10/26/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Medium-
Acidity: Medium+
Typicity: High

Notes of lemon curd, flint, honeydew, vanilla, cheese rind, and toast.

Really tasty St. Aubin, pretty classic white burg flavors with perfect balance and just a hint of oak and lees aging. Another Costco buy, would definitely get it again.

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10/26/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Medium+
Acidity: High
Typicity: High

Notes of honey, honeysuckle, candied peach, ginger, and lemon curd.

Amazing ice wine. Can buy at Costco and will definitely be buying it again. Beautiful, beautiful product.

10/26/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Medium-
Acidity: High
Typicity: Low

Notes of Orange peel, wet stone, honeysuckle, gooseberry, and lime zest.

This is a good wine with a slightly bitter finish. Very weird blend of Grenache Gris, Grenache Blanc, and Macabeo (aka Viura).

10/7/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Full
Acidity: Medium
Tannin: High
Typicity: High

Flavors of chocolate, mint, charred wood, blackberry jam, clove, cinnamon, and leather. Delicious wine that could stand a few more years of aging to soften the considerable tannin and texture. But definitely drinkable now, it evolves in the glass a great deal! I would definitely buy again.

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10/7/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Medium
Acidity: Medium+
Tannin: Medium+
Typicity: High

A whiff of nail polish blew off after a couple minutes in the glass, after which there were super classic Syrah flavors of blackberry, black pepper, smoky meat, and blueberry. Tasty stuff if you are into old-world Syrah like me. If not you might not be a fan!

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10/7/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

This is for the Napa Cab, not the Paso Cab.

Body: Full
Acidity: Medium+
Tannin: Medium+
Typicity: High

Flavors of boysenberry pie, black cherry, black licorice, eucalyptus, vanilla, cocoa, creme de menthe. This is a lush but well balanced Cabernet, and I am a big fan. It could definitely be better in a few years but is also delicious now.

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10/7/2020 - millennialwinegeek Does not like this wine:

Body: Full
Acidity: Medium
Typicity: High

Flavors of Vanilla, coconut, banana creme, baked pear, pineapple. I have been known to be a fan of rich, full bodied Chardonnays on occasion. This is not one of those times. Frankly, this wine kind of sucks. It is rich, so it has that going for it, but it’s very out of balance and really just not yummy.

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10/7/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Medium-
Acidity: High
Tannin: Medium-
Typicity: Medium+

Flavors of cherry candy, black pepper, blackberry, raspberry jam, red currant. Delicious, easy drinking, light and tart. Would definitely buy again!

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10/7/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Medium
Acid: Medium+
Tannin: Medium
Typicity: Medium-

Flavors of BlackBerry, raspberry coulis, leather, tomato leaf, smoky meat. Good Oregon pinot though it’s a bit ripe/fleshy as compared to most.

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8/25/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Absolutely one of the best wines I’ve ever had. Perfectly balanced, amazingly well integrated oak, blackberry and black currant flavors with nice Napa dustiness. If I could ever afford to buy my own bottle I would!

Note: I decanted AND SWIRLED for at least an hour before this began to open it. This has plenty of life left in it, or at least the bottle I tried did!

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8/25/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

At it’s absolute last drinkable moment in time. Opened and decanted (for sediment), the cork crumbled and disintegrated. This wine was delicious and beautiful...for about an hour. I went back and tried what was left about an hour and a half after opening it and it had already become “vermouth”, as a server at an Italian restaurant once told me about a too-old bottle of Barolo he’d tried. Drink them now if you have them, and do it quickly!

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8/25/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Good wine, well made and at an excellent price. Less funky than other Nero d’Avola’s I’ve had in the past, perhaps Sicily is getting the hang of making it consistently.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium
Tannin: Medium
Typicity: Medium-

Notes of blackberry coulis, dust, Earth, smoke, black currant.

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8/25/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

It’ll do. Has just enough acidity to make it quaffable. Drink it and forget it.

Body: Medium-
Acidity: Medium+
Typicity: Medium

Notes of Yellow Apple, pineapple, wet stone, and lemon.

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8/25/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Impressively well balanced and tasty for what is essentially an entry level wine for La Crema. I am not generally a fan but this one surprised me in a very good way.

Body: Medium-
Acidity: Medium
Tannin: Medium-
Typicity: Medium+

Notes of raspberry, cherry cola, dusty earth, leather.

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8/25/2020 - millennialwinegeek Does not like this wine:

Decent chardonnay, not great though. It has a bitter, hot finish that really screws up the rest of the wine.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium
Typicity: High

Notes of lemon curd, lime leaf, orange peel, passion fruit, and vanilla.

