Dinner at Trelio

Another fun night with the 559 crew on St. Paddy's Day...a little TOO much fun for me...as I should have spit at least once or twice...jeeeze I paid for that night!!! Sorry to those who I tried to converse with at the end of the night...I'm sure I made no sense with my drunken slurs! PISSED that I was so far gone that I didn't get to fully enjoy the end of the night 04 Salon purchase off the list. Was wondering why the bill was so high? Still...always fun to get together with the fellas! Thanks guys!

• 2014 Y de Yquem 95 Points

  France, Bordeaux

  Fantastic! Bright and dry lemon and lime citrus, little grass, herbs...love the tropical coconut and waxiness...crisp with minerals and chalky limestone, lanolin, exotic. Savory and not any sweetness like I thought there might be. Loved this!

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• 1995 Kalin Cellars Chardonnay Cuvée L 93 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

  No ox in sight! Bright and tropical fruits, banana wax, coconut suntan lotion, sautéed apples, apricot marmalade, savory minerals, dried honey. Little sweeter though than I've had from them, which actually got sweeter with air. Super fun wine!

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• 2014 Ferren Wines Chardonnay Frei Road Vineyard 94 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

  Coche Dury? Wonderful smoke reduction on the nose to go with the pureness peach and pear, crisp apple fruit. Some exotics of wood spice, honey...really nice weight and feel...fresh with lemon citrus. Love that blown out birthday candle smoke! The perfect blind for a GC white burg tasting! But did notice later on a tad bit of sweetness that would kick it out of burgundy for me blind. REALLY liked this, as did others!

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• 1997 Fisher Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Wedding Vineyard 89 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County

  Drinking very Bordeaux...little brett funk, smooth old leather, creme de cassis, plum skin sour. med bodied, fruit seems to be fading...more high toned acidity, still trying to hold on. Seen better days.

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• 1996 Pride Mountain Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 93 Points

  USA, California, Napa Valley

  Took awhile for this to show up...still some grippy tannins, nice dark chocolate brownie, mint tobacco spice, raspberry sauce. Sour skins showing more acidity than I would like...good dry graphite powder, cedar spice...aged leather, still showing well. Wish I spent more time on this.

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• 2011 Marcassin Pinot Noir Marcassin Vineyard 90 Points

  USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast

  Really young and somewhat primary...candied cherry fruits, little thin, pretty potpourri florals, cola, smoked cherry wood, smooth and sweet...a little too sweet for me. Needs some time.

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• 2005 Saxum 44 Month Barrel Age James Berry Vineyard 96 Points

  USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles

  81% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre, 9% Grenache....still massive, yet the tannins have balanced with age....smooth and creamy with the huge glycerin dark berry fruit. Dusty white pepper, oak barrel spice, white flowers, smoked meat, blackberry sour cream pie....wonderful complexities with a silky full bodied feel from the 44mos barrel age. Awesome!

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• 2011 Domaine de Montille Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 93 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

  The outlier wine of the night, but a nice and pretty addition! Light bodied Malconsorts here, showing the vintage...crunchy berry fruits, pretty florals, dusty wood spice, tilled earth...firm minerality, fresh and bright, slight whole cluster funk. Wait 10yrs on this one.

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• 2004 Sine Qua Non Into the Dark 95 Points

  USA, California, Central Coast

  Showing some Bordeauxish leather with age...pretty red fruits, liqueured and ripe, exotic woods and spices, white pepper, cherry blossoms...silky smooth...drank rather regal throughout the evening.

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• 2009 Sine Qua Non On The Lam 96 Points

  USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Barbara County

  Softer and more subtle than past bottles...which I really dug! Peaches and honey...tropical pineapple, banana wax, buttered rum spice...pretty honeysuckle florals, saline minerality...if Raveneau made a Rhone white? Loved this!

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• 2014 Sine Qua Non Syrah Piranha Waterdance 90 Points

  USA, California, Central Coast

  Huge and sweet extracted fruit here...dark and ooozing, smoky tar, kirsch liqueur, white pepper spice...but to be honest, it seems too sweet for me? Young of course, but might have been the other wines we had(04 Into the Dark, 96 Pride res, 05 Saxum44...) that might have made the sweetness stick out? Lot going on in this...hopefully next time the sweetness is tamer.

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• 2001 Château d'Yquem 98 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

  SO exited to try this, since I've owned it from release, but never had it yet! Crazy freshness with the citrus acidity...vibrant, perfectly ripe tropical fruits, apricot marmalade, saffron threads, dried honey, vineyard smoke, salty minerals...layer after layer of perfect balanced sweet perfection. A legend for sure!

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• 2004 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut

  France, Champagne

  I was too far gone at the end of the night when this one appeared. What a shame...as I am a HUGE Salon fan! From what I remember...very high toned freshness, painfully so. Needs time?

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