| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| Red |
2011 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Gravelly MeadowDiamond Mountain more |
4/25/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 points"Tits and Boobies" (Chicago, IL): For the so-called shoddy 2011 Napa vintage, this is fantastic. Producer over vintage all day long. There is so much of an old-school sensibility to this. Very judicious oak use, where it is more of a seasoning than an actual flavour. Plush, dark fruit, and a silky, refined texture on the palate. Sure, it won't be the longest-lived Napa wine, but there is already so much enjoyment to be had here. |
| White |
2005 Domaine Roulot Meursault 1er Cru CharmesChardonnay more |
4/25/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 points"Tits and Boobies" (Chicago, IL): Initially this was quite mute on the nose and palate, and certainly paled in comparison to the PYCM alongside. But this blossomed with air, whereas the PYCM pretty much held the line the whole night. I liked the PYCM more at first, and the Roulot more at the end. It's a very subdued, calm wine, with a lovely zen-like ethereal balance. It has none of the intense acidity, reduction, etc. of the white Burgundies that are in fashion today. It's a lot more sedate and more introspective. |
| White |
2005 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Meursault 1er Cru CharmesChardonnay more |
4/25/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 points"Tits and Boobies" (Chicago, IL): Very, very good. It's certainly a chunky, big wine with plenty of weight. No reduction or overt oak either, though this showed a fair bit riper than the Roulot alongside. Initially, I preferred this wine, but with more air, I feel like the Roulot picked up more gravitas. This was more exuberant and expressive from the get-go, and it stayed that way over the course of the night. |
| White - Sparkling |
2011 Krug Champagne Vintage BrutChampagne Blend more |
4/25/2024 - acyso wrote: 95 points"Tits and Boobies" (Chicago, IL): I'll be honest. I was very, very skeptical about the decision to release this wine in such a shoddy Champagne vintage. But this was honestly impressive. It far surpassed my expectations -- really, I should be trusting Krug more than myself. At first, right at the get-go, this showed a bit light and white-grapey, with a lot of structure and lots of acidity. But it came into better balance as the night passed. To be sure, this is not a Krug for the ages, but it is one that feels far more approachable now, versus the 2004, 2006, and 2008, which all felt underwhelming at release. Intense and minerally, with just the right amount of counterbalancing acid. Colour me impressed -- this may well be a bit of a dark horse of a vintage for Krug. |
| White - Sparkling |
2011 Emmanuel Brochet Champagne Les Hauts MeuniersPinot Meunier more |
4/25/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 points"Tits and Boobies" (Chicago, IL): Very good, especially for the very difficult vintage. No greenness or thinness here; this is quite rich and opulent, though it does seem to show a fair bit more advanced than I would expect for a wine that is but 12 years old. The mushroomy qualities of meunier are on clear display, and this is quite concentrated and vinous. Probably among the better wines I've had in the vintage and honestly a real surprise. |
| Beer |
NV Cantillon Brewery Kriek 100% LambicBrussels Malt, Grain more |
4/24/2024 - acyso wrote: NRBottled May 23, 2022. Fresher than my last bottles -- with this beer, freshness is paramount, especially having tasted it at the source last year. The cherry flavours here are brighter and more pronounced, but this is already quite intensely tart and starting to lose a bit of balance. Still, delicious enough with some food. |
| White - Off-dry |
2008 Vollenweider Kröver Steffensberg Riesling SpätleseMosel Saar Ruwer more |
4/22/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 points#06-09, 7.5% abv. Shockingly different from my last bottles of this. This is resolved and drinking very well right now. There is no reductive stink, but plenty of more mature fruit. Comes across riper than I would expect for the vintage and the new-wave winemaker, but the crispness and balance with the sweetness now make for a very light and delicious counterbalance to Szechuan food. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2018 Martin Woods Riesling Noble Rot Hyland VineyardMcMinnville more |
4/20/2024 - acyso wrote: 90 pointsDinner at Tiny Pine Bistro (Carbondale, CO): Served double blind. For the most part, this is very riesling-like, with crisp acidity and some green apple. But there's a fuzziness here that had me thinking sweet chenin for a few moments as well. At the end of the day, this felt more like some sort of new-style riesling than anything to me. It has a fair bit of sweetness, probably at Auslese level or so, but is missing the laser focus of the German style. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1989 Domaine Huet Vouvray Cuvée ConstanceChenin Blanc more |
