The Great 2019 Easter Marathon!

Marathon sessions of great drink and food and fantastic fellowship!

A quiet evening catching up.

• 2014 Tyrrell's Sémillon Single Vineyard Stevens

  Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley

  (4/17/2019)

  White peach, struck flint. Fresh, hessian. Crisp acidity, white citrus pith.

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• 2006 Pipers Brook Vineyard Pinot Noir Reserve 95 Points

  Australia, Tasmania

  (4/17/2019)

  Lifted sour cherries, berries. Black florals. Acid. Intensity, tannin structure. Minty. Tobacco, woodsy. Graphite. Developed really well!

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• 2016 Pipers Brook Vineyard Pinot Noir Reserve 93 Points

  Australia, Tasmania

  (4/17/2019)

  Sour cherry. Floral strawberries. Savoury. Soft acidity. Confected. Sweet Red fruit. Orange peel. Excellent, but not up to 2006 alongside!

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• 2013 Tablas Creek Côtes de Tablas 92 Points

  USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles

  (4/17/2019)

  Grenache, Syrah, counoise, Mourvèdre.
  Black, ash, cherry dark florals, pitch/bitumen. Alcoholic nose. Acrid, meat, leather. Grandma perfume. Sandalwood.
  Finished w sweet tea, supple ripe tannin. Aromatic finish if fleshy fruit. Sweet lapsang souchong

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• 2015 Luis Pato Vinho Regional Beiras Vinhas Velhas 93 Points

  Portugal, Beiras, Vinho Regional Beiras

  (4/17/2019)

  Rich round fruit, lifted perfume. Galangal aromatics, violets, basil, spearmint, herbs, sour, gangly. Coriander stems. Patchouli.
  Beautiful!

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• NV Vollereaux Champagne Rosé de Saignée

  France, Champagne

  (4/17/2019)

  Savoury, meaty, pomelo pith. Lime juice, leafy pucker. Tea leaf finish.

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Lamb and Chicken.

• 1987 Pommery Champagne Brut Millésimé 95 Points

  France, Champagne

  (4/19/2019)

  Amazing development! Woah, sweet mandarins, white pith, beeswax, honey, patchouli. Nutty cashew.
  Complex and complete!

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• 2003 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese 92 Points

  Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

  (4/19/2019)

  Lemon/light gold. White pith, juicy citrus, lime, soft waxy, hint kero. Lacy! Sweet, pineapple, lime marmalade. Fruit skin and pineapple jam finish. Awkward phase. Pink guava finish!?

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• 2011 Cambridge Road Pinot Noir 94 Points

  New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough

  (4/19/2019)

  Rich, sour cherries, dark spices, leafy aromatics, juicy, orange peel. Earth umami, sweet, orange juice, tea leaf, mushroom. Layered, translucent. Gossamer. Finished sweet with tea leaf.

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• 2013 Toby Bekkers Syrah 93 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale

  (4/19/2019)

  Ink, barnyard, ash, sweet berries. Layered. Concentration. Blue and violet. Deeply sweet. Sarsi
  Elegant!

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• 2006 Clarendon Hills Grenache Onkaparinga 94 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, Clarendon

  (4/19/2019)

  Old, dusty fruit, aged prune. Complex. Orange peel. Layered. Very sweet luohanguo, dates. Complex. Tungkwuey. Heady Indian spices, royal jelly. Ashy pencil shavings
  Beautiful!

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• 1997 Miyako-Bijin Shuzo Junmai Yamahai Genshu Koshu 'Gohyakumangoku' 94 Points

  Japan, Kansai, Hyōgo, Awaji-Shima

  (4/19/2019)

  [Gohyakumangoku rice, 65% polish, 17%, yeast strain #901; bottled Jan 2019] Deep gold, almond essence, nutty. Complex, sweet, tannin structure. Mushroom, straw, complex, sweetness with time. gentle acetone solvents and overripe banana. Beautifully complex, and hugely enjoyable!

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Amazing briskets (thanks Chiloong!), great fellowship, and random conversations.

• 2015 Château Sixtine Châteauneuf-du-Pape 92 Points

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape

  (4/20/2019)

  Rich, juicy, milk chocolate. Rich sweet berries. Layered, fine resolved tannin. Black Forest cake!
  (last bottle!)

