| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2010 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape ReserveGrenache more |
11/9/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRI had this wine as a pop and pour this past April and it was pretty shut down. So knowing that information i decnated this puppy a good half day ahead. It needed every single minute of it. As the night went on, each pour, the massive density of the wine came into focus and unfurled. Started to pick up the beautiful spice laden aspects of rayas while keeping the space of its huge body in tack. Heavy intense saturation of fruit that leads to an incredibly sappy and long finish. POtential on this wine is monstrous. |
| Red |
2007 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape ReserveGrenache more |
11/2/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRi’ve much maligned this wine due to how ripe and candied it was on release and the following years. I just had one at the end of 2022 and it was so candied and alcoholic i didn’t even want to drink it. As a joke - when #noigmatt mentioned this bottle for the dinner, i said you should open it the day before. He popped it at 7pm the night before, poured off a glass and gave it to the morning. Then in the morning decanted it until dinner time. |
| White |
1989 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-MontrachetChevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
10/25/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRPart 2 of decant your white burgundy (or any wine really) |
| White - Sparkling |
1988 Krug Champagne Clos du MesnilChardonnay more |
10/24/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRI swear these 1988 Krug Clos Du Mesnil are getting younger and younger 🤣 |
| Rosé - Sparkling |
2012 Roses de Jeanne / Cédric Bouchard Champagne Rosé de Saignée Creux d'EnferPinot Noir more |
10/23/2023 - clayfu wrote: NR2012 Cedric Bouchard Creux d’enfer Rose - ultra tiny .07 HA plot of Pinot Noir 🦄🦄- made in rosé de saignée, which gets 24 hours of skin contact including its stems then pressing the juice to get the resulting color and rose. Most rose champagne is still red wine added for color. |
| White |
2001 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Les ClosChardonnay more |
10/22/2023 - clayfu wrote: NR2001 Raveneau Clos - opened at 11am and finished at 10pm. Last sip best sip. |
| Red |
1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. VivantRomanée St. Vivant Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
10/20/2023 - clayfu wrote: NR1999 DRC Romanee st Vivant - felt almost clunky next to the 2002 La Tache. You feel all the jagged tannic edges from how reserved the wine is. There’s oodles and poodles of material waiting in reserve that’s for sure but it never feels like it’s able to burst part that barrier and is still coiled around that core. It’s dark, brutish, reserved. I’d hold for longer to allow those tannins to shed. |
| Red |
2002 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La TâcheLa Tâche Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
10/19/2023 - clayfu wrote: NR2002 DRC La Tache - this beaut of a wine has hit that perfect moment where the primary opulence is strutting in full display like a peacock but with the maturity to know, maybe don’t be strutting all those feathers in a crowded street in Arcadia and get run over. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2020 Kei Shiogai Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru CherbaudesPinot Noir more |
10/17/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRPer Kei’s IG I wanted over a month after delivery and decanted for awhile. |
| White |
2014 Hubert Lamy Puligny-Montrachet Les Tremblots Cuvée Haute DensitéChardonnay more |
10/13/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRReally interesting trying the 2014 of this wine next to the 2019 st aubin HD. Where the 19 showed very forward and yellow fruited, the 2014 was more floral and white fruit driven. It's still deep and a tidal wave of flavor, it's also strung along by a high wire level of acid all around the wine that adds so much energy and excitement to the wine. |
| White |
2019 Hubert Lamy Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Derrière Chez Edouard Cuvée Haute DensitéChardonnay more |
10/11/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRSecond time having this wine and roughly a year apart, I thought the wine was good a year ago, it's put on even more power and effort behind it. It's a completely mouth saturation of flavor. It's a flavor tsunami. While it does show the ripeness of the vintage and the acidity could use a little more pick me up, it's still an incredible wine that's so sappy and laden with material you just keep going back to it. |
| White |
2014 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru ValmurChardonnay more |
10/11/2023 - clayfu wrote: NR2014 Raveneau have felt so closed up for awhile now, you get the genius behind the wine as it fills like the belt buckle is about to blow wide off that fat pant waist, but it's not quite there. The Valmur has this bristling density wrapped into the classic waxy Raveneau texture but it feels like it's two notches away from a belly burst and even with 3 hours of stuffing, it didn't get it too much closer. Maybe I would have felt differently and thought the wine was more ready to go than it was if the other two wines next to it weren't so electric. |
