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2016 Girolamo Russo Etna 'a Rina - Italy, Sicily, Etna DOC (4/18/2021) Big fan of these wines. This one is really drinking well now. Almost Chambolle-like with its finesse, and balance of cherry fruit, minerals, and silky palate presence. There's an attractive stemmy/rocky/volcanic backbone that li...

Good timing on 20% as 2019 Prum are back. for me, anyway.

Nice wines! Love to see the note on a Pepe with some age. I've not had one that old, but look forward to it one day. Singular wines.
The RSV sounds really nice.
Thanks for the notes.

Drifting my own thread to the 2019 Alte Reben tonight. Russell's note up-thread nails it. Bone dry. Lemon rind. Waves of electric acidity right. Really wiry. Dense. Very good at this level and $

I bought 6x of these yesterday -- before I ever saw this threat. Now I'm excited to try one! Let us know what you think! If you don't like you will be [smileyvault-ban.gif] [berserker.gif] [cheers.gif] [cheers.gif] [cheers.gif] [cheers.gif] Your response makes my “threat” typo very apt! Ha! Missed ...

RyanC wrote: ↑April 15th, 2021, 10:32 am I bought 6x of these yesterday -- before I ever saw this threat. Now I'm excited to try one!

Let us know what you think! If you don't like you will be

lowered a few prices

You can use the Raise 10% off coupon mentioned upthread, coupled with the regular Raise discounts to buy Raise giftcards for like 15% off. Coupled with codes posted here, and retailmenot 20% cashback to end up over 50%-off at wine.com.

That's a great note!

RyanC wrote: ↑April 13th, 2021, 6:55 am My limited experience has been very good. So good in fact that I may move a bit more of my buying their way.

Thanks, all. Some attractive pricing on interesting stuff I've been looking to purchase. Reasonable shipping, too.

Cool. Thanks, Glen!

Did a search here on The Bottle List, but too many common words to get any good results.
Anyone have experience with this retailer in Napa? They have a few things of interest to me.

Thanks.

Paul Bacino wrote: ↑April 12th, 2021, 6:00 am First run on Ooni Pro Multi fuel

NICE!

How long did it take people to get a card once approved? I got an approval email 17 days ago and still no card. Weird.

so I am curious why this one has excited people so much. Me too! I was just posting a favorable note on a 19 that struck me as pretty delicious- didn't anticipate the thread being alive and heading toward pg 3 a month later. Thanks to all for the discussion. Many of you know these wines a good bit ...

New week morning bump for some additions/tweaks.

Sean S y d n e y wrote: ↑April 11th, 2021, 8:39 am

I'm so jealous! I wish I had bought more at the time.

I did go and reload a few this morning after last night's bottle.

I opened this wine last night and was quite impressed. Sean's note is spot on, though, my bottle showed a good bit of reductive-flinty aromas that I find very appealing in WB, so I was all in. Really terrific wine that seems built to age a bit. It sails on and on across the palate. Punches above it'...

Last night: 2014 Rémi Leroy Champagne Blanc de Blancs
Prefer the 2013 from recent consumption, but 14 is a good sparkler showing very lean right now.
Reasonably priced at $45.
I'm a find of Remi's wines, in general.

Kurt_L wrote: ↑April 9th, 2021, 10:44 am for those who use raise gift cards for WDC, here's $5 off $50 at raise: Raise20215OFF

Where do you enter that code?

This stuff was pretty fantastic last night. https://www.suavia.it/wines/monte-carbonare/ Suavia is among my favorite Soave producers, but while Monte Carbonare is a great wine in its own right, I think it has always played the second fiddle in Suavia's range. I've had Suavia wines many times and co...

This stuff was pretty fantastic last night.
https://www.suavia.it/wines/monte-carbonare/

According to Accuweather, the current temp is 26 degrees at 3am in Beaune.

Greg is burning up my inbox today! Lots of goodies, but I am on buying hiatus and have stayed strong. Quick delete is the only hope

Thanks for the note. This is encouraging. I have never really been wowed by an E&M wine, despite lots of praise from people I trust. I have drank mostly young ones, though, perhaps that's my issue.

Mike Evans wrote: ↑April 5th, 2021, 6:14 pm
Pizza party at Dennis’s!

Actually, I have something in mind. Soon!

This feels very Familiar to me.

I finally broke down and bought a baking steel after using the original/prototype Uuni for the past six years. Wish I had waited and not bought the very first uuni model, but that's another story. I did a 48 hour ferment, bad planning wanted to do 72 hours, but plans changed. Dough was around 68% h...