4/20/2024 - acyso wrote: 98 pointsDinner at Tiny Pine Bistro (Carbondale, CO): This ranks up there with 2001 Yquem as one of the best dessert wines (still readily available on the market, I might add -- as there are plenty of small German bottlings that aren't) made in the last 40 years. This is basically what high-botrytis chenin should be. Textbook in every way, and just ridiculously stunning in its quality. Despite the maturity, this feels like it has decades still to go -- a result, obviously, of its being chock full of preserving acidity and residual sugar. A kaleidoscopic palate that never feels heavy for a second, though the concentration and complexity makes a little go a long way. |
| Red |
2022 Kobayashi Winery Syrah Sans Soufre WeatherEye VineyardRed Mountain more |
4/20/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 pointsDinner at Tiny Pine Bistro (Carbondale, CO): Very dark in stature, the way Washington syrah can get, but there was a slightly natural bent to this the way Franck's Sans Soufre can get as well. That said, it's not like this wine is dirty or funky at all -- in fact, it's very clean and though the fruit quality here is incredibly dark and purplish, there is also this silky texture that young-vintage Allemand might have. An excellent bottle of New World syrah, and with a big bunch of Cayuse in my recent memory, this far surpasses that style for my palate. |
| Red |
2013 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru ChampansPinot Noir more |
4/20/2024 - acyso wrote: NRDinner at Tiny Pine Bistro (Carbondale, CO): Not sure if this was wholly representative, because if it isn't, that's pretty shocking how fast this is evolving. Too earthy and autumnal for a 2013, with the red fruit in a very advanced state. Judgment reserved; I'm gonna crack a bottle from a different source to check. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1967 Trimbach Gewurztraminer Sélection de Grains NoblesAlsace Gewürztraminer more |
4/20/2024 - acyso wrote: 95 pointsDinner at Tiny Pine Bistro (Carbondale, CO): Opened in honour of one of my friends who also happens to be a Trimbach stan like me, this was as brilliant as it gets. Oily and thick, and yet so alive and balanced the way Gewurztraminer so often is not. There isn't much of the intense, lychee spice quality on the nose anymore, and the spice is more of an orange-peel, brown sugar, old botrytis quality. I love the rich texture on the palate, and even though this isn't too sweet, you can still feel the ancient residual sugar here. A really special bottle, and a real treat to share. |
| White |
2021 Domaine Jacques Carillon Puligny-MontrachetChardonnay more |
4/20/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 pointsDinner at Tiny Pine Bistro (Carbondale, CO): Absolutely killer, especially for the level. Jacques Carillon remains among the short list of white Burgundy producers I buy every year, and this "basic" bottling is a great example of why. It's got azen-like, meditative quality to it, with the minerality and acidity in perfect harmony, and nary a hint of reduction on the nose. Judicious oak usage fills out the palate. Why by so many other 1er crus, when you can get better wine for a village-level price (though admittedly, even that isn't that cheap these days)? |
| Beer |
2020 de Garde Brewing The BlackberryOregon Malt, Grain more |
4/20/2024 - acyso wrote: NRDinner at Tiny Pine Bistro (Carbondale, CO): Bottled 4/23, so a relatively fresh bottle of this. Stunning stuff, with a slightly sweet, cooked fruit nose that maybe veered a hint more towards blueberry than blackberry. On the palate though, the fruit is unmistakably blackberry, but of a sweeter persuasion than the fruit that you eat. How that happened, I don't know, but it just works. Not overly sour the way other de Garde can get -- this is in perfect balance with such a pure expression of fruit. Reminds me of the time I tasted Sixth Peach for the first time. |
| White |
2021 The Storm Cellar Dry RieslingWest Elks more |
4/20/2024 - acyso wrote: 88 pointsDinner at Tiny Pine Bistro (Carbondale, CO): Probably some of the highest elevation riesling in the country. You definitely get a sense of that here -- the cool crispness of it, with intense minerality the way a Mosel feinherb can get. If there's a strike against this, it's that the midpalate feels light in that there isn't the same density as, say, Finger Lakes or Oregon. But this is certainly a unique expression of riesling all the same, and quite tasty at that. |
| Red |
2021 Faiveley Mercurey 1er Cru Clos des MyglandsPinot Noir more |
