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Opened a bottle of this wine tonight and found this thread. Nothing "weird" about this bottle at all. It is fresh, vibrant and youthful. Pit fruit, saline and a touch chalky (all in a good way), with a bit of a lemon-peel pucker on the back end. This is a pleasure to drink now. If any of you Copain-...

Wow. Condolences to Alan's loved ones.

D@vid Bu3ker wrote: ↑
July 22nd, 2019, 6:15 pm
Sounds delicious.

That's exactly what it is. Much better than the descriptors I used in my TN!

It has been a while since I subjected the Wine Talk forum to one of my tasting notes, but I was inspired by Dave Bueker today to post a note. This wine poured a few shades darker than I expected and is sort of golden-honey colored in the glass. Nothing wrong with the wine, though. It is still youthf...

My HH case arrived several days ago. Travel shock be damned, I am drinking one now and am very impressed! Thank you so much, Carole, for this excellent Berserkerday treat. What a great value for such wonderful wine. I wish I had doubled down and ordered a case of the zin too.

The last few years, I have gone out of my way to buy something from the WF BD offer. The reasons are (i) because every wine I have ever opened from WF has been excellent; and (ii) every interaction I have had with the people of WF has been positive. This year, I am ordering the Heritage offer (even ...

Just wanted to add -- I have purchased a BD offering every year for the past 3 or 4 years, and these wines never disappoint. Thank you, Todd.

I tried to pretend that Berserkerday was not happening, but this (and two other offers) was too good to ignore. I got a HH yesterday during the sneak preview time. I have enjoyed every L-M wine I have ever had, so this seemed like -- wait for it -- a no-brainer (as has been mentioned by my fellow lo...

Todd, can I get the #2 Deux Vert, please?

Thanks!

To cellar I usually buy 3-6 but im not spending more than $50 btl. To enjoy with family and friends usually buy singles of different bottles to fit the occasion. My approach is almost the opposite of yours -- which probably means I am doing it wrong. For cellar bottles (particularly at higher price...

I have looked through the discussion above and agree that the '15 Marine Sedimentary is fantastic. People with far more Oregon Pinot experience than I have extolled the virtues of this wine even in the short time since it was shipped. I think it is dark, brooding, sorta mushroomy, but hard to put do...

I deleted it. Just wanted to see if it would work. You should delete it in your quote of my post.

I edited the post to delete the malfunctioning link. Let's se if it works now.

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Hey, it works. This is the Youtube video I tried to repost in one of the politics threads. If I ever get the same message again, I will link to the post.

Fixed the latter one, super easy (instructions posted elsewhere as well, like the 'media' thread) - just put the entire URL in between the 'media' code (which shows up when you click the media button, right next to spoiler - looks like a monitor) All in all the media button works across a MASSIVE a...

Phew! Glad I ordered a case the moment the email came. I still have some of my '13 and '14 Berserker Cuvee bottles to compare against these!

Thank you Jim and everyone else at PGC.

Brad

How about me? Still good for the #1 offer? Thanks, Todd. I know I am late to the party if they are gone. Just picked the first bottle at random from the No. 1 six-pack, and it was the '14 Youngberg. This is still opening up in the glass, but I am already a YUGE fan. Dark garnet color, loamy nose, w...

How about me? Still good for the #1 offer?

Thanks, Todd. I know I am late to the party if they are gone.

I thought I replied to this thread earlier today, but I guess I didn't push "send." Anyway, I tried Wilde Farm for the first time after last Berserkerday and was impressed by the quality of all of the wines. Each one has been memorable. This offer is very generous, and i am in for a case. I probably...

Mel Hill wrote:
JDonner wrote:

Well we are in Life during Wartime...
this thread has stopped making sense

I am going to get crosseyed and painless on 2BC tonight!

Opened on a whim, hoping for something refreshing on a warm summer evening: Notes of honey and sweet meyer lemon. Gorgeous floral component, reminiscent of honeysuckle and orange blossom. Acidity very restrained, which for me is a plus on a wine like this. ABV 13.4%. Glad I have more. Just a beauti...

I have been remiss in posting BD notes because I have gotten trapped inside the Politics forum. Two days ago, I opened a '14 Cardiac Hill Syrah, and it blew my mind. I have no tasting note to offer, but I keep thinking about the smoky, cool-climate character of the wine. Some bacon fat, seems like w...

Berserkerday Sampler in: 2013 Riesling Anderson Valley 2013 Zinfandel Mendocino 2015 Edlezwicker 2014 Gewurztraminer Dry 2012 Cabernet 2013 Chardonnay My box came today. Same wines. Must be a NY thing. neener My mystery 6-pack also contained the same wines, and it also arrived today (in Maryland) a...

Joe called. All good.

K e v i n B. wrote:
Jeremy C wrote:Still no word...
ditto...

re: cc, since I ordered via e-mail I didn't include my CC, but rather provided my phone# as a means to get my CC info (similar to other offers).

Ditto. Still not worried, though.

