5/7/2019 - gigmoney wrote:

Unfortunately, was a leaker. Too much air got to it.

4/2/2017 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Recent purchase from binnys.

Fill very top shoulder. Perfect cork. Double decanted. First pour was astringent and funky. After 2 hours this began to open up with an ethereal perfume that led us to believe more was to come. 2 more hours later and this was singing. Enjoyed over 2 hours after 4 hour double decant. This turned from nothing to something really special. Just waves of delicious full bodied fruit and a nose of boysenberry, blueberry, and a tiny bit of eucalyptus that kept coming. This is near fully resolved and absolutely stunning. The old world charm and character shown through on this evening. Tannins were almost imperceptible, with a slight streak of acid that kept it lively and fresh through the entirety of the bottle. Simply stunning. Clos du val said they have no more of this in their library but did mention the blend: 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 12.8% alcohol, and bottled August 1976.

Absolutely great 1974 from a bygone era.

5/4/2016 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Slow oxed for 4 hrs. Way too young, but held its own. Great with morels. Leave alone for 5 years.

5/4/2016 - gigmoney wrote:

Pnp. Stood up for 1 week. My last bottle. Cellared since release. Beautiful fully mature california merlot. For those few of you that still have some, a special bottle is waiting. Now is the time to pnp.

4/30/2016 - gigmoney wrote:

Purple Tooth hit it right on.

Just a joy to drink. I really enjoyed this 5th growth. This one is a great example of Paulliac terroir for a great price. This would be a great bottle for those that are new to Bordeaux to buy and try.

4/30/2016 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

This 2001 is mature. It offers up plenty of perfume and kept me going back for more. To me, the fruit is still prominent and shows no signs of fading away. This seems to have hit its plateau and should remain there for several more years. My type of mature Bordeaux.

4/30/2016 - gigmoney wrote:

1st bottle Corked. Bummer, but you can sense the greatness of the underlying material, even though this one was severely tainted.

4/1/2016 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Pnp. Cellared since release. No need to wait on these. This is ready to go. Tannins are nearly non-existent and the fruit is velvety soft yet powerfully complex. A great merlot. This wine leaves me speechless. We cellar wine for a reason, and catching wines in their optimal zone is what i reach for. I reached correctly on this night. This one is certainly in my zone. Drink now and for the next year.

2/7/2016 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

6 hours slow o. 2 hrs in decanter. It just started opening up with the last pour. I would recommend 4 to 6 hours in decanter at cellar temp.

11/8/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Splash decant prior to serving. Far too young. Beginning it's maturation process. Elegant expression with roses, tar and tobacco. Plenty of rusticity on the back end that will need 10 years to shed it's tannins. Pretty darn good.

10/18/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

The note from Chablis28 got me interested in this. 1st bottle was a leaker. Just opened and the perfume on this is hauntingly spectacular. Day 2 is more integrated and the perfume has intensified even more. Thanks chablis 28.

10/4/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Originally coravin'd Jan 2014. Finally popped it and have been enjoying the last half of a full bottle for the past week. It's amazing how much stuffing this has. If you have enough, please try one now. It leaves so much to be desired from age, but it's great to experience in this primal stage. Burying the rest of mine in the cellar so I won't find them for 15 to 20 years.

8/27/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Pnp.

One of my epiphany wines. Just not budging right now. This is very monolithic and still has yet to unfurl itself. For my palate, it has yet to blossom out of dormancy.

Hold.

6/13/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Opened in the name of science. Opened and tasted. To me, this screamed old world bordeaux. Beautiful nose and silky on the pallette. Decided to decant. After 2 hours in the decanter, the wine had closed up. No longer silky on the pallette, it became a wine with tension in the midpalate. The tannins became more prevalent and I left it alone. Revisited this morning, and it finally integrated into the beautiful wine it is meant to be.

My advice: pop and pour. Less air is better for immediate gratification. Or give it 18 to 24 hours of air.

This will be a thing of beauty in 20 years.

6/7/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Clearly young. Tasted a sample and then let slow ox for 3 hrs. Initial taste was tight with a multi-faceted nose. After 3 hrs, this wine became a beautiful young wine with all sorts of structure that glide across the palate.

Just wanted to get a data point on these, and if you want to taste a well packed young monte bello, slow ox for 3 to 4 hrs, and enjoy this beauty as she is.

Maybe a 20 year wine.

3/28/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Pnp,

A bit subdued until it warmed up a bit. Then the fireworks went off.

Left 2 Oz in stem overnight, and just sipped it (20 hrs later). Still showing well.

If you have some, go for it, but give it many hours of air.

2/15/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

PnP. Don't do what I did. When opened and poured, there were soaring complex aromatics. After 5 mins of time in a glass, it shut down hard and became unforgiving. Don't touch these. They need much much more time.

2/7/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Simply delicious new world style syrah. Nowhere near ready. 3 to 5 years. Hold.

2/1/2015 - gigmoney Does not like this wine:

PnP.

This was just a huge monster of a pinot. Highly unbalanced with a heavy dose of SO2, dark fruits & Oak, that blew off after 4 hrs. But even then, it was just an overripe effort. I can see why some people would enjoy this, but to me, it is a palate killer.

Perhaps this is just the 2012 vintage, but I will not be seeking this one out.

2/1/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

PnP.

Good but not great. Hollow in the midpalate, but the finish is outstading. These are beginning their decent, and if you don't enjoy tertiary flavors (which I do), drink them up.

2/1/2015 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

PnP.

Just splendid. This hit me in all the right ways last night. Just great balance and not over the top. I love it. This is not an overripe American Pinot, but one with subtleties and great finesse. Buy them if you enjoy a balanced pinot.

Extermely excited to have 2 more.

1/26/2015 - gigmoney wrote:

Definitely needs a few years in the cellar to unfurl. The stuffing is there.

