1/20/23, 1:03 AM - Hi Cam, was this from 375 or full bottle? I’m keen to hear your thoughts on development potential. MFW has an unusually short drinking window on this, while Gilman goes decades further.
1/21/23, 1:38 AM - Thanks
11/23/22, 2:57 AM - Really valuable comments regarding the wine showing better with extended breathing. I’ve seen some mixed reviews of this wine over the last couple of years, and I wonder if the more negative ones were PnP.
1/13/23, 4:03 AM - What were the cellar conditions like, if you don’t mind me asking?I appreciate all of these notes you’re posting, by the way.
12/4/22, 9:50 PM - Nice follow-up. It’s an impressive wine.
9/21/22, 10:59 PM - “Like a faucet”. Love it.
9/3/22, 7:37 PM - I think it’s worth noting that the Badstube is, in fact, a Grosse Lage vineyard from which a GG could be made. Though I don’t recall seeing one, and I agree that wines from the Badstube tend not to reach the heights of those from the other great Mosel vineyards.
8/16/22, 2:16 AM - They do age well. Currently drinking an ‘09 tonight.
7/16/22, 5:49 PM - Just to clarify, was this the straight Shiraz or the Cab Shiraz blend?
7/7/22, 2:13 AM - Noooo! Bottled under screw cap, so you can cellar with confidence. I’m enjoying reading through your tasting notes.
5/4/22, 6:20 PM - How much air did you give these before drinking?
4/4/22, 2:13 AM - Inevitably the number printed on the cork sits right on a crease from the muselet wire, making it incredibly difficult to distinguish 1s, 7s, and 4s…
4/2/22, 5:42 PM - What made the wine undrinkable?
3/22/22, 5:55 AM - Quite a few wines have been consumed in the 6 years since tasting this Musar, so my memory is a little hazy…I’m pretty confident that it was consumed over a couple of days, with part of the bottle decanted an hour or two before drinking on day 1.
3/26/22, 7:22 AM - No worries. I’ve made the same mistake a few times. It’s an old tasting note of mine, but one that I just typed up and entered in CT only recently. Hence the reason it appeared near the top of the recent notes.
3/26/22, 7:08 AM - Good pick up. I honestly have no idea, and I was relying on Julianskeels’ note on the 158eme in 2017 since it was the only one I could find that confidently matched the A751 to a specific base vintage. But now reading his (and your) further comments under his note, I’m more confused. Although not a definitive reference, when I type Krug A751 in Google, the third top link is to the Krug website about the 158eme edition, where they reference the 2002 base. Perhaps that’s more an artifact of google’s search engine smarts than hidden messaging from Krug. To avoid spreading possible misinformation, I’ll remove the vintage reference in my note.
3/25/22, 11:46 PM - I don't have a Coravin, so can't comment with any authority. However I'd suggest a thorough clean would be sufficient. After all, people are not throwing out their Zaltos and expensive decanters just because they came into contact with tainted wine.
3/24/22, 11:54 PM - Thanks. Did the nose become more aromatic and fruity with extended airing?
3/23/22, 5:48 PM - Fair question. It’s not a wine style that everyone falls in love with. Nevertheless, see my comment on Spikemaster’s recent note. Leave for 5+ years.
3/17/22, 5:30 AM - Thanks for the comparison. What are your thoughts on the longevity of both wines from here onwards?
3/12/22, 5:28 PM - Thanks for your note. These Vat 1s are typically released to the public at age 5 or 6 due to the dumb phase that semillon can go through when younger. They are still very youthful at that point, and don’t start blossoming until at least the 10 year mark, for my palate anyway. I’m currently working through the 04, 05, and 06 vintages, and I’m not rushing…
2/26/22, 8:00 PM - Unoaked?
2/26/22, 12:59 AM - Struggle with their longevity, or style?
2/26/22, 5:03 AM - Understood. Cheers
2/26/22, 12:31 AM - Nice note. I opened a screwcap bottle tonight and it looked fantastic. Many similar characters to your bottle. Only middle-aged.
1/23/22, 3:51 AM - Nice set of notes on these Baudana/Vajra wines.
2/24/22, 1:54 AM - Surely the Mosel, and in particular the Saar region, would be high on the list of sites positively impacted by warming. They’ve gone from having marginal vintages every second year, to pretty much a dream run over the past 10-15 years.
2/3/22, 5:47 PM - Nice note.The LEAS Chardonnay style has evolved a little over the past few vintages, however it is generally a wine that you can cellar with confidence. I recommend trying a few older vintages if you can track them down. 2006 and 2008 looking superb at the moment.
