Lovely dinner with wine loving friends. Polenta and veal ragu and lots of homemade nibbles. Bottles were pulled from our cellars in an open that bottle mood.
Lovely example of aged Cabernet. Totally under estimated how nice this wine this wine from my cellar would be. Big wine, supple, good character, definitely Cabernet. Lovely wine.
One of best Alsatian Rieslings I have had in years. Wish I had built a meal around it to show it off. It got a bit lost in a night of many open bottles.
Past the drinking window but still slightly hanging in there. Developed more as the evening progressed. Paled in comparison to other wines on the table. Maybe prematurely age due to storage but I would not hold on to it any longer if I had any.
Big wow. Totally missed the age of this, yes it shows age but has great character. Stored in my cellar direct from the winery, so I think it has fared better than for other tasters that got it through retail channels. A hit in the tasting.
Totally wonderful, was a hit at the dinner. There is something about a Cabernet aged and in its prime where the fruit and complexity are there and the structure is pure velvet. Timing was right to open.
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Pic St. Loup
I didn't bring it and had just had a bottle the night before from my cellar. Clearly the youngest red in the tasting but it did do well with the ragu, that said in a night of many great wines this was the last bottle finished.
2000 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon To-Kalon Vineyard 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
Lovely example of aged Cabernet. Totally under estimated how nice this wine this wine from my cellar would be. Big wine, supple, good character, definitely Cabernet. Lovely wine.
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NV Diebolt-Vallois Champagne Cuvée Prestige Blanc de Blancs 89 Points
France, Champagne
In a mixed style of the long aged creamy with good developed yeasty notes yet a background of fresh lively fruit and crispness.
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2013 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Brand 94 Points
France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru
One of best Alsatian Rieslings I have had in years. Wish I had built a meal around it to show it off. It got a bit lost in a night of many open bottles.
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2015 Domaine Adrien Besson Chablis 1er Cru Montmains 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Nice Chablis. Did have time to really linger over it but the glass I had hit all the right points.
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