OMG!!! I’m going to save myself some time and post these all at once. It was one of those epic nights!!!!!! LOL
8 of us began on a mystical journey of friendship, food & WINE!!
we began with five bottles of Haber which just arrived at my office yesterday! OMG! Now I only have three left! LOL!!!!!!!! I absolutely adore this wine and so did my friends. It was actually their WOTN which is a lot to say given the company it was in. I then opened a bottle of 2012 Memento Mori which was its usual opulent self!! Two of us preferred this wine over Haber but the remainder preferred Haber. I pulled this trick out of my butt from David Lentine!!!! A palate cleanser after heavy Cabernets and we opened a gorgeous Beaux Freres- The Beaux Freres Vineyard. We then got things going again with one of my favorite Chardonnays in Napa! This stuff absolutely rocks and should be bought by all. Nuf said, it’s that freaking good!!! Last but not least I decided to mix it up a little and pulled one of my favorite under the radar GSM blends that I know. Domaine de la grange des Peres. Every single one of my guests Took a sip and immediately snap their head up to say “what the heck is this! “that’s good!" You will look like a hero pouring it at anyone’s party and the cost is negligible at $95 a bottle! Bad ass in a glass as I always say. Every single one of these bottles proved to be as such! Love you guys sand cheers to you all! The individual rating for each wine was slightly different but I would say as a collective it was definitely a 9.6 type of evening.
Good time., good times — 9 years ago
Good nose and a great body. Super price vs quality — 10 years ago
Bulk-store sour cream and onion rings are tossed in your mouth by Joan Jett in a hot tub full of white sangria. — 10 years ago
Whole wheat bread, honey tea, gold dust, ant nests, old currency and simultaneously... fresh rag paper. Weird dichotomy, like crisp bills in a bank envelope, handled by a warthog-woman. You can almost smell the feral collagen, but then: yeast cells, rice paper, dinner rolls, linen, match stick, and sweet, soft leather. She wears a fringe jacket and dates a Haüptling! Oktoberfest begins — 11 years ago
Gotta try this! Awesome stuff, wine based from Nebbiolo, then fortified alongside rhubarb and other fruits. @Thomas Monroe We gotta get some of this for the Collective this summer! It's chilled! — 11 years ago
Excellent. Good with spicy food. Wine collective — 12 years ago
Really enjoying the complexity and smoothness of this Pinot. Not my favorite flavors - fig, musty, olive oil, and rootiness. Yet, all the changes, stamina, length, and liquidity of this is simply delightful. The tanginess is very slight - like a faint, spicy strawberry, but wow, really fun diversity in every sip. Silky, oaky, musty, figgy, aromatic, with a long subtle finish that continues to shift flavors. Fun! — 9 years ago
More strawberry jam than an animal collective album, and a lovely vanilla bean scent as well. Wonderful taste. — 9 years ago
2010,
12 months in oak barrels
Good, nothing spectacular,
$24, wine collective. Ca — 10 years ago
Fruity
Fruity, particles feeling — 10 years ago
Really refreshing. Medium sweetness and tartness. — 10 years ago
Love vintners collective! Wow! — 10 years ago
Out of magnum. Feeling young still and could use more time in bottle. Delicious though and great solid core of fruit with a fringe of savory notes — 11 years ago
Tasty post Table Mtn refreshment — 12 years ago
Fantastic bottle of wine. Over delivers in a huge way for the $$. Approachable fruit and tannin with nice lingering finish — 13 years ago
First class ransacking. The Vikings would be pleased. — 9 years ago
Solid wine great qpr would buy again! — 9 years ago
One of the perennial best values in white Burgundy, "Chaumes des Perrières" means "fringe" or "stubble" of Les Perrières (one of the top 1er crus in Meursault). This formerly AOC Meursault climat was declassified in the 1990's when someone added topsoil, but in good years it's immediately identifiable as a village Meursault. #backroombrownbagwinos — 9 years ago
Really nice bottle! We picked it up from Grape Collective and ended up toasting our 6th year engagement anniversary. Wonderful sparkling wine for a celebration! It's smooth....no after shock like some champagnes. Our bottle had a loud celebratory POP when the cork came out. Fun! — 10 years ago
Purple-red with orange tinge at the fringe. Not much in nose initially, with jammy red fruit in mouth. Red fruit and barrel smoke develop in nose later, though jammy notes in mouth recede. With several hours, a cherry, plummy flavor emerges. A good tinto but I've had better vintages from this producer. Needs aeration for full character to show — 10 years ago
Light but lasting. Floral with hints of muted berries dancing on the fringe throughout. I liked it, girlfriend did not because she likes dry bold flavors. — 11 years ago
Love these guys at SE Wine Collective on Portland @SEwineColl — 12 years ago
Small boutique winery. A Recito style wine made from grape bunches that were dried in the classic method by drying "clusters of grapes on mats of straw in the sun" for four months. Aged for 36 months in French oak barrels and bottled unfiltered. Full-bodied blend of Shiraz, Grenache and Merlot. Complex, rich, dark fruit, spices. Liqueur or Cognac comes to mind. Sweet, refined, smooth, long finish. — 12 years ago
Steven Beishuizen
Beautiful branding. This one is lively as well. Some depth here. — 8 years ago