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Brooks Winery

Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Rosé

Hint of strawberry with a very slight mineral finish. — 10 days ago

Tripp Girdler
with Tripp

Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe

La Crau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2015

Brief Notes:- A medium weight red fruited savoury, earthy, bombshell of M+ intensity…a tarry note with liquorice adding to its Chateauneuf personality. An excellent example. More Burgundian than Rhone in weight and texture. Not sure further cellaring will add much but delicious right now. NB I have a bottle or two left and maybe a magnum? Must check. — 3 months ago

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Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Bob McDonald, historically VT ages easily for 20-30 years, in fact, I’ve often been underwhelmed by some vintages when they’re less than 10 years old, and the same wine at age 20+ has aged into something quite magnificent!! Of course, YMMV. Cheers!!

Alessandro Viola

Note di Bianco Grillo

If one person in the relationship likes salinity and minerality and reads The New Yorker. And the other likes perfumey but still dry whites and reads The Economist. Well this is your wine. Cloudy/unfined. Unripe peach, honeysuckle, and salt. — a month ago

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1988

Shay A
9.2

Annual birthday WWC hosting. As normal, 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds, 1 dessert, all presented blind.

Fun to open birth year wines around your birthday, especially when you can do a Bordeaux and Napa side by side. While not a great vintage, this held up well after a few hours and presented as expected. Clean and zero Brett. Great color! Deep ruby with hardly any bricking. Leather, cassis, vanilla pipe tobacco on the nose. Sporting a good bit of dusty red and black fruits (mostly tart raspberries and blackberries), there was a little savory truffle note mixed with an herbal and mocha finish. Still quite grippy. Pretty.
— 5 days ago

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Cantina Bartolo Mascarello

Barolo Nebbiolo 2018

AEL
9.0

If you're going to open the 2018 in 2023, you have to at least let it breathe. Nose is light but well defined, with sour cherries, a metallic note, and a hint of earth. Palate silky, with a smokey note. Classy. A gift from Doug B. at year end. — 4 months ago

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Brooks Winery

Janus Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2022

Best Pinot of the 3 super tasty — 20 days ago

Taittinger

Comtes de Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Chardonnay 1996

Happy Valentine’s Day! Continuing our tradition of pulling one of these each year - 11 down, only 1 more to go after this! Reminder that we need to choose a new case of something soon.

This is excellent as always but I’m not sure hits quite the same high note as last year’s bottle. Fine mousse, nose a bit more restrained. Palate is explosive and so deep with wonderful candied caramelized lemon peel. Wonderful pairing with carbonara!
— 2 months ago

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Neil Valenzuela

Neil Valenzuela

Baller wine!
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Brooks Winery

Amycas Willamette Valley White Blend 2016

Wine pairing at Harbor House Inn lunch — 5 months ago