I ordered:

Wilde Farm eight-pack
EMH three-pack
Navarro case
Arcadian four-pack
Random sixer (cab franc)

I thought I would stay on the sidelines this year, but I couldn't help myself with some of the offers being as good as they were.

I am in on this one and am very excited to try the wines. Thank you for the offer.

Brad

Mixed eight-pack for me. Looking forward to giving these a shot.

Cab Franc for me too. Thanks Beau.

Went for the mystery 6-pack and added six more bottles for the $0.01 shipping. Sweet deal. Thank you!

Looking forward to seeing what's inside the box.

I am in for a three-pack. Always meant to try EMH but never have. Thanks Merrill.

Based on this thread, I also opened one of these tonight. I have followed it for a few hours now, and it does seem advanced compared to other Rhys Chardonnay with comparable bottle age that I have tried. My bottle is enjoyable, and I don't regret buying it or opening it with tonight's dinner. Howeve...

D@vid Bu3ker wrote:Donjon is no longer traditional. Cambie has put his stamp on it.

Precisely.

Being a traditional styled wine, shouldn't it reflect the vintages? If you want a leaner, more rustic, more acidic VD, there are lots of other vintages for you. Maybe I would enjoy '04 or '06 Donjon more than the '05. But this producer's wines seem to be evolving toward a larger, riper style (are y...

My second of three bottles, this confirms for me that one of my favorite traditional CDP producers has changed course. This wine is big, ripe and bold, with a touch of alcohol showing through. I would not say that the fruit notes are stewed, but they certainly are ripe. This seems more modern in sty...

Claus -- I can't claim to have compared many vintages of the two estates' wines side by side, so I will for the most part defer to others with more knowledge than I have in that regard. That said, I believe the land making up the Yon-Figeac vineyard was at one time long ago owned by Figeac. If I am ...

From 750 ml, purchased as a future and stored at home since delivery. After about an hour of air (no decant), the wine is opening up nicely now. The nose reminds of blackberry and saddle leather, and the wine appears still quite dark in the glass. In the mouth, the wine seems just ready to shrug off...

Tonight, we had authentic Chinese from a local source along with a 2010 J.J. Christoffel Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett. After clearing the plates, I refilled my glass in the kitchen. As I walked back toward the dinner table, my 12-year-old daughter, unaware of my presence, stood up just as I w...

Rauno E (NZ) wrote:DavidZ - Please plan a trip to Wellington some time so we can pointedly ignore you...

Well said, and funny too!

DavidZ wrote:[T]he other is to acknowledge that gluttony has been frowned upon for a long-ass time.

LOL. Here we go again with the deadly sins. What about envy? That's bad too, right?

Hey Kevin -- thanks for the notes, you excessibe balla!

Opened another '11 Wentzel tonight to accompany the DNC. Wow, this is smoking. Not as bright as I remember it (though still very vibrant), but more loamy/earthy. Red cherry and earth tones. Not heavy, but mouth-coating, penetrating and persistent. A wine to contemplate. There will be no Day 2 report.

For the reasons already mentioned in several earlier posts, for me it's 2001. If the poll accommodated more options, I would strongly consider 1990.

http://ct-static.com/labels/360930.jpg I'd be surprised if that bottle was a real 47 Cheval Blanc. It's sad and true that the majority of the famous bottles available today are fake. Perhaps Don will see this and comment. Are you talking about the pictured bottle? The OP already said upthread that ...

Frank, Interesting notes. Reading them made me think about why I stopped buying MT but always bought Wentzel when it was offered. I generally felt that the MT wines were outliers in the Copain portfolio because they tended to be bigger and darker than the others. It wasn't really a '11 thing for me,...

Gary L wrote:I bought 2 sixers last year. No email either

Have any of you "no email" people tried to log in and buy?

I ordered just a case because I still have a case-and-a-half or so of last year's version (that after giving away some bottles to friends who wanted to try). I am convinced that last year's wine will benefit from age, so I am trying to keep my hands off of them. I will probably wish I ordered two ca...

I opened one of these last night after catching up on this thread. It was my third bottle of two cases. I think the wine is still pretty primary, so I am going to wait a while before opening another one. The bottle was enjoyable, and the potential clearly is there for much improvement with more cell...

Thank you for your notes. Some friends and I had the '90 Leoville Barton on Saturday night with a few other fairly old wines, and I agree it showed somewhat dark, but long and mature (though I never thought of it as sweet). I enjoyed it very much; it was probably the wine of the night in the lineup ...

[*] 2010 Rhys Chardonnay Horseshoe Vineyard - USA, California, San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains My wife's favorite white producer. Pop and pour. I took it out of the fridge about an hour ahead but it still needed a bit more time to warm up. golden in color. The nose has vanilla, peaches, sli...

I passed on some earlier offers and wondered whether I was still on the list. I was, and I couldn't resist the Skyline and Porcupine Hill this time. I also added a few Bearwallow and a Horseshoe Chardonnay. It was an expensive 8-pack. The '08 Skyline still stands as the best domestic PN I have ever ...

I am pretty sure I drank the last of my '07 and '08 years ago. Then again, the way I organize my cellar I suppose anything is possible. . . .

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