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Also, the soft water is key. Washing with East Bay Municipal Water District water, from the Hetchy Hetchy Reservoir (or nearby), nice soft snow melt... If you are using EBMUD water then it's from the Mokolomne river. If you have gone to the eastern sierra on Highway 108 over Sonora Pass, than you h...

TN of the year! Thanks for sharing your story. Now I must find some Georgian wine (that will be nowhere near as special as this sounds.)

Nice article. Kudos from me, someone who left the Squires board due to their high-handedness.

I find it much easier and more useful to discuss specific producers than to discuss a vintage in its entirety. This! I have enjoyed some 2003s recently. Best bottles of the last 18 months were Leroy Richebourg and Kalin Bourgogne Côte de Beaune Les Pierres Blanches. As others have noted, the wines ...

I've not yet met a closed one and am sad that it was a vintage that I bought sparingly - even rare whites have more than academic interest - I bought much more from 2004 (klutz!) Bill, Are you referring to 2004 whites? I had a lot of issues with the straw to dried flower continuum with a number of ...

Nice lineup of wines! I agree, Madiran and Cahors are great matches with cassoulet. Earlier this month I made one and opened a 1989 Jouffreau Cahors Clos de Gamot. Great pairing. I've got 2010s of the Tablas Creek and Boucassé waiting for a future cassoulet with friends...

Apropos Brian's question for 2005 but for the dreaded 2003 vintage: How do you think they're doing ... Bourgogne vs village vs 1er cru vs Grands Cru? I just opened up a 2003 Chevillon Pruliers that was excellent. No hint of the stewed fruit detected when last tasted in 2013. And what have ye found?...

I just checked CT. Over the last 14 years I've had 81 bottles of 2003 red Burgundy. Sure some variation, some clunky wines, some with the heat signature. But much more often really tasty wine that shows vineyard and region characteristics. I, for one, am happy at the number of collectors who bypass...

I just opened up a 2003 Chevillon Pruliers that was excellent. No hint of the stewed fruit detected when last tasted in 2013. And what have ye found? I wonder how much the Meuzin might have come to play in 2003. I don't know the geography of NSG, but it appears like the Meuzin goes through populate...

I still have a bit of '03 in the cellar but never feel the urge to crack one. In fact I sold a number at auction a few years ago, which is the only time that I have sold red Burgs from my cellar. I have had some nice surprises, notable an Arlaud MSD Ruchottes. Can't say that i have been bowled over...

Apropos Brian's question for 2005 but for the dreaded 2003 vintage: How do you think they're doing ... Bourgogne vs village vs 1er cru vs Grands Cru?
I just opened up a 2003 Chevillon Pruliers that was excellent. No hint of the stewed fruit detected when last tasted in 2013. And what have ye found?

I really like Andre Clouet. Loved the Clouet Rose Magnum a person brought to an offline last year.

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Maybe send the retailer an email asking for a refund??

This. If it helps, I know where the owner is currently residing.

Not sure. A 2003 Margaux Pavillion was oxidised. Could it be the vintage? Should it be expected to hang on 16 years? If it were Graves or P-L, I'd say yes. I have heard of issues with Smith Haut Lafite 2006, but have had all 5 bottles drunk so far have been excellent. Other than the Margaux and hear...

I used to "mainline" PBJs for lunch. Stopped doing so after weight concerns, so it's just the occasional bit of peanut butter. But man, there is nothing out there like Deaf Smith. Any other PB that I've had made out of just valencia peanuts has an over-roasted taste to it. But I'm willing to try out...

As a 7-yr-old kid I thought peanut butter and cheese sandwiches rocked. Nowadays we keep peanut butter and almond butter in the fridge for the occasional PB or AB on toast with coffee. For years the Arrowhead Mills Deaf Smith PB (Valencia peanuts) was our house PB, but it became hard to find. Curre...

Rich - I just checked and there is no star - hah! Thanks for your rundown. Looking forward to opening my Sonnenuhr Spätlese.

Thanks for sharing. Sounds lovely! I've had quite a few of the '16s from Molitor (though all white labels), it is a delightful vintage. Especially interesting to compare the 'regular,' one star, two star and three star bottlings. Totally idiosyncratic system but you can really see the quality go st...

Wine sounds nice. 33 Euros? Ouch.

I love Martin Muellen's recent labels based on an inset of the 1868 Trier district tax map. I grabbed this from his website, so there is a band showing part of the website and the word "Philosophie" that would normally be brown bottle.

Just a note here: In March I borrowed a friend's vinguardvalise grande (yet again) and brought back a dozen assorted bottles from Germany. These included one of those insanely heavy Ziereisen bottles, and a couple of heavy Pinot Noir GGs. I can't recall exact weight but my lasting impression is that...

Kyle, In my limited experience tasting GG Riesling young and older, the enjoyment factor is raised about 1000% by waiting at least 8-9 years after the vintage. Unless your friend is expecting to report back soon, hold 'em. Really? I drink GGs regularly and have since the beginning. And I would resp...

