3/23/23, 6:21 PM - I have met Larry twice at Falltacular (once pre-haircut and once post-haircut) and I ran a virtual tasting for him in NY for the Wine Beer and Spirits Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the NYS Bar Association (a committee I created and chaired).
1/5/23, 5:11 PM - By the way - the reference to buying the entire retail stock in all of Europe is true. We cornered the market and my only mistake was to share it with three friends! I got all 29 bottles available and ended up with 9 bottles. Then Zachy's got some more and gave me an early shot before the public announcement, perhaps since I have been a customer since 1976. Hence the 9 additional bottles, which have now been delivered as well.
5/27/22, 10:07 AM - I bought one in 1976 at Zachy's that I still have. Probably my first First Growth purchase. I think RMP gave it 65 points, but it's the Picasso label, after all. I think I'll open it just for fun but keep the label. Picasso prints are valuable, you know.
12/25/21, 9:01 PM - How are you doing? Just saw this not you wrote on the Jackass Zin. If you get to NY, or if I get across the pond, I'll give you some Black Sears Howell Mountain Zin that will give the Martinelli a run for its money. Pepper and other spice with no jammy fruit.
1/9/22, 7:06 AM - Hopefully the plague will pass over us soon. My wife is the ZinMaster in the house and we have over 100 bottles of it, although I need to diversify because I have only 4 producers with any volume.
11/17/21, 9:54 AM - I tried to fight the good fight on inflated points 10 years ago because 89 was the high end of good to excellent, but I gave up when I was always averaging down the scores on a wine that I really liked. I have four of these that I bought at auction that I have not opened. Perhaps I will open one and see if your oak note was bottle-specific or perhaps my oak tolerance (I am a big red Cali lover) is higher than yours.
4/26/21, 4:19 AM - No, I think I should wear my "Anorexic minds like anorexic wines" that Elaine Krankl gave to me. The wine was just not as generous and expressive as I prefer. Perhaps I should edit the TN to specify that the four other diners liked it "more than I did." Or perhaps I should have written, "decanting champagne is an under-utilized technique that I have often found to add positive characteristics."
4/22/21, 3:58 PM - Frank - I can't serve Comtes blind to the FKALBTG wine group because the bottle shape gives it away, so I wonder about your claim of blindness, BUT your note is spot on to my recollection from a bottle 2 years ago. I was just reviewing the notes because I am going to open one this Sunday at my first Vaccinated Couples Covid-Free Outdoor Restaurant Dinner. I like Marcassin Chard and I like toasty brioche, so I should like this. Sometimes I need to calibrate upside down. Can't wait until the Fall.
10/12/20, 7:59 PM - This wine is at auction to benefit the ACLU anti-voter suppression efforts in Texas. When I saw your note, I laughed before reading it. When I read it, I knew that God has a sense of humor. I think I'll bid on it! Those who know us will understand. Those who don't may not deserve to know.
10/13/20, 6:45 AM - Touche. I don't think I've ever had Dujac. I prefer real American made wine, like Sine Qua Non and Saxum. Not that imported stuff that steals jobs from American employers.
6/6/20, 7:43 PM - This was my bottle. I have had it for about a decade, maybe more. I agree that it was a bit austere and not showing as I expected, but was still a delicious wine. I was warned about premox, but no sign of that at all. If I had more, I would wait at least until 2025.
3/14/20, 11:13 AM - My wife absolutely flipped over this bottle at the same dinner and thought it was great, but she is a zin fanatic. We had it towards the end of the evening so it was well-oxygenated. I also thought it was very good and would say it was 50-50 on the expressive spectrum. I have been charged with the responsibility of finding more.
4/28/19, 8:19 AM - I've never commented on a CT note before, and although I own 3 of these, I have never tasted one so I can't speak to the flavors described in the note, but I am about 99.5% certain that this wine was not on whatever wine list where you found it because of a distributor directed selection. Loring is a low production almost cult (although inexpensive) California winery making pinot and chardonnay and I doubt that any distributor would push it on a restaurant.
9/29/18, 12:42 PM - LBTG - Leo's Blind Tasting Group. It just tells me that I served it at our tasting group at a dinner I hosted. Served with 2000 D'Issan and 2000 Rauzan Gassies in a flight. The Lascombes was nice but not great. I dod not take contemporaneous notes.
12/23/17, 6:47 AM - When you write over 1000 substantive notes on wines and post them on CT, you can criticize a note I wrote just to keep track of my cellar (but that may be useful to other CT users who know me by my real name that I do not hide behind because I am not a coward), but until then, you can KMA.
4/30/17, 5:13 PM - Hey Serge. Haven't seen you around for a while. I got a case of these but haven't opened one yet.I guess maybe I will hazard a try.
5/20/16, 6:42 AM - Glad to see you did not give this 73 points! This was the one wine at Heritage that I got the producer on, but I did not get enough raspberry for the Grenache, so I thought it was the Syrah. You can keep your AFWE card if you really want it, but welcome to the land of flavor.
12/28/15, 9:10 AM - I suspect that the answer is that it is not possible to acquire this wine. It was a limited production wine that was specially made by a group of guys who divided it up among themselves and that's all there is. This year was a blend of three vineyards, Three Twins, McGah and Kenefick.
5/21/15, 1:51 PM - Sorry Dan, but I got my order and I think you are wrong. Wife and son opened it when I was out and I grabbed a glass when it had been opened for four yours. It is not an Aubert pinot and it is certainly not a Saxum JBV, but it is a nice pinot to drink when you do not want to over-intellectualize your choice, or you want to have a red wine with fish.
1/18/15, 1:05 PM - Ya ne Panemayesh, as the Russians would say. I have no idea. I do not think it is at its peak. I have three more. I am thinking I will stage them once every two years for the next six years to watch it develop. That will bring me close to 70 years old. I think it's on the upswig for at least 3 more, maybe all six. Limited experience with really aged Gewurztraminer.
12/16/14, 8:55 AM - To King Cab - Who are you and why are you mucking up my cabernet note with talk about chardonnay? I may be forced to pull out one of my bottles of Aubert Chardonnay, of which I have more than four cases, and beat some sense into you with it. :)
9/22/14, 9:17 AM - Glad you liked it. One of my favorites. Happy Birthday Loren.
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