Real World Wines

Viña Real (CVNE)

Reserva Rioja Tempranillo

Beautiful aromatics — 7 months ago

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Château de Beaucastel

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 1978

What a wine and did not show it’s 43 year age at all. The color was very dark with no brick edge. The nose was a bit subdued but had the typical berries, herbs and meat notes that carried over to a very tasty wine. The finish was okay not super long but long enough.

I started buying Beaucastel maybe a few years before this 1978 vintage and in Parker’s reviews of the 1978 vintage was a consistent hold but he did change his mind years down the road and said it was over the hill; well not by a long shot. I constantly purchased 2 or 3 bottle of every vintage till the price was out on my reach in 2001. I also had visited the winery in about 1990. The real kicker with this vintage is the current price estimates of $150 to about $250, current vintages run $80+ and I purchased this bottle for $11.99.
— 4 years ago

Matt KonopkaBarbara Raphael
with Matt and Barbara
Jerry, Matt and 13 others liked this

Leeuwin Estate

Art Series Margaret River Chardonnay 2012

World greatest Chardonnay blind tasting — 6 years ago

Eric, Shay and 12 others liked this

Santa Rita

Estate Bottled Casa Real Alto Santa Rita Old Vines Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

2012 vintage is the perfect Cab- lush with a spicy fruit - really like this — 6 years ago

La Rioja Alta

Gran Reserva 904 Rioja Tempranillo Graciano 2007

Kirk F
9.2

Wine #2 in ‘old world’ flight. Tasted blind, decanted and from magnum. The most unique and fascinating wine of the evening with crazy exotic sweet flavors. Flight winner. — 7 years ago

Shay, Steve and 25 others liked this
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@Shay A enjoying the leftovers today - this is soothing the awful performance by the Vikings. Gonna have to get some more of this.

Viña Real (CVNE)

Reserva Especial Rioja Tempranillo Blend

Elegant, balanced, not the strongest example of 68, but subtle fruit, medium length. Delightful. Comfortable slippers on a cold rainy night in Napa. — 8 months ago

Eric, Laura and 1 other liked this
Tirso del Junco Jr

Tirso del Junco Jr

Paul I just took my 47 56 68 74 . When we packed when we were evacuated because of the fires 🔥
We bought these together from our friend MM.

Viña Real (CVNE)

Rosado Rioja Rosé Blend 2019

Strawberries, red color, complex. — 3 years ago

Capezzana

Barco Reale di Carmignano Sangiovese Blend 2018

Dry as Dirt…. — 4 years ago

TwiLea Fletcher
with TwiLea
TwiLea Fletcher

TwiLea Fletcher

06/17/21
Ok dirt…. Now I get it.
No more martinis unless they have blue cheese olives.
8.8

Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Unico Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend 1966

Elegant, earthy, and fabulous. A real treat! — 5 years ago

Royal Oporto (Real Companhia Velha)

Quinta das Carvalhas Douro Touriga Nacional

Concentrated chocolate had at total wine sample — 6 years ago

Louis Roederer

Cristal Brut Champagne Chardonnay Pinot Noir Blend 1983

Delectable Wine
9.6

The 1983 Cristal is fabulous. Rich, ample and generous, the 1983 is incredibly inviting, with tons of class and personality. A wine of real volume and textural breadth, the 1983 has enough pedigree to drink well for many years. None of the elements stand out in the 1983, the whole is far greater than the sum of the parts. “Nineteen eighty-three is a different animal from some of the other wines of the decade,” Lécaillon explains. “It was a heavy crop, with a lot of fruit. There was so much wine in the cellar that the team could not get to everything in a timely fashion, and so there were some lots that started to oxidize a bit, and that, naturally, made the wine bigger.” In tasting, though, there are no off aromas or mushroomy flavors that suggest the wine is fading. If anything, the 1983 is spectacularly beautiful right now, even in the presence of other wines from more highly reputed vintages. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, December 2018) — 7 years ago

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Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2012

+1 hour decant(decent chunky/fine sediment). A splendid dark ruby red color. On the nose: Intoxicating/intense nose of black fruit, dark currants, worn leather, forest floor, coffee grounds, minty dark chocolate. Taste: smooth, satiny, structured, balanced wine with chocolate covered brambly blackberry, tobacco, earth, cedar, black pepper, and a herbal licorice long finish. A medium body old world style wine that shows well right now and should continue to provide more years of enjoyable sipping. — 8 months ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
with Brenda
Brenda, Tom and 19 others liked this

Bodega Comando

La Bruja Avería Rozas de Puerto Real Grenache 2019

Really hit its stride the 3rd day open — 3 years ago

Royal Oporto (Real Companhia Velha)

Quinta das Carvalhas 10 Year Old Tawny Port

White chocolate covered cherries, pralines, pecan pie. I think, I may like this better than TF10.

92 points
— 4 years ago

Eric, David and 2 others liked this

Viña Real (CVNE)

Oro Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend

Nariz: cereza, frambuesa, ciruela, cuero, rosas. Aromas secundarios y terciarios.

Boca: Tanino M, Acidez M, Alcohol M

En su punto de tomar.
— 4 years ago

Eric, Daniel and 4 others liked this

Bodegas Riojanas

Reserva Monte Real de Familia Rioja Tempranillo

Dorado , muy seco. A madera y frutos secos. Denso y muy redondo — 6 years ago

Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2004

Napa meets Europe. Old world character and ridiculously good. — 7 years ago