5/28/23, 4:34 PM - Stuart Pigott’s note on the Kabi from this vineyard says it turns really evil and charges your palate into the darkness. What’s with this vineyard in this vintage and darkness?
5/6/23, 9:35 AM - Marcus just told me that this bottling will be made from Mexican Radio and Blitzkreig Bop.Psycho Killer will be a separate one-off bottling. I just added the wine.
4/2/23, 9:15 AM - Do you think it might be too young?
4/1/23, 8:35 AM - Thank you for the note. I'm a bit confused as to why you said it'll be over the hill after around 2027 ("should likely be consumed over the next 5 years or so"). Although it's not among the 3 single vineyards, your note on the Castello di Brolio reads very similarly (oak there is "a bit aggressive" vs "relatively forward" here; and it was "drinking pretty darn well" vs "providing the most immediate pleasure among the three single vineyards" here), except that you do not mention tannins on that one but you do here. Yet, you say the Castello di Brolio will evolve nicely over two decades. I would expect the same or longer for the Colledila, not starting to go downhill 4 years from now. Any reason for the difference?
4/1/23, 7:58 PM - Thank you!
3/28/23, 6:23 PM - I think you may have switched the notes with the 2020 or misspelled 2020 here where you wrote 2021.
9/18/22, 9:01 AM - Now I don't feel so alone in my finding my 2020s shut down.
9/15/22, 4:46 PM - I had never noticed the change in ABV. Thanks!I have a 2020 and some from other years and may do a side-by-side.
9/13/22, 4:32 PM - Let us know
8/28/22, 8:54 PM - I recently ordered a bottle of the 2015 that he released to a retailer to show how well they age.
8/20/22, 6:51 PM - Yes. That's the typical progression for this bottling. Year 3 after the vintage is usually when it starts singing and, when it does, it's like another wine.
8/21/22, 8:31 AM - HahahaThank you! Cheers
7/14/22, 6:59 AM - I had my one bottle of this set to a drinking window starting this year. Based on your oak comment I’m thinking of postponing that. Where do you recommend?
7/14/22, 9:07 PM - I should have actually known that. Still stems need to integrate too. I’ll give it some time.
6/28/22, 8:41 AM - Are you sure about the year on your bottle? The 2019 blend was Grenache/Garnacha (55%), Cabernet Sauvignon (15%), Mourvèdre/Monastrell (10%), Merlot (10%) and Malbec (10%).As I understand it, the blend you described is the 2020 blend.
7/2/22, 8:36 AM - Good to know! That sounds like a completely different wine from the 2019, which stands to reason given the new blend. My experience with the 2019 was really good. Of course, YMMV even with that one because it's pretty unique.
6/21/22, 12:31 PM - Thank you for posting. How confident are you of that decade on the tannins?
6/1/22, 8:59 AM - Having had a bottle a few weeks ago, I think I know where you're coming from. Even after an hour+ it was just ok. But after 24 hours it was elevated.
5/16/22, 2:34 PM - I will wait a while thanks Bob. I have several bottles left. I just wanted to get a feel for these now.
4/17/22, 4:24 PM - Isn't her name Dominique Moreau?(Just going to post my own review and ran into this latest one from you)
2/20/22, 5:50 AM - Il contenuto della tua nota non sembra corrispondere a un punteggio così basso.
12/3/21, 8:58 AM - When you say "in the past," how long ago do you mean?I ask because you have never posted a favorable note on any Ridge Geyserville, so I'm wondering if you mean in the 90's.
11/27/21, 11:21 AM - I had this with two other people at dinner (thus no detailed tasting note but the prior notes seemed correct) and, while it is a modest, unremarkable wine, everyone thought it was fine. Thus my note that it had good QPR. I probably gave it a couple of points extra for the QPR. But I wouldn't go below an 88 which is still fine.I will say I think I had opened it about an hour early but i could be wrong about that.I think, even while focused on the conversation, I would have noticed a disagreeably bitter taste. (I certainly did just two days ago on Thanksgiving, when somebody opened a fourth different wine, and I took one taste, said "ugh this is cooked like it was sitting under somebody's sink for a few years" and had a couple of people look at me like I was a bad guest.)I don't think your issue would be VA because that's normally a problem at the winery, not a particular bottle (I think). And it would have been remarked upon earlier. There are too many good or OK notes here for that to have gone unnoticed.There is a note below that mentions Tar Creosote... that could be your issue. To me that's a Nebbiolo note, not a GSM note, but I wouldn't turn down a GSM wine for having a bit of a Nebbiolo note.I don't think this is so tannic that it would be disagreeably bitter to anyone but maybe it depends on what you were eating? Another possibility... did you have a fever that you didn't notice?
11/27/21, 11:48 AM - Maybe it had to do with the progression?The other day I had a NV Charles Heidsieck that I usually like right after the 2013 Brugnon (that I expected to hate as much as I hate their NV but grudgingly admit is quite nice), and I dinged the Charlie for not showing well. It was probably the same as always but some flavors I dislike were more apparent in comparison. Maybe on its own this would have been fine. Knowing you, the Champagne and the Pinot Noir were probably the good stuff and then you throw this poor $15 wine behind them and it's like making that band that shines in the talent show sing after Tony Bennett.
11/22/21, 3:36 PM - Thanks! I might give it another chance.
11/22/21, 7:12 AM - Ebert liked The English Patient. That movie sucked.
11/13/21, 6:11 PM - LOL great note!Did you note the disgorgement and mis en cave dates from the back label?
11/6/21, 6:38 PM - Thanks!
10/25/21, 4:46 PM - They did say it has a lot more Esola than any other year so the profile would be different.
10/25/21, 4:38 PM - Sounds delicious. Glad I grabbed a few.
9/7/21, 6:01 AM - Thank you for the note. Regarding your comment that current disgorgements are now Brut Nature, I just want to note that Phil Trotter reported on the Wine Berserkers board that he reached out to Mme Delphine Richard (a.k.a Delphine Boulard) about this in August of last year. She was nice enough to confirm that since 2001 there have always been 2 dosages for the Les Murgiers cuvée. Her dad, Francis, always wanted to produce an Extra-Brut and a Brut Nature of Les Murgiers with the Brut Nature being a smaller production. However, cellar management became a little too complex so Mme Richard made the call to restrict this to a single dosage in 2015. But, that single dosage could vary from Brut Nature to Extra-Brut depending on the vintage and her mood. So your confusion, mine, and everyone else’s is understandable, but we can presume that there will always be “current” disgorgements/releases of both types, just from different years.
9/7/21, 7:34 AM - My pleasure. Looking forward to it.
9/5/21, 2:58 PM - Picked this wine at a restaurant based on your note when faced with a wall of cab sameness on the wine list. Glad I did. Thanks.
9/2/21, 4:22 AM - Thank you!
4/24/21, 9:32 AM - How does it compare to the 2018?
4/19/21, 4:23 PM - Is this about the 2018 as the text says or about the 2019 vintage where it's posted?
3/26/21, 6:21 PM - Don’t feel bad. Last Bottle is selling this vintage right now in the marathon.
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