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My FedEx package that got misdelivered to a Quest Diagnostic Center showed up last week. Box all beat up and bottles still warm from wherever they held onto them.

As I mentioned elsewhere, I had this blind the other day and thought it outstanding.

You really are making no sense. I get a strong feeling that you have an axe to grind.

They don’t hold back at all. Trimbach’s distribution sucks.

There are significant differences between the two vintages. You are not making the discussion any easier as you conveniently ignore those differences.

Yup. Best CFE in a long time.

ESJ and Division.

I had the 2016 Produttori blind last Thursday night. I liked it very much. My tasting group uses a 20 point system, and I gave it 16.5. The overall group averaged 17.2 points. It was in a mixed tasting of all sorts of wines, but my notes (and my guess) scream Nebbiolo.

Thanks Frank.

The Hillsides did remind me a bit of very young Gonon (regular, not VV).

No. Pax’s note specifically says that none of the fully carbonic lots made it into the 2017.

Cris,

It’s interesting to me that baked/stewy shows up in so many of your 2013 Pinot notes. Worrisome.

2005 Hospices de Beaune Pommard Cuvée Dames de la Charité - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard (11/12/2019) Elevage by Bouchard. This was decanted a little bit in advance, but still needed more time to get past a grumpy phase. It was a delicious match with the black cod with mushrooms entree...

p.s. Dinner with Craig Beazley was lots of fun. This wine was off the list at Ellerbe Fine Foods in Fort Worth, TX.

2016 Weingut Knoll Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Ried Schütt - Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau (11/12/2019) No advance decant, but enticing from first pour, the richness of depth of the wine is obvious. It shows more elegance on the palate, with crisp acidity underscoring fresh pear and green pea note...

Wes,

Get over yourself.

So the big thing I am taking from this is do not open the recent Hillsides wines.

These are such gorgeous wines. Ultimately they are also unicorns, which sucks!

I now have two orders I placed earlier this year, coming in through two different importers, on hold in France.

Need to rethink my purchase strategy.

It reeks of being in multiple, different HTS codes.

BTW, the last couple of glasses were delicious last night.

Wish I had some 2005 M-G. There was a period from 2004-2012 when the most I could get was a bottle or two, and not in every vintage.

Things are much better now, but I need to exercise patience with the wines.

Good to see you staying positive Dan. A good attitude helps a lot.

Just got my hands on one of my bottles from Panzer. Will be opening sometime in the next couple of weeks.

2010 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvée Tardive - France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie (11/8/2019) I had not touched a bottle of this wine for more than five years. Now I want to drink every bottle I have left. It’s in a gorgeous spot, with earthy, forest floor notes supplementing deep red ...

Sounds lovely. I do like Beychevelle. It’s odd that I rarely buy it.

Thanks David

Thanks David, good to know - SM 2014 seems to please everyone. Just out of interest, what were the other wines which fared less well? Nothing of gerat importance. 2015 Puy Blanquet (St. Emilion) - stylish (not in a good way) and hot 2015 Serilhan (St. Estephe) - virtually indistinguishable from the...

I was just wondering about shipping this morning.

2014 Château Sociando-Mallet - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Haut-Médoc (11/7/2019) Blind tasted last night as part of a varied group, the 2014 Sociando Mallet stood out. The aromatics were fascinating, with cedar, pine, dark red fruit, spices, some green tobacco leaf and a refreshing note of citrus pee...

Kelly Walker wrote: ↑
November 7th, 2019, 5:22 pm
Global warming has reduced gains in knowledge? Is there anything not affected?

Thank you for that!

Dan,

I hate to break it to you, but they reviewed the 2016 Mount Eden Pinot. They gave it an 83. There are plenty of recent vintage reviews for Mount Eden in their database.

Was just told by one of our freight forwarders that they are floating customers to the tune of $1m a day in tariffs (these tariffs are due 10 days after it hits port) and people are freaking out. Actually, it’s 10 days after it clears Customs, rather than when the items arrive at the port of entry....

Mark Golodetz wrote: ↑
November 7th, 2019, 11:54 am
Interesting! Apparently Large formats (more than 2 liters) are exempt.

That came up several pages ago, but yes. It’s probably just because it’s a different HTS code, and nobody noticed prior to publishing the list.

I would disagree with very and/or hyper, but that’s why I said what I did about traditionalists.

And for Laurent, sorry. Yes it was the red. I despise Sauvignon Blanc.

Probably quite long given the depth and the balance. It's still drinking well now. I would assume it will shut down soon.

2000 Domaine Weinbach Riesling Schlossberg - France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru (11/5/2019) I did not realize that I still had one bottle of this in the cellar. I thought it was ready to go nine years ago, but this bottle had all the fireworks. It's steely, with a little edge rust from age. Not much ...

Robert - this bottle felt slightly modern to me. Not full on. I actually read Keith's note after I posted my own, and overall I agree with him. There just seems to be a little bit of gloss.

These are the potential scenarios, with expected Berserker reactions: 1. No mention of Rhys (the actual case) -"How dare they not include Rhys! Wine Spectator is a joke!" 2. Rhys reviewed poorly - "How dare they not understand the greatness of Rhys! Wine Spectator is a joke!" 3. Rhys reviewed well -...

2015 Domaine de Chevalier - France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan (11/6/2019) Traditionalists, cover your eyes. This is not for you. It’s not full modern, with gobs of oak, and over the top richness, but damn it’s sexy wine. The fruit is ripe and suave, tannins present, but holding back, and the...

I guess I like Matthiasson Merlot and Ridge Lytton a lot more than you do.

Pretty insulting backhanded compliment.

Appreciate it. I was eyeing a 2012 MdT just the other day.

Jay Miller wrote: ↑
November 5th, 2019, 1:09 pm
I've had some really nice Bordeaux from 1964 and 1967.

Same here.

I went with equal parts Monte Rosso, Dolinsek and Oakville Farmhouse.

Yes it was. Sorry.

Nathan just needed to inject his usual Debbie Downer attitude.

Who is keeping track of the $7.5B in imports that need to happen for the tariffs to subside? Is it clear the tariffs go away once they hit in $7.5b in revenues? My understanding is that amount represents the (illegal) subsidies to Airbus that happen each year, and thus the tariffs can continued to ...

Ron Erickson wrote: ↑
November 5th, 2019, 12:02 pm

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑
November 5th, 2019, 6:00 am
Dumbest thing I ever did was to get offsite storage.

I would say the shining you have taken towards German Rieslings,
but we know you have a patient wife.

I have my share too.

She also loves Rieslings.

I would not have known about it without the Berserker Day sample pack.

2015 Ladd Cellars Zinfandel Avio Vineyard Sierra Foothills - USA, California, Sierra Foothills (11/4/2019) My only bottle from a Berserker Day mixed 6 pack purchase, and I wish I had one more. This was interesting, but perhaps a little reduced. For the first 45 minutes or so I picked up a lot of ru...

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