Forgotten Wonders

Domaine de Saint Pierre

Petit Curoulet Arbois Poulsard 2016

Today was the day Christian ordered Subway from Seamless. Not to be forgotten. — 8 years ago

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The Colonial Estate

Exile Barossa Shiraz 2008

Good find as a forgotten few bottles of these in the cellar. Drinking very fine. Will be perfect with some AU beef with pepper sauce. — 9 years ago

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Clos du Gravillas

Muscat de Saint Jean de Minervois 2014

This is not your coastal French Muscat. The limestone soil gives this wine higher acidity, which does wonders with the residual sugar. It's a sweet wine that my palate begs for another sip. Delicious. — 10 years ago

Mouressipe (Alain Allier)

Pitchounet Cinsault

Tongue copulation in fresh cut grass under a new moon on top of ancient Roman ruins that themselves were built upon a forgotten Neolithic paradise. Pollenate and impart your wildness. — 10 years ago

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Leo Steen

Saini Farms Chenin Blanc 2013

Leo Steen is doing wonders with California Chenin Blanc. I imagine this will do better with a little more time in the cellar. Succulent white flowers, minerals, lemon zest and green apple glide down with enough acidity to pair this well with a number of dishes. — 10 years ago

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Dominio do Bibei

Lacima Ribeira Sacra Red Blend 2010

Forgotten vines, reimagined. — 11 years ago

Pierre Boniface

Les Rocailles Vin de Savoie Apremont Jacquère 2007

Tucked into the wrong spot in the cellar and forgotten. Still sharp and tart and earthy. Color has darkened just a bit. Excellent for its age. — 8 years ago

Tenuta San Leonardo

San Leonardo Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010

Fantastic Cabernet. Balanced like most Italian cabs but with a bit of a nod to the body you would find in American style cabernets. Mo wonders why I didn't bring 2. — 9 years ago

Allegrini

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2010

Overpayed for this bottle at $140 as it was brought to our table by mistake and I had forgotten what I ordered in the first place. But the flavors from the nose through in this bottle are so balanced and work so well together that I didn't mind at all. 😊 — 9 years ago

The Seventy Five Wine Company

Amber Knolls Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2004

Pulled this off the cellar shelf, where it'd almost been forgotten. Had great complexity and the type of grit that comes from a well made aged Napa cab. It grabbed the char on our grilled ribeye. Very nice and worth the wait. — 10 years ago

Erika Gable
with Erika

Paul Lato

Atticus John Sebastiano Vineyard Pinot Noir 2011

Apologetically I have forgotten all the lovely details about this wine, but I remember it being fantastic and worth the higher price and allocation tactics. Happily am hanging on to many Latos from this vintage and am so excited about it 👍🏼 obviously inspired by good burgundy...and manages to be very natural, not much dress up is being played here that's for sure. Happily puzzled and surprised. 👊🏼 — 10 years ago

Lauren, Marc and 3 others liked this

Giaconda

Pinot Noir 2004

This wine has the potential to be very good, but at only 10 years under Stelvin, it is still a baby. Makes one wish for a real cork. The nose is a very appealing funky and earthy mess of plums and black cherries. The wine is dark, about as dark as Pinot gets. On the palate, it is exuberantly lively. A piercing acidity leads into a sweet-tart cherry and red raspberry fruit profile. The finish is extremely long. This is a wine of great precision, yet one which has not yet shed its baby fat and one wonders if it ever will under the screw cap. The fruit and acid are still a bit disjoint and raw. Should age for years. — 11 years ago

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Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Tommy Fogarty
9.8

Coravin treatment 4 months ago, opened bottle last night with about 1/3 left. Beautiful, lush layered black fruit buried in a forgotten laundry hamper. — 12 years ago

Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2009

Mike R
9.4

My youngest son's 21st birthday was last night and this was his selection - not a fan from my past experience but this is pretty good - I bought at an auction awhile back and had forgotten I even had it but he went right to it - haha - so for a birthday wine it is fantastic

Love you son and he and I are smiling together
— 8 years ago

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Bill Bender

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It's gotta be cool to share a bottle with your son on his 21st Mikey! I have some birth year wines (99 and 02) squirreled away for my daughters....hopefully they will appreciate them and share.....with ME!
Mike R

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@David L @Ron R @Shawn R @leon egozi @Stephen Pierron @Bill Bender thank you gents - life is ever changing and family is precious
Dave Schneider

Dave Schneider

Happy birthday to your son!

Trinchero Napa Valley

Central Park West Vineyard Petit Verdot 2008

Paul J
9.3

Dark and inky out of the bottle. A little funk on the nose, so it might need more air, but it reminds me of the smell of all the great Napa caves we have visited! I don't drink, own, or ever see that many petit verdots but this one isn't bad. Nice cherry fruit, with a nice subtleness on the palate, and just a hint of spice on the finish. Quite lovely and a nice change from white wine Sunday's....moving it up 2pts as the additional air did wonders and it paired beautifully with lemon, pepper pork tenderloin, white rice, and collard greens with garlic! — 9 years ago

Brooke Weaver Jakubowski
with Brooke
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A.P. Vin

Rosella's Vineyard Pinot Noir 2009

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Vitteaut-Alberti

Cuvée Agnes Brut Crémant de Bourgogne Chardonnay

Simply incredible. Perfect balance in flavor and bubbles, it envelops your mouth in its wonders. Must try, must buy again. — 10 years ago

Schiopetto

Collio Sauvignon Blanc

A sometimes forgotten about winery that rocks. — 10 years ago

Hobo Wine Company

Sceales Vineyard Grenache 2011

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9.2

Initially tight on the nose and coming across as overly tart/acidic on the palate. Two hours in the decanter do wonders for it, though. The cranberry notes evolve into fresh cherry and the acidity comes into terrific balance with the other elements. A restrained, graceful CA grenache. — 11 years ago