2016 Bourgneuf, Pomerol, out of 375.
These little bottles are so cute, I can’t keep my stinking fingers off of them.
Reminds me of Brown’s Bay where my aunt and uncle had a pad!
Someone needs to clean their lens!
Is that 2013 G3?
Mairangi Bay, 3km south of Browns Bay so you are really close.
Yes
Nice!
The lenses are perfectly clean. The brightness of the wines he is drinking is simply blinding.

Patricia Green Cellars 2021 Chehalem Mountain Vineyards Pinot Noir (label stained a bit from the bottle that broke when shipped by retailer). So intense. I love this stuff. ![]()
Lovely early maturity floral spicy goodness, still plenty of tannins. Delicious now but really needs another 5 years in the cellar.
Ok, that’s enough. The next photo needs to be taken with a much crappier view. ![]()
2017 Francesca Fiasco Mèrcori Paestum Rosso
Mix of Cab Sauv, Aglianico and god knows what else. Very young still but with a lot of air started showing a wild array of scent and flavor profiles. Full bodied but not in the least ponderous— like a cross between a left bank claret and a southern Italian wine , which I guess it sort of is. Needs a lot more time in the cellar, but we loved it already as is.
From CT review:
6 hr decant. The smell upon first opening this was wild: black berries, very pronounced tar, dried herbs. With a lot of air the scents evolved into a sort of cherry, tons of smoke, venison, pepper. It’s almost criminally young, but this already shows its greatness. That said, give it a good long while in the cellar for peak performance.
The nose on this is like a cross between a left bank Bordeaux and southern Italian — which makes sense since it is a blend involving Cab and Aglianico. At first it smells very Bdx and then it just shifts on you out of nowhere. What a fabulous and tricky bouquet.









