Pleasant surprise this Monday night. Pairing with home made lasagna made with plant-based meat.
Maturing plum on the nose and palate. Bright but not astringent. Great balance with medium body of fruit. Yum.
Pleasant surprise this Monday night. Pairing with home made lasagna made with plant-based meat.
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2024 Romain Guiberteau âChai de la Diveâ Saumur RosĂ©
I know that itâs a refreshing summer drink, but itâs summer here in Manila area. This was a handy last-minute throw-in-the-suitcase before I left NYC last week. Impressed with its freshness and sufficient serious complexity. 100% cabernet franc.
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Balut and rose never crossed my mind. I think balut needs some spicy herby peppery element to counter the richness, or thatâs how I grow up eating balut.
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One of the best Bordeaux, Iâve had in a long time. Fully tertiary with all that brings with it. Lovely balance, fruit still evident; finish long; wine complex.
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Appreciate the comment. Note that Iâve not had had balut for, maybe at least 25 years before this and local beers was what worked well as far as I can recall. Also, Iâm pretty much a wine beggar here that canât be chooser with the majority of my stash being kept in NYC. However, the mineral and chalky notes of the Loire Valley rosĂ© provided some semblance of credibility to the balut pairing. Having thought about it a bit more, I would surmise that Rhone Valley whites, with plenty heft and peppery stuff, would be something that would go better with balut.
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I eat balut with roasted pepper salt, calamansi and Vietnamese cilantro which has this tannic spicy herbal note to counter the gameyness of the duck. White RhĂŽne sounds like a good pairing since it can hit all of those accompanimentsâ notes.
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A fabulous Japanese Kerner , like a cross between a Condrieu and a GG Riesling. Floral but a great acid spine.
Niki Hills Hatsuyaki 22
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No picture, but we opened our last bottle of 2016 Carlisle âCarlisle Vineyardâ Zinfandel last night and it was wonderful. Our most recent bottle, about a year ago, didnât show as well and failed to impress in a tasting of 2016 SVD Carlisle zins. This bottle wouldâve been a standout in that tasting. Sad to say there are no more left in the cellar. On to 2017 and 2018âŠ
My friend @AlbertH was in town and we did a delicious family style meal at our club, Art of Cellaring San Antonio
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this is one of the crazier bottle lineups Iâve seen on here recently
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It was a really good night with lots of unicorns I might not have again. The takahiko blanc de noirs was the most memorable for me, but there were no bad bottles. Pretty decent Monday for the 7 of us 
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Holy smokes thats a wild lineup
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This is a great mix of tastes.
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How was the 21 aux etelois? One of the few WK wines I donât have
Yeah I was just about to say, some serious unicorn slaying 
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94 dâAngerville Ducs 375 â One of my favorite all-time wine purchases, I bought a ton of this for $45/btl. Each has been good. Some nearly great. All satisfying. This verged on great. Perfectly mature with plenty of remaining fruit, predominately tart cherries. Angular but soulful. I think I have 2 or 3 left.
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the world needs more small format 
Yes, more 500ml bottles would be good - at times 750ml is just too much for two
At a Beaucastel dinner last night, the 2009 Beaucastel Hommage Ă Jacques Perrin was a bit puzzling to me, as it was big, lush, and definitely made its presence felt; yet, it somehow didnât make me want to take a second pourâŠ
âŠunlike this 2023 Beaucastel Roussanne Vieilles Vignes Blanc of which I immediately accepted a second, and even third pour.
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