Linger

La Rioja Alta

Gran Reserva 904 Rioja Tempranillo Graciano 2007

Full bodies. Lots of fruit. A small linger. Smooth. Perfect la Rioja wine — 7 years ago

Chanin

Los Alamos Vineyard Chardonnay 2015

Another lovely label from Chanin with great contents @ £40 & better than the 2014 as more vibrant in aroma & flavour as-well as lovely balance 👍 Yummy 😍

📍 Los Alamos Chardonnay 2015

🏵 93 points

🍷 Golden straw

👃 Beeswax, lemon oil, bananas in pyjamas, honey goo, vanilla creamy custard, pear compote, minerals, grass & light tropical pineapple

👄 Med+ body of banana, melon, tropical fruits, guava & citrus curd in slightly gloopy honey vanilla cream silk w/ green fruit tones

🎯 Long touch dry but sweet tropical banana driven cocktail w/ a mineral, soft citrus, pear & apple linger

🦃 Paired w/ Lemon sole goujons
— 7 years ago

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Casanova di Neri

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2013

Delectable Wine
9.4

Luminous deep red. Captivating aromas of sweet red berries, cinnamon, violet and licorice. Then also very fruity in the mouth; refined, juicy red plum and raspberry flavors linger brightly on the fresh back end. Has a delightful red fruit cocktail quality that makes it practically impossible to put the glass back down. And though it is simply bursting at the seams with early appeal, this truly lovely Brunello will also age well. Unless my memory fails me, this may well be the best entry-level wine from Casanova di Neri that I have ever tasted. (Ian D'Agata, Vinous, April 2018) — 7 years ago

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Ridge Vineyards

Geyserville Sonoma County Zinfandel Blend 2012

Stunning ...the nose is melted licorice, spice, slight menthol..wonderful smell with ripe red/dark fruit. Med acid/med tannin...long linger. This is day 4 and at its best. Good decant would have made me drink the entire bottle in 2hrs! — 8 years ago

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Guy Fiore

Guy Fiore

Cant go wrong with Ridge

Realm Cellars

The Bard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2015

Lush. Very lush. Not huge tannins but they linger for a while. Almost got pink bubblegum on the first pour but it blew off. — 8 years ago

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TheSkip

TheSkip

Awesome. Looking forward to opening

Château La Croix St. Georges

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

👊💥 £39 unbeatable QPR Pomerol & my favourite 👍 This Chateau is next door to Petrus and produces stunning wine for a fraction of the price! Perfect to drink now to next 5 yrs 😎

🍇 80% Mer & 20% Cab F

🍷 Dark ruby red w/ purple hue

👃 Dark jammy plum & blackcurrant through smokey oak, double choc mocha & minerals

👄 Med+ creamy smooth ripe dark plum & blackcurrant body with mocha infusion 💥 🥊

🎯 Long dark fruit, mineral & rich mocha linger - oh yeah 👍
— 8 years ago

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Château Cantenac Brown

Margaux Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2010

Just marvellous. Scents of toast, roasted coffee and burnt rubber. Molten chocolate on the palate. Greatly structured, powerful. Great linger. — 9 years ago

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Poggio Antico

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2006

Beautiful soft/dull red color. Earthy flavor. No acidic linger. Soft, yet full bodied. Fruit forward, yet subtle. — 9 years ago

Shatter

Vin de Pays de Côtes Catalanes Grenache

So, it's like 60 degrees outside plus massive rain on this mid-December day, with Christmas around the corner. Lisa and I are splitting the French presentation by Chef Chris @ sweet Lauren's Soundside, Steak & Seafood (and more) Restaurant (our amazing local bistro in west Morehead City, NC) where the food is only outdone by the people! For us, it's a large chicken breast with hand-handling drumette😎 and broccolini dipped in an old favorite, (but crazy good when it's good) French onion soup (amazing)! Then there's the wine working its magic making all this good stuff exactly what it was meant to be😎! It's a sensuous nose of coarse chocolate hiding in a lid-bag (words from yesteryear) opened, nakedly exposed and sensually inhaled at the same perfect moment of biting into a late-spring perfectly-fetched strawberry followed by a similarly chocolate-coated Bing cherry, all at once luxuriously coating the front of the lucky drinker's mouth, as it starts a sexy, slow dance home - near magic, but somewhat unfortunately interrupted by a strong hand-to-throat tannic twist that tightens and squeezes either enticingly or curtly (depending on how you like it) as you fantasize another pour, perhaps another year (maybe the 10) where you might languish, linger in a sweaty finish (a good night or a wine fantasy - your choice...)
Cheers! PS inexpensive, but expressive...
— 10 years ago

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"a strong hand to throat tannic twist" Great notes. What year?
Dock Hooks

Dock Hooks

2012 - Nickel🍷👣

Faust

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Current nose. slight nice tannins with a Berry explosion with black cherry flavors. Opened quickly and the flavors linger in your mouth! Yum! — 12 years ago