Kyle,
In my limited experience tasting GG Riesling young and older, the enjoyment factor is raised about 1000% by waiting at least 8-9 years after the vintage. Unless your friend is expecting to report back soon, hold 'em.

Chris,
As a pretty tannic vintage, how do you think the '10 doing right now? I have one and am wondering if it is doing well right now or needs more time.

Brian,
I find you to be a pretty stingy scorer, so your gut impression impressed my gut. Looking forward to start popping these in 6 or 7 years.

For me, Kabinett at 12-25 years from vintage is usually terrific. I think it's many times over better as a wine experience than young Kabinett, though I know opinions vary on that. Young Kabinett to me is more of a tasty fruit beverage experience, while mature Kabinett is much more of a wine experi...

Depends on how long you let them go. A top Kabinett at age 20-25 can be pretty close to dry, but gain a cornucopia of complexity aromas and flavors. What direction those take depends on the general starting point. Saar Kabinett starts as and becomes a very different thing than Pfalz Kabinett. How s...

2017 Patricia Green Muscat Ottonel.

Olive oil that we buy in bulk from Toby's Feedlot. My "bar" is located there, mostly in boxes, where it will stay until space gets allocated by the local authority.

Wonderful note that leaves me pining for the fjords, er, the old Müller-Catoirs.

My luck with Jobard, both father and son, has been topsy-turvy. Some premox, some 10-12 year bottles simply muted, some delicious village and Bourgogne wines, and then some Cru wine brilliant experiences like this.

2004 Antoine et François Jobard. Meursault Genevrières Gold straw color. Very floral nose but also matchstick and vanilla, and a hint of citrus. The combination is intoxicating. Palate is mineral, shell and Meyer lemon with some sulfer too. The body is medium light. This begs for seafood or fish. F...

The steak looks great and the wine sounds wonderful.

I'm constantly amazed people spend good money on white Burg when there is Oregon and Champagne. I am amazed that people spend money on Oregon wines when they can buy Burgundy. I have not had any Oregon wines that I prefer to a good Bourgogne Blanc or Rouge. I'll be on the lookout now. Walter Scott ...

Very disappointing to read. 2007 was my last Raveneau buy and I haven't opened any yet. As you well know, Montée du Tonnerre is usually a stunner. Sorry to hear that it wasn't. I love that wine. BTW, my pocketbook has moved on to Oregon, and I've had some excellent whites. However, I've never had an...

Nice! Had both a 91 and a 97 over the past year and both were great. 93 is an outlier, but otherwise 90-97 Montelena are still all drinking well. I drank the '97 about a month ago. It was awfully good, showing just as well as an '89 Lynch-Bages and a '98 L'Evangile. Haven't had the '94, but in gene...

Here is my note on 'Otto': This ain't your super sweet 5% alcohol Muscat. This bruiser weighs in at a whopping 10.8% alcohol and finishes dry. So unlike those sweet Italian versions, you might actually get a buzz drinking an entire bottle! Regardless, this wine has lovely floral aromas. The palate s...

I can't remember this at all but last year it seems I liked it. 1990 Château Gruaud Larose - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien (8/3/2019) Very nice St. Julien. Mildly funky, and many herbal, mineral and leather notes. Excellent. This wine was double decanted in the morning, then reopened in the ev...

Bryan have you had any Lanessan with 20-30+ years on them before? They really can impress. The 99-01s are much better today than on release. I think 2009 and 2014 will as well, but of course, we are all just really guessing to some degree. I haven't. The '09 vintage seems well-situated for extended...

On a recent visit to Rheinhessen, outside of the usual Rieslings and Pinot Noir, the growers and Weinkennern seemed most excited about Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Silvaner. And indeed they are good (along with the dry Riesling and Pinots.)

Thanks for the TN. I have a mag of this waiting for the end of social distancing.

Um, Alan...

Again, good to know. I, too have suffered with oxed 1994 DdC and premoxed 2001 (and other) Carbonnieux.

One other aspect to this wine is that it is under the Diamanté's 30 year cork. For me, that along with the balance and elegance that this shows...leads me to believe that this can easily last 25+ years. This is absolutely Outstanding!! I decided to buy a case of this after tasting this bottle. It's...

Hank, I really wanted to track you down while you were snowbirding in AZ and open this with you. No idea if it ever shut down but right now it's brilliant. RIP Hank.

Both UPS and FedEx dropped off shipments today. Both put it on the porch, rang the bell and left. I was able to yell "thank you" to both while they were going up the walk.

Me too! I can do 5 PM PST. And I know what I'm opening.

Order in! My wife loves tasty low-alcohol wines (so do I!)

Just tried signing in now. Rats. I missed it.

I cancelled my usual pickup from Stony Hill, just before they cancelled pickups. They are instead shipping. I added to my order, because yeah, you know.

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