Can Bas

Domaine Eleni et Edouard Vocoret

Le Bas de Chapelot Chablis Chardonnay 2018

Just as good as last time. Paired nicely with roasted branzino and couscous salad. Purchased at Popina in Brooklyn, NY. — 5 years ago

Château Lafite Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1970

Shay A
9.4

Another killer Wednesday Wine Committee lineup. As always, 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds and 1 dessert wine. All tasted blind.

I guessed mid-80s Bordeaux. This was so youthful! Surprised all of us. 49yrs young and doing just fine. Great color...garnet core. Plenty of cranberry, old black cherry and new saddle leather. Definitely some herbal/mushroom characteristics on the palate but they are surrounded by more red fruit and underbrush at the finish. Structure is still very solid! Just incredible wine can taste like this at this age.
— 7 years ago

Will AdamsRyan GWeston Eidson
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Such a treat to taste old Lafite. Attending a Lafite tasting in May.
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Great description

Ridge Vineyards

Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1992

Dark purple plum skin color from center to the rim’s edge where some scarlet also appears. Opaque. Great fruit forward nose that grabs your attention. Notes of blackberries, ripe plums, violets, tobacco, forest floor and some crushed walnuts. Rich and silky in the mouth. Great balance and texture. Tannins perfectly integrated. Long finish. If a Cal Cab can be seductive, this is it. Still youthful but in a great zone tonight. — 8 years ago

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Can Ràfols dels Caus

El Rocallís Penedès Incrocio Manzoni 2013

Katherine Bordelon
8.9

Perfect with the Hake I was eating simply prepared. Crisp, light but could use a little more time in the bottle. — 9 years ago

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Produttori del Barbaresco

Barbaresco Nebbiolo

This stuff was freakin' awesome. Glassy, ruby red you can read through yet full. Levitates on the palate. Elegant tannins. Black fruit. Overall smooth, lush mouthful with sticky, earthy finish. Awesome. WBA $89 at Public Services — 9 years ago

Tenuta San Guido

Bolgheri Sassicaia Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 1989

Brian Duffy
9.5

Outstanding! There is the perfect moment for a bottle to be opened and tonight was it. It was the wine equivalent of a album that you can listen to from start to finish. — 10 years ago

Château Musar

Bekaa Valley Red Blend 2003

Campbell Davis
9.3

Always a solid wine! Open it up and sip for a few hours if you can because this wine is ALIVE!! — 10 years ago

Patrick Hattaway
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Domaine Méo-Camuzet

Les Rouges du Bas Echezeaux Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2006

Super. Just love Meo wines. Wonderful notes of black tea, raspbery, berry with earthy hints of oak. Super long finish. — 11 years ago

Château Montrose

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1961

53 years in waiting for this group... What can I say. Started off much younger than the label would say.. Like the old grand dame of St Estephe.. Nice fruit, wonderful nose, and a pleasant finish to round out a great bottle of wine from a era gone by. Shared with friends like it should be. Looking forward to 2015 to do it all again. — 11 years ago

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Kuentz-Bas

Alsace Pinot Blanc 2017

Nose of lemon meringue, coconut, and seashells. Very pretty.

Lean and focused on the palate. Lots of citrusy acidity layered with some of the richer tropical notes and minerality. Good length.

Great aperitif for these hotter months and a good value. More please!
— 6 years ago

Domaine Jean Tardy et Fils

Au Bas de Combe Vieilles Vignes Nuits St. Georges Pinot Noir 2010

Nose of plums, forest floor with fresh fallen flower petals. Taste is of plums, black tea, Forest, raspberry, mushroom. I really like this. Opened up after an hour of pulling cork and really excellent after 2+. — 7 years ago

Shafer Vineyards

Hillside Select Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

To me Shafer is among the worlds best wineries. Aged 32 months in 100% new French oak. Vivid deep purple color, and outstanding aromas of red/black fruits, cherries and blackberries, with hints of cedar, floral oak & spice. Tasting this wine was absolutely magnificent, concentrated dark berry fruit flavors, spices, leather and oak, exploding on my palate. Soft velvety subtle tannins provide a nice deep lingering finish. Truly an outstanding Cab, one of the best. If you can find yourself a bottle, do not hesitate. Should last at least 10 more yrs. — 7 years ago

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Copain

Kiser "En Bas" Anderson Valley Pinot Noir 2014

Tasting at Copain. Beautiful winery with some sweeping views of Sonoma. Again no bottles so just the menu. The Laurel grades was an amazing wine, parcel of land by the ocean. It had that salt/mineral undertone and was crisp. Tidal wave was also very good and similar to a savignon blanc. The high rock Syrah was very good they let’s us try an 09 to give an idea of how it evolves. Solid wine. The 2014 was too tannic to get a good feel for the wine. — 8 years ago

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I enjoy the High Rock Syrah.

Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1961

Fully resolved but can still hold on another decade. Truly stunning. — 9 years ago

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

Artemis Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

This tastes more like a Bordeaux to me than a Cab from Napa, but it is so excellent that I'll let it slide. This is a full bodied wine with strong oak, leather, smoke, and honestly a hint of tree bark (in a wonderful way!) This is close to a perfect wine. Buy all you can. — 9 years ago

Cellers Can Blau

Blau Montsant Cariñena Blend

Bold and deep blend with a slight sweetness that's surprises the palette. — 10 years ago

Cory Wilkinson
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Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1991

Wow is all I can say stunning so so good wish I could have shared it with you CM — 11 years ago

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Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2004

04' this wine is structured so beautifully. Proof a great winemaker/winery can produce great wines...in not so great years. The fruit & acidity are still there. It has many years in front of it. Cheers! — 11 years ago

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Château Margaux

Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1994

Mike Smith
9.3

Really good but can still live a while — 12 years ago

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Silver Oak

Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

JLH
9.3

Dry, well balanced, delicious. Not quite as full bodied as I usually expect for a Can. — 7 years ago

Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

A big bold plumy purple bomb As dense and luscious as a wine can get in a glass. Decanted for 2 hrs and its still a baby with blackberry, dark chocolate licorice and pepper on the nose and on the palate. A long long finish and loads of tannins to sum it all up — 7 years ago

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Domaine Billard-Gonnet

Pommard-Rugiens Bas 1er Cru Pinot Noir 1999

Herbal, peppery aromas mixed with hints of mint. Tannins are still strong almost 20 years on, almost mouth puckering. Very deep, dark fruit still there too. — 8 years ago

Robert Mondavi Winery

Private Selection Aged in Bourbon Barrels Monterey County Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Smooth finish, love this addition from Mondavi. Can taste the hint of bourbon — 9 years ago

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1996

Okay, I get what all the fuss is about. Hard to believe that something so layered and 'sweet' can have such refreshing acidity. Like being inside a leaking beehive during the lightning storm — 9 years ago

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Cellers Can Blau

Mas de Can Blau Cariñena Blend

Incredibly full and balanced. Loved it. — 10 years ago

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Marcel Lapierre

Morgon Gamay 2005

The Master of Morgon. This can age for at least another 10 years. — 11 years ago

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R. López de Heredia

Viña Gravonia Crianza Rioja Viura 2001

Such a treat - 2001 aging in that crazy magical way only Lopez whites can do. Thank you @AlexAlan! — 11 years ago

Caymus Vineyards

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

D J
9.9

Caymus Vineyards 2006 Can Sav - 26th BDay present from Dave and Val — 13 years ago