Perfection. The Dunn 93 PS is for after the kids go to bed.
When I saw the first photo of the brisket without any other context, I thought it was all the sediment that had come from the older bottle! 
(The brisket looks delicious!)
Ready?
My first thought, exactly.
Sometimes iffy with EP Trebbiano of late. A run of '16 and 17 bottles that were a bit too funky. '21 last night was uber youthful and complex.
Yes. Generally my stock answer is Tequila is your new best friend after these runs, but last time it happened I opened a Fortaleza Reposado…and it was corked, so water is your friend.
The line up for a dinner with friends this weekend. CT notes below:
2019 Bereche Campania Remensis
Fun, great for outdoor cocktails. Light to medium bodied, salmon pink color, yeasty raspberry flavor, and maybe some orange zest. Very slight touch of salinity. Just interesting enough to make it fun. Don’t think too hard about it.
Score 91. Relative to expectations: +
1982 Chateau Margaux
1/2 hr decant. Last of my bottles. Not quite as good as last time, but still pretty darn good. Right out of the bottle there was a nasty blast of VA which fortunately dissipated almost immediately. Very similar to a 2019 experience that also had initial VA. This had clearer blue and red fruit, tobacco leaf, and leather. In no case with any of these bottles was the wine really over the hill, but the ones with VA seem more tired and have a lot less to give. Bottle variation, what can you do?
Score: 94. Relative to expectations: 0.
2015 Goodfellow Bishop Creek PN Franc de Pied
Very similar notes to last time. Good tension, delicious, nicely balanced and congenial despite still being far from maturity.
Score : 94. Relative to expectations: ++ at least.
2019 Selbach-Oster Rotlay
I have got to leave my other bottles of this alone, but it’s hard when this is so damn good. Sweetness and body were very deftly handled — this is not at all cloying or ponderous despite its youth. Tons of tropical fruit, mango, roasted pineapple, clementine, along with red apple and a touch of clove. Delightful.
Score: 95. Relative to expectations: +++
Just opened this and it’s already in OMG territory! The aromatics are off the charts.
Sky Vineyard fanatics should keep an eye on what @Cody_Rasmussen is doing at Desire Lines! Paging @Robert.A.Jr and @Rich_Brown
Whoa doggy! Never heard of this, will check it out now!
I did not buy much 2013 Beaujolais, but did, as usual, buy Roilette. Rarely fails to please. A throwback to a less ripe period. Love the funky nose, forest floor and drank mushrooms, wild red berries and citrus florals. Palate is fairly lithe, range of tart red berries, citrus acids. Some dryness. I suggest drinking these up, but gotta say, like very much what I see here. Paired really well with a chicken and chorizo kabob. Don’t ask me why and how that was put together, wife made it and I ate it. The wine worked quite well with scale and to counter-balance some of the sausage spice. (90 pts.)
The 2016 was lovely recently. I heard the 19 was picked a little too late and the alcohol crept up to 14.5%
Love it David!! For some reason i have never tried any of Cody’s wines, but i definitely need to change that. 
His rendition of Evangelho, which is predominantly Carignan, might even change your mind about Evangelho.
Ok…now i definitely need to try some!
On day two now.
This is still all about potential.
It shows enough to be enjoyable and show glimpses of what a great wine this will probably be. Impeccable balance for a 2015.
Wait another 3-5+ years.
helpful intel. thank you.
California cabs and blends, drank blind @Balvanera. Genuine fun for this drinker of (mostly) Old World wines.
2018 Ultramarine Keefer Ranch B-d-B
Vincent Couche ‘Elegance’ Champagne
1992 Togni Vineyard Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
1999 Bond Melbury Napa
1977 Sterling Vineyards Napa Cabernet
1991 Spottwoode Napa Cabernet
1994 Dominus Napa
1987 Heitz Cellars Martha’s Vineyard Napa Cabernet
1986 Modavi Napa Cabernet
2001 Togni Vineyard Napa Cabernet
1996 Macayamas Vineyards Napa Cabernet
2002 Karl Lawrence Napa Cabernet
@Frank_B @Paul_Jaouen @Dale_Williams @Jay_Miller @Pat_Martin @Chris_Kravitz @Diane_Elam @Benjamin_Goldberg
edited with corrected vintages (as per Dale’s note below).
