Tasting Notes from 'Kbrumback'

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Red	2011 Peay Vineyards Pinot Noir Savoy Vineyard Anderson Valley more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 8/20/2023 - Kbrumback wrote: NR Moving the cellar and found this pleasant surprise. Been in a 56 degree cellar so in wonderful shape. We’ve been buying Peay for years and are fans of their light touch, age ability and true-to-terroir character. PNP, pale rose on the edge, lovely and immediately expressive nose. Lovely acidity, nice lighter, red-leaning fruit, a bit of rose and herb. But mostly just a nice, flavorful and lovely CA Pinot in a nice drinking window. If I had more I wouldn’t feel rushed. Just bought a bunch of their 2021s which are supposedly amazing. They may outlive me! Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
White	2017 Kistler Chardonnay Cuvée Cathleen Kistler Vineyard Sonoma Valley more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 4/30/2023 - Kbrumback wrote: NR Opened with friends at a Japanese-themed Donner party. This has a long life ahead of it. Agree w earlier comment that you should most def serve this cellar temp and not out of the fridge. Oak is still prevelant, lime/citrus and apple mist noteworthy. Nice long finish. Enjoyed w apps. Will try again in a year of two Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2013 Peter Michael Pinot Noir Le Caprice Fort Ross - Seaview more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 1/8/2023 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 93 points Drank this with at dinner with a 2003 Louis Jadot Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. Both wines were in a great spot and paired well with sous vide duck breast. Interesting comparison as the Peter Michael leans burgundian and the Beze was more of a meaty, dark fruit Cali style pinot. Agree with Mark1npt's tasting notes below, delicious, elegant, interesting wine that avoids the cola flavors that plague so many of its west coast neighbors. Drink up! Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
White	2013 J. Rochioli Chardonnay South River Vineyard Russian River Valley more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 11/24/2022 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 93 points What a pleasant surprise. 100% echo the prior review. Fully mature, lovely, well-defined flavors. Last bottle from a mixed case. Drink em if you have any left. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2015 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Westside Road Neighbors Russian River Valley more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 8/14/2022 - Kbrumback wrote: 94 points In a really nice place. Great combo of freshness acidity and fruit wo too much sweetness or the “cola” profile I sometimes get w RRV Pinots. Paired well w grilled chicken thighs and purple rice. Will be interested to see where this is in 2-3,years Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2010 Abreu Howell Mountain Red Bordeaux Blend more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 12/24/2021 - Kbrumback wrote: 96 points Christmas Eve PNP with a roast baby pig; late addition paired with a 2002 Mouton. Not a great year for Bordeaux and not a fair fight. We have been fortunate enough to drink Abreu since 2006 and this did not disappoint. Agree with prior notes: full, rich and just delicious without being heavy or overbearing. Just kept getting better; led to arm wrestling for the last pour with my boys. Long life ahead, sad to only have 2 left! Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	1999 Domaine Arlaud Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les Ruchots Cuvée Unique Pinot Noir more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 12/24/2021 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 82 points Found this in the back of the cellar during a move. Nose was NOT nice, color is Ruby with a light fading towards the edge. But… The flavor was a pleasant surprise: baking spices, sweetness and still a bit of red fruit. Had this waiting on the roast to finish before the 2000 Mouton. Not unhappy. Btw - pretty sure no one is still drinking this, but had to give it one last shout out. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2016 Domaine Robert Arnoux / Arnoux-Lachaux Vosne-Romanée Pinot Noir more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 9/1/2021 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 92 points Drank at Le Galleon in Beaune. Agree with earlier spice and energy notes. Definitely not a “mess”; lovely with the shellfish bisque and sweetbreads. Red fruits, some leather and savory notes, clearly better in a few years but wonderful on a late summer eve. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2008 J. Rochioli Pinot Noir Little Hill Russian River Valley more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 7/21/2020 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 93 points Wow. Got off the golf course, started a risotto and threw some local asarsgus and a sockeye filet on the grill. Pulled this from the cooler, PNP and super happy. Agree with most earlier comments: dark, earthy and deeply flavored, but with nice Pinot character and a blooming back end. This has plenty of life left. Much more going on here than some/many cola-flavored RRV pinots. Delicious wine. Happy to see what’s next. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	1990 Château Léoville Las Cases St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 1/2/2019 - Kbrumback wrote: 96 points Last bottle at a Gramercy Tavern tasting dinner and an amazing compliment to the lamb loin w sausage. Agree with most of the previous notes: delicious, just entering a mature drinking window and yet still full of primary fruit. My last bottle alas. May look for more on at auction. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2011 Occidental Pinot Noir Cuvée Catherine Occidental Station Sonoma Coast more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 1/6/2017 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: NR OMG WTF happened? Came home and THIS was open and in the fridge! Who? How long? Jill; Grandma; Matt? Pretty good juice but damn.. Maybe it was Flora? Roscoe? Gotta lock the cellar. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2005 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve Napa Valley more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 5/12/2016 - Kbrumback wrote: 93 points tyummy; better than 2001 Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2002 Joseph Phelps Insignia Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 5/12/2016 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 95 points Drank from magnum at UNC graduation party for my son Mark. WOTN. Everything you could want in a middle-aged California cab. Still dark to the rim, great nose, a bit closed at start with casis and graphite note, that evolved beautifully. Awesome flavor profile; tannins evident but well integrated, very rich, full mouthfeel, but wonderful lift kept it from being heavy. Beautiful now but still a teenager. Left everyone wanting more. 4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
Red	1989 Château Montrose St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 3/8/2016 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: NR Drank from magnum at Dovetail before Leon Bridges at The Beacon. The second of three magnums I bought at release. Opened an hour before and decanted, the wine was dark to the rim and, while delicious, has a long, long life ahead. All the flavor so you expect in a middle-aged St. Estephe, with long, complex, cab-dominated favors, this evolved wonderfully over the course of dinner. Very satisfying, and left me wanting more (wine and time in the bottle). Will leave the last alone for at least a few more years. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2002 Château Montrose St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 12/3/2015 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 90 points First visit to this wine in 3 years. Much happier this time around. This will never be a blockbuster and no, it won't compare to the 89 or 90 (alas); but it wasn't green, thin,leafy or hollow as many have written about the 2002s. Dark to the rim, nice legs, very cab forward, tannins still present but integrating. Nice. No rush on the balance of the case, but no real reason to wait either. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2011 Gargiulo Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon G Major Seven Study Oakville more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 11/28/2015 - Kbrumback wrote: 91 points First bottle of a half case. Drinking the 11s before the and 12s. Medium weight, nice legs, good balance, fruit forward, very enjoyable. Developed nicely in the glass over a couple of hours. My oldest GV Major 7s are 09s. Very much looking foreard to seeing how this Botdeaux blend develops. Would hope it shows the lovely range of my 1990 St Juliens. Thinking it might. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1)
Red	2011 Fortunate Son Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 4/29/2015 - Kbrumback wrote: NR - It's in total harmony with a full body. Juicy texture with a long finish - Awesome. Guilty pleasure. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2001 Alban Vineyards Pandora Edna Valley Grenache more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 11/24/2014 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: NR Loved this wine. Drank with duck and a 2000 Usseglio mon Aieul CDP. Both were awesome wines, but this was so much more enjoyable, complete and food friendly than the 2001 Seymours Syrah we had a couple weeks earlier. A little fresher, fruitier and less funky than the Usseglio, but both were great counterpoints to the other. Will try to get more. Highly recommended. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2000 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de mon Aïeul Grenache more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 11/24/2014 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 93 points Very nice, fully mature, med what CDP. Everything in place, nice tertiary flavors, some funk. Plenty of runway left. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
White	2007 Kistler Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard Carneros more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: NR Think it was the HydeVery nice, not flabby or oxidized, if anyhting better than a year ago Try to age a few Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2012 Peay Vineyards Pinot Noir Pomarium Estate Sonoma Coast more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: NR YumJill and E drank it Really nice Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
White - Sweet/Dessert	2005 Château d'Yquem Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: NR Good, but light Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2009 Peter Michael Les Pavots Knights Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: 94 points Yum But Abrue Thorevillos blew it away Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2011 Blankiet Estate Prince of Hearts Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 9/25/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: NR Only OK 2011 in a microcosm Not unlike a 2nd or 3rd growth in a so so year Good acidity and cedar notes, but not much stuffing Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
Red	2010 Williams Selyem Zinfandel Bacigalupi Vineyard Russian River Valley more	Options Post a Comment View Kbrumback's profile Report Issue 9/25/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: NR For Imrans bday Drank w 1985 Inglenook revs They liked this better Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