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8/25/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Less meaty funk and more berry goodness, but still yummy. A little too much fruit for my taste though. Too much grenache in the mix, not enough Mourvèdre/Syrah. Gimme blood and black pepper and bacon.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium-
Tannin: Medium+
Typicity: Medium+

Notes of blackberry, tobacco, cinnamon, green pepper, clove, pate de fruit.

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8/25/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Solid CdP, even if I can’t blind CdP to save my f***ing life. Oh well, I’ll get it one day.

Body: Full
Acidity: Medium-
Tannin: Medium +
Typicity: High

Notes of blackberry jam, cocoa, mulberry, vanilla, baking spice.

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8/25/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Well I’ll be a son of a bitch. For this price, can’t be beat. Really, really solid Carneros Pinot. Good job Costco!

Body: Medium-
Acidity: Medium+
Tannin: Medium
Typicity: High

Notes of black cherry, cherry cola, raspberry, baking spices.

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6/24/2020 - millennialwinegeek Does not like this wine:

Tasted blind. Sweet vanilla, lemon curd, golden apple, canned pineapple. Oak is well integrated but the alcohol is out of balance and the wine is very simple.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium
Typicity: High

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6/24/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

I blinded this wine and had no idea what it was...funky blend of Grechetto, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc. Lemon peel, petrol (bizarrely), honeysuckle flavors. Simple but tasty.

Body: Medium-
Acidity: High
Typicity: Low

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6/24/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Solid bottle of Roussillon, a bit fuller bodied than expected...maybe some Carignan in there? Dried fig, raspberry coulis, barnyard, leather ...the funk was strong to start but mellowed out/blew off after maybe 15 minutes.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium+
Tannin: High
Typicity: Medium+

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6/24/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Nothing terribly wrong with it but not the most exciting wine in the world. Lots of raspberry and blackberry jam, very supple and smooth tannins. Drank it out of a 375ml screwcap bottle.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium-
Tannin: Medium+
Typicity: High

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Needs to be decanted first, it was really tight for an hour or so. But once it opened up, it was lovely, with red cherry and boysenberry notes, and some really nice savory herbal and black pepper character. Wish I had known to decant prior as I wouldn’t have wasted the first glass...

Body: Medium
Acidity: Medium
Tannin: Medium
Typicity: Medium

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Really nice plum, black cherry, and oaky flavors (but not too much). I find myself reaching for Malbec more and more on weeknights; there’s something very easy and almost always enjoyable about them. And this one is bordering on nice complexity too...would be interesting to try a version with a few years of cellar age.

Body: Full
Acidity: Medium
Tannin: Medium+
Typicity: High

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Crushable. Lots of juicy cabernet qualities but none of the complexity. I find it weird that so many cheap Cabernets have almost no tannin, or incredibly smooth tannin, which means drinking them is essentially like just drinking alcoholic fruit flavored juice. That being said, I wouldn’t say no to it if it was a choice between this and cheap Pinot.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium+
Tannin: Medium-
Typicity: Medium

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Does not like this wine:

It was a bit high alcohol, and frankly it’s one of those Meh-rlots. Sure, it tastes like merlot, but is it really worth making it just so you can have a merlot in your lineup? I think the world doesn’t need more mediocerlot.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium-
Tannin: Medium+
Typicity: High

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Does not like this wine:

Sweet cherry and raspberry. It’s not overly sweet, but it’s noticeable. Nice and crisp still but not my favorite. Rose Prosecco has a way to go I think.

Body: Light
Acidity: High
Typicity: High

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

It’s certainly not going to blow your mind but it’s a solid Cremant. Seems almost like it was bottled at too low pressure, as it’s definitely fizzy but the mousse is a little too creamy for my taste. Has a nice mellow lemon curd on toast flavor going on, but that’s about it.

Body: Medium
Acidity: High
Typicity: Medium+

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Lighter style of Tempranillo, it’s definitely more a drinker than a thinker. But really good all the same. I can’t say I remember it developing all that much, and it definitely didn’t completely sell me on Oregon Tempranillo as a category...but it didn’t scare me away either.

Body: Medium
Acidity: Medium+
Tannin: Medium-
Typicity: Medium-

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Surprisingly good Tempranillo for the price. Definitely oaky, lots of vanilla and cedar notes. Some good dark fruit like mulberry in there too. Doesn’t blow you away but for $10 would you expect it to?

Body: Full
Acidity: Medium
Tannin: High
Typicity: High

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

On the night I drank this, I was drunk enough at the point when I opened it that I don’t even remember if it was white or red. This is why you should put in tasting notes ASAP after drinking, like the next day. But hey, it’s a good producer, so it probably tasted good!

