2/16/2024 - PDX-S wrote:

PnP had over 3-4 hours out of a Gabriel Glas.
Smells like a lean lemon icee, like a promise of things to come.
Palate follows suit, a linear laser of acid and mineral that manages to convey nuance and variation while staying within a very narrow spectrum of flavor. The dry mineral streak comes to the fore on the long and persistent finish.
A very nice entry point to this producer’s catalog, polished and precise. Use it to cut through whatever you may be eating.
Still feels like it may gain weight and openness with more time. Note to self- hold til 2026 at least.

3/16/2024 - PDX-S Likes this wine:

Really a fun wine. Oily and dry texturally, good acid, pervasive finish.
Almond, grapefruit, and mineral, with a touch of saltiness- for the win. An odd combination, in that it is so reminiscent of some Jura wines, without the influence of flor.
Very fun, educational, and pleasing in its own right.

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Gott en ekki frábært. Ég var hrifnari af Ribera del Duero vínunum af þessu borði. Alveg solid Rioja búi samt. 87-89

4/24/2024 - al80813@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Pop and pour. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Gamay, and Aligoté made according to the traditional method.

Bright straw/pale yellow in the glass. Nose of lemon zest, a bit of creaminess, and ripe pineapple. On the palate it’s incredibly bright with lemon, tart green apple, and white peach. Decent creaminess, a bit of the brioche/nutty note. It’s dry, medium bodied, high acidity, and has a short minerally finish. Bubbles are very fine.

It’s good even if it’s unidimensional.

4/6/2024 - PDX-S Likes this wine:

Day one - Delicious wine. Fantastic company.

Day two - Zalto
Rusty cranberry color, wide watery meniscus, bricking on the edges.
With overnight aeration in the bottle, the aromas start to show their age. A faint dusty aroma starts to lay over the cranberries and tart cherry aromas, soil and morel mushrooms add depth.
Perfectly composed in the mouth. Great acid, fully integrated tannins, just mouth watering. Tart cherry, hints of black tea, savory morels, and orange rind all create a kaleidoscope of flavor.
The long lingering finish remains, savory and mouthwateringly tart.

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Þetta er stuldur á innan við 4.000 kr. Miklu meiri kraftur en í El Holgazan og flottara jafnvægi. Virkilega gott vín. 89-90.

4/6/2024 - PDX-S Likes this wine:

Day two- Zalto Burgundy glass
Bing cherries, soy, morels, and a little forest floor on the nose.

Incredibly composed, good acid and tannins, another mouthwatering experience. There are dark and red cherries, orange peel, cola, and savory mushrooms dancing across the palate.

Really stellar wine that is in a great place currently. Still quite vigorous with just the beginnings of tertiary development starting to show.

4/24/2024 - kend707 Likes this wine:

Wow, this wine is so close to being over the top that you have to stop and categorize all the attributes of this wine. The fruit is huge cherry and plum. Tannins are abundant but well integrated. Nose is from another planet; one can smell it three feet from the glass. The finish is beyond long, with a slight pepper tinge. Folks should be talking about this offering. I'm buying more tonight! This wine has a long life ahead of it. Was decanted three hours. I may decant longer next time.

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Vín sem kostar um 2.800. Ótrúlega flott fyrir þann pening. Greinilega víngerð sem þarf að fylgjast með. 86-88.

4/24/2024 - Shell.tu wrote:

Ton of oak on the nose, ripe ripe black fruit with strewed cherry. High alcohol, medium acidity. Not very balanced, a HOT wine

4/12/2024 - PDX-S wrote:

This bottle presented a rounded Sancerre experience, without many interesting edges.
Yes, there was some acid, fruit and mineral, but it all tasted rather generic. Did not seem to be tight and hiding anything, just seemed like there wasn’t much of interest. Will revisit again. Would not buy again if basing decisions off this bottle.

4/20/2024 - PDX-S wrote:

More tropical than lean and mineral. Surprisingly plush. It’s a fine wine if you like tropical notes with a little bit of mineral to balance it out. It’s just not the seashells and saline thing that I prefer.

Definitely drinkable over the next 2 to 4 years. If you like tropical notes. I could see it going well with fruit and chicken dishes.

4/24/2024 - skurtz Likes this wine:

Decanted for an hour, perhaps not enough but still, it has a soft flowery nose, again with the roses, vanilla, and perhaps some herbality, mint? On the palate, red fruit, tar, minerals, cheeky tannins, again pepper in the finish. A softer more tannic echo of '20 Castello di Neive Santo Stefano, but at a fraction the price, it is an excellent value! Lovely wine. Tonight with spicy grilled elk tenderloin. 91/92

4/24/2024 - PDX-S wrote:

Briny aromatics, smells of the sea and oyster shells., along with a hint of lemon.
Round in the mouth, there’s a melange of oyster liquor, almond skins and lemon.
The wine is moderately bright with good body and nice balance. It feels youthful and energetic, lean and mineral forward. Fun wine that is drinking well currently and likely over the next few years at least.

