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• Wine12345 says:

  1/9/2023 9:21:00 AM - I like and appreciate your succinct notes. Keep it up! Also I'm impressed to see that you appear to be a fan of Sheridan wines. Bravo.

• AudunG says:

  11/16/2021 9:34:00 AM - Thanks for the "fan" vote. It seems like we drink pretty much the same wines. Although, my US experience is limited.

• Charlie C says:

  11/16/2021 5:39:00 AM - Thanks for the fan vote! Like you I like a wide variety of wines and value all the reviews here on CT.

• Magnum PI says:

  11/14/2021 8:27:00 PM - Thank you for the "fan vote". By way of introduction, I am a 55 year old wine drinker in Nebraska. I have been exploring wine for about 18 years. Like many, I started in the New World, largely in Napa, and found my way to France via Chateauneuf du Pape. I drink a lot of Rhone wines, and Bordeaux, and started exploring Burdgundy a few years ago.

• OenophilistMN says:

  11/9/2021 2:16:00 PM - Thanks for the fan vote. I am rather an "omnidrinker" of good wine, but I don't get much DRC or the like high-end Burgundy! I appreciate the vote of confidence.

• pigdaddy says:

  10/5/2021 6:55:00 PM - very flattered by your acknowledgment. clearly we love many of the same wines.

• VlgJeff says:

  2/11/2021 3:18:00 PM - Thanks for the "fan" vote. Your tasting notes certainly confirm your broad interest in wine. Although cabernets are not my favorites, Rhone varietals and blends - owing to their broad flavor profile - are. Also, curious why you left a considerable portion of your TNs unrated.

• otomgg says:

  1/12/2021 6:36:00 PM - curtr- Thanks for the "fan" vote - always wonder who reads various comments... UC Davis alum from the 70's, my initial interests were largely Napa/Sonoma. Moved to WA 1986 and developed an interest in NW wines only in the past decade or so - lots to like! 1st favorite - 1959 BV Vineyards Cab Sauv Georges de Latour PR. Current WA favs - Corliss Red (esp 2012) & several current Avennia releases. CHEERS

• talbot61 says:

  12/16/2020 1:16:00 PM - curtr, thanks for the endorsement -- my first. This is a great forum -- I've been on it since the beginning of the year. And it look from your notes as though our tastes overlap (on Ucceliera and Felsina, for instance).

• curtr says:

  5/21/2020 11:17:00 AM - I tend to like more mature flavors as well. I do have some friends who prefer wines earlier in their evolution. Luckily many of the people I drink with like older wines.

• jnewman77 says:

  5/21/2020 11:03:00 AM - curtr - you have some great vintages of Spottswoode to look forward to! Just so you know my personal tastes tend toward more mature flavors in cabernet; I'm not a fan of oaky flavors so for me Spottswoode tends to peak at 20-25 years; but if you want riper fruit and don't mind a bit of oak spice, the 2005 will be great over the next few years. Enjoy!

• curtr says:

  5/8/2020 1:37:00 PM - Not yet. I have 2016 Reynvaan "In The Rocks" in my cellar and 2017 Reynvaan "The Contender" Syrah on the way soon. I have just recently gotten access through Full Pull in Seattle. I have verticals from several K Vintners Syrahs as well as Betz "La Serenne" and "La Cote Rousse". Also, Avennia "Arnaut" and different vintages of other vineyards. My first Syrah from Washington was the 2010 Proper that a friend in Seattle tasted with me.

• Oldmanzin says:

  5/8/2020 1:22:00 PM - Thanks curt! Our tastes' are similar. Have you had an opportunity to taste the syrahs from Reynvaan?

• Sonoffalstaff says:

  5/6/2020 6:02:00 AM - Hi Curtr. Nice notes and similar taste. Take care

• paulst says:

  1/10/2020 4:48:00 AM - I agree with your 2000 Rauzan Segla comment. In general I find the left bank 2000s unapproachable.

