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I burned thru these, might have a bottle left.

I loved Tavernetta. I'd get my mail there if i lived here.

I’m going to try Rioja I think. I bit queasy after that small bird flight in.

Yeah, I like Saxum with 7-8 years sideways time so I’m starting to wonder if I’ll live to drink what I’m buying!

Very interesting release, both the PS and the white sound fascinating.

I eschewed Mags this time around.

I have almost two cases I think and I'm about to start treating them as the gems of my cellar.

2013 Petite Sirah Sonoma Co is just delicious right after uncorking and it gets more interesting after open a couple of hours. I'm thinking Mike could do no wrong in 13.

Had this from 375 tonight just as Mike described above. Incredibly high delicious factor. Whoa.

Local Winter IPA, Soriachi Ace hop. Very good indeed.

Sierra Nevada Narwhal wasn’t as good this year as last.

My favorite value stouts this season have been Ex Novo Mountains & Mountains and Lagunitas Willettized.

Been drinking these bitches up.

We just uncorked a domestic Cab built for aging, 2014 vintage. Decanted it six hours and it showed very strangely: subdued and almost absent nose, minimal fruit, lovely texture with silky tannins.

Mildly corked, overdecanted, dumb phase?

Heavily into stouts here in rainy season. Trap Door Interiority is a wild BBA version. Needed an hour or two open to lose some carbonation and become really enjoyable. Powerhouse stout.

I saw this list earlier in the week and enjoyed it. The only place I’d add instantly is Girl & the Goat in Chicago. Terrific, still popular, and seems regionally and nationally influential. In Portland I’d pay to eat at Han Oak again before a comped meal at Canard but that’s me. Mission Chinese also...

Definitely one of the best bottles of this holiday season.

MacD, Ridge MB, Saxum, BR, SQN, D&R, Cayuse will happen while I’m still working.

That’s a fun NYE. Well done.

Mazel tov Noel, beautiful family photo. it certainly appears to have been a lovely meal despite the Dom.

Beckon has seats. Want to try that place Mel?

I might have to attend Northern Plains Surgical Society at Brown Palace Jan 17 & 18. Flights and schedule would demand I arrive Thursday the 16th by 5 PM

Where to dine and drink a little?

We had the 15 here locally at a restaurant and think it was an off bottle.

AAgrawal wrote: ↑
December 28th, 2019, 6:38 pm
'16 Barolo, but with a 100% tariff that probably won't be doable...

I’m backing away too if 100% happens.

We get some 100% grass fed filets from Hastings S of Brookings Oregon and right on the ocean. Great texture and taste that we both enjoy. Tri-tip great there too but now I have a source for prime tri-tip now that is just exquisite.

Tom - that’s a great Cask 23. Is it the 78 or 87? To each, his own.

Merry Christmas Brian.

That’s too bad Buzz. I have had the 86 & 87 in regular bottles about 7-8 years ago and both wines were terrific.

Imagine a group of readers inside the beltway as erudite and aware as the author.

Whoa, it’s a ride. Quiet after uncorking, it’s matured past its youthful exuberance. By youthful exuberance I mean gang-related, drug-activity - wine was cra cra three years ago. While this wine screamed when young the bottle now demonstrates an operatic tone. After a few hours real weight and lengt...

Simultaneously sad and lovely to read. May she rest peacefully. It’s always serendipitous when business yields a lifelong friendship.

Took a case too, including the Malbec. Malbec does well in WA St. Thank you!

I once had a case of the 96, just a few bottles left. It never shut down or disappointed.

13 Limerick Lane is the perfect marriage of California Zin and its more rustic Italian uncle. Bellissimo.

I fly in for this if it’s not around V-day. I have a couple of Allen and I think a Hirsch that are 97 or older.

2013 Oakville Farmhouse was our first taste of this bottling. It’s a great wine but it’s 5-10 years from peak IMO. Definitely a Kirsch attack on the nose, blue/black fruit. Palate had gobs of fruit and robust tannins in balance and while there’s an elegance, that characteristic will only increasing...

I had one of the lesser 97s a decade or so ago and the clarity and freshness were really exhilarating. It was a SV wine and I can’t recall which.

Talk about your exit songs.

I am sorry for your loss Blake, and for the loos all of us feel having adored these wines from near and far for decades. Anyone near the South Coast of OR come on by, I have some aged Allen & Hirsch that’s getting set upright in Burt’s honor. Rest peacefully sir. Wish I had more experience with WS ...

I am sorry for your loss Blake, and for the loos all of us feel having adored these wines from near and far for decades.

Anyone near the South Coast of OR come on by, I have some aged Allen & Hirsch that’s getting set upright in Burt’s honor.

Rest peacefully sir.

Those Le Cigare Volant Réserve “en bonbonne" are certainly great $42 btls of domestic vino.

My man.

todd waldmann wrote: ↑
October 29th, 2019, 1:33 pm
And I could easily enjoy State Bird once a week and not get tired of it.

My idea of hospice is a bong & a bag in a crib that’s walking distance from State Bird.

My impression as well William. Plan to hold on until 2024 or so, health permitting.

Uncorked a bottle last night and it was too juicy, inky still at the two hour mark. At 4-5 hours the wine softened and became lovely and more nuanced. I paid ~ $45/btl and look forward to what's left of the case.

Well done my friend. I think the 78 Musigny is the best truly great wine I’ve enjoyed more than once in my life.

We had the 92 Estate Merlot. Been standing up since delivery. Wine in magnificent shape and it really demonstrated the silky, softer aspects of the grape as we had some 97 Renaissance Cab Sav in other identical stems to compare with. Still some blue fruit that lived all these years, lots of eucalypt...

We see a lot of MT, I’m batting ~ .500 with them.

Outstanding evening. It's really fun to drink some of these old domestic legends.

He does make the wines now, as to style I just don't know.

The estate wine is a very serious step above Bacchanal.

Anyone know the land speed record for a bottle of the sparkling Vermentino?

Keyser Söze bottle. Poof, it was gone.

The first bottle of the 6-bottle lot was stellar. Not over-oaked at all. 2006 Martin Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Collector's Reserve Rutherford - USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford (11/19/2019) 14.8% abv. Recent auction purchase. Lovely ripe cabernet aromatics. On the palate, rich and ripe but ...

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