- 2010 Cavallotto Barolo Bricco Boschis
- 2016 Giuseppe Cortese Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà
- 2021 Comm. G.B. Burlotto Langhe Freisa
Contact @Keith_A_k_e_r_s for notes.
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2021 Jolie-Laide Hawks Butte Syrah
Lovely right now, but has a ways to go. I’ll open my other bottles a few years down the road, if I can resist.
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Mawby sandpainting 2. NV pinot meunier brut rose from the leelanau peninsula of Michigan with an en tirage date of 2007, disgorged in 2011.
Appearance: deep salmon, plentiful bubbles that dissipate after 10+ minutes in the glass.
Nose: pecan and baking spices, jumps out of the glass.
Palate: the fruit has faded away on this wine, leaving just a hint of lemon, apple, and honeydew. Much more pronounced is candied walnuts, pecan, honey, and a touch of smoke. The acidity is lovely (not surprising in a Michigan sparkling, which always showcase that cool climate acidity I crave). The finish is long and lingering, fading gently and leaving warmth and a touch of sweetness behind.
Look, I doubt y’all will believe me, because I’m sitting here drinking an almost 20 year old NV Michigan sparkling wine. But honestly - this is a fantastic bottle!
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We really like Mawby. Underrated.
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My sister in law turned me on to these wines years ago. They really are excellent - I suspect they are quickly dismissed because they’re from MI
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Are you saying the Cavallotto was the WOTN? How long was the decant?
Just adding a few bottles I didn’t get a photo of.
I brought the Cavallotto and double decanted 2-3 hours in advance. I thought it was showing well but personally the Conterno was my WOTN.
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Friday night with the regulars. One of the guys brought two bottles blinded. He said they were the same varietal. One of them was good. One of them was not.
It turned out they were Cabernet with some age on them one from New Jersey and one from New York. The one from New Jersey was shockingly good. The irony is Ive driven by the Tomasello winery hundreds of times on my way down to the shore, but never even considered stopping. Time was kind to this particular bottle.
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2024 Bergstrom Riesling. So much going on with it. One of my favorites in the Willamette Valley. This cut through the home made General Tso’s chicken perfectly. Hints of minerality and that great bright fruit.
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2016 Altagracia is one of my favorites.
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- 2020 Von Schubert Maximin Grünhauser Riesling #21 - Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer (21.3.2026)
A rather classic nose that blends fruity notes (apple, peach, lime) with smoke, wet stones and some sponti funk. On the palate there is a smidge of residual sugar and good acidity that renders the finish rather dry. Overall feels slightly disjointed at this point, reductive and quite tense, but there is good promise here. With good pan-seared Icelandic salmon this drinks just fine regardless so nothing wrong opening this at the table right now.
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Caroline Morey '20 Caillerets is pure tensile spine, unvarnished limestone and zero makeup.
Adrien '18 Les Nogers beautiful architectural shoulders and that deep côte des blancs olf vines resonance.
Palate is officially dialed in before hitting the vineyards…
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Um…how did that '59 show? Asking for all of us.
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What is this bottling?
To be honest I have absolutely no clue. When they released their 2020s I bought a mixed cased of mostly Kabinetten and Spätlesen directly from the estate (its my son’s birthyear so here’s to hoping they’ll go the distance) and picked a bottle of this as well. There was only one note on CT before - a rather negative one - but I don’t agree with it one bit.
Seems like they enjoy creating lots of bottlings. The website isn’t very helpful on this one, describes it as a successor to “Alte Reben” bottling, a dryish wine blending Abtsberg and Herrenberg. But then there is also a “Reserve” that is a dryish wine blending Abstberg and Herrenberg. Not sure what distinguishes the two, unless Reserve is young vines!
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