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• 2005 Hobbs Shiraz Gregor 94 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Range

  (4/20/2019)

  Rich, chocolate, cocoa, lifted berries. Silky. Complex, and developed. Drinking very well. Thanks Chirong!

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• NV Seppeltsfield Para Rare Tawny 18yo

  Australia, South Australia

  (4/20/2019)

  Rich treacle, marmalade, dry figs, marzipan. Amazingly fresh for 18yo.

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• 1997 Seppeltsfield Para 21 year old Vintage Tawny 95 Points

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  (4/20/2019)

  Candied, sweeter, less fruit. Apricot kernel, mushroom and nutty. Oak. Lifted berries. Rich, sweet. Glazed fruit.
  Complete.

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• NV Glenfiddich 18 Year Old Small Batch Reserve Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 40% 94 Points

  United Kingdom, Scotland, Speyside, Dufftown

  (4/20/2019)

  Coconut candy, caramel, vanilla, passion fruit, clean, pandan. Juicy clean, dried apricot. Sweet, lingering finish.
  Beautifully approachable.

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Chillaxing w Geoff and Adel

• NV Twenty Third St. Distillery Signature Gin

  Australia, South Australia

  (4/21/2019)

  Oily, citrus, white pepper, coriander. Sarsi.
  Complex for a gin!

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• NV Tanqueray Malacca

  United Kingdom, England, London

  (4/21/2019)

  Oily sweet, orangey peel, white pepper, really sweet.

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• NV Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla

  United Kingdom, England, London

  (4/21/2019)

  This isnt gin - its grand marnier and cointreau!
  incredibly sweet and monolithic orange peels.

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• NV St. George Spirits Terroir Gin

  USA, California

  (4/21/2019)

  Wow wet temperate forest. Douglas fir. Leafy, sticky pine needles. Resin, wow, wet forest floor.
  Gin? or a walk through the Pacific North West temperate rainforest?

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• 2015 Moric Blaufränkisch 92 Points

  Austria, Burgenland

  (4/21/2019)

  Dark blue and violet berries, stem, exotic spices. Concentrated, texture. Juicy blue berries, supple tannin, rich dark ashy. Coat tongue on the finish. Viscous. Juicy!
  Worked very well with our wonderful Lebanese meal, especiall falafel and kibbeniyeh!

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Beautiful day, with Kiong, ML, Bo&Mich, and the kids!

• NV J. Dumangin Fils Champagne Brut 17 93 Points

  France, Champagne

  (4/24/2019)

  Toasted cashews, mandarin peel, cloves. Sweet, lifted, complex developed, beeswax. Disgorged 90s.

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• 2011 Unavale Vineyard Nautilus 91 Points

  Australia, Tasmania

  (4/24/2019)

  Developed, crisp green apples, juicy, developed, quite yums, working perfectly with Uni and Oysters

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• 2017 De Bortoli Pinot Noir Riorret Lusatia Park Vineyard 93 Points

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  (4/22/2019)

  translucent ruby in glass. leafy dark berries, mulch, moss, sweet earth. Soft blue and straw berries, even mulberry. Juicy and sweet, lifted, confection notes. Great acid balance and concentration. Most inviting and elegant. Finishes minty and umami, with hint ash. A lovely drink, and very good with Ayam Serai!

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a serious immersion.

• NV Balvenie 21 Year Old PortWood Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 40% 94 Points

  United Kingdom, Scotland, Speyside, Dufftown

  (4/24/2019)

  Cognac, mandarin peel, lifted Christmas spice. Cocoa dusting, sweet bitters, juicy, cleansing, leafy copper. Fall notes.

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• 1992 Glenrothes Manse Reserve (Travel Retail Exclusive) Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 43% 93 Points

  United Kingdom, Scotland, Speyside

  (4/24/2019)

  [Distilled 25/5/92; bottled 25/3/14]
  Sweet peat notes, sweet apple skin. Soft. Sweet, gentle, focus. Dry sweet fruit, dry persimmon.
  Hint marzipan. Straw on finish. Copper. Hazelnut nuttiness on watering, sweet, elegant, clean.

