You know, I don’t think I’ve ever had their estate cab. I tend to start buying wines that someone opens for me and I like and no one ever opened a cab 
I’ll have to give it a try.
2010 Big Basin Vineyards Pinot Noir
2007 Cabot Vineyards Syrah Kimberly’s
2009 Lagier Meredith Mondeuse Noir
2006 Owen Roe Cabernet Franc Rosa Mystica
2007 Alban Vineyards Grenache Alban Estate Vineyard
2012 Serge Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé Les Pentes
2004 Château de Saint-Cosme Gigondas Valbelle
2012 Seven of Hearts Pinot Noir Curmudgeon Cuvée Armstrong Vineyard
2000 Fratelli Revello Barolo
2008 Westerhold Family Vineyards Syrah Westerhold Vineyard
The Valbelle was the class of these recent openings, with the Alban, Westerhold and Fratelli Revello just a notch below— the rest still very good, but lacking that specialness.
2013 Capiaux Cellars Pinot Noir
2015 Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Rubentis Spain Rose
2007 Albino Rocca Barbaresco Vigneto Brich Ronchi
2008 Walter Hansel Winery Chardonnay Cuvée Alyce
2012 Sandler Wine Company Pinot Noir Keefer Ranch
2010 Capiaux Cellars Pinot Noir Widdoes Vineyard
2008 Bodega O. Fournier Ribera del Duero Alfa Spiga
2013 Limerick Lane Zinfandel Russian River Valley
2011 Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona Ateo
2013 Trousse-Chemise Pinot Noir
2011 Château D’Arvigny, Haut-Médoc
2011 Clos de la Vieille Église, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux
2014 Château Guibon Blanc, Entre-Deux-Mers
2011 V. Sattui Winery Sattui Family Red
2008 Château Sénéjac, Haut-Médoc
2009 Château d’Agassac, Haut-Médoc
2010 Château Paloumey, Haut-Médoc
2011 Château Greysac, Médoc
2010 Château du Moulin Noir, Lussac-St. Émilion
2014 Château du Retout, Haut-Médoc
2001 Château Suduiraut
2008 Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard
2005 Neal Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Fifteen-Forty
2007 Mas de Boislauzon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée du Quet
1997 Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo
2000 Le Clos du Caillou Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine du Caillou Les Quartz
1994 Château Haut-Brion
1986 Château Rausan-Ségla
2010 Marcassin Chardonnay Three Sisters Vineyard
NV Chartogne-Taillet Champagne Brut Rosé
1995 Kalin Chardonay Cuvée W
2012 Valentini Trebbiano
2003 Pepe Montepulciano
1987 Produttori Barbaresco
2014 Richard Leroy Rouliers
1999 Pierre Gelin Clos de Bèze
1999 Pierre Gelin Fixin Les Hervelets
2010 Guffens-Heynen Tri de Chavigne
2010 Raveneau Montmains
1976 Duc de Magenta Meursault
Perseval-Farge Jean Baptiste 1er cru brut
2014 Bedrock North Coast Syrah
2014 Bedrock Old Vine Zin
2015 Dirty and Riwdy Mourvedre Familiar
2011 EMH Black Cat
2014 Sandlands California Chenin Blanc
2013 Florent Garaudet Monthelie 1er cry Le Champs-Feuillot
2002 Meo-Camuzet Bourgogne Rpuge
2013 Ziereisen spatburgunder Blauer Rhini
2013 Marc Plouzeau Ante Phylloxera Touraine Franc de Pied
Been traveling and some of these were just local bar or hotel purchases
Back home
2014 Becklyn Moulds Reserve- could not wait to try
2013 Sebastiani sonoma cabernet
2014 Sbragia Home Ranch Chardonnay
On the road
2014 Louis Martini somoma cabernet (2 bottles)
2013 Mondavi napa cab
2014 Talbott kali hart chardonnay -yuck
2014 Edna Valley chardonnay - better
And an inexpensive 2014 pimot noir whose name and origins escape me but it was pretty impressive and offered good value, even at bar prices
2010 Gonon St. Joseph - angry to be opened, hide it
2009 Levet La Chavaroche - funky cold medina
2010 Clos Rougeard La Clos - archetype, very pretty
2013 Domaine Roche Neuves Les Memories - nice, over-priced
2011 Marcel Juge Cornas - stunning
2007 Levet Les Journaries - See above
2013 Clos du Val Napa Cabernet (2) - damn strong QPR, bought more
2014 Ridge Geyserville - buy more, and then double-down
2014 Kermit Lynch syrah - pretty basic hooch
2012 Peter Lauer Fass 6 (2) - for acid freaks, yum yum, bought much more
2005 Chateau d’Issan - wood
2004 Leoville Poyferre - more wood
Time to pop some more mature stuff, holidays are soon upon us!
Excluding dinners /cribbing the Tooch scale…
2005 L Michel Les Clos **.5
2001 Trimbach CFE (from half) **
2006 Huet CdB Demi **.5
2005 Huet Petillant ***
2009 Guion Prestige **
2012 Hevre Souhat Soutterone **.5
2012 U Colin Les Maillons **.5
(??) Anglore Tavel ***
2000 Baudry Croix Boissee ***
2012 Liquid Farm White Hill **
l’Anglore was probably the most memorable, the Baudry was excellent but we rushed through it, I still am smitten over the Soutterone after about 30 mins of air, and the Trimbach was perfectly nice, but doesn’t scratch the same itch I get from Hirtzberger or Prager (if anyone wants to trade!)
