Domaine Henry Pellé

Menetou-Salon Morogues Pinot Noir Rosé 2018

9.2

2018; Under-ripe strawberry, clementine zest, red raspberry, delicious.
There's a reason we buy at least a couple cases of this every vintage, over delivering on value! — 3 years ago

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Domaine Berlancourt

Cuvée Les Champans Bourgogne Pinot Noir Rosé 2016

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Prior notes apply; fruit is lightly fading, but this is still an elegant and sophisticated lady.

Nose has strawberry, roses, cut tangerine, juiced Clementine and dry earth.
Palate is strawberry-tangerine (light), wet minerals, so much finesse, yet light in the mouth, just stunning.

Our final bottle of the vintage. — 4 years ago

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Severn Goodwin

@Lyle Fass Thanks for bringing this one over, it was a revelatory rosé for me. ('18 is equal)

Lyle Fass

The best rose

Domaine L'Enclos

Côtes de Gascogne Rosé Blend 2013

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Bin end rosé day, the final bottles on another of our longer term aging experiments on value wines.

Nose has Creamsicle orange sherbet, dried peach, dried raspberry, dried papaya, orange slices, white flowers and crushed granite in moist soil.

Palate has tangerine gummy bears, honey, fresh Clementine, fresh apricot, white flowers with perfect acidity, long finish, mild sweetness. A great bottle with life in the bottle still remaining!

(50% Merlot / 50% Cabernet Franc) — 5 years ago

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Severn Goodwin

@Ian Staub I'd say it really depends, all these bottles were under $8 (just), and showed strong on release, which is likely the key. Not everything ends up a winner, we've had much better luck doing this same experiment on inexpensive German Riesling (sub-$15). The '12 & '13 are doing quite well today, so we are happy. You need to be able to appreciate the changes the wines will make, if you are patient and understand where they might go based on your experiences with aged wines, you will do ok to forget about some wines for a while. For my palate, I really appreciate rosé with a couple years age (min), current release stuff is nice but IMO the youthful acidity can cloud the structure. I like acidity, but like palate complexity more and that usually shows with 1-2Y of age on most rosé. There is always an exception, some are built for the long haul though, Cotat, Simone, RLD Heredia, Enderle & Moll, they will hold 8-10+ without concern.

Josh Morgenthau

Very cool. I’ve definitely forgotten about sub $20 bottles not normally considered age-worthy and found them to be magical on opening. ... never had the guts to do it intentionally though. Seems like a great way to learn more about bottle evolution in general.

Ian Staub

@Severn Goodwin well said, thank you.

Panther Creek

Carter Vineyard Pinot Noir 2014

Tom Casagrande

9.2

Nose has sappy, ripe but slightly tart dark cherry, and a beautiful almost Burgundian gravel thing. A wee bit of baking spice. Tannic and youthful in the mouth. This needs a couple of years at least. Very Cotes de Nuits in style. Very nice length and a savory style. Was OK with Thanksgiving turkey, but the turkey accentuated the tannin. This needs beef (prime rib!) to shine. — 6 years ago

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Philip Carter

Corotoman Red Bordeaux Blend

Frank O

9.9

Our favorite Virginia winery! — 7 years ago

Carter Cellars

Hossfeld Coliseum Napa Valley Red Blend 2018

Joe Flo

9.5

The Petrus of Napa 80% Merlot 20% Cabernet. 2 hrs decanting definitely helped. — 3 years ago

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Stef Van Der Vorst

Nice what year ?

Clementine Carter

Sta. Rita Hills Grenache 2015

Rich Huber

9.0

You would never know this is a Grenache by looking at it. The color of the wine is super light. But the flavor comes alive on the nose and palate. — 4 years ago

Carter Cellars

Fortuna Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

Laith A

9.4

Beautiful wine!! Smooth as silk with a great fruit profile and no hard edges! — 4 years ago

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Edgard Carter

El Sereno Carignan Blend

Heather Dean

9.6

Simply smooth berry-full and delicious. A full bodies bit easily drinkable soft and fruity — 5 years ago

Clementine Carter Casa Dumetz

Grenache Blanc

Doggfather

8.9

Crisp flavorful wine. White wine for red wine lovers. — 6 years ago

Brian Carter Cellars

Corrida Tempranillo Blend 2014

Barb Anderson

8.9

A wonderfully blended wine. Well balanced fruit and spice. A great food wine. Paired well with teriyaki. — 6 years ago

Clos Solene

Sweet Clementine Syrah Grenache 2012

Sondra Bernstein

Owner of the girl & the fig, the fig cafe & winebar, Author of Plats du Jours, the girl & the fig's Journey through the Seasons in Wine Country and the girl & the fig Cookbook

9.4

Dessert wine, extraordinary 97% Grenache, 3% Syrah syrupy Sweet but not cloying, fruit leather with sophistication — 7 years ago

Clos Clementine

Côtes de Provence 2014

Ashley Brandon

9.0

Dry and crisp — 8 years ago

Carter Cellars

LA BAM Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

David Walser

9.8

A wonderful wine that we enjoyed with our Christmas dinner that included some beef tenderloin. Not sure how they do it but Carter keeps cranking out wonderful cabs. — 3 years ago

Carter Cellars

Beckstoffer Las Piedras Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

"Odedi"

9.5

Time for my #FridayCabernetfix.

This is a gorgeous Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley. Tasty and spicy. Delicious and extracted. A very typical Cabernet for the region, but oh so yummy.

Dry and full bodied with medium acidity and long legs.

Showing black fruits with cedar, vanilla, leather, earth, chocolates, tobacco, spices, graphite, dark coffee and peppercorn.

Very fruity on the palate and elegant. Well balanced with nice complexity.

Good right out of the bottle, and better with airtime (3 hours).

I've heard many people trash the 2017 vintage in California. So far I've not seen that to be true, and this is a great example of that.

This 4 year old is still very young, and would age nicely in the next 10 to 20 years.

Good by itself or with food. Will pair nicely with BBQ Meats. I paired it with grilled Lamb chops.

14.9% alcohol by volume.

95 points.

$190 (current vintage). — 4 years ago