• LightDancer says:

  12/24/2019 9:13:00 PM - Hello Curt, and thanks for the "fan" add. I've read some of your reviews of wines I have enjoyed, and like your commentary content and style.

• Mark1npt says:

  12/20/2019 9:55:00 AM - Hi Curt....welcome aboard....looks like we share some of the same BDXs...that'61 Latour you dream of, would probably be my guess, too. I have one '66 left I'm hoarding like gold. The last bottle was pretty damn good! I can only imagine what a '61 would be like....cheers! Mark

• ptaylor2112 says:

  12/5/2018 6:08:00 PM - Hey curtr, I used to have work in Seattle a few times a year. I would highly recommend adding personal day (or two) and driving up to Woodinville. So many tasting rooms in such a small town. My favorites were DeLille, Gorman, and Sparkman Cellars. In particular, DeLille D2 (and their white Bordeaux), Gorman "The Pixie," and Sparkman Cellars Wilderness Red. Cheers, Patrick

• curtr says:

  11/27/2018 2:01:00 PM - Work brought me to Seattle a few times per year. I was introduced to Paul Zitarelli at Full Pull. I have been getting wines from him since. Your note reminded me that I haven't revised my bio in several years.

• NavyVet6874 says:

  11/27/2018 9:32:00 AM - Hi curtr. Quite an impressive cellar. A quick glance at our wines in common had one surprise for me. The Block wines are so new that I'm guessing you travel to Seattle regularly.

• Winemaker51 says:

  10/25/2018 6:16:00 PM - Hello curtr, I’m winemaker51. I write reviews for the public because it helps me out too on my purchases and drinking windows! Classically trained at UC Davis and make wine from my own Estate in Alexander Valley.

• aChave says:

  3/19/2017 10:06:00 PM - From your notes, I like your taste. Cheers!

• FransS says:

  2/6/2017 5:18:00 AM - Dear Curtr, Thanks for becoming a fan. I will read your notes with extra attention! Gr. FransS

• Greg Munyard says:

  10/5/2016 6:48:00 PM - Thanks for getting on board, curtr. I share your concerns re oxidised white burgundies. I love white burgundy so I can't just give it a wide berth. But I do discriminate, carefully. I've long since stopped buying Bonneau du Martray's Corton Charlemagne. It's too expensive and gut wrenching to bring out a bottle on a nice occasion, to be met with oxidation. Maybe they've fixed the problem now - I don't know - but I've moved on. There are some other prominent makers who I believe have used insufficient SO2 (at times - don't know now), so I never buy their wines either. However I have had hundreds of bottles from one of the greatest quality white burgundy producers, with less than 1 bottle in 100 being prem-oxed (if you ignore some unfortunate 2006 whites). Ditto, with one of the fine Chablis producers - never a problem. Good luck in your research!

• curtr says:

  12/3/2014 6:00:00 AM - It is lucky you caught this corked bottle early. My experience is opening a bottle that I have stored for 20 plus years to find that it is corked. My other issue is with white Burgundy. I recently opened the first bottle of a case of 2004 William Fevre "Les Clos" Chablis Grand Cru to find the wine had premature oxidation and was dead. I have found two somewhat OK bottles out of the four that I have tried. I will probably never find a great bottle in this case. I should have tried a bottle after 4 years to test the case. I no longer buy more than 3 or 4 bottles of white Burgundy from a producer and I always drink them young. I miss the days of drinking older white Burgundy. Luckily, 98% of the wine I drink is red.

• bugdoced says:

  11/30/2014 5:55:00 PM - opened a mark ryan red mountain tonite in honor of you friending me unfortunately corked ugh cheers bugdoced

• Motz says:

  12/16/2013 1:33:00 PM - Hello Curtr. I know from reading your notes that you appreciate Red Moutnain wines. Barrister has released a stunner, comprised mostly of Tapteil fruit, in their 2010 Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon. It is priced under $40, and therefore a ridiculous value. Cheers!