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Good luck Ray. Run away from this cesspool.

NV Eric Rodez Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée des Grands Vintages - France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru (2/16/2019) November 2017 disgorgement. Very winey, with deep red fruit, woodsy, earthy tones, and a lifted, bright finish. It reminds me more than a little of Krug, but with more fruit, but not qui...

Good luck Ray. Walk away from this cesspool.

The 2015 is still my favorite.

Totally explains my reaction to the 2017, as being leaner, and more structured.

Still love Charvin.

Thanks for the Meo note. I was offered (and took) one bottle, so it’s good to get a preview.

Leoville Barton

Tom D,

If you get the chance I would be curious about the blend specifics for the last few vintages of Bird. Seems like 2015 was deeper/richer, implying more Barbera than in 2016 and especially 2017.

2016 Idlewild The Bird Red - USA, California, North Coast, Mendocino County (2/15/2019) What to have when having pizza. Fresh red fruit, bright acidity, grippy tannins that are calmed by the cheese and pepperoni, The Bird is year after year the perfect wine for pizza. A couple of years in bottle, a...

Just now on Facebook, Stefan Steinmetz (Mosel Producer) said, accompanying a photo of a DIAM5, that he picks up a “typically DIAM taste” that he can’t stand.

I asked if he picks it up blind, and if he can describe it.

"...the VWE corporate winemaking team..."

Shudder...

Wow. That's a heck of a list!

How far back do they go? I have only seen them the last year or two.

Your “and some don’t” in the title messes up your premise.

My “green” comment is because corks are such a minor part of the overall wine carbon footprint. The green argument for sugarcane corks becomes meaningless to me. Tack on that I am not at all sure I trust them as closures and I am out.

Clearly the wineries that don’t send free stuff don’t get it.

It’s always the last Saturday in February.

Sort of like how “buy those bottles day” is always January 27.

Opened a bottle tonight, and I think it has shut down. There is no way in hell the wine is past peak, given the raw materials.

No matter who is right, spoofy still works.

So does undrinkable.

Don't forget winery contamination. 1989 Ducru-Beaucaillou anyone...

And I am no fan of the sugar corks. I have dramatically cut back on purchases from producers who use them, despite the (overstated IMO) "green" claims.

Are you a star on CBS?

I thought it was "spoofiliation."

But CdF has been spoofy for a while...back to around 2000.

The Cab is often available at my local retail shop. It's very good, and yes, reasonably priced in the world of Napa/Sonoma Cab.

Alan Rath wrote: ↑
February 13th, 2019, 7:44 pm

G. Bienstock wrote: ↑
February 13th, 2019, 7:22 pm
terrior soaked
This gives me paws.

Cat paws or dog paws?

Steve Edmunds wrote: ↑
February 13th, 2019, 11:05 pm
Edmunds St John actually did make Syrah in 2015, and when the 2014 is sold, the '15 will be out there.

I have never, ever seen one of those in use. Pierre Peters uses Mytik, no? This is what I recall although it has been a year or two since I last opened one, but here is from the UK forum: "There's definitely been some discussion about wines not developing in the same way with DIAM. Some are saying ...

This was my third opportunity at library wines. I had previously loaded up on a bit more than 2 cases, so left this one for you guys.

Right now ESJ is #3 in my cellar, after Dönnhoff and Prüm. I remain very happy about that.

I have never, ever seen one of those in use.

Fevre has been working with Diam since ~2003...initially internal test (some bottles from their entire line up under Diam). The diam in production on chablis and petit chablis (I think this started in 2004). Then 1er cru in 2007. Then grand cru in 2010. I can't think of a more transparent wine (to ...

Yeah, the few bottles of Duband wine I have had did little for me.

But was that Champagne cork the same construction? I ask because I have never, ever seen a DIAM Champagne cork.

So what specific wine have you had that was ruined by DIAM?

Love Truchot as well, though at this point, with no more production, it's a sad sort of love.

Larry - you keep turning things back around so that there are no answers. While I get that exact comparison options are problematic (though I would argue that David Ramey's Hyde Chard has such a long track record that it might be a useful benchmark), I get frustrated that you never have an answer, o...

Keep a bottle of Ravenswood (or Once & Future) handy. You'll be thirsty!

From the production side the complaints I have heard about DIAM are all about the "glue" used to hold the cork together, not the actual closures themselves, which are supposed to be quite good. I have not bottled a wine under DIAM personally, but I have done group tests where we soaked different cl...

I don't know, but he's a pretty responsive guy.

Got me by one year...I have had a 2008 Ramey Chard recently that was under DIAM - it was very fine, although David Ramey himself said he would drink up based on the wine (not the closure).

Steve has done a few of these cellar offerings in recent years. I went deep on a couple of them. I can tell you that the wines are all in tip-top shape in terms of storage treatment! A recent bottle of 1993 Les Cotes Sauvages (https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=158424&p=2673679...

The 2014 had issues. I know that.

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Eric Lundblad wrote: ↑
February 12th, 2019, 5:50 pm
How do we know that Diam doesn't cause Autism?
Only in inoculated wines.

More probably cause is Rombauer Chardonnay.

Arnoux, Mugneret-Gibourg...

All the thread just feel like pumping the board for info versus being part of the conversations.

And yeah, we have a search function here.

Diam corks have a low oxygen transfer, at the low end of natural corks...one reason they are popular with White Burg producers. Low oxygen transfer means the wine is more prone to reduction in the bottle. On top of that, diam corks have very tight tolerances (i.e. high consistency between corks) of...

I love stelvin closures based on personal experience and i'm definitely suspicious of Diam based on the horrible performance of neocork. Maybe that is not rational considering they are different, but, as a consumer, I don't have to be rational. Having said that, I hope Diam performs like a dream be...

I don’t find the Rhys Chardonnays to be overpriced, but they are a touch more (about $15) than Ramey (my favorite).

Didn’t make one? Not imported?

It’s my wife’s favorite wine, period.

2011 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spätlese - Germany, Rheingau (2/12/2019) In a word, luscious. Rich tropical fruit, accented by lime zest. Acidity that was once buried by massive fruit is now an equal player, making the wine both exciting and refreshing. It’s still very y...

Someone find a perfect natural cork please.

I submit that there is no such thing.

Anywhere from $59 (Family Farm Pinot) to $109 (Swan Terrace Pinot). There are also wines for $79 and $89 in the offering.

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