4/24/2024 - 3daywinereview.com wrote:

Day 2: Solid wine and available for $29.99 at South Lyndale Liquors. Chesnuts, plum, dark berries, spice, chocolate and dried flowers. Nice concentration and medium plus finish.

4/19/2024 - PDX-S Likes this wine:

Stunned by how much the nose is reminiscent of an Oregon Pinot circa 2017.

On the darker complected fruit side of the Pinot persuasion, the soil and herbal notes run roughshod over the fruit notes on the nose. Still, it is an incredibly intriguing nose that keeps inviting further inspection.

Over the course of a couple of hours the wine unfurls magnificently.

Blue fruits, tea notes, herbal notes, good acid, balanced tannins, and a decently long finish.

Tasty and fun, able to be enjoyed on its own as a pleasing drink, or something worth navel gazing for a while.

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Strax þarna fór nú að rofa til. Þetta vín er í allt öðrum klassa en grunnvínið. Mjög mikill ferskleiki og á allan hátt aðlaðandi vín. 89-91

4/21/2024 - Vintuition Likes this wine:

Très bon, mais moins que leur Chambollle Mussigny

4/24/2024 - kingkanu wrote:

A bit reticent to start, but with air opens out nicely and becomes a classic Puligny, plenty of structure & extract, rich but kept in focus by the acidity and mineral edge, kept improving over an hour or so, an excellent wine if you can avoid the pox

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Eins og með Chardonnay vínið frá þessum framleiðanda þá var ég ekki neitt yfir mig hrifinn. Það voru einhverjir dökkir beiskir tónar að trufla. Þetta er nú líka grunnvínið. Þannig að maður má nú kannski ekki vera of kröfuharður. 85-87

4/24/2024 - Gnieboer Likes this wine:

Fresh and fruity, full bodied. Nicely balanced for early drinking, good contrast to my favorite cooler climate Quivet Hulda syrah which is more savory.

4/24/2024 - cos65 wrote:

Deep opaque ruby
Dense stuff with particularly meaty rustic feel.
Pleasant and tasty enough, but I’d serve on the cooler side. Almost a prickly feel to the tongue
Mostly neutral oak
50% Montepulciano, 35% Aglianico, 15% Tintilia

4/24/2024 - kingkanu wrote:

Oh hello ! Lovely nose of classic slightly old school burgundy, but all that extraction and oak has melded beautifully into the dark cherry 2002 fruit, the vineyard keeps the fruit cool and stylish, nice evolution and fruit balance, really lovely and totally in the zone for pleasure now

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Hvítvínið var bara svona la la. En þetta rósavín. Það var eitthvað annað. Með betri rósavínum sem eru í boði hér á klakanum nú um stundir. 89-91

4/24/2024 - Atljohnfe wrote:

Nothing to it

4/24/2024 - kingkanu wrote:

Magnum. Ready to go from the start, an excellent nose, classic white burgundy and more of the old school, concentrated, great balance and super length, just got better and better over a few hours, just great

4/24/2024 - Dfortin9 Likes this wine:

Complex and alluring evoking aromas of plum, blackberry, menthol and forrest floor; which is followed by tobacco and a bit of vanilla towards the end. We are talking winemaking here. Medium to full bodied, vivid acidity and fine grained well integrated tannins. This is balanced to a tee. NI:4, FI:23, FC:8, B:5, L:4

4/24/2024 - Atljohnfe wrote:

Good buttery

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Strax á öðru borði lentum við á borði kvöldsins, Dufland. Þetta vín var nú kannski ekki að kveikja í manni en alveg þokkalegt samt. 85-87.

4/24/2024 - kingkanu wrote:

Getting fully mature now, complex and fairly rich Pinot fruit but still plenty of freshness and energy. Stem ginger and ripe stone fruits, excellent length, really hit this in a great spot

4/21/2024 - CheviotCellar wrote:

Agree with other recent reviewers that this isn’t in the same class as past vintages. Torn between returning the other bottles I have or seeing if they add weight or complexity with more time. This used to be a great value wine, with a fuller, plush texture and more oak. The 2018 vintage is thinner, with a tinny quality, some tropical fruits and a short finish. No complexity in the aftertaste.

4/24/2024 - habermas Likes this wine:

Une bouteille à pleine maturité avec énormément de complexité. A boire dans les 2 ans, je doute que le millésime permette une garde de plus de 15 ans. Belle structure bien fondue, avec beaucoup de tertiaire, déjà au détriment d’un fruit qui semble un peu faible.