Paul Jaboulet Aîné

La Chapelle Hermitage Syrah 2011

Super smooooooth creamy silky velvet Hermitage @ £85 to £120- A shaved piggy wiggy wearing decadent silky pajamas & silk slippers 🐷

📍 Paul Jaboulet Aîné La Chapelle 2011

🏵 97 points & will improve 😉

🍷 Ruby w/ purple hue

👃 Cloves, olives, thyme & other spiced herbs, wet earth & blackberry w/ touch of liquorice, cherry, tar, dried piggy meats & cracked minerals - a full on nasal tease 🐽

👄 Med+ body incredibly super smooth rich creamy olive tapenade, chewy concentrated blackberry & dark earthy chomping thick cherry w/ dollop of liquorice silky sauce

🎯 Long dark fruit gooey gloop & dark olive pure silky velvet earthy mouth coating licking linger 😍
— 7 years ago

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Haha, nice description

Château Clerc Milon

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

At £75 this millennial Pauillac is drinking just lovely now 👍 One of my favourite on value for quality 😎

🏵 94 points

🍷 Opaque ruby

👃 Char smoked oak, pencil lead, gravel & minerals through blackcurrant & berry w/ soggy earthy leaves

👄 Med body of mocha & liquorice loaded black berry fruits in oozy minerals w/ a burnt sooty earthy tone

🎯 Med+ charred oaky dry mineral infused dark fruits w/ a mocha & liquorice earthy linger
— 7 years ago

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Bollinger

La Grande Année Brut Chardonnay - Pinot Noir Rosé Blend 2005

Bolly GA pink hits the spot & this £74 05 is no exception!

🍾 Disg’d May 15

🍇 72% PN & 28% C

🍷 Peachy salmon pink

👃 Toasted almond brioche & yeasty fresh bread, soft oak soaked peach, fallen red apples & red currant w/ pink blossom & smoke

👄 Med bodied fine bubbled creamy zesty fresh persistent mouse of red apple, sour peach, citrus zests, red currant, cherry, bread & creamy shortbread biscuit in med acidity

🎯 Med+ citrus zest, red apple & cherry dry biscuity linger w/ a touch of pink grapefruit
— 7 years ago

Chris, Shay and 31 others liked this
Chris England

Chris England

@Eric Shanks that’s a lovely drop to 👍🎉🥂
Chris England

Chris England

@Neil Valenzuela I’ve had a few big scares in life that made me realise it’s very short so try & have something decent once in a while 😉 have a fab weekend 😎🥂🍷
Neil Valenzuela

Neil Valenzuela

@Chris England - well invite! Have a great weekend.

Château La Confession

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Superb €38 now £65 personal fav from St Em in top year 👍 w/ fab QPR & a soft spot for me as I had this same vintage from the barrel 😍 93 going 95-96

🍇 71% Merlot & 29% Cab F

🍷Opaque ruby w/ purple hue

👃 Chocolate coated black cherry, berry & plum through smokey oak, liquorice & wet crushed mineral rock w/ violets

👄 Med+ creamy silky mocha dark berry plum bang w/ liquorice & minerals

🎯 Long mocha berry plum slight dry mineral linger purple teether
— 8 years ago

James, Anthony and 12 others liked this

Giuseppe Quintarelli

Valpolicella Classico Superiore Corvina Blend 2008

Balsamic cherries; lovely length and intensity. Sweet tannins... that linger on the palate. — 8 years ago

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Domaine de la Rochelierre

Cuvée Privilège Fitou Red Blend 2014

Oh yes. Mocha and cocoa flavours. Full-bodied, ample round with acid notes reliniscent of black cherry pie. Great linger. — 9 years ago

Château Palmer

Alter Ego Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2011

2011 vintage. Still a bit young, spicy & fresh but undercurrent of blackberry & slight bitter tannins which soften on the tongue to a long pleasant linger of fruit & astringent tannins. Somewhat two dimensionalbut still very good — 9 years ago

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Mayacamas Vineyards

Mt. Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

From the acclaimed Mount Veeder appellation, Mayacamas 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon spends 13 months on new French Oak and sees and additional 5 years aging in bottle prior to release. Complex, heady aromas of black currants and black cherries, roasted game, black olive tapenade, and a lovely wafting tertiary note of violets. High altitude and cooler growing conditions have endowed this Cab with tart, high-pitched red berries, underpinned by savory notes. Dried herbs a mineral vein linger on a persistent finish. — 9 years ago

David, Anthony and 16 others liked this

Caymus Vineyards

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Drinks as smooth as Hawaiian punch, but very nice. Not much of a linger. Beautiful bouquet — 10 years ago

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Chappellet

Signature Donn Chappellet Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Rich dark fruit flavors that linger warmly through a lasting finish. Perfect with grilled filet mignon. — 10 years ago

