I wonder why I don’t buy this stuff by the case! Fantastic juice.
2016 Pedroncelli Mother Clone Zin. Young and fruity with a little zip of mint in there.
2011 Vino Noceto Pinot Grigio
2015 Woot Cellars Under the Mistletoe
Seem to be on a Noceto roll
NV Vino Noceto Rosso
from the '18 tour offer
2016 Delas Freres “Saint-Esprit” Côtes du Rhône… Nice, esp. after decanting for an hour or so. Nice light Rhone daily drinker.
I pounded 3 Blue Moons after work today.
The last couple nights.
2011 Sonoma Coast Vineyards Pinot Noir Freestone Hills
Finishing the Pedroncelli mother clone Zin
2007 Clary Ranch Syrah
Crap, this is really good. Don’t remember the last time I polished off a whole bottle. Oh wait, just now!
@chipgreen I do lot’s of whole bottles, just not generally in a single sitting.
2016 Tercero Cinsault (although he prefers spelling it Cinsaut)
2014 Woot Cellars LARGE BOLD TEXT
I had my retirement dinner at Cooper’s Hawk (Napverville, IL) tonight and had their Cabernet Sauvignon with dinner. It was a smaller group in their private room, and since the restaurant had a minimum charge for the room the VP that was present sent me home with a 12 liter bottle of their Cab. My first (and probably only ever) Salmanazar! Party, anyone??!!
@Mark_L Congratulations and enjoy! My father says that every day is like Saturday once he retired.
@Mark_L Totally envious. Congratulations!!! The question is “So today, are you on vacation or are you retired?” Win/Win.
@Mark_L Yes congratulations! I’m looking forward to that day
now what in the hell do you do with a 12 liter bottle?!
@jmdavidson1 The dinner was tonight, but my official retirement date is October 15 (8 more days of work…).
@Mark_L
Congratulations!
@Mark_L Correction – it is “only” a 9 liter bottle (equivalent of 12 standard bottles).
@Mark_L
Congrats on the retirement! You might need some help pouring?
@chipgreen @Mark_L
Minor details ha!
2008 Roche Pinot Noir, Barrel Select Reserve
I bought this on futures at my first visit there in 2009. It did not disappoint!
(hijack) Time to move this thread to OCTOBER.