Tasting notes: 56 notes on 54 wines

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2011 Peay Vineyards Pinot Noir Savoy Vineyard

8/20/2023 - Kbrumback wrote: NR

2017 Kistler Chardonnay Cuvée Cathleen Kistler Vineyard

4/30/2023 - Kbrumback wrote: NR

2013 Peter Michael Pinot Noir Le Caprice

1/8/2023 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 93 points

2013 J. Rochioli Chardonnay South River Vineyard

11/24/2022 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 93 points

2015 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Westside Road Neighbors

8/14/2022 - Kbrumback wrote: 94 points

2010 Abreu Howell Mountain

12/24/2021 - Kbrumback wrote: 96 points

1999 Domaine Arlaud Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les Ruchots Cuvée Unique

12/24/2021 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 82 points

2016 Domaine Robert Arnoux / Arnoux-Lachaux Vosne-Romanée

9/1/2021 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 92 points

2008 J. Rochioli Pinot Noir Little Hill

7/21/2020 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 93 points

1990 Château Léoville Las Cases

1/2/2019 - Kbrumback wrote: 96 points

2011 Occidental Pinot Noir Cuvée Catherine Occidental Station

1/6/2017 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: NR

2005 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve

5/12/2016 - Kbrumback wrote: 93 points

2002 Joseph Phelps Insignia

5/12/2016 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 95 points

1989 Château Montrose

3/8/2016 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: NR

2002 Château Montrose

12/3/2015 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 90 points

2011 Gargiulo Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon G Major Seven Study

11/28/2015 - Kbrumback wrote: 91 points

2011 Fortunate Son Cabernet Sauvignon

4/29/2015 - Kbrumback wrote: NR

2001 Alban Vineyards Pandora

11/24/2014 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: NR

2000 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de mon Aïeul

11/24/2014 - Kbrumback Likes this wine: 93 points

2007 Kistler Chardonnay Hyde Vineyard

11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: NR

2012 Peay Vineyards Pinot Noir Pomarium Estate

11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: NR

2005 Château d'Yquem

11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: NR

2009 Peter Michael Les Pavots

11/11/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: 94 points

2011 Blankiet Estate Prince of Hearts

9/25/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: NR

2010 Williams Selyem Zinfandel Bacigalupi Vineyard

9/25/2014 - Kbrumback wrote: NR

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