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Really, really savory and tasty. I can see why some call this the Chateau Musar or South America. Nothing like a normal Malbec...nor is it particularly similar to Cahors. It’s in a league of its own.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium-
Tannin: Medium+
Typicity: Low

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Really solid Cava for the price...nice brioche and toast on the nose, with a bright lemon and citrus peel dry palate. None of the funky aromas that some Cava’s have from too much Xarel-Lo.

Body: Medium-
Acidity: High
Typicity: Medium

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

A little too much Brett to start out with, but it blew off after an hour or so. Still, would’ve been nice for it to not be so overwhelming. Once the Brett blew off it turned into a really nice wine.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium-
Tannin: Medium+
Typicity: Medium+

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Yumm yummy in my tummy. Delicious and drinking really well now. Still has that nice cherry and blackberry that a regular Brunello has, but with more weight. And really nice herbal, cedar overtones.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium
Tannin: Medium
Typicity: High

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Super dusty and earthy, but with a solid core of blackberry and raspberry. Really nice Pinot but could’ve used a few more years of aging.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium+
Tannin: Medium-
Typicity: Medium

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

I adore this wine chilled for about 30 minutes in the fridge. It is not particularly complex, but it has amazing blueberry and black cherry flavors with just a hint of that dusty bramble Zinfandel is known for. This is a carbonic red, which means if you are looking for a typical Zinfandel, don’t get this!

Body: Medium-
Acidity: High
Tannin: Low
Typicity: Low

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6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Beautiful and lush BDX rose...not for everyone, but it is damn juicy and tasty. Definitely more body than a typical rose.

Body: Medium+
Acidity: High
Typicity: Low

6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

My favorite rose from 2018. Full of all the juicy strawberry and watermelon deliciousness you can handle.

Body: Medium-
Acidity: High
Typicity: High

6/8/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Delicious and fruit forward, nice easy blend.

Body: Medium+
Acid: Medium
Tannin: Medium+
Typicity: High

5/6/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Medium
Acidity: Medium+
Typicity: High

Tastes like Provençal rose. Do I need to say anything else?

5/6/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium
Typicity: Low

Very interesting blend of Macabeo and Muscat. Floral, rich, honeyed, and stone fruity, but without being cloying, and dry. Was delicious paired with lemon-rind grilled halibut over couscous. Would love to try an aged one.

5/6/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Light
Acidity: High
Typicity: High

Zesty, refreshing, and a bit of sparkle in there. Tart lemon and lime with a little minerality and just enough complexity to keep you going back. A simple wine, but a good one.

5/6/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Light
Acidity: High
Typicity: Medium+

Really solid Prosecco, it actually showed some toast/brioche notes to start and evolved a little in the glass from green apple to Meyer lemon. Nice and dry too, especially compared to other Prosecco’s at a similar price point.

5/6/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Full
Acidity: Medium+
Tannin: Medium+
Typicity: High

Definitely tasted like Paso Cabernet, but not the biggest I’ve tried by far. Showed good restraint with the acidity shining through and not too chocolate-y or velvet-y. Still, definitely a Paso Cabernet.

5/6/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Full
Acidity: Medium-
Typicity: High

Butter and pear and apple pie, oh my! This is for the full bodied Chardonnay drinkers in the room. Not quite as obnoxious as most, the fruit does shine through. It was most buttery upon opening the bottle, some of that flavor simmered down after an hour or two. Delicious with baked cheesy gnocchi.

5/6/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Body: Medium
Acidity: Medium+
Tannin: Medium
Typicity: High

Delicious, showing really well even as a young wine. Had lovely tar and leather notes, with nice tarter-than-expected cherry and raspberry flavors.

5/6/2020 - millennialwinegeek wrote:

Body: Medium+
Acidity: Medium+
Tannin: Medium
Typicity: Medium+

Good, not great. Tasted almost like they de-alcoholized it? Or maybe it has a bit more than a little residual sugar to soften it up. It was like blackberry jam and cedar and clove but then didn’t have the body to match the flavors.

4/21/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

A bit rich, even for Macon. More oak showing and less fruit, I expected more stone fruit and melon flavors.

Body: Medium
Acidity: Medium+
Typicity: Medium-

4/21/2020 - millennialwinegeek Likes this wine:

Beautiful! Showing melon and Meyer lemon curd characters, subtle oak use with no butter/MLF notes. A fantastic, lighter example of a Russian River Chardonnay.

Body: Medium
Acidity: Medium
Typicity: Medium+