Sous Vide BBQ at the Beerlings'

Brussel sprouts with bacon, mac and cheese

• 2009 Wind Gap Wines Trousseau Gris Piccolo Bastardo Fanucchi Vineyard 91 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley

  Medium dark orange color; VA, orange skin, peach, tart apricot nose; tasty, intriguing "orange" style wine, with extended skin contact during fermentation, pulpy textured, tart orange, tangerine, tangerine skin, mineral palate; medium-plus finish

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• 2009 Freeman Pinot Noir Rosé 90 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

  Medium dark pink color; floral, VA, pink grapefruit, tart blood orange nose; poised, floral, ripe pink grapefruit, blood orange palate; medium finish

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• 2008 Evening Land Vineyards Chardonnay La Source Seven Springs Vineyard 92 Points

  USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills

  Light medium yellow color; minerally, tart lemon, lime, oyster shell nose; tasty, tart lemon, mineral, Chablis-like palate with a sense of salinity; medium finish

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Mmmmm, lamb sliders.

• 1999 Domaine Tempier Bandol Cuvée Spéciale 94 Points

  France, Provence, Bandol

  Bricking medium dark red violet color; nice dried berry, cumin, cinnamon, Moroccan spices, tobacco, beefy, lamb jus, fig nose; tasty, dried berry, lamb jus, cumin, brown spices palate with firm tannins still; medium-plus finish (stunningly better than a bretty bottle I had last year)

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• 2003 Copain Syrah Hawks Butte Vineyard 93 Points

  USA, California, North Coast, Yorkville Highlands

  Very dark red violet color; appealing, tart cherry, red berry, green peppercorn, red bean nose; red bean, red berry, spicy, pepper, hickory smoke palate; medium-plus finish

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• 2005 Jaffurs Syrah Verna's 87 Points

  USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County

  Oak, ripe berry, blackberry liqueur nose; ripe berry, oak, ripe plum palate with too much heat; medium finish

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• 2006 Clos del Rey Côtes du Roussillon Villages 88 Points

  France, Languedoc Roussillon, Roussillon, Côtes du Roussillon Villages

  Very dark red violet color; red berry, red velvet cake, green herb nose; concentrated, green herb, red berry, charcoal, red bean, green bean casserole palate; medium-plus finish

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With our flank steaks, that were cooked sous vide and then grilled.

• 2007 Arnot-Roberts Cabernet Sauvignon Fellom Ranch 92 Points

  USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains

  Dark red violet color; Bordeaux-like cassis, herbaceous, tobacco nose; poised ripe cassis palate with juice, depth and cedar edges; medium-plus finish 92+ pts.

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• 2005 Audelssa Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Valley 92 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley

  Dark red violet color; ripe cassis, menthol, red berry nose; tasty, plush, youthful, poised, ripe cassis, red berry, menthol palate; medium-plus finish

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• 2003 Hirsch Vineyards Pinot Noir 92 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

  Bricking medium dark cherry red color with pale meniscus; black cherry, berry, brown sugar nose; maturing, black cherry, ripe cherry, berry palate with depth; medium-plus finish

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• 2009 Marcel Lapierre Morgon Cuvée Marcel Lapierre 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

  Dark cherry red color with pale meniscus; red berry, herb, plum nose; juicy, ripe cherry, beef jus, juicy, ripe red berry, blackberry, creamed honey palate; medium-plus finish (opened for 3 hours before pouring)

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• 2009 Béatrice et Pascal Lambert Chinon Les Terrasses 91 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

  Medium dark red violet color; VA, tart red fruit, herbaceous, olive nose; herbaceous, olive, tart red fruit, mineral, tart currant, green pepper, savory palate; medium finish

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• 2005 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico 89 Points

  Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG

  Medium red violet color; tart red fruit, red berry, tobacco nose; tangy, tart red fruit, tobacco palate with medium acidity; medium finish

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• 2009 Marcel Lapierre Morgon 93 Points

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

  Medium dark red violet color; slight reduction, ripe currant, red fruit, cherry nose; tasty, ripe currant, red fruit, balanced, needs 2-3 years; medium-plus finish

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• 2003 Martorana Il Nero dei Greci 88 Points

  Italy, Sicily, Sicilia

  Very dark red violet color; baked berry, bean nose; baked berry, tart berry, tart black fruit palate; medium-plus finish

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• NV Drusian Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze 86 Points

  Italy, Veneto, Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze

  Light yellow color; tart apple, oak nose; tasty, apple, oak, pear palate; medium finish

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