Lingua Franca

Mimi's Mind Eola - Amity Hills Pinot Noir 2022

9.5

My favorite at the dinner with Lingua Franca founder, Larry Stone. Mimi’s Mind was complex, beautiful, nuanced and everything I enjoy about Pinot Noir. Seductive yet powerful. I want this one with some age. — 12 days ago

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Ira Schwartz

@Deborah M do you feel the wines have remained the same post the acquisition of the brand?

Deborah M

@Ira Schwartz I do not have a great deal of experience with their wines but I was sitting next to someone who did and he thought they were still very special. He told me that the Pinots only get better with age.

Ira Schwartz

@Deborah M Thank you for the quick response and I do agree with your dinner mate. I’m sitting on my ‘17 and ‘ 18 Mimi for now.

Jean Foillard

Côte du Py Morgon Gamay 2018

Daniel Schniepp

9.2

Gorgeous cru Beaujolais. I normally avoid Morgon but a friend brought it and wow did my mind change. Beautiful nose of stewed cranberries, mushroom and leather. Long finish and fresh acidity. Kermit lynch never fails. — 4 years ago

Mollydooker Wines

Blue Eyed Boy Shiraz

Jeff Venier

9.1

Just tasted this blind in Somm class. I really enjoyed it and was somewhat surprised by that fact. Not as much of a fruit bomb as I would have expected. Selling Cali wines all day has jaded this East Coast kid. — 6 years ago

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Woot Cellars

F-bomb Red Blend

Jen Kemper

9.5

Samples and purchased at Steve’s Wine Bar with the Warner’s. Big, bold, wonderful — a month ago

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1982

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9.3

The bottle of 1982 Léoville Las-Cases was sadly out of condition, though fortunately I tasted another example at a private dinner in Bordeaux a few weeks later. To be honest, I have always preferred the 1985 or 1986 to this vintage, and this gives me no reason to change my mind. It has a surliness on the nose that is uncharacteristic of this vintage, tightly wound tertiary scents, melted tar and pencil shavings. The palate is full-bodied with fine grip, dense and quite powerful, yet it is more impressive than pleasurable. The aforementioned vintages have pulled away from the 1982 in recent years, though it remains a very fine Saint-Julien. It just needs to turn its frown upside down. Tasted at the 1982 Dinner at Hatched. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2022)
— 3 years ago

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