Of course, it has to be to your taste. At a recent Trapet dinner, a RT Chambertin was served for comparison and it’s a very differently made wine.
2b 2005 Rayas CdP off an Indian restaurant wine list to go.
I wouldn’t think of opening Rayas with spicy Indian food
That does seem a bit weird, but once in London we were in an Indian restaurant in Soho with a pretty good wine list, and they recommended a Chandon de Briailles SLB. Since then if we have something with moderate heat I’ve tried a wide variety of red wines. I don’t have enough Rayas for that experiment, though.
Pricing on this Rayas was less than half current retail.
The 2 rieslings I tried to purchase with our meal were both out of stock
12x 2019 Hubert Lignier MSD 1er VV for $130. Couldnt resist.
great price–was that somewhere in europe?
Asia and shipping cost to the east coast in US was about $60.
Another case of the 2020 Tensley Syrah Santa Barbera at $20 a bottle.
12x Stein Riesling Feinherb Weihwasser (love this wine, we drink it often so doubled down and bought another case to be sent to storage)
6x Stein Rose Trocken 2021
3x Stein Rose Secco 2021
1b Jonas Dostert Chardonnay Cremant
1b Mousse et Fils ‘Terre D’Illite’ Brut 2017
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Was keeping an eye out for these two:
3 x 2019 La Porte Sainte Jean Saumur Les Cormiers
3 x 2020 Les Dolomies Les Combes Chardonnay
Also just bought 19 Cormiers! Have you ever tasted the cuvee? Only had the base bottles (15 and 16) which I loved. Also a big fan of Dolomies whites, though they often requires a bit time in my opinion.
Myself:
Mixed 6-pack of 2021 Kabinett’s from Hofgut Falkenstein.
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More '02 Piper Rare. Had one over the weekend, inventory is running low so had to reload.
2020 HN CM Charmes
2020 HN CV
2020 HN Mersault Clos des Ecoles
I have had Cormiers. In 2014, 2015, and 2017. 2018 in the queue. It’s very good.
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How is this coming along? It was super tasty and rich when I tried it a couple times in late 2019. Been waiting on my other two bottles.
I’ve had it a few times in as many years and to me it hasn’t evolved all that much in terms of tertiary development. Tastes fresh, if a little to the fat and doughy side! Perhaps some of that dosage is keeping things in check? Richness is a great word to describe the wine, without quite reaching the point of confection.
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2016 Mt. Brave (Mt. Veeder). Heard a lot of good things about mountain vintages.
Good to know. Also have a 2015 in the cellar. The wines from La Porte Saint Jean has become a yearly purchase for me along with Baudry for my CF fix.
The first time I had this was in 2013 and I can say it really has not budged that much since release. Not that this is a bad thing because I prefer my Champagne a little fresher. I agree that it is super tasty and rich without being like confection. There are some tropical/exotic notes of mandarin orange and lychee too. This has always been a crowd pleaser type of Champagne. One of the folks who I drank this with over the weekend told me that he remembered me bringing this to a wine dinner many years ago and his first thought was that I must have hit hard times because I am now bringing Piper to wine dinners instead of Krug or DP. Then he told me he enjoyed it so much that he bought a 6-pack the next day.
Looking back at my purchase history, I bought 96 bottles going back to 2013 and I have 9 left. I can think of very few bottles of Champagnes that have given such great pleasure over the years, consistently, without any special preparation - just pop and pour and it is ready to go. '06 Comtes is one of the few wines I have consumed more of than this, that comes to mind as being such a consistent performer, as well as '08 DP up until the past year. I had both the '06 and '08 Rare the couple of days preceding this last bottle of '02 and they just are not in the same league. I concluded this is most likely my last chance to reload so I did.
There is one other wine that I put in the category of huge crowd-pleaser that people were shocked when I served it to them for the first time and that is '95 Charles Heidsieck BdM. I had a great run with that bottling, but unfortunately it is past its prime for my palate. I recently picked up some of the '04 after seeing Warren rave about it.
2 x Arkentone Estate '17
2 x Kamen Writer’s Block Blend '18
2 x Hourglass Blueline Estate '18
3 x Addax Napa Cab '19