1/22/2021 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

This could blow up a Northern Rhone lineup. Black olive, sweet & savory feral darkness. Tom Waits or Mark Lanegan would voiceover this wine.

5/30/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Time has been an ally for this one, smoothing out the rough edges and bringing forth an elegant tipple.

5/26/2018 - Boatdrinker wrote:

First go w/ this guy - Day 1 a bit pretty w/ touch of VA. Bit calmer Day 2. Simple.

4/8/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Orangesicle acid trip.

4/8/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

A riddle wrapped in an enigma. Wooy lemony and tense. Chenin lovers would approve. One with which to sit and think whilst having a drink.

4/8/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Elegant and clean. Wouldn't have guessed skins without the label. A silky plush bablbing brook. Really pretty.

4/15/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Chablis from Monterey! Via Albarino! Really impressive stuff - bright stoney saline chalky lemony goodness. Great acid.

4/1/2018 - Boatdrinker Does not like this wine:

Oxidized. Left half of it in the decanter and on day 2 it was less shrill, though angular and uninteresting.

4/2/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Liquid charm. Elegant red fruits accented by just the right amount of herbaceous bramble. Excellent.

2/9/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

This showing was dominated by red fruit and tension.

2/8/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

These open up w/ a good deal of funk, but after it blows off there is a really pleasing purity of fruit.

2/7/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Loire Chenin goes to the mountains, gets super high, swims naked in stone strewn snowmelt stream, rolls in meadow of white flowers.

1/28/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

So. F'g. Pure. A red laser straight to your soul.

1/19/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

1st night was bright California sunshine w/ a subtle Chenin backdrop. Day 2 the Chenin character really spoke up and grabbed your attention.

1/20/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Really complex and alive. Terrific QPR.

1/21/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Consistently great - Chablisesque liquid chalky goodness.

1/21/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Showing well - herbal pear flesh sprinkled with autumn leaves.

1/14/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Tight. Real tight. Coiled smoldering smokey savoriness. Leave it lay.

1/6/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Drank along side a Kutch Sonoma Coast pinot. Both are very pleasing wines, wide open and easy to like. This guy was a bit darker fruited, more earth. Great QPR here ($28ish).

1/6/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Wide open and ready for business. Pleasing. Balanced.

1/4/2018 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Elegant and refined. Somehow textured and full but light on the palate, at the same time - like a golden blanket and a babbling brook made a baby.

12/29/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Terrific aromatics, bright fruit. Same on the palate, really fresh and alive with juicy tension. Bodacious restraint.

12/14/2017 - Boatdrinker wrote:

A bit of <reductive> Syrah-like stink on the open. Double decanted and then drank over dinner. Not much development or change - reminded me of a bottle that had been open for a day.

12/6/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Really stinky and terse, upon opening - blew off after some air. Still has a firm, tannic streak running down the middle. Bright red fruit, but somewhat closed.

12/5/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Appley funky stream water.

12/4/2017 - Boatdrinker Does not like this wine:

Something is up w/ this wine - I'd caution buying it if you are looking for a typical nebbiolo.

12/3/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

A silky 5 o'clock shadow of a wine.

11/12/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Lean and mean. 1st day had some pleasant reductive funk - blew off by day 2. I'd compare to Cru Bojo, but less fruit. Nice stoney texture. 10% alcohol.

11/5/2017 - Boatdrinker wrote:

Showing a more oxidative note this go around. Metal.

11/5/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Chalky goodness. Serious acid.

11/5/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

09 JT on fire.

10/28/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Classic Nebb. Delicious.

10/28/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Classic nebbiolo profile. Sour cherry. Delicious.

10/28/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Pop and pour (don't do this - let it open). They pyrazines are strong with this one, grasshopper.

10/21/2017 - Boatdrinker Does not like this wine:

All of the Gaunoux wines from WTSO a few years ago are brett bombs.

10/23/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Singing. A beautiful, elegant pinot.

10/23/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

This one seemed a bit tired - I've got one more left - drink up!

7/8/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Drank over 3 days. Lush and tense and mineral and.....ah, hell, I really have a hard time describing good Riesling, as it is such a pleasurable assault on the senses.

7/9/2017 - Boatdrinker wrote:

Another fairly flat bottle. Not bad, per se, but disappointing.

7/11/2017 - Boatdrinker wrote:

This bottle was showing some age. Drink up, unless you are looking for that characteristic.

7/7/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Wow. This guy has completely evolved. I drank my last bottle Oct/14, and it was as everyone has pretty much described -> bright fruit and earth with a pleasant grip. I've been holding my last bottle, enamored with a baby vertical, but finding myself increasingly worried about holding the 2012 too long. I broke down and opened it tonight....W.T.F. just happened?!? This ain't Trousseau, this is Barbaresco in its sweet spot. Fully resolved, powdery tannins. Tar, dusty cherry and all the usual Nebbiolo goodness, but with juuuust a hint of that Trousseau funk in the background. This is what makes wine so fun. It is a total buzz kill to hold a wine too long, find it over the hill upon opening after waiting for years (I just did this with a 2010 Cotat Rose), but then you get one like this. I don't have experience with aged Trousseau, so maybe this is not unusual, I dunno, but a fun experience.

7/2/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Professor Jamet with horror show in a bottle. A dark, bloody, brooding presence that can scare the shit out of a guy if he's not ready for it. Feral elegance. Fantastic. QPR beast.

7/3/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

A big wet kiss of a wine. Juicy dark red fruits with a wonderful green streak. Case buy, one to always have around.

7/4/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Serious Pinot Noir. Slap yo Momma stuff.

6/26/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

It's all been said, but what a bursting juicy berry mouthwatering bottle of hell yes.

6/17/2017 - Boatdrinker wrote:

ACID. Still.

6/19/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Assertive. Apples and toast.

5/25/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Have you ever been water boarded with the essence of Spring poured out of a narwhal horn by an angel? Me either, but I would imagine it tastes something like this. Outstanding.

5/19/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

Young and powerful. Chalky. Chablis-esque. Also reminded me of some Gruner.

5/20/2017 - Boatdrinker Likes this wine:

My last bottle, sad face. Beautiful wine. Like an elegant Etna Rosso, smoke and earth and dark red fruit.