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  • 2017 Bedrock Wine Co. Heritage Wine Dolinsek Ranch

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    4/19/2024 - RichEB1 Likes this wine: 92 Points

    2017 Bedrock Wine Co, Dolinsek Ranch Heritage, Russian River Valley. The first 2017 that I've opened so of course I had to roll with a Dolinsek (one of the earliest drinking Bedrocks IMHO). This is just absolutely delicious. Brambly raspberry fruit and baking spice explode from the glass. I know 2017 was a 'challenging' vintage....but you'd never know it when drinking this wine. Maybe not the most complex Bedrock ever, but tasty as hell and literally impossible not to like. Well done fellas!

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  • 1979 San Martin Winery Gamay "Burgundy"

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    4/18/2024 - RichEB1 Likes this wine: 91 Points

    Well ill be damned! I thought this would be dead and gone but it was not! I always take stabs at old CA 'Burgundy ' at auction when the price is right, as I've found that they often time over-deliver. I picked up this magnum for super cheap with very low expectations (I mean the label literally calls it 'premium generic wine', ha!), but when the cork came out in excellent shape and the wine poured a light reddish color with some slight browning and a nose full of cherries, spice, and autumn leaves, I got a little more excited. In the mouth, this is actually really good! Not even just interesting....but good! Black cherries, tart cranberry, a tiny bit of smokey leather, and a (believe it or not) slightly tannic finish! More than enough acidity and I'm loving the 11% abv! No idea what this wine is or was intended to be....but I highly doubt the winemaker was thinking 'I hope this drinks well 45 years from now' , ha! Cheers to nice surprises and those fun nights when the wine Gods smile down upon you when you probably don't really deserve it!

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  • 2002 Carlisle Mondeuse

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    4/14/2024 - RichEB1 wrote: 88 Points

    Surprisingly, not as deep nor as exciting as the 2000 consumed a month ago. This still had plenty of fruit but felt a little empty on the mid-palate. Tasty and fun to open, but drink up!

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  • sdsull says:

    7/15/2023 12:05:00 PM - @RichEB1 - For real!. the 2012 Dunn Howell Mountain needed 1h+ to open, but its all there. My experience with 2012 Napa (including the long lived Randy Dunn wines) are that they are ready drink now. The 2013's? Not so much.

  • rthpal says:

    5/15/2022 2:14:00 PM - To RichEBi: I try hard to rate all wines fairly, whether or not I like them. Regards, rthpal

  • rougeamore says:

    5/4/2022 9:03:00 AM - Thanks for the info on the Bedrock. Guess I should have remembered that since I was standing in that very vineyard holding a glass of wine last year. Must have drunk too much.

  • Mark1npt says:

    11/9/2021 5:40:00 AM - Thanks for accepting, Rich....for some reason I thought we were already 'friends'!

  • rldixon says:

    9/11/2021 4:41:00 PM - I trust you'll enjoy your Karatas of every vintage. Thanks for the comment on my post, cheers!

  • bestdamncab says:

    9/7/2021 3:59:00 PM - Love your TN for Fetzer and Bedrock and old wines from the 70's.

  • RobHabel says:

    5/19/2021 6:01:00 PM - Rich, I hope all is well. Lets discuss some details. rhabel@jlohr.com

  • RobHabel says:

    5/5/2021 5:59:00 AM - Rich, what an awesome reply to wake up to! I definitely should have explained the situation in greater detail. I would have been a little weirded out as well if I was in your shoes. Sorry. It's funny because like I said before I had been searching all the vintage auction sites and really threw in the towel because I figured I would never find it. After probably six months of not looking I was on my computer and searched winebid and saw the exact bottle I was searching for, turns out the auction had ended a week earlier! What horrible timing! I immediately saw your handle "RichEB1" as the winner and with a quick google search saw someone with that handle was on cellartracker. I poked around but didn't think you could message someone on here. Months go by and the other day I noticed I could post a public message on your profile page, so I decided to send that first weirdo message ha! I love that the wine that sparked your wine journey was Hilltop! We all have that one wine that flips that switch. Mine was an 87 Penfolds "Grange"! It's funny it was a 99 vintage because we drank that bottle at our regional sales meeting in Atlanta, pre covid obviously. It was awesome! It was also the first year my boss was hired at J. Lohr. I recently bought a 99 J. Lohr's Cuvee "POM" at store here in NJ! I'm curious if it was stored correctly. Cork looked great but as you know the real test is opening it up and tasting it. Let's discuss trade/sale in further detail please email me rhabel@jlohr.com I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you so much for everything!

  • RobHabel says:

    5/4/2021 5:30:00 PM - All is well RickEB1, thank you for asking. I know we have never met but I took a shot at messaging you. In my search for the 74 Petite Sirah I saw a "RichEB1" won the auction for the same bottle on WineBid. Sorry for the confusion / inconvenience if it's not you. I work for the Lohr family and enjoy collecting our old vintage wines and memorabilia. I took a shot in the dark to see if I could track it down. Thank you for your time. "Wine & friends are a great blend" Ernest Hemingway

  • RobHabel says:

    5/4/2021 7:04:00 AM - Hey RichEB1, my name is Rob Habel and I am the New Jersey Area Manager for J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines. I have been trying to track down the first bottle of wine the winery ever produced for some time now! The 1974 Petite Sirah! I see that you won one at auction. Do you still have it? Are you willing to sell it?

  • rldixon says:

    4/1/2021 9:19:00 PM - Hey RichEB1, trust you're doing well! Let me open one more bottle to see if it backs up the first? Honestly, I had greater expectations, and still do for later bottles. Cheers!

  • Paul from the Oblong Table says:

    11/22/2020 5:42:00 AM - Thank you for your kind words. The Arroyo Family Vineyard and i have been friends for many years. Their great wines are truly supported by their great friendships with customer's/friends.

  • oenophilemoose says:

    5/31/2020 7:05:00 AM - Thanks, RichEB1, for sharing your insights regarding MTP's 2013 vintage. I will be more patient, especially with the Heritage labels. We used to live in Tucson a number of years ago and still miss the high desert....The Moose

  • rieslinghoarder says:

    5/9/2020 5:51:00 AM - What's your typical Bedrock purchasing strategy when new releases hit? Do you go deep with certain heritage/SVD wines you like or buy a little of everything? I get around 6 of the OVZ and 6-12 Lulu's each year, and 2-3 bottles per Heritage/SVD but starting to find that I wish I had more bottles of some and less of others :)

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