Manners
Sleight Of Hand Cellars
Levitation Syrah 2012
Robert Mondavi Winery
Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
NYE 2014 Steak Wine: we are having grass fed filet, so I wanted a Cab that was soft and supple, so I reached for this bottle. The 00 was never a big wine due to the difficult vintage, but it has always had manners like a princess: very polite and pretty. Soft, tender red and black fruit with integrated, supple tannins - med-l on the finish. — 11 years ago
Feudo di Santa Croce
Primitivo di Manduria 2013
This wine has balls, but also manners. Classic and thick Italian richness, but goes down without a fight. Good day one, very good day two. Great WTSO find. — 10 years ago
Domaine Schoffit
Clos Saint Théobald Rangen Grand Gru Riesling 2005
Shimmering green yellow gold in the glass. The petrol was nimble, clean, somehow sexy. Elegant (thanks, Kyo) in composition and execution. Then soil & fresh fruit (how is it fresh after 10 years?). In the mouth, lingers confidently, with manners. Makes a gorgeous exit. — 10 years ago
Stage Left Cellars
The Breadwinner Central Coast Syrah Blend 2007
Rich and Melinda do not make shy wines. They can be, in their youth, brash and feisty. But if you let them mature a bit, you will be delighted with their poise and good manners. Only took me seven or eight years to realize this. Tonight's wine, a southern Rhone-style blend is proof of the reward that aging, even for a little, can bring. — 11 years ago
Kyle Groombridge
Holy extraction grandma. Imagine a bottle of Caymus and a bottle of MollyDooker (any MD, really) met at a party and hit it off.. the Caymus, being outgoing and forgetting it's manners, while slightly inebriated, started dancing a bit too close to the Molly Dooker. She, being equally overt, slightly even more intoxicated, and not being one to say no to a good time, gladly indulged and pulled him closer as the music roared louder. They made their way through the crowd, bumping and grinding, and stumbled out the door to Caymus' sup'd up '69 Mustang Mach 1. Molly, being a thrill seeker with a new found love for Rutherford but a bigger love for adventure, shouted at Caymus as he gripped the wheel - "let's leave this state in our dust!" The two sped across the countryside, hand in hand, and finally ran out of gas as they crossed the state line into Washington. It was there they made love. A lovechild was born. It's name - Levitation. Levi for short.
For those confused - it drinks like a lovechild of Caymus and Molly Dooker coming from Washington. Not bad juice. — 8 years ago