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• 1992 Glen Scotia 25 Year Old SMWS 93.78 'Like a vintage dessert wine' Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 53.3% 96 Points

  United Kingdom, Scotland, Campbeltown

  (4/24/2019)

  [Olorosso] Iodine and seaweed, disinfectant. Sweet dry fruit, apricot, handyplas. Mushroom, sweet peat, papaya. Sweet bitter chocolate. Ink, sweet, crystalline.
  Watering: ink, chocolate factory, toasted crackers, japanese soy. Soft fruit and dry spices on the finish. Long and complex. Remarkable!

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• NV Ledaig (Tobermory) 18 Year Old That Boutique-y Whisky Company Batch 3 Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 51.7%, 921 bottles 95 Points

  United Kingdom, Scotland, Isle of Mull

  (4/24/2019)

  Woah! Salted fish, saline, very sweet, fish sauce. Spice, complex, layered, funk. Seaweed, nori rice crackers. Funky Christmas cake. Salted, fishy funk. Matchstick, pencil shavings. Iodine. Burnt brakes.
  I love it!

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• NV Lark Distillery Single Malt The Wolf Release 96 Points

  Australia, Tasmania

  (4/24/2019)

  [54%, bottle 229/382]
  Coconut butter, oily, butterscotch. Sweet sweet intensity, Demerara sugar.
  Oily, almond and coconut. Intense, complex.
  Dry florals. Marzipan. Copper and brass. Layered.
  Chocolate and brown sugar, sugar butter toast. Singularly amazing!

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a lazy brunner, outdoors, and indoors, and a litany of friends.

• NV Mars Tsunuki Wa Bi Gin

  Japan, Kyushu, Kagoshima

  (4/25/2019)

  Sarsi, perilla leaf, woodsy, ginger, citrus, bite, cinnamon.

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• NV Bull Run Distilling Company Aquavit Temperance "Regnig Dag"

  USA, Oregon

  (4/25/2019)

  (Batch 001, bottle 170, 44.38%)
  Anise, sweet, mint. Wintergreen. Caraway.

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• 2017 Domaine la Serre Picpoul de Pinet

  France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Picpoul de Pinet

  (4/25/2019)

  Funky, spritz, funk, acid, beeswax, development. Sharp.

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• 2017 Florian Mollet Pouilly-Fumé

  France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Pouilly-Fumé

  (4/25/2019)

  Hessian florals, beeswax, fino sherry. Guava, feijoa, lifted acid, salinity. Matchstick, flint.
  Expressive and paired beautifully with our Pipi Fettucine!

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• 2017 La Vieille Ferme (Perrin & Fils) Rouge

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Ventoux

  (4/25/2019)

  Red blue fruit, soft spices, easy, expressive. Sweet, elegant.

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• 2016 Dulong St. Émilion Prestige

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion

  (4/25/2019)

  Dark leather, chocolate, cassis, leafy mint, toasted raisins. Juicy herbaceous leaf. Concentrated, sandalwood spice, minty and eucalypt.

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final tastings.

• NV Oxley Cold Distilled Dry Gin

  United Kingdom, England

  (4/26/2019)

  Fresh orange peel, soft pine and juniper, coriander. Clean, pure, white pith. Oily, super clean. High tones.

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• NV Santa Teresa 1796 Solera Rum, 40%

  Venezuela

  (4/26/2019)

  Soft, sweet, butterscotch, formic acid, green wood. Finish a little shot.

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• NV Compass Box Hedonism Blended Grain Scotch Whisky, 43%

  United Kingdom, Scotland

  (4/26/2019)

  Meat funk, green, grass, spices. Abit sharp on finish.

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• NV Compass Box The Peat Monster Blended Malt Scotch Whisky, 46%

  United Kingdom, Scotland

  (4/26/2019)

  Peat smoke, saline, iodine, savoury funk. Sweet, young, blue smoke, hint dry citrus peel.

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• 2018 Save Our Souls Pinot Noir

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula

  (4/26/2019)

  Bright strawberries, soft leather, undergrowth. Bright acidity, mushrooms. Great Mornington typicity.
  Great with Kitchen by Mike's roast chicken

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