4/10/2024 - S1 Does not like this wine:

Mildly corked.
Granted, I'm hyper sensitive, but still...disappointing.

11/5/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Delicious but drinking very young. Elegant bright cherry with just a hint of meat, but lots of pepper and wild herb.

11/6/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): From one of the more recent disgorgements I think. Drinking very young, but still with the balance and purity I have always loved on this wine. Nice acid, tart lemon, and a great mineral streak. I’d love to try it in another decade or two.

11/6/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): From magnum. I have yet to try a bottle of this in which there was sufficient age to resolve the sweet. This was no different, but still a great treat.

11/6/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): We have had this from 750 several times, and thought it needed time. This one is a baby. A MONSTER but still a baby. Incredible length and power with mixed citrus, crushed spices and great acidity. Could be breathtaking with age.

11/6/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Lovely old-tasting Champagne with a bit of oxidation, dried fruits, marzipan, and spice

11/6/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): I have always been a big fan of this wine. This one was delicious but the acid and minerality I love have softened quite a bit.

11/5/2022 - S1 wrote:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Reductive, almost flawed nose initially, but then blossomed with air. Very creamy with lemon curd and a hint of chalkiness.
Very Oregon.

11/5/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Lively small bubbles with lots of acid and citrus. Always a great opener.

11/5/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): High acid. Lots of pear and a tiny hint of oxidation. Very youthful with lemon zest and fresh coriander berry

11/5/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Drinking well, but still so young. Floral bouquet with cassis, cherry and minty herbs. Napa richness but with elegance and restraint.

11/5/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): From magnum
Quite soft an pretty, with classic tapenade, gaminess, dark cherry, and wild herbs. Unicorn wine.

11/5/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Super young, but hinting at greatness. Plummy Merlot, but totally Italian.

11/5/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Brighter red fruit than the ‘94, which accompanied it. Some orange peel, and lots of spice. Needs a cigar.

11/5/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Somewhat muted (has lost much of its power). I suspect in another 10 years it will re-emerge as a monster. Very refined Tempranillo, with the slightest hints of Cab.

11/4/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Total funk, almost foul at first sniff, then it began to blossom. The Mourvèdre funk was still there, but the red fruits started to emerge. My second glass was from the second bottle, which had more fruit and less funk. Lots of Rhône garrigue and spice.

11/4/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Beautiful. Bright reds fruits, sweet coffee, tobacco. Teases sweet and then eases in the savory. Pristine bottles.

11/4/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Time capsule. Fig. Candied orange. Apricot. Wild herbs

11/4/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Totally Lalande perfume with power. Sweet tobacco. Still showing great fruit. Rich mouthfeel. Beautifully sexy wine.

11/4/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Typical Lynch-Bages. Green and tasty. Lots of spice. Tobacco. Orange

11/4/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Wintergreen. Smoky meat. Lots of Garrigue. Powerful raspberry. A baby, but delicious.

11/4/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): From the cold dark cellar of the estate.
Pretty. Floral perfume. Powdery cherry. Bark. Anise, tiny bit of leather. A beautiful wine.

11/4/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Bought at the estate. Retapped and recorked in 2000. It is hard to believe that this wine is a ‘68. Explosion of fruit. Great acidity. Really dark cherry. Finish goes forever. No hard edges, just layer after layer of complex fruit and spice. What an unbelievable treat.

11/4/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Very Krug. Lots of acid. Bright citrus.great depth. Needs lots more time though to express its pedigree.

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Always fun to see the port tongs appear. Open for 2 or 3 hours, and could have used even more time. Delicious, coats the tongue. Fig, acid. Lovely middle aged port

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): For me, more Ponsot than CdlR. Great oak integration. Dried cherry. Floral powder. Quite wonderful.

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Simply amazing. Dark cherry with incredible depth and length. Gamey meat. Soy, dark and hot spices.I love 93s and I love Rousseau—I couldn’t lose.

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Youthful. Consistent with many 14s I have tasted. Talc. Violet. Bright red cherry. A bit rustic

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Pretty. Floral perfume. Mix of black and red cherry. Cranberry

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Drinking pretty well. Oak is integrated well. Still not sure it expresses the pedigree of Montrachet though.

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): The warmth of ‘09 seems to win over the match stick and acid. A great wine showing Meursault richness, but with restraint and elegance.

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): A little reduction, and then wave after wave of classic Chablis minerality with Raveneau richness and slight oak. I can’t imagine this getting much better.

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): From magnum
Incredibly rich. Coats the mouth and tongue. I have not had this wine in a while. I still get that great hint of citrus to balance the richness of the dried apricot and caramel.

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): From magnum
Clove bitter lemon, really acidic, still a little sweet. Amazing, but did not approach the ‘82 from the night before IMO.

11/3/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Rich, with a layer of acidity. Lots of minerality. Needs some time I think.

11/2/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): I’ve been fortunate to have this wine several times; this bottle was perfect. Smoky game, integrated oak, rich and unctuous fruit. Wow.

11/2/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Unicorn. Total finesse. Understated, but with layer after layer of black fruit/acidity/earthy herbs/hints of oak. What a treat.

11/2/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): So much red cherry and raspberry. garrigue herbs, with that crazy wintergreen smoky Rayas-ness. Amazing, with lots of life remaining.

11/2/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Magical. Very ripe Yquem with just enough acidity to keep it from being cloying. Lots of citrus, especially orange.

11/2/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Apricot apricot apricot. A bit reductive at first. Indian spice lovely burntish caramel. I don’t care for young Cristal because of the sweet notes, but this aged bottle was marvelous. WOTN against heavyweight competition for me probably—pin fact, my wine of the entire weekend.

11/2/2022 - S1 wrote:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Muted fruit due to a little TCA, but still showing some lovely leather and spice.

11/2/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Lots of tannin with some dark cherry and spices of the subcontinent. A baby—needs decades.

11/2/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Delicious wine. Rose hips. Really great acidity. Wet stone

11/2/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): Nutty oxidation. Great acidity. Pithy Candied lemon. Apricot. A little ginger. A little clove. Brilliant.

11/2/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): In a great spot. Just the right amount of Joly oxidation, but with zingy green fruit and nicely integrated acidity. Dynamite with FIG’s Porgy Crudo.

11/2/2022 - S1 Likes this wine:

Charleston Offlineorama VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Various locations): still lots of mix of red and black fruit. Decent acidity. A little sweet. Lots of floral. In a perfect spot right now.

7/24/2022 - S1 Does not like this wine:

Jam and out of balance, over-manipulated oak.
Yuck
Never again.

12/22/2021 - S1 Likes this wine:

There are hints of stewed plum mixed with black fruits, fresh red cherry, a hint of earthy tobacco, and seaside minerality. Dry tannins pucker te lips, but there is enough fruit to balance. While rustic and not very complex, this wine is very pleasant.

12/21/2021 - S1 Likes this wine:

On the nose there is an immediate whiff of cherry and grape SweeTARTS. On the palate the red cherry dominates with a hint of cocoa and powerful tannin. Fun wine.

12/4/2021 - S1 Likes this wine:

OLD Birthday Wines (a few days belated) (Chez S1): Alcohol dominates both the attack and the finish, but the mid palate shows layer after layer of orange, dried fig, light wild sage, caramel, coffee, and clove. Racy and vibrant, this could live forever.