Bell City

Herman Story

Smash City Pinot Noir 2021

Delectable Wine
9.1

The 2021 Smash City is bright and floral with a wild blend of crushed strawberries, dusty rose, citrus and spice. This is juicy and fruit-focused, with crisp red berries elevated by traces of citrus under an air of violet inner florals. The Smash City cleans up beautifully, full of energy and perfumed, leaving the palate nicely refreshed. This lively Pinot Noir is produced with all Bien Nacido fruit. (Eric Guido, Vinous, May 2023) — 2 years ago

Domaine de Pallus

Les Pensées de Pallus Chinon Cabernet Franc 2016

KD
9.0

Medium dark purple ruby. Cranberry, ligonberry, red cherry and blackberry on the nose with some bell pepper, smoke and tobacco. Medium body, acidity and tannins with chalky minerality and delicate notes of cherry, cranberry with pepper, smoke and discrete oak. Black licorice on the medium long finish. The nose is more intense than the palate which leads to a smooth, easy drinking wine. Coravined. — 4 years ago

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Bell Wine Cellars

Clone 337 Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Beautiful wine for a beautiful day in Napa — 5 years ago

Belle Pente

Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir 2015

Just love this wine, great value, can’t get enough! Belle Pente (bell-pont') means "beautiful slope" - for their 70 acre hillside vineyard & winery site in Willamette Valley. Bright Ruby red with aromas of red fruits, herb spices and hints of blossom notes. On the palate strawberry and cherry flavors, slight sweet undertones, herb notes and smooth tannins. Well balanced on a long finish ending with mineral herb notes. Nice!! Great value. — 5 years ago

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Cigar City Brewing

Good Gourd Imperial Pumpkin Ale

Powering through the last of the oak beers on the way to wine immersion. On a positive note, the baby now has a room! Anyway, last year’s Good Gourd! Looks like dark tea or a hot cider, nice eruption of bubbling magic. Orange tinged; good start! Super spiced cinnamon apple, caramel, vanilla, nutmeg, and oddly smelling of a California wine. Sierra foothills mascarpone notes and also a hot buttered rum smell. Cinnamon tea, clove studded orange, whiskey-lemon-honey tea, toasted coconut, sweet tobacco, brown sugar, dates, fruitcake candied notes with a nod to its density. A cream soda finish with raisinets. #cigarcitybrewing #cigarcitygoodgourd #goodgourd #imperialale #ale #beer #bier #biere #birra #imperialpumpkinale #pumpkinale #pumpkinbeer #ccb #halloweenbeer — 6 years ago

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Medlock Ames

Bell Mountain Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Nice bottle. Rounded out fruit and tannins, great pairing with Italian. — 6 years ago

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Frank

Frank

I love that stuff.

Domaine Bernard Baudry

Chinon Cabernet Franc 2015

Fresh bell pepper, bites of cilantro and plum skins. Tacos carnitas and SNL on a Sunday. — 8 years ago

Château Talbot

Saint-Julien Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2013

Starts off with a very evolved fruity character, but that quickly blows off.
Lovely purity beyond that - fresh black currant, with a bit of darker, earthy undergrowth, some red fruit, a hint of cedar wood, a touch of bell pepper. A bit evolved yet still juicy & pure.
Beautiful mouthfeel with nicely evolved, slightly mellowed yet still juicy tannins, evolved fruit yet still fresh acidity.
This is peeking or already has peeked but today is drinking so nicely!
A really nice one!
— 2 years ago

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Domaine Guiberteau

Saumur Cabernet Franc 2019

Sweaty dried red fruit tobacco and bell pepper — 4 years ago

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Medlock Ames

Bell Mountain Vineyard Rosé Blend 2019

Fantastic nose, great balance of acidity and mouthfeel. — 4 years ago

Harlan Estate

Napa Valley Proprietary Red Blend 2012

Shay A
9.6

After a couple months of hiatus, the Friday City Club group was able to get back together (albeit a smaller, more spread out group) for an epic hosting by @joe leatherwood . 1 sparkler, 2 whites, 5 reds and 1 dessert wine, all served blind.

And the hits just keep coming. A total monster. I found this to be the most extracted of the 5 reds. Could smell it five feet away. Dark chocolate dipped blueberries and blackberries, graham cracker, mocha, violets all jump from the glass. Velvet like texture revealing a streak of ripe red fruits and an herbal/mineral like note down the middle of the palate. Dusty. So much beautiful freshness but commanding power here...longest finish of the day. I called this 7-10yr old Napa cab (specifically Shafer Hillside Select).
— 5 years ago

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joe leatherwood

joe leatherwood

Reds decanted about 4hrs before poured glass.
Paul T HB

Paul T HB

That sounds about right, I call that the Shafer decant. Good to know, I’ve got a couple in storage for future drinkage
Hugh O'Riordan

Hugh O'Riordan

Great review

Clos Rougeard

Saumur Champigny Cabernet Franc 2011

Strawberries, a bit of bell pepper, and funk. chewy tannins. Very very good. Drank with Wagyu beef at Maison d a Cote outside chambord. — 6 years ago

Medlock Ames

Bell Mountain Estate Red Blend 2013

Celebrating Christmas with our favorite red blend. — 7 years ago

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Olga Raffault

Les Picasses Chinon Cabernet Franc 2004

heavy pencil shavings and cigar smoke on the nose. black olive and green bell pepper too. color is definitely what you’d expect in a 20 year old wine. palate is consistent with nose, very bordeaux-lite. heavy cigar box. a lot of olive and herb tapenade character. some black pepper on the finish too. very savory overall. — 2 years ago

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Medlock Ames

Bell Mountain Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Above average Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc. Rich, mild citrus flavor. Paired very well with shrimp. — 3 years ago

Bell Wine Cellars

Clone 6 Unfiltered Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

We had the 2013 Vintage on 5/2-3/21. This was a terrific full bodied, well balanced wine. Tastes of blackberry, plum, kirsch and vanilla on the palate. The tannins were smoothed out. A great example of the Napa floor. — 4 years ago

Cigar City Brewing

Jai Alai India Pale Ale

Great IPA to start a Monday evening! #cigarcitybrewing — 5 years ago

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Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2001

Lovely. Some odd odors during the first hour after opening- blue cheese and cabbage.

Good color, smooth, soft, rounded and light tannins.

Cork was a complete mess- took about 5 to ten minutes to clean out.

Mushrooms, bell peppers, cedar and cherries. Delicious with dinner of filet and lobster, asparagus and potatoes.
— 6 years ago

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Catherine et Pierre Breton

Trinch Bourgueil Cabernet Franc 2016

Quite vegetal at first but then it mellows into a lovely Loire CF. Exactly what you want when you pull a cork on one of these. Blackberries, raspberries, and red bell pepper along with some green tea leaves and black stone. — 6 years ago

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Bell Wine Cellars

Claret Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

85 percent Cab with blend of complementary reds. Should age well. June 2018. — 7 years ago