4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 90 pointsDinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): Quite light, though in contrast with the WongAmat, this was a bruiser. Very pretty, raspberry-accented red fruit, with plenty of acidity. Light and perfumed, and very drinkable now. |
| Red |
2021 WongAmat Dalsheimer Bürgel SpätburgunderRheinhessen more |
4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 90 pointsDinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): Very nice nose here -- perfumed, strawberry-adjacent, and almost like a good, weighty summer rosé. The palate's a bit thin, and there's definitely a slight underripeness here that leaves this feeling a bit empty. One of those wines where the nose is much better than the palate. Quite pleasant -- better as a chilled summer red. |
| White |
2020 Julian Haart J.J. Riesling KabinettMosel Saar Ruwer more |
4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 88 pointsDinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): #05-21, 9.5% abv. Clean and crisp, with that light-bodied raciness that you should expect from Kabinett. Not particularly complex though -- a good drinking wine and not much more. But it's fairly priced and certainly shows a high pedigree. |
| White |
1994 Louis Jadot Le MontrachetMontrachet Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 pointsDinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): Very much what Montrachet should be -- inordinately thick and rich, oily, and opulent. A very dense texture on the palate, with an intensity that comes off almost bitter because there's so much of it. Relatively low in acid, but it's made up for in the form of the sheer amount of extract. Huge fan of white Burgundy made before chardonnay these days. It's way more opulent and rustic. |
| White |
2016 Domaine Labet Chardonnay LiasCôtes du Jura more |
4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 pointsDinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): chardonnay - 30 to 60 year old vines - vineyard blend - La Pellerine, Le Crêt, Arteau - terroir - blue Lias clay on Bathonien limestone - 17 months in old oak barrels - pH 3.11 - free sulfites <6mg/L - total 12 mg/L. Classic Labet, with just that classic reductive winemaking style and a fair bit of white wine volatility. That said, this still tastes might clean and bright for my palate, and is unmistakably Labet with a slight hint of sotolon, plenty of acidity, and still a good amount for white fruit. |
| White |
2019 Wolfram Stempel Riesling MHT 19Mosel Saar Ruwer more |
4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 90 pointsDinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): Kind of a weird wine. Doesn't come off particularly riesling-like but it's also not like any other grape either. Good minerality here, but it's just a bit of a baffling wine to be honest. Not really sure what to make of it. That said, it was actually pretty good. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| White |
2011 Weingut Keller Riesling RRRheinhessen more |
4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 90 pointsDinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): Clearly in the richer style of the Keller of old, and I think the vintage played a part of this as well. Still, this is minerally and bright, but a bit big-boned for a feinherb. It's not as crisp and elegant as more recent vintages. That said, this is still pretty impressive in its stature, though I do prefer the modern iterations more. |
| White |
2018 Ceritas Chardonnay Trout GulchSanta Cruz Mountains more |
4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 90 pointsDinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): Seriously good chardonnay. Comes across richer than the French style, with more fruit on the nose and palate, but it's not for want of acidity nor balance. Clearly identifiable as New World with that fruit profile, but counterweighted by the typical Ceritas minerality and acidity. Great stuff. |
| White |
2015 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Clos Saint Philibert BlancChardonnay more |
4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 93 pointsDinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): Wow, absolutely outstanding for such peripheral terroir. Rich and balanced, with gorgeous white fruit and intensity here. No reduction, just a good, honest bottle of rich, old-school chardonnay. A seriously grand value of a bottle of Burgundy in a night where we all were complaining about the value proposition in a Four Yorkshiremen sort of way. |
| White |
2021 Envinate Palo BlancoValle de la Orotava Listan Blanco, Palomino Fino more |
4/18/2024 - acyso wrote: 85 pointsDinner at 312 Fish Market (Chicago, IL): Something a little too natty with this, so it tasted a little off for my taste. Nowhere as good as the Táganan. This has some modest salinity but also some off notes that really detract from the overall quality of the wine for me. High acidity. |
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