Bodegas As Laxas
Château Cheval Blanc
St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1986
Informal gathering to drink some Bordeaux varietal bottles with steak.
1986 Cheval Blanc: This one showed suspect ullage, to the point where it had been hard to flip it. And in the end, it did turn out to be a controversial wine--was the orgasm 40 days, or was it 36 days? Hard to say... An extraordinary wine, classic in its own way, with fragrant dark flower and black cassis aromas wafting from the glass, and maybe more importantly for us, exploding in the mouth. Some of the more ordinary adjectives, like "smooth" and "balanced", are accurate enough, but obviously don't do this one justice. One could do a fluid dynamical description of the time evolution of this wine in the mouth, a broad attack that gave way in about 3 seconds to a sensation of acceleration and flaring across the entire breadth of the palate as the wine detonated, an oenological version of a jet... And then a persistent finish where the inner mouth perfume resonates as it fades slowly (or simply moved off to some parallel universe). — 11 years ago
Jordan Vineyard & Winery
Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2003
Fantastic, as always. — 12 years ago
Bodegas As Laxas
Rías Baixas Albariño 2013
Thought it was Condrieu. Elegant! — 11 years ago
Marcel Lapierre
Morgon Gamay 2012
Tight and young but perfect as evah — 12 years ago
Heitz Cellar
Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Neck fill and good cork. Immediate nose of cedar, anise, of course eucalyptus and even some hibiscus. It's deep in the glass and core was still tight, even bit tannic and firm acids. This vintage is drinking better now than the legendary 74's as some of that bigger vintage is falling apart. A real beauty! — 10 years ago
R. López de Heredia
Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2002
Let me known when you are conning ??
Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC)
La Tâche Pinot Noir 1978
About as good as it gets! Pristine bottle. — 12 years ago
David Annis
Cork disintegrated, but otherwise no concerns. Very restrained with more fruit showing as it took on air. Looking forward to seeing how the rest of the bottles age. — 10 years ago