4/24/2024 - DSacks1991 Likes this wine:

Nice acidity, notes of apple and lemon. More body than I’ve come to expect from Rosé

4/24/2024 - natap Likes this wine:

Perfekte Trinkreife. Druck im Gaumen mit einem vielschichtigen Aroma Bouquet von Himbeere, Schokolade, marmeladig, Vanille, Zedern. Hält sicher nochmals 5 Jahre.

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Meiri eik en í crianza víninu. Mér fannst þetta ekki skila neinu auka. Sami klassi í mínum huga. 88-90.

4/24/2024 - HalRoberts67 wrote:

Awesome

4/24/2024 - Sanfoan Likes this wine:

2013 Kerloo Cellars Upland Vineyards Snipe Mountain. 13.9% abv. 92% Syrah, 8% Viognier.
Kept in the cellar since release. Third bottle from six originally purchased from the winery. Popped and poured, wasn’t sure how much life this had left. Poured a glass, let sit for about a half hour. On the nose: classic Kerloo syrah nose, crushed flowers (violets?), some black pepper, smoked meat, maybe some tar (?), some boysenberry, this kind of reminds me of some Huckleberry jams I used to have when I lived in the PNW. It’s not jammy per se, it is modern, but not overly so. There’s some cedar and some savory herbs. Overall, nose is still very much alive.
On the palate, feels quite meaty (again, smoked meat comes to mind), black pepper, tar (there’s a bit of an astringency), black tea, some dark fruits, maybe some licorice, very dark black cherries, some very ripe blackberries. Still slightly grippy tannins. Medium plus acidity. Medium plus length. Medium plus body. While the fruit is certainly fading a bit (mostly on the palate), I would say that this certainly has a few more years of life left, but if you have more than one, I would not hesitate to open one now.

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Það voru Alvin Nordic Associates sem voru með Protos. Þetta fyrirtæki flytur líka inn Luis Cañas. Það var ekki hægt að sleppa því að smakka líka á vínum frá þeim. Crianza vínið var mjög ferskt og þægilegt. Reyndar eins og LC er næstum alltaf. 88-89.

4/24/2024 - Franken Berry Likes this wine:

PHILLY CT GATHERING Dr Crane
A “bonus bottle” brought by Sean, and the youngest vintage of the group. A bit more over the top in terms of the rich blue and black fruits, a little less finesse than the others, perhaps a victim only of its youth, or the “heavier hand” of Venge. Oak was a bit more prominent. This was delicious and decadent, but suffered slightly compared to the others tasted last evening. Alcohol a bit more obvious, but less so than the myriad
Thanks for sharing Sean!

4/24/2024 - knothoef wrote:

Aromatic, dry, cherry

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Mjög þægilegt vín. Mér fannst þetta vera að skora nánast eins og reservan. Léttara að sjálfsögðu en ferskara og miklu meira spriklandi. 89-90.

4/24/2024 - habermas Likes this wine:

Un vin vertigineux et encore plein de fraîcheur. Une grande complexité au niveau des aromes et une structure diabolique. Un très grand vin à pleine maturité.

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Mér fannst þetta talsvert betra en 27 útgáfan sem við fengum að smakka á undan. Ennþá tiltölulega ungt. Hefði gott af 1-2 árum í víðbót á hillu. 89-90.

4/22/2024 - bitdrerik wrote:

Fyrsta vín í Spánarsmakki á vegum spænska utanríkisráðuneytisins. Eins og við var að búast af Protos ágætis vín. Held að þetta sé einhver afmælisútgáfa. Allavega er þessi Protos miði ekki í neinu samræmi við aðra Protos miða sem eru í gangi núna. 86-88.

4/24/2024 - Gary Likes this wine:

Disgorged 2013. Has been resting in cellar ever since. Showing spectacularly well!

4/24/2024 - Toasty Oak Likes this wine:

Yeasty, apples and lemons. Racy acidity, a little sweet. Easy going.

Cleaning out the cellar of things that have been hanging out maybe longer than they should, but this was still fresh and yummy

4/23/2024 - joseph_c Likes this wine:

disg 10/3/2022, MV of 2013-2020, 6g/l

Had a nice layer of fine bubbles and opened up to notes of stone fruit/brioche with some nice acidity. Ends with a light and dry finish. Wish the finish was a bit more interesting as I found it to end abruptly.

4/24/2024 - Axone Likes this wine:

Vin très fin et élégant, tannins très peu marqués, fruits rouges avec une bonne dose d'acidité (fraîcheur du millésime, je suppose).
Bon le premier jour mais fond de bouteille bien meilleur le lendemain, l'acidité s'étant mieux intégrée avec l'aération.

4/25/2024 - ScottFox Likes this wine:

4/19/2024 - davidsa Likes this wine:

For the price is an extremley pleasant Kabinnet that delivers excellent with a spicy meal. Perfect balance between acidity and sweetness as a Riesling from the Mosel should be.