1/26/22, 1:53 AM - At 7 years of age, this was likely in a very awkward stage when I tasted it. I didn’t have a lot of time to spend with it, so I was just calling it as i saw it one the day. For context, it was tasted in the middle of the 2017 vintage release tasting at the estate. Im still in the process of writing up the full tasting story. Thanks for your comment.
1/22/22, 9:38 PM - Interesting note, thanks. I had a similar experience with this wine but declined to mention it in my recent tasting note. I thought the issue was with me, rather than with the wine. Perhaps I was wrong. I looked at the wine over about 3 days, and it went up and down a few times over that period; from strong, to flat and simple, and back. I thought it was corked at one point, but that seemed to blow off. An enigma!
1/6/22, 2:54 PM - Do you feel this has more to give with extended cellaring?
1/8/22, 8:53 PM - Thanks for that insight.
12/30/21, 6:16 AM - Nice set of notes. The #5 usually receives more attention than the #10 because many people equate the higher price with the better wine. Yet they are really just different styles, as you’ve noted, and both are legitimate. I’ve noticed a number of CT members that usually prefer the #10 each year. The same goes for the #11 and #14.
12/29/21, 2:49 AM - Lovely set of notes on these ‘19 Schaefer wines.
12/13/21, 3:35 AM - Thanks for your note. It’s good to see this wine drinking well so young.
12/11/21, 4:48 AM - I haven’t heard the cork v crown cap comment before, however I think the additional 5 years on lees is the more defining difference.
11/29/21, 7:57 PM - That’s high praise. 2010 was a pretty good vintage for Bindi, across their Original, Block 5, and Quartz wines.
11/29/21, 12:38 AM - Interesting. What was the fault?
11/15/21, 11:20 PM - Did you use this wine for the Coq au vin, or something less extravagant?
11/17/21, 6:27 AM - I’ll usually add a splash of whatever I’m drinking to my cooking however I draw the line when a third of a bottle or more is needed. Hugh’s pot of Chambertin would be particularly ostentatious, as would a pot of 08 Rabaja. Unless you had cases of the stuff lying around.
11/14/21, 3:02 PM - Thanks for your note. How was the wine flawed?
10/27/21, 4:49 PM - Good question. I don’t normally record notes on the “process” so I’m going from memory. I usually decant young 389 by default, and I do know that this was one of the few times over the past 6 months that I’ve bothered to pull out the decanter. It would have had less than 1 hour in the decanter before I started drinking but I would have been looking at it over another hour at least as it came up in both glass in decanter. I didn’t record how many days I had this open (remaining half of bottle, in fridge) after the initial taste, but it would have been 1 or 2 days, and my tasting note is a blend of impressions across this time.
9/9/21, 4:52 AM - “Yum” is a good word. I felt compelled to write “really enjoyable” in my own notes, which is something I seldom do even for wines I admire.
8/30/21, 1:41 AM - Give this 15-20 years and the perception of sweetness will drop off considerably.
8/17/21, 3:44 AM - Certainly no ammonia aroma now. Even after the bottle has been open for a couple of days.
8/12/21, 7:44 PM - Nice note, as always. I don’t suppose you took notice of the AP number? I’m aware of at least two different bottlings.
8/9/21, 6:21 AM - Same source as your other recent oxidised bottles?
7/30/21, 5:43 PM - Disappointed because you didn’t buy enough?
7/21/21, 1:41 AM - Was this the original release, or the recent museum release?
6/27/21, 6:31 AM - Oneida, I haven't tasted the 2005 Godolphin for more than 12 years. I recall it being impressive at the time, and less of a blockbuster than the 2006 Anaperenna. If its development has been anything like the 2006, then I'd say it should be in a good place to drink now. With its primary fruit still very evident and tannins starting to soften in recent bottles, the 2006 should hold comfortably for another 7 years.
6/22/21, 3:57 AM - Must have been a bad bottle. Nothing wrong with mine.
6/14/21, 7:27 PM - But was it smooth??
6/14/21, 7:25 PM - My recent tastings of the 02 St Henri and 389 had these the other way around-St Henri looking like it could handle more age, with the 389 not getting any better.
6/14/21, 7:22 PM - Interesting. My bottle in 2019 certainly wasn’t lacking in acidity. One of the ‘17 HF spätlese that I tried last year had already started shutting down, relative to the year earlier. I expected the Kabinett to do the same, though I thought it would become more shrill rather than less structured.
6/8/21, 4:10 AM - Wow. What an amazing tasting.
4/5/21, 5:52 AM - Cheers
3/30/21, 5:45 AM - If you get the opportunity to taste this vintage again, I recommend not turning it down.
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