I finally broke down and bought a baking steel after using the original/prototype Uuni for the past six years. Wish I had waited and not bought the very first uuni model, but that's another story. I did a 48 hour ferment, bad planning wanted to do 72 hours, but plans changed. Dough was around 68% hy...

C. Mc Cart wrote: ↑April 1st, 2021, 6:39 pm Sounds great, but Dennis....tell me more about the Pizza? What do you use the steel in?

Hi Chris- Original baking steel in home oven. Preheat oven at 475 for an hour with steel on top rack. Then Use a broiler/bake method for 5-6 minutes.

Thanks, Chris! Glad we are in accord here; always good to hear others have a similar take. Glad to have a couple more of these for the future.

Real-time TN as I popped this about an hour ago while I was making a pizza on my new baking steel. 2016 Cavallotto Langhe Nebbiolo - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC (4/1/2021) Decanted for 40 minutes. Served on the cool side. Nose doesn't give up much initially. Slowly, with air, it reveals blac...

bump with some updates

Nice job, Dale! Thanks for the additional data point and those corn fritters sounds great!

Opened a 2016 Vajra Albe tonight. My third one in last 4-6 months. This seemed to be a bit shut down from my past looks. Ended up only have about 7oz and then putting a stopper in it and putting it back in the cellar. Curious to see how it changes tomorrow night. Anyone else see these shut down? Co...

2018 Tamellini Soave Classico Le Bine de Costiola - Italy, Veneto, Soave Classico (3/28/2021) Needed a little airtime to really get going – but soon we have a very well made Soave with loads character and just plain easy to drink. Both apples and peaches play along, some peripheral sweetness but th...

Scott Brunson wrote: ↑March 28th, 2021, 10:05 am

Enjoy the traffic getting there
I’ll text a buddy who lives there.

btw to all, Lewis was SWAMPED at lunch yesterday.

Traffic specifically bad to that area?

I'm resurrecting this thread (sorry for the drift) rather than start a new one. Anybody have any scoop on Seabrook Island, just south of Kiawah? We are looking to do an island/Charleston week in late May. We've done Folly, Sullivan's and Isle of Palms in the past. Seabrook popped up as an option alo...

Had the Herrenberg Kabinett 2019 tonight. Boy was this wine good. Just lasted forever on the palate. I have not been drinking that many 2019 German wines yet, but this was the best one I have tasted. Thanks, Howard! Glad you enjoyed. Good to know I wasn't imagining the quality here. Terrific wine. ...

Had the Herrenberg Kabinett 2019 tonight. Boy was this wine good. Just lasted forever on the palate. I have not been drinking that many 2019 German wines yet, but this was the best one I have tasted. Thanks, Howard! Glad you enjoyed. Good to know I wasn't imagining the quality here. Terrific wine. ...

The 2017 bottle that I had recently had a ton of funky reduction that completely blew off after a long decant to reveal a richly textured, lovely herbal Trebbiano. I think it will age nicely for some time and look forward to opening more bottles in the coming years. I went into this a bit skeptical...

That's a very cool lineup, and a treat to taste that 100 year old LdH. Your note on the '95 does a great job of summing up what makes the Gran Reservas so special and could as easily sub as the note for the '94s we drank on Sunday. Such consistency. Your notes are so complete and thorough; I am impr...

+1 Glad to see another positive note.
Will pop one soon.

I had similar issues back in the fall getting my first big shipment scheduled. Scott was literally a one-man operation until he brought on Tyler a few months ago. I think they get swamped at times, just have to keep nudging. And phone calls work.

Super note, Tom. You capture everything about this wine that makes it special, including the people that make it.
Thanks for the check in.
And that pizza looks might fine.

Richard T r i m p i wrote: ↑March 22nd, 2021, 4:45 pm
Dennis Atick wrote: ↑March 21st, 2021, 6:16 pm Arianna!
Indeed. Nice piece.

Will sales spike? Just got an email blast from Woodland Hills for her Frappato.

RT

That was my thought. It was a good piece, she's engaging. I would think those who don't know her work would be interested.

MattG wrote: ↑March 22nd, 2021, 12:57 pm Dennis, do you happen to know the disgorgement date for the Egly?

Hi Matt- November 2017

Jim Anderson wrote: ↑March 22nd, 2021, 12:02 pm Hopefully, folks who got a 2015 Notorious for their participation in the David Bueker’s Dakin Humane Society tasting note fund raiser are all like, “Damn...”

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