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Red

2013 Bedrock Wine Co. Heritage Wine Pagani Ranch

 Sonoma Valley Zinfandel Blend, Zinfandel more
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5/25/2015 - doubledoc wrote: 92 points

Cut down to size-Rick Moranis
drank a whole bottle now gimme 8 more glasses
flavor thick blackberry blueberry pie
graham nutmeg old vine dust crust
420 get you high
tannin monster near
perfumed nose baking spice
visine in your eyes now everything is clear
hut to the right out of sight out of mind
little old lady baking breads looks behind
kim kardashian backside top two, too
but this aint milk its silk
pour it down your throat
in your mouth get coat
so much it fills a moat
getting ship in a boat
if you like zinfandel this is for you

7/1/97-Amsterdam Back of the worm! Read Icculus!

  • Comment posted by jfagan:

    5/25/2015 1:10:00 PM - WTF!
White - Sparkling

NV Bollinger Champagne Special Cuvée Brut

 Champagne Blend more
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9/7/2015 - jfagan Likes this wine: 93 points

Disgourged May 2009. I used to be in the habit of buying Bolli Sp Cuvee and realease every year and putting down for 5 years of so. This one has been in my cellar for nearly 6 years and is "spot on". Deep burnished gold with fine, light stream of tiny bubbles. The aroma evokes preserved lemons, honey and ginger. Gently sweet on the palate with rich, ripe flavors of orange blossom honey, ginger and roasted nuts. Long and profound with decent acidity, this was well worth the wait! Drink now to 2018.

  • Comment posted by jfagan:

    9/17/2015 1:09:00 PM - How to decode the approximate disgorgement date from a bottle of Bollinger (any cuvee)

    1. On each bottle there is a lot number that is normally found printed on the neck foil of the bottle
    2. This code will have the following pattern: L###### where # represents a number
    3. These numbers correlate to the following LYDDDBB (L412604) where:
    • Y is the last digit in the year; 4 for 2004
    • DDD is the day of the year; 126 for the 126th day of the year (early May)
    • BB is the batch number for the day; 04 for the 4th batch of the day
    • This bottle L412604 was disgorged between January and May of 2004

    So why isn’t this the actual disgorgement date? Bollinger actually uses this code to trace the labeling date of the bottle, but it will get you within 3 months of the disgorgement date (meaning the bottles are labeled up to 3 months after disgorgement).

  • Comment posted by jfagan:

    9/17/2015 1:09:00 PM - M. 49. Hope this helps.

  • Comment posted by jfagan:

    9/18/2015 6:44:00 AM - Thanks but I can't take credit for that. Several years ago I asked Brad Baker of Champagne Warrior the same question and that was his reply. I pasted it into "Private notes" on my Bolli Sp Cuv page.

  • Comment posted by jfagan:

    9/24/2015 8:33:00 AM - Dave, please check that number again. L4110045 would be 2041, 100th day, 45th lot of that day. I'm looking at my most recent bottle, purchased earlier this year and it is L 1416101 or 2014, June 10, Lot 1. And, yes, an extra digit was added starting in 2011 IIRC. If you do have a bottle disgourged in 2004 is would be in need of drinking IMHO.

  • Comment posted by jfagan:

    9/25/2015 8:16:00 AM - I don't know Krug's date system. Best to PM Brad Baker on Wine Berserkers. He 'da man!
White

2008 Domaine Matrot Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières

 Chardonnay more
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5/27/2018 - jfagan wrote: flawed

Pre-moxed.

  • Comment posted by jfagan:

    5/27/2018 6:50:00 PM - The last 3 bts from the case were full pre-moxed. Dark yellow, smell and taste of rancid cider. Such a shame.
Red

2009 Errazuriz Carménère Single Vineyard

 Aconcagua Valley more
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1/10/2016 - jfagan Likes this wine: 93 points

A Pair of Carmenere (My House, Waterbury, Vermont with Marcel): Coravin'd for 2 hours. A bit murkier than the Montes, this too is purple/black, opaque. The nose is classy with a potpourri of dried spices, flowers and a complex range of red and black fruit aromas. Excellent, silky texture is polished and elegant leading to rich flavors of ripe black fruit, licorice and pan-roasted spices. Great persistence on the finish, this is a really good showing. Drink now through 2024.

  • Comment posted by jfagan:

    1/17/2016 11:54:00 AM - Dave, for good value in Cabernet I would look to Chile and Washington more so than California.
White

2012 Trimbach Riesling

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8/9/2019 - jfagan Likes this wine: 92 points

Light yellow-gold color. Complex aromatics that include ripe lemon, wet rock and some high-toned Alpine herbs. This wine is more forward and developed at this point than I expected. Exceptionally well balanced flavors greet the palate with more ripe citrus, minerals and some late harvest like notes. This can be enjoyed now with or without food. Very persistant and refreshing. 11 more bottles! Drink now through 2024. 92pts.

  • Comment posted by jfagan:

    11/17/2019 2:45:00 PM - Yes. I'm sure it will last that long. The 2010 is more backward.

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