9/17/23, 5:44 PM - Nice, I hope you have the chance to give it a little air! Enjoy!
3/7/22, 12:55 AM - Good to know, thanks. The bottles I used to buy in the States from Weygandt had 'Le Poutet' on the label and the bottles I get here in NZ don't... but if it's the same wine fine by me!
1/8/22, 2:00 AM - The producer makes a Fiano I'm looking forward to trying. Cheers!
11/16/20, 4:26 AM - I'm glad to hear that it's drinking well!Yep, I'm certainly lucky to be here where life is oddly normal. No shed, and even if I had one I'm not sure I could get it certified as a managed isolation facility... but when you make it over here let me know and we will hit Noble Rot!
3/16/20, 3:01 AM - I think it was on sale at New World. Looks like their regular price is 36 NZD, but Moore Wilson's has it for 32 at the moment. I love that the prices in New Zealand include tax, too. Cheers, Jon
12/24/18, 9:58 PM - You're a patient man! I had this bottle in my cellar for just under three weeks.
12/26/18, 7:52 PM - Sounds like fun!
7/16/18, 8:55 AM - Yep, seemed like the right day to open this. I picked it up at K&L for $17; probably not a repurchase, but fun to try.
5/14/18, 1:22 AM - Nice note - I just wrote one for the same wine that will look like plagiarism but I swear I only saw yours after the fact!
5/10/18, 12:54 AM - Can't go wrong with a mom's cat pic! I'll keep my eye out, cheers
5/6/18, 12:25 PM - I hope your bottles are in better shape. This was an auction purchase too.
5/2/18, 10:02 PM - Paid $11 at K&L, but that was more than a year ago.
3/7/18, 9:31 PM - Hi Wormfarmer, just realized I forgot to get back to you. Thanks for the tip, but I'm down in Southern California now. I do have a bottle of the 2012 pending delivery from Flatiron, anyway. Cheers!
2/8/18, 11:51 PM - Thank you for the info, it's great to learn something about the perspective of the winemaker on this. I don't know much about the Diam corks, just that they're supposed to be good; but I recently drank a 2004 Sauternes bottled with a Diam 5 and the cork had two thin cracks running its full length, with a dark colored mold in the cracks and on the exposed end of the cork. Just one observation so it could be a fluke, but it made me wonder about that choice of cork for wines that could potentially be quite long-lived. Fortunately the wine underneath was fine, but it was made in an oxidative style to begin with; maybe Vallana is similar to that producer in that they are relying on the protective power of not being afraid of a little oxygen from the get-go? But in any case only time will tell.
1/11/18, 10:15 PM - Great, thanks for the detailed tips Jake! The wines you mention sound interesting and I will give one a try sometime. Cheers, Jon
10/31/17, 2:43 AM - I'm confused. Did you pop two different bottles of 2000 Cheval Blanc on the same day and review both, and they were significantly different?
10/31/17, 8:39 AM - Sounds like a good day! Thanks for the clarification. Cheers, Jon
5/23/17, 10:45 PM - I hope you enjoy it! It does respond well to air, with the fruit mellowing a bit which seems to let the other elements come out.
1/22/17, 10:39 AM - I was at this tasting too; thanks for the notes, they'll be useful for remembering what I drank! Cheers
9/3/16, 11:16 PM - I love his wines too and he's a great guy, so what you've said has me a bit concerned. I don't have any info one way or another, but I haven't been in touch with him in about a year.
8/4/16, 7:12 PM - That's a great price, and I know the store - thanks!
12/30/15, 9:31 AM - Thanks deepndark - sounds like some major bottle variation!
7/15/15, 2:52 PM - He has crusaded a bit against overly specific or obscure references in tasting notes: http://www.culinate.com/books/book_excerpts/how_to_love_wine
6/10/15, 1:10 AM - Good to know! If this is an off vintage of this wine, then I am indeed a fan!
1/10/15, 7:52 PM - Drinking this right now, and my note has some striking similarities to yours - I swear I didn't copy! Anyway, nice note.Cheers,Jon
1/8/15, 2:15 PM - Was this the red Alanda, rather than the white? Just checking!Cheers,Jon
10/30/14, 2:42 AM - Thanks for the info, stinkyweaselteats! I've updated my note.
10/17/14, 12:53 AM - I'm bottling a home brewed Berliner Weisse (with a bit of Brett in it) while drinking this, and the first thought I had when I smelled the wine was that it smelled like the beer. I assumed that I was confused. Then I saw your note - very reassuring!
10/3/14, 9:13 PM - I noticed when I posted my note that we drank it around the same time! I haven't had the '08 - in fact this is my first time trying this wine. I like it! Picked up a few more bottles and will age some.
2/13/14, 10:58 PM - Good to hear that the note may be helpful, Ibetian! Your earlier note to hold off a year or two was helpful to me too, although I didn't make it that long. I'll be curious to see if you think it's changed much since then. I do think that some more time for the oak to integrate wouldn't be a bad thing.
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