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Reserve Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Big beautiful sweet nose - jammy dry taste - earthy finish. A very well calculated risk! — 6 years ago

Calculated Risk

Napa Valley Red Blend

Black cherry, blackberry, raspberry, vanilla and oak. Good structure and soft tannins. — 7 years ago

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Georges Laval

Brut Nature Cumières 1er Cru Champagne Blend

Savory & spicy nose. Zesty. Apple spice . Mousse creamy . Chalky. Orange marlalade on finish. Super lively! Fruity finish. Green Apple. As it opens more orange blossoms. Opens to to aromas of a hot iron. My fav of the night( over Krug GC, which was lovely but more calculated and less wild/tension. Less precision . — 8 years ago

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Château Feytit Clinet

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2012

More attack than Puy, but calculated with complexity and a longer finish. Has the potential to age. Pretty solid now - would be great with food. Notes of tobacco and leather mixed in with black currant, slight raspberry, vanilla — 6 years ago

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Château d'Esclans

Whispering Angel Côtes de Provence Rosé Blend 2017

Yep, it's not only pretty, it's absolutely delicious. Subtle, calculated, balanced. It's both refreshing and complex. I'm throwing some into the pot with these moules and couldn't be more excited. Thanks @Sarah Catherine — 7 years ago

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Sarah Catherine

Sarah Catherine

I aspire to be like this wine.... subtle calculated and balanced. Pfffffftt..... not a chance... but one can dream.

Three Sticks

Durell Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012

Bill Price's newest wine venture has his influence on the style and direction of the wines at Three Sticks. Well balanced and show-caseing the bright red fruit and charred/dry soil with distinct and calculated touch of toasted oak. — 10 years ago

Foradori

Dolomiti Teroldego 2015

Elisabetta Foradori is on a very short list of natural winemakers who have a history of what I’d call dedicated unrecklessness. It isn’t enough to make wine without anything added or taken away. The best natural winemakers make calculated decisions. And she does with her beloved Teraldego- what a grape!

It’s elegant like Pinot but meatier. Pillow plush. There are dark berries, nothing eccentric. Simply restrained, deliberate, conscious, winemaking.
— 6 years ago

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Joe Weinberger

Joe Weinberger

One of my all time favorites. 👍🏻
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Great note Ely!

Schmelz

Steinriegl Riesling

Really enjoying this wine. More bitter / tart fruit with nerve and precision than overt ripeness. Think quince, orange rind, and Buddha's hand instead of ripe apple or sweet pear. The wine's 13.5%abv from Wachau acts as the gatekeeper to the overarching bandwidth of mouthfeel and total structure. Sleek and calculated. — 8 years ago

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