Claiborne And Churchill

Claiborne & Churchill

Central Coast Dry Riesling 2017

An old favorite from my days living on the Central Coast. Pale yellow white, excellent clarity. Perfume, citrus peel and litchi on the nose. Crisp, mineral finish, some stone fruit and lemon flavors. Very dry, should be great with food. Paired well with a Vermont raclette-style cheese. With time, creamy lees and apricot skin flavors emerged as well. — 6 years ago

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Château Monbousquet

Saint-Emilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Ron R
9.3

JFK is someone I greatly admire, along with Churchill, MLK and Margaret Thatcher. Nice to learn a little more about him, while drinking a 2010 Bdx stunner.
Frankly, this is a Napa clone. Lovely notes of barrel toast, sandalwood, truffle and maraschino cherries, which drift onto the palette. Excellent poise and tannic structure. This wine may very well out-live me. For those of you that enjoy the texture and sweetness of Napa blends, give this a try...

For those of us that like to snoop around, on that middle shelf in the background is: Haut Brion, Harlan, Lafite, Scarlett reserve, Realm and Grange. If you are ever in the NY/NY area, come get some love. Let's see some other pics with organ extensions, please 😃
— 7 years ago

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@Rob Brobst III, for the price, this juice is hard to beat!
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@Jody Scharf, you are right, of course. Bill is helping me with a small graphical novel. I hope we will be able to sketch the outline together over a glass in Napa. Watch this space...

Claiborne and Churchill

Arroyo Grande Valley Pinot Blanc 2014

Medium lemon. Flowers, lemon, honeysuckle, apple, butter, cream, vanilla, coconut. Medium acidity, medium minus sugar, medium alcohol — 8 years ago

Pol Roger

Extra Cuvée de Resérve Brut Champagne Blend

Channeling my inner Winston Churchill. — 8 years ago

Claiborne and Churchill

Estate Dry Riesling 2012

Matt K
9.2

Ridiculously excellent poolside. Crisp, texturally complex, fresh. — 9 years ago

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Plantation

20th Anniversary Barbados Rum

KA
9.7

Churchill Bar @ Four Seasons DIFC does not get any better for rum! — 6 years ago

Henri Abele

Le Sourire de Reims Brut Champagne

enthralled today by my namesake Gary Oldman as the Champagne-loving Churchill in The Darkest Hour, the perfect #Thanksgiving movie & a veritable cinematic "V" for victory, I opened this 1947 Henri Abele Champagne - delicious with turkey and cornbread stuffing tonight — 6 years ago

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Claiborne & Churchill

Runestone Edna Valley Pinot Noir

Spicy black plums. Bright juicy acidity. Medium body, rich fruit. — 7 years ago

Claiborne and Churchill

Estate Edna Valley Pinot Noir 2014

Now this was some nice wine. Easy. Hotel loby tasting surprisingly. pinot noir dumb AI... — 7 years ago

Churchill Cellars

Bella Luna Vineyard Pinot Noir 2011

Strawberry, currant, hint of smoke, smooth vanilla. A little pepper rounds out the long smooth finish. A very nice Pinot with lots of complexity. — 8 years ago

Churchill's Estates

Churchill Estates Reserva Douro Red Blend 2008

A tad jammy -14% - but plenty of dark fruit. Very smooth and juicy. — 8 years ago

Claiborne and Churchill

Central Coast Syrah 2011

Now that's cool climate syrah. Complex spices and slightly green in a very good way. Full structure and starting to smooth and silk out nicely — 9 years ago

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Bodegas Bilbainas

Viña Pomal Gran Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend

Whole Foods baby. Nice blend with jammy, smooth texture with tobacco and vanilla highlights. Brand is reputed to be a Winston Churchill favorite. Great with manchego and spicy nduja. — 6 years ago

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Claiborne and Churchill

Twin Creeks Pinot Noir

Sour cherry, strawberry, a bit hot. — 7 years ago

Claiborne and Churchill

Edna Valley Pinot Noir 2014

Perfectly balanced RS and acidity. Crisp, floral, clean and light. — 7 years ago

Claiborne and Churchill

Brut Rosé Central Coast Sparkling Blend 2006

A 2006 brut rosé of pinot, salmon color with flavors of sherry on the nose and orange and hazelnut on the palate. I still get a little raspberry. Delightful. — 7 years ago

Bérêche & Fils

Brut Réserve Champagne Blend

Watching football and drinking champs with KFC. Bereche is the bomb. I love opening it and waiting and hour or two to drink it, to let it balance out. I like to wait on all champagnes especially Bereche. After getting some air, you get such a nice mix of tart and sweet, like hard candy (Green apple jolly ranchers?), but you get the sophistication of a traditional 3 grape blend with a decent amount of reserve, plus some funkiness from all the naturalness of the process that they use to make it. It is a really smart wine that offers something for everyone without sacrificing anything or making compromises. I like this a lot more than a 9, but I have to save some digits for the Emidio Pepe '85s or the Pol Roger Winston Churchill '88s of the world. If you look at my scores, you see a lot of 9s but that's because I rarely write about wine I don't like. I don't want to be one of those yelpers who only bitch, especially when I know how much sacrifice goes into making great wine. I want to celebrate the Bereches of the world who go that extra mile to touch greatness, even though wine economics resist it. — 7 years ago

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Hear hear!
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She'd be pleased with yesterday's win 😘

Salon

'S' Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil Brut Chardonnay 1997

What a treat to have a taste of 1997 Salon Blanc de Blancs. So complex: Toast, chalky minerality, spice, cacao, cloves. Fresh yet rich, balanced, with palate coating bubbles. What a gorgeous wine. Merci beaucoup @lamamouniamarrakech. Although maybe sacrilegious not to have Pol Roger in the Churchill Bar? #winelife #pianobar #travel #marrakech #morocco #champagne — 9 years ago

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