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Marqués de Murrieta

Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2009

I’m a huge Ygay fan so getting hold of the latest 09 @ £85 was like a kid gone wild in a candy store 😁 It’s showing fabulous already but time will definitely bring immense happiness 😉

Needs 4-5 years to shine more 👍

📍Marques de Murrieta Castillo Ygay 2009

🏵 93-94 with 96-98 potential

🍇 81% Tempranillo & 19% Mazuelo

🍷 Opaque deep ruby

👃 Buttery cocoa vanilla bathed dark cherry in light soft smokey oak w/ balsamic, red fruit tones, subtle blueberry & raspberry liquorice

👄 Med+ body of rich ripe dark cherry bathed in cocoa cram w/ a dry balsamic vanilla backbone

🎯 Long dark cherry & red liquorice cocoa smooth creamy balsamic linger w/ a touch dry end
— 7 years ago

Chris, Daniel and 24 others liked this

Comte Audoin de Dampierre

Cuvée Prestige Champagne Blend 2002

One of my favourite hidden gem BdB champagnes that I loved in 90 & 96 so excited to try the 02 @ £140 that was a generous gift 😍 Tied with string to hold the cork 👍

🏵 97 points

🍷 Golden yellow

👃 Butter baked brioche, cheese scone, tarte tatin, green cooking apple, citrus curd, honey, torched caramel & rock minerals

👄 Super fine bubbled med bodied mousse of citrus, caramel & sour green apple, pineapple & dry stone minerals

🎯 Med+ dry mineral citrus & honeyed fresh cut green apple w/ a burnt caramel linger
— 7 years ago

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@Chris England let me know and the gang will open a few - cheers
Chris England

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@Mike R where are you guys?
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I am in Raleigh but the group I refer to is besides me in NY DC San Diego Philadelphia Miami TX and the mid west

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1987

1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣7️⃣

🗞 🌎 Stock 📉, Kings Cross 🔥, Simpsons, -1 second
🎵 Faith, Livin' On A Prayer, With or Without You, I Just Can't Stop ❤️ You
🎥 Three Men & a Baby, Fatal Attraction, Good Morning Vietnam, Lethal Weapon
🗣 Nobody puts Baby in a corner
🌍 4.98B

Stunning Cos @ £180 - RP83 🤣

🍷 Deep ruby

👃 Gravel, flint, minerals & soggy earth through black berry fruits w/ herbs, soot, smokey oak & mint

👄 Med body of smooth b/berry loaded w/ mocha, liquorice & minerals

🎯 Long linger of ⬆️ w/ black tea
— 8 years ago

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Ha! We so think alike tonight. The '86 was in a good spot, just needed a few hours to open.
Chris England

Chris England

@Severn Goodwin we are spoilt 😁 great minds 👍🍷😎👏

Château Phélan Ségur

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

🎅 Advent 📆 Day 0️⃣9️⃣

Santa’s on a roll with another top year in one of my favourite St Estephes @ £37 for a halfy 👍 this is a great 91-92 now but will age to 94-95 easy 😉

🍇 51% Cab S & 49% Mer

🍷 Opaque deep ruby

👃 Dark morello cherry, damson, spiced blackcurrant & blackberry through light smoked oak w/ violet, earth, mineral & cocoa tones

👄 Med creamy silky body of plump blackcurrant & dark plum in chocolate w/ a hint of liquorice

🎯 Long dark fruit & mocha linger
— 8 years ago

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Kimberly Anderson

Kimberly Anderson

Just opened a bottle of this @Chris England ! I’ll let you know what I think 🍷

The Prisoner Wine Company

The Prisoner Napa Valley Zinfandel Blend

My favorite go-to blend. Full and fun with a hit of sweetness. Plum and some juicier berries with and expansive linger that makes it memorable. — 8 years ago

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Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1989

Beautiful wine with an elegant full body. Did not linger in the mouth as long as expected. The fruit tones were slightly muted. Drank this with a 1975 chateau Beychevelle — 9 years ago

Hyde De Villaine

Carneros Chardonnay 2001

2001 at winery April 2016. Nice full creamy honey flavor well balanced with acid. Moderate consistent linger. Truly excellent! — 9 years ago

David Langstaff
with David
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Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1986

Surprise and I mean surprise for new world at 30. Let that linger fit a moment but Randy should have gotten more credit for this wine. Sexy and sleek this wine was like a well seasoned athlete. Explosive aromatics of figs sesame car is were crazy good. — 9 years ago

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Château Lafon-Rochet

Saint-Estèphe Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2000

The initial smoked meat nose transitions smoothly into forward flavors that include roasted mushroom and wild game with flinty earth and blackberry compote nuances taking over the back palette. The finish still has a lot of fruit left with well rounded tannins that linger. Fantastic for 15 years!! — 10 years ago

JJ and Andrew liked this

Château Desmirail

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

Solid Margaux with earth notes with hints of thyme and soft multi textured tannins that linger show that this a wine that could go the distance. — 11 years ago

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