Excluding wine dinners:
2010 Windy Oaks Reserve Pinot – very well made and a pretty wine
2003 Araujo Cabernet – one of the finest California Cabs I’ve ever had
2012 Kutch Sonoma Coast – still a bit closed, but nice
2015 Tablas Creek Cote de Tablas Blanc – ok value wine, but had better
2012 Rhys Alpine Pinot – very solid and one of the better Rhys pinots I’ve had this year
2008 Simon Bize Savigny Marconnets – young, but a fine Savigny and no harm in opening this now
2006 Pontet Canet – too young, but good bones
2014 A Tribute to Grace Grenache SB Highlands – really enjoy her wines
2014 Liquid Farm White Hill Chardonnay – good wine, but could use a bit more acid
NV Henriet-Bazin Champagne – good sparkler for under $40
2008 Firriato ‘Harmonium’ Sicilia Nero d’Avola
2012 Limerick Lane Russian River Estate Zinfandel
2012 Seavey ‘Caravina’ Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Turnbull ‘Leopoldina Vineyard’ Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon
2014 Enfield ‘Pretty Horses’ California Tempranillo
1970 Souverain Napa Mountain Zinfandel
1979 Round Hill Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
2011 Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva
2012 Shafer Napa Merlot
2010 Beekeeper Cellars Madrone Spring Zinfandel
That’s good to hear, I have an '09 I’m waiting on. Was the 07 at a good spot? Any decanting needed?
1994 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin – in fine form, drinking a lot younger than its age
2013 Domaine de L’Arlot Nuits St. Georges Cuvée La Gerbotte – a very promising and already quite delicious judiciously oaked Chardonnay
2012 Domaine Vincent et Francois Jouard Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes – oxidized
2014 Jean-Claude Lapalu Brouilly Croix des Rameaux – I love Lapalu’s style and 2014 seems to be a great vintage. Serious yet with very high drinkability
N.V. Nicolas Maillart Champagne 1er Cru Brut Platine – perfectly nice, toasty and vinous fizz with fairly low effervescence
2012 Bernard Dugat-Py Bourgogne – the shittiest (on the nose) wine I have had in years
2009 Tenute Sella Lessona – simple but enjoyable
2006 Pierre Gimonnet Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Fleuron – a very nice BdB that seems to be peaking early
2011 Egon Müller Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett – at least 10 years too young
2014 A. et P. de Villaine Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise Les Clous Aimé – amazingly nice Chablis-esque Chardonnay from the south
Les Journaries is younger vine than La Chav, so at least to me, is generally approachable earlier, some big vintages like 2010 excepted. I thought the 2007 was quite enjoyable now. Not at optimal drinking window but still damn fine.
2011 JJ Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese
2010 Unison Vineyard Syrah Gimblett Gravels
2010 Scafer Frohlich Bockenauer Felseneck Spatlese
1998 Rene Rostaing Cote Blonde
2011 Willi Schaefer Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett
1999 Dujac Aux Combottes
2015 Keller Von der Fels
2015 Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Kabinett
2009 Egon Muller Scharzhofberger Kabinett
2015 Willi Schaefer Wehener Sonnenuhr Auslese
2013 Anthill Farms Demuth Pinot
2012 Forlorn Hope San Hercumer Barbera Shake Ridge Ranch
2011 Marc Plouzeau Chinon Le Clos
2007 Biggio Hamina Momtazi Pinot
2013 Birichino Grenache Besson
2013 Arnot Roberts Peter Martin Ray Pinot
2011 Gramercy L’Idiot du Village
2014 Cameron Dundee Hills Pinot
2013 Donnhoff Oberhäuser Leistenberg Riesling Kabinett
2005 Rampolla Sammarco
2007 st Joseph Laurent–flawed va
2014 Martin ray Pinot
2015 kutch Chardonnay
2012 kutch Pinot Sonoma coast
1976 Climens
2005 kapcsandy state lane-from 3l
2009 Williams selyem Sonoma county
Meomi Pinot-served at a party we attended
1999 rafanelli cab
2010 corison Napa cab-meh
Fun! I thought all of these wines were wonderful.
98 Ducru
14 Le Cellier Brondein Les Abymes Savoie (Jacquere)
13 La Piagne Val D’Aosta (Prie Blanc)
94 Lopez de Heredia Tondia GR
14 Domaine Aux Moines Le Berceau des Fees Savennieres (Chenin Blanc)
12 Herve Souhaut Les Cessieux
04 Mascarello Monprivato
07 G Conterno Cascia Francia
14 Sheldrake Point Riesling
01 I Clivi Brazan (Friulano)
11 Querceto di Castellina Chianti Classico Sei
14 Chevalerie Diptyque Bourgueil “Dernier Cru”
10 Murrieta Ygay Rioja Reserva
02 Olga Raffault Chinon “Les Picasses”
10 Pepiere Muscadet “cuvee 4”
13 Les Pins Bourgueil “Le Clos”
15 Dönnhoff Tonschiefer trocken
12 Porter-Bass PN
13 Clos du Val Napa Valley
11 Olga Raffault Chinon “Les Picasses”