Anthony Lombardi

9.0

Rich, deep take on CDR. Powerful dark fruited aromatics which follow to the palate. This has the strawberry summertime character of the Grenache, but anchored & structured with darker fruit & moderate structure. Great with grilled stuff tonight. This album is one of the finest releases of 2019. It sounds just like a classic Tropicalia album from Veloso or Gil than something so new. If you like Brazilian music, get this. — 6 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

2015 Merkelbach Kabinett is juicy & approachable. The album Cloud Corner by Marisa Anderson is a perfect counterpoint with its deliberate pace & nuanced moments. Following the music, the wine unfolds to show beauty beyond the all to easy drinkability — 6 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

Tuesday night Merlot from Corvidae, a second label from Owen Roe with an all time great album. This is a weeknight/spaghetti & meatballs wine, and trust me that’s a very good thing. Not too complicated, but awfully fresh & tasty. The record needs no words. Pretty much every song could have been a hit. Everything good here. — 6 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.2

Underrated grape (Pineau D’Aunis) and an underrated Neil album. This wine is pretty fantastic. Tart cherries, herbs & grippy tannins. — 7 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.2

If I have to Let it Bleed, I’d like to bleed Tissot Poulsard. Wine is deceptively light colored as it boasts powerful red berries & some grippy tannins. This album grips you from start to finish. Perfect Saturday night. — 7 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

2015 Gautheron Chablis & The Joshua Tree. New Chablis producer for me showing a good entry level high acid, fresh example. The album is a timeless classic. A little old & a little new. — 7 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

New Rioja producer for me. Spicy oak across the nose & palate with some layers of red fruit & fresh acidity. Tannins aren’t terribly forward on such a young Reserva, but there is good grip here. This skirts the line between classical & modern Rioja. Very good. Fear of Music has some of my very favorite Talking Heads songs, but is edged out by Remain in Light as my favorite album of theirs. That is really splitting hairs as they were creating at a level not many other artists ever reach. — 6 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.2

Otherworldly beauty from Jessica Pratt and Pascal Janvier. This album has a haunting quality to it, but it haunts in an addictive way. The songs feel familiar, but they keep a uniqueness that sounds fresh every time I play it. If you don’t own this record, buy it. Janvier’s Silex is everything to love about Chenin. It’s crisp & approachable, yet has countless layers of aromatics & simultaneously shows a basket of fruit and an ethereal transparent weight. This is just amazing tonight. — 6 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.2

CAVU Rose from Barbera and an album which needs@no description. Washington State Barbera is pretty amazing. This has beautiful acidity & positively shimmers once it opens up a bit. Juicy and invigorating all at once. I’ll definitely be revisiting this and their traditional Barbera bottling. This feels great to drink with an all to familiar soundtrack, everything seems to be spring. — 6 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

2014 Bitouzet-Prieur Bourgogne and Now again ‘s excellent reissue of David Axelrod’s Songs of Experience. The wine is much like the record. Lots of highs & lows. Moments of beauty and elegance underscored by attention to detail & nuanced arrangements. This album showing up in the mail today equals a great Monday. — 7 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.3

Cherries & smoke on the nose, following to the palate. Needed about an hour in the decanter to blossom fully. Classic producer. The album is the Brazilian masterpiece, Krishnanda by Pedro Santos, a virtuoso percussionist & composer. It evolves across genres as the wine shows a variety of facets & characteristics. Brilliance across the board. — 7 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.2

If I were @Anthony Lombardi, the musical pairing might have been The Joshua Tree album, cuz I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. Quite good, but still not grok-ing the hype... — 7 years ago

Chris White

9.0

Good for James Brown's Soul on Top album — 8 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.1

The Dictionary Of Soul should have an entry for the Unculin Mencia from Jose Garcia . This wine is sleek & elegant stuff with plenty of soul. This album also has plenty of soul, it’s the Dictionary after all. Happy Wednesday. — 6 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.4

Fathers Day in style. One of my very favorite wines from anywhere. Clos Canarelli Corse Figare Rose. It’s simply exuberant, but has a fresh, thirst quenching character to it as well. It takes a special bottle to pair with this album which I received as a Father’s Day present. The one and only recording from Michael O’Shea who played a self made 17 strong dulcimer of sorts and was encouraged by members of The The and Wire to record this in the early 80’s. Both have a soulful mystery to them which make for a wonderfully introspective time on an introspective day. I love that my family humors these little obsessions and shares them with me. — 6 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

Straightforward, tasty sparkling Chenin. Creamy texture for a sub $20 bottle with good acidity & complex yeasty flavors. Nose is a tad muted, but no big deal. Drank while listening to the brand new Cate Le Bon album which could end up as one of the best releases of 2019. — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Continuing to kick off the un-labor weekend early in the D&S Lounge.

For those of you who haven’t seen me post Kalinda, it’s a private label from K&L Wine Merchants. They buy a quality producers juice or have them make a wine for them. I don’t know who made this wine but, they are a quality Oakville producer. This bottle cost me $18.99 about eight years ago and it tastes better than some Napa Cabernets at $75 plus that I’ve had. You just have to wait on them 5-10 years. This is somewhere near its peak.

It’s a slice of blue fruit heaven. On the nose, blueberries, mulberries, olallieberries, plum, blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries, strawberries, vanilla, sweet mixed berry cola, light cinnamon, soft dark spice, limestone minerals, dry crushed rock powder, dry top soil, black cherry licorice, a waft of dry herbs with bright dark red florals and violets.

The palate is round and full. Tannins are 80% resolved. The texture is sexy. The structure, length, tension and balance are in perfect harmony, (Seals & Croft/America on the album “Horse With No Name” style). Lush, ripe; blueberries, mulberries, olallieberries, plum, blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries & strawberries. Vanilla, sweet mixed berry cola, light cinnamon, clove, touch of nutmeg, soft dark spice that penetrates the palate with some heat, tarry notes, dry stems, soft leather, tobacco with ash, graphite, limestone minerals, dry crushed rock powder, dry top soil, black cherry licorice, a waft of dry herbs with bright dark red florals and violets. The acidity is like a waterfall. The long finishes (minutes) is, round, lush, balanced, elegant harmony. It’s beautifully delicious.

Photos of; the D&S lounge lit up by candle power only and always. — 7 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.3

Nothing says St Patrick’s Day like Barbaresco! 2011 Oddero Gallina to be exact. At least the album is called Another Green World. Eno on this beautiful spring evening is ideal and no joke, the tannin from the Nebbiolo and the salty corned beef are magic together. — 7 years ago

Katie O'Sullivan

10

The label reminds of Black Tape For A Blue Girl album from the 90s — 8 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.0

Like a Def Leppard album...high and dry. — 8 years ago