12/21/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

PnP

This bottle is just teetering on the edge of moving past full maturity. It's everything I want in a mature Alexander valley cab. Restrained fruit, elegant attack, light leathery notes all wrapped up in a clean package. The fruit is fully present, but throughout the evening, started to dissipate. One of our non-wine drinking friends asked if this was pinot.

Drink em up in the next year for the best outcome.

Had with steaks and red wine reduction which overpowered the wine. This should really be enjoyed without food.

12/16/2014 - gigmoney wrote:

Premoxed. 1st one out of 3 I've had that was flawed.

12/13/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

PnP.

Dark Fruit galore. Could have used some time in a decanter. I'll wait for my last one for a few years. These are probably in the middle of the maturity stage of their evolution, and have no signs of fading anytime soon.

10/26/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Sampled at opening. Tightly wound with finely knit tannins. Needs air.

4 hr decant.

Crushingly fruit forward. This 2008 is well rounded after the decant, and pleased everyone at the table. It is a well integrated wine that delivers the goods for its price point. Plush fruit with an ample attack that seems to go on forever. This is nowhere ready for PnP. Give it 3-5 years in the cellar.

10/12/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Slightly creamy texture upon PnP, this is everything you want in a Mike Smith Cab. This will never be stylistically elegant, but take it for what it is. Once opened, it presents itself with great aromas, and complexities that overwhelm the senses. Probably another 2-4 years in bottle, and this will be at its full maturity.

10/12/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Decanted and placed back in cellar for 8 hours. This beauty is the real deal. With 8 hours of air, it really shined

I can see this one going deep into the future.

Buying more soon.

9/29/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Drinking beautifully right now. PnP

9/28/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Splash decant. This was surprisingly open and engaging when opened.

Splash decant and it quickly coiled up. This is so raw and powerful right now. No need to touch these. Leave alone for 5 to 10. Maybe more. Hiding my others.

9/28/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Splash decant. Flat out bursting at the seams with ripe red cherries and underlying blueberry. Slight bramble with no hint of oak. Not as savage as i thought it would be. Just well integrated at this stage. If you have some, pop one and give it a try.

Kept going back to this throughout the night, and just kept evolving. Tannins are fading, and the acidity is keeping this fresh.

9/14/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Time to drink up. The fruit is fading.

Fully integrated.

9/7/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Brought to a party saturday. Someone popped and had a small pour. I corked back up and brought to another party Sunday. This went down quickly. The added air really helped this to integrate.

Most people at the table were wowed.

I echo King Cab's note.

8/30/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Fully resolved. These are beginning their decent.

Not overly complex, but just fine on its own without food.

Drink them now to get the most pleasure.

8/10/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

PnP. Perfectly integrated. This should remain where it is for a few more years. I would start opening them sooner than later for the best result.

7/28/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Identical note from 9 months ago. Drinking beautifully and fully resolved. 1 hr in decanter allowed the bottle funk to blow off and reveal a fully integrated specimen. Drink now and for the next year but don't wait too long.

6/14/2014 - gigmoney wrote:

Not Rated, Not sure if I had an off bottle, or just needed to give it air.

Pop and Pour. The texture and flavors were so wrapped up in a creaminess that it seemed like we were drinking an orange dreamsicle from childhood, but without the orange. Just a weird wine. It had a great nose but the creaminess was just off putting. No rating as I'm thinking this was just a flawed bottle.

No notes of greenness as others have mentioned.

5/5/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

After a conversation, headed down tothe cellar and pulled this. Splash decant and back into bottle. Returned 8 hrs later to find an intoxicating aroma in the cellar.

Still not fully ready if PnP, but with plenty of air, this is singing.

5/5/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Really a beautiful cab. 3 hr decant. In its drinking window. If you have some of these, now is the time to pop one and let the enjoyment begin.

4/28/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

These are ready for primetime.

4/26/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Decanted for 2 hours. Agree with Bluegoose. Nowhere near ready, but very deep, complex and very enjoyable. Starting to think that these Myriad 11's are going to end up being spectacular in 5-7 years. Can't wait.

3/23/2014 - gigmoney wrote:

4 hrs of air and this was singing. Very enjoyable with grilled pork chops with cherry reduction.

3/23/2014 - gigmoney wrote:

Wanted to try one of these as I've had the Las madres before. This 2012 is seamless. Pop n pour. For me this wine has some similar characteristics of an aged burgundy. Seemed to have a nose and palate that a friend refers to as kaleidoscopic.

No sense in waiting on these. Enjoy one now and over the next few years. Tannins are almost no existent. Finish goes on and on. Myriad team delivers on this one.

Can't wait to try the whole cluster.

3/22/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Coravin'd.

It caught me off guard. I was thnking this would have been a bruiser. The alcohol is not as troublesome as I would have thought. This does have great balance. Definitely modern style and forward but the elegance is ever present. Would have liked to try this on its own without food.

I will revisit the coravin'd bottle later this year and follow up. Probably won't touch others for a few years.

3/3/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Smooth. Wish I had more than 1 more.

3/3/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Opened Monday, finished Saturday. No gas, just put the cork back in.

The best showing was definitely Saturday. Keep your mitts off these.

3/3/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Stunningly Beautiful. Great Bottle. Tannins are fully integrated, and fruit is lively.

These should be drank in the next 5 years.

2/23/2014 - gigmoney wrote:

flawed. Cork soaked through.

2/11/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

Initial taste was too primary.

6 hours in a decanter gave it the air it needed to integrate.

Still primary with many years of life ahead.

2/11/2014 - gigmoney Likes this wine:

This is just so plush and round right now, that if you have a few bottles, try one. These will need to be drank in the shorter term. I don't think they will go for more than 10-12 years.