Drinks By The Dram

Primitivo Quiles

Raspay Reserva Alicante Monastrell 2012

Drinks like aged Rioja with a slightly more meaty palate. Gritty tannin with mature notes of licorice and leather. Cool wine. — 6 years ago

Fattoria dei Barbi (Colombini)

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese

Earthy nose, silky on the palate, cigarette ash into firm balanced tannins on the finish. Drinks like it had many years of age-ability — 7 years ago

Orin Swift Cellars

Machete Petite Sirah Blend

This drinks bold, can be paired with food or without. So damn good. Another bottle please. — 7 years ago

Beaulieu Vineyard

Reserve Tapestry Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2013

Ruby violet color. Blackberry, cassis, plum, cedar, and hints of green pepper on the nose. Although there is ripe, supple New World fruit on the palate, it drinks a bit like an Old World Bordeaux. Made from Napa Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot. — 8 years ago

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Sloan

Rutherford Red Bordeaux Blend 2001

Wow - splendid with Xmas beef tenderloin. Rich berry/dark cherry and fresh cut leather on nose. Drinks very smooth with surprisingly light tannins for 10 y/o red wine, predominantly can franc — 8 years ago

Corison

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

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9.0

Undeniable finesse and potential. Drinks like St. Estephe but far less abrasive tannins. — 9 years ago

Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

One of, if not THE best cab made in the US of A. This vintage is a little young but drinks beautifully. I would love to find a wine that rivals Dunn. — 9 years ago

Daou Vineyards

Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

This wine is incredibly good, great price, drinks well with red meat. — 10 years ago

Montevertine

Le Pergole Torte Sangiovese 1999

Great drinks beautifully — 10 years ago

Bodegas Drinks and Dreams

D + D Douro+Duero Douro Red Blend

Great Georgian toast is to your neighbor - he is the most important, especially if you moved into new place.

Here are neighbors from one river banks, but different countries. Sogevinus Fine Wines & Bodegas Emilio Moro - made this opulent, rich and silky wine. Elegant fruit, wrapped into noble oak, great wine -with each sip I can contemplate about toasts wisdom - vostok delo tonkoe.

Maybe missing a bit of length,but I forgive them, the balance is perfect. Don't expect claws, this is tuxedo dress code.
— 10 years ago

Taittinger

Comtes de Champagne Grand Crus Brut Blanc de Blancs 2007

Approachable.
Lemon, lime notes w/ mineralic crushed stones notes.
Friendly acid levels
Medium body. Creamy texture. Lime, green and yellow apples in its characteristics blends w/ toasted pain. No distinctive oakyness.

Drinks well, but could age for another 10+ years. Try again in 5. Pair w/ tuna sashimi, gremolata and pickled apples.
— 7 years ago

Michael David Winery

Freakshow The Strongest Man on Earth Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Val drinks often. Fun label and well rounded, very drinkable mixed well with our holiday, game playing atmosphere. Others were drinking single malt. — 7 years ago

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Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

Bolgheri Red Bordeaux Blend 1997

Good, really drinks like a left bank Bordeaux. Loads of tiertary characters coming up but stilll plenty of that pyrrazine cab character. Surprising since 97" was a ripe vintage. — 8 years ago

Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Insignia Estate Grown Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2004

3L for Logan's Birthday. Incredible wine that drinks better than it's ratings which are incredible. What a pleasure on a beautiful fall day🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 9 years ago

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One great BIG birthday bottle !
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A delicious wine. Another insignia day!

Château Musar

Bekaa Valley Red Blend 2004

Maturing well and softer tannins for a cab sav than other Serge Hochar wines. Drinks well now. — 9 years ago

Tenet Wines

Columbia Valley GSM Grenache Syrah Mourvedre 2013

Drinks great right now. Will age beautifully. — 10 years ago

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin

Yellow Label Brut Champagne Blend

My mom never drinks the wine she gets as gifts, lucky me. Crushed green apple, a wisp of citrus, puff pastry dough and fennel seed. Fantastic stuff, could drink two. — 10 years ago

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Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Estate Grown Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Clean and light. Drinks at The Blvd — 11 years ago

Mascota Vineyards

Unánime Gran Vino Tinto Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2013

Needs a decanter, but drinks very well with a full body taste. Excellent with a strong main meal. — 7 years ago

Beau Vigne

Cult Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Slightly green on the nose, no go for me. That blew off with a decant. Deep and heavily extracted yet light and refined when you take a sip. Traditional black and blue fruit yet, drinks more left bank with the Cab Franc peaking through. — 7 years ago

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Green nose. Oi. Sounds like made a mid game comeback strong.

Produttori del Barbaresco

Barbaresco Nebbiolo

Young nice wine. Nose little fruit - stone red and little fresh leather - drinks red cherry- lite — 8 years ago

Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1991

My favorite vintage of Dominus that always drinks like a 1st growth Bordeaux. At 26 yrs old this is holding up nicely. — 8 years ago

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One of the best Cali Cabs I've ever had! Only one bottle left so glad to hear it is still showing well. Great bottle @Ron Siegel !

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1996

I have suffered through a number of dull uninspiring bottles from this case but thankfully this wasn't one of them. Really delicious perfectly mature claret which drinks beautifully now. — 9 years ago

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Dom Pérignon

Brut Champagne Blend 2000

For centuries now, the luscious, bright, all-encompassing delight of Champagne has been used to toast happy occasions. Often times a decent bubbly does the trick, but other times, something grander deserves to be poured.

Dom Pérignon (named after the monk who put Champagne on the map), a 2000 vintage. It's the kind of Champs one drinks upon making the decision that wine is not just a hobby, not just a passion, but a career.
— 9 years ago

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Domaine A. et P. de Villaine

Bouzeron Aligoté 2013

Ocean spray, crushed sea shell, beautiful minerality, drinks like a Chablis...elegant — 10 years ago

Belle Glos

Meiomi Pinot Noir 2013

I read on Delectable that this Pinot is a Cab lover's Pinot and she was right. I usually pass on Pinot because a good one is so hard for me to find. But this one is really, really good. I've had the Belle Glos from Meiomi, which I've liked as well, but this is equally as good. Great spice along with the fruit. Found this on sale on Cape Cod for $17 - a bargain for wine that drinks like this. — 10 years ago

Belle Glos

Clark & Telephone Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012

Oh so good. $39. Fruit forward and drinks like cab, better than most cabs. — 11 years ago

The Prisoner Wine Company

The Prisoner Napa Valley Zinfandel Blend

Needs to breathe a bit at first, but drinks well. Tastes more expensive than it is. Good red! — 12 years ago