Livingston Cellars

California Reserve Chardonnay

Kristen Brown

9.5

Tried 12/25/15 — 9 years ago

Heidi Schröck

Rosé Biscaya Rosé Blend 2014

Nicholas Livingston

9.4

Heidi Schrock 2014 Rosé Biscaya, Burgenland | 12% | From the warm continental (what they call Pannonian) climate of Neusiedlersee-Huggeland in Burgenland –Austria’s eastern most wine region pressed against the Hungarian frontier, this vintage seems to have dropped the St Laurent of previous vintages and is made of 40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Pinot Noir although Heidi admits to using eight varieties in all –each in supporting roles. It’s a beautiful rosy red with a fragrant headful of umeboshi pickled plums of Japan for their tension of salty tart fruit and their fragrant shiso perilla leaf lift, but other fruit wafts up bright and fresh. Red currants and white cherries all carry over as well onto the palate –a scrumptious sip of tang and texture, brine and savor –for which it bears that saltwater taffy charm that I love about this rosé –in a watering-at-the-corners-of-the-mouth sort of way. It’s appealing in a way I’d never known before it –like feelings of fervor among inchoate lovers before which everything seemed so certain and after which the world seemed wide. Prepare yourself for a first kiss where red fruit orchards meet the sea. Food? Who needs food? …if I were to dream up a dish for this specifically it might involve a crispy rendered duck breast with a compote of those gamey black currants but you name it: pork chops, schnitzel, tempura, or citrus poached fish of the herring family.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, July 20th, 2015 (Fruit) — 10 years ago

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Bill Ward

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Nicholas Livingston

I believe the bulk of this was snapped up by Bachelor Farmer on the restaurant side of things and Solo Vino among the mindful rosé loving bottle shops. I do hope you have a crack at it -it's unlike anything I've tried and deliciously all its own.

Livingston Moffett

17th Anniversary Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2001

Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe

9.5

Simply fantastic with years to go. — 10 years ago

Livingston Cellars

Sangria

Jan Bomar

9.8

Great taste this is a favorite. — 11 years ago

R. López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 1981

Nicholas Livingston

9.6

A very fine year or all its bitter cherry pecan... But especially for it was that which graced the world with Jill Livingston née Betker -my favorite above all else. — 11 years ago

Livingston Cellars

California Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Kristen Brown

9.0

Drank 12/23/15 — 9 years ago

Livingston Moffett

Gemstone Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1997

Virginia Philip

9.4

Wow!! Oldie but goodie. Fantastic. — 10 years ago

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Domaine Roulot

Les Tessons Clos de Mon Plaisir Meursault Chardonnay 2006

Julia Weinberg

9.5

The master @Jean-Marc Roulot, the prodigy @Kimberly Livingston, the magical liquid thread that entwines us. Some damn good #lapaulee moments. — 10 years ago