| Red |
2005 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée Clos du ChâteauPinot Noir more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Very much liger belair with its gorgeous supple red fruit and vosne spice yet still very much 05 as the oak still hasn't felt like it's integrated and the wine still feels so primary. I'm just glad to have a sound and good showing on a Liger village with age! |
| White |
2017 Domaine Prieuré Roch Ladoix Le Cloud BlancChardonnay more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Nice spot, fresh and fleshy that reminds me of a natty white burg producer, but there was a nice delicate acid note that helped keep the wine lively with its yellow fruit |
| Red |
2012 Domaine Jamet Côte-Rôtie Côte BruneSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Wow. Maybe the best syrah i've had in 2023. It's so etheral in its fruit presence with wonderful acidity and a fine line of the sweetest delicate red fruit. The mouthfeel of the wine is so svelte and beautiful. THe nose is filled with that same fresh picked cherry note that just effortlessly rises out of the glass. My goodness that was good. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2012 Marie et Pierre Bénetière Côte-Rôtie Le DoliumSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: I think this wine is starting to shut down a bit. It's losing a bit of that sweet sweet red berry on the nose and starting to get burlier and thicker on the nose and palate. Still fantastic density on the wine with a ton of sweet red fruit but it does feel like the structure of the wine is in the forefront. A very good wine still if you've never had it near release where it was an amazing wine. |
| Red |
2012 Thierry Allemand Cornas ReynardSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Not a great example of the wine, you could tell there was a little heat damage and it was enough to really bring out the lacto notes on the finish that really marred the wine. |
| Red |
2008 Thierry Allemand Cornas ReynardSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Very high toned va driven nose with bright purple fruit and pepper. THe palate is cool yet laden with ample fruit and that classic allemand fruit and minerality combo runs well in the wine. Not quick as deep as the 07 tasted the same night, but the VA seems to give it a bit more of a brightness. |
| Red |
2007 Thierry Allemand Cornas ReynardSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: This vintage was such a great one for allemand. I love how the wine sparkles from the minerality and it feels so herbacious and black fruited. It's just incredibly well balanced right now with a deep flavor profile that shows it still has some time to go before it hits its peak. |
| Red |
2004 Thierry Allemand Cornas ReynardSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Been a couple years since I opened a blt of the 04 and it's really developed nicely. It's put on a lot of weight while keeping that fine minerality and black olive and fruit driven core. Starting to add more of that savory back end element of the wine which really adds to the complexity. Wine was beautiful and would have been my WOTN if not for the 2012 Jamet Cote Brune |
| Red |
2008 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave HermitageSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Kinda similar to the 07 we had with it where there's a lightness to the wine - I wouldn't necessarily say elegance just feels like it has another gear that's not quite there. It's easy drinking and has decent dark red fruit, but there just seems to be missing a little bit more especially next to the same vintage Allemand Reynard. |
| Red |
2007 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave HermitageSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Soft supple fruit, felt a bit short on the finish, meaty pepper on the back end but wish there was a bit more acidity to prop the wine up |
| Red |
1996 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave HermitageSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: Wildly different wine from the 1992 that was served by it. Really burly meaty and thick. Lots of olive and smoke on the nose and the palate had a coarse tannin and more tobacco driven notes with dark burly fruit. One to sit on for a bit longer |
| Red |
1992 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave HermitageSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: looking at the notes on this wine prior to dinner had me fearful but boy this was good. That wild brambly red fruit with an edge of sous bois you get from most 80s Chave with a nice pulse of acid and cool moderate mouthfeel texture. Reminds me a lot of 89 but a little less so of a wine but still very enjoyable |
| Red |
2004 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave HermitageSyrah more |
10/1/2023 - clayfu wrote: NRAllemand v Chave Los Angeles edition: TCA BOMB |
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