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2012 Falstaff is open and warming from cellar temp.

And, since he told me he’d ship it in early a March, I was concerned it may have already been shipped. Ive had a few boxes delivered to other houses due to my twisting neighborhood roads confusing street signs. In the email, I told him there was no hurry. I do have wine! FYI, in a post on Facebook ...

I downloaded the Zoom app to my iPad, but you can just click the link from a PC so far as I know.

Found my last 2012 Falstaff.

Frank Murray III wrote: ↑
March 26th, 2020, 3:29 pm
Buek, I thought about opening the 2018 Sonoma Coast Chard, so perhaps you give that a go if you got your shipment already.

Don’t have it. Jamie’s offering came while I was building up to surgery.

2002 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru (3/26/2020) From 375ml, this could have gone much longer, but it was open and showing a good balance of fruit and developed elements. Black cherry, turned earth, menthol, dried herbs, and a su...

My wine is TBD. Depends on what I can grab without moving cases. Probably something young.

Only me drinking tonight, so I have a 1/2 bottle of 2002 Clos de Lambrays ready to go.

This post made me interested in burying some NVs for the long haul. Any particular characteristics that would lead them to age well? Dosage, base vintage, reserve proportion, alcohol level, large house vs. grower - any of these a factor? I think you're looking for serious raw materials and pretty i...

Otto,

It all goes back to the real definition:

Natural wine: what I make
Not natural wine: what you make

Well, David/Otto...my questions are only partly TFIC. I would argue the netting for birds is a manipulation. I asked a local distributor of "natural" wines if putting grapes thru a sorting table, where they come in contact with hard plastic or metal tables and peoples hands, was a manipulaton. "No"...

I may be a little colored as I have more recently had a killer 04 VCC, Ducru and La Conseillante. I’m not putting one over the other just yet. I went back to the week to buy more of that VCC. 2004 Pontet Canet and Leoville Barton are delicious from 375ml now. But I have mentioned that in other thre...

2001 left bank Bordeaux - I always thought it was very good, but these days it’s delicious.

That won’t stop them or him.

I would like to see the full definition, rather than the press release. Wonder when that will be available.

My poster child for white pepper Syrah is Arnot-Roberts Clary Ramch.

So....it's not at all clear. If the grapes go across a sorting table, and rotted bunches, leaves, dead mice and snakes are plucked out...can it still be considered "natural". What if they use an optical sorting table? What if they use (plastic) netting to protect against bird damage?? I still like ...

Not something that strikes me with the wine.

Adam Frisch wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2020, 5:30 pm
I approve of this! When will America follow?

Hopefully never

Same here.

I do miss the Skyline Syrah.

At least we’ll have an official definition to argue about!

Update tonight: 2013 Rhys Syrah Horseshoe Vineyard - USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains (3/25/2020) Similar to a bottle last year, this is open, but not particularly evolved. Smoked meat, dark berry, violet, cinnamon spice, new leather and a hint of bourbon spice makes for a fa...

Chris, this is a fascinating subject. I have had dozens of the most delicious German rieslings -- from trocken to auslese and beyond -- with decades of age, sometimes badly beaten up in shipping, and not once have I experienced what you describe. Just lucky? Yet on the other hand my "problem bottle...

Couple of possibilities:

1. Standard heat damage resulting in premature aging
2. Not a wine for long keeping

I have never until recently thought of Richter as a candidate for extended aging.

Matt Latuchie wrote: ↑
March 25th, 2020, 9:49 am
FedEx didn't deliver some wine yesterday because we weren't home - i was surprised because of all i've heard.

They are still required to verify they are delivering to an “of age” person. They just don’t get the signature.

Jürgen Steinke wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2020, 8:43 am
Superb Bourgogne. But very hard to find nowadays. What did you pay?

When I bought on release it was between $40 and $50 depending on source.

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Ian A wrote: ↑
March 23rd, 2020, 12:54 pm
The price will fall because with 20-30% of the workforce being laid off or furloughed conspicuous consumption will be a bit out of vogue at least for the super rich with scruples.

Who are these super rich with scruples that you speak of?

10 rolls of toilet paper

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Here are the details and the registration link. SUNDAY- 3/29 2PM Pacific 2018 Shake Ridge Ranch 2018 Rodnick Farm 2018 Enz Vineyard Mourvèdre To Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/upQkf-6qrzgj3WxgnFICOpNYYObgDdbZ9w Ann Kraemer of Shake Ridge Ranch will join us and there will be live music b...

My favorite Rhys wine. Every year.

2012 Schäfer-Fröhlich Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling Kabinett - Germany, Nahe (3/23/2020) First bottle of this in five years. It has shed some of it’s baby fat, but otherwise it is still very young. Grapefruit pith, seashell, salty air and pineapple ride a wave of back end acidity. It’s bracing, whe...

Sorry. Can’t do it. First day back at work (from home) post surgery, and I am worn out. Catch you all later in the week.

Frank Murray III wrote: ↑
March 23rd, 2020, 2:47 pm
Any other feedback concerning Friday vs. Saturday?

Friday could work

Some have. (Got mine last week) Probably both a location issue, and just the complications of the general situation.

Thinking outloud.... What about if we do this next weekend, say on Saturday, at 4PM PT / 7PM ET? This keeps it off a weeknight and the impact for those working from home the following morning. We can max this out to 100 people so it would seem no one will get excluded on attendance: if you want to ...

Sounds good on the timing.

Definitely interested, and 8 PM EDT works for me.

2016 Dirty and Rowdy Mourvèdre Shake Ridge Ranch - USA, California, Sierra Foothills, Amador County (3/21/2020) Opened for the Dirty & Rowdy virtual tasting of Shake Ridge Ranch Mourvèdre, as I did not yet receive my 2018. So glad I opened this, as it was absolutely smoking! Open for business witho...

Kevin Patrick wrote: ↑
March 21st, 2020, 1:33 pm
Thanks for the tips, especially Patrick. I now know why everyone was gawking at me this morning at the grocery store. (whew!)

Frank, if this thing lingers we'll have to schedule a Kutch-focused video tasting.

Thanks again!

I would love to participate in a Kutch tasting.

That was a blast!

Looking forward to trying your wines Paul. The Yorkville Highlands interest me specifically because of the soils.

Order in!

John Glas wrote: ↑
March 20th, 2020, 6:34 pm

Thanks guys. It’s good to smile and laugh.
David nice to meet your cat!

Houdini says Mrow!

Thanks guys. It’s good to smile and laugh.

The zinc supplements always screw up my palate.

Cool. May be on for a while again. Gotta finish the Mugneret Gibourg!

So just to be clear, are we doing 4:30 PDT? 5:30 PDT?

2014 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Bourgogne - France, Burgundy, Bourgogne (3/19/2020) Might as well drink the good stuff, but I am not so crazy as to open a 2014 1er Cru or Grand Cru right now. This was delicious after about 45 minutes of air. Red fruit, moist earth, and menthol dominated the a...

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