Solitary Leopard

Creyente

Mezcal Joven Agave Espadin

I think it’s a leopard with falcon wings and the legs of a lion. Its the first mezcal I’ve enjoyed drinking neat - maybe because mixers cost $$$$ here in bora bora, bora bora. Either way, I say get it! Now only if it helped with sunburn... ⛑👺👹😡🤬 — 6 years ago

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Caves Coopératives de Donnas

Donnas 2011

a barolo in a bear suit....a solitary hibernator, hard soil under pine needles on the forest floor, almost snow-scented. awakens slowly, but when it does it’s fierce. — 7 years ago

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Jean-Charles Boisset (JCB)

Leopard Syrah Blend 2015

Powerful, tobacco, tar, cherry, leather. Velvety texture. Overall quite delicious. And then there's the label design. Oh gosh. — 8 years ago

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@James Forsyth Good review and pic thanks Cheers 🍷

Domini Veneti

La Casetta Ripasso Valpolicella Classico Superiore Corvina Blend 2012

I was a boy when I drank this wine....now...I am a man with a perfectly groomed beard and a domesticated leopard that wanders my house uncaged. Come get it if you dare. — 9 years ago

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Solitary

East Block Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel 2013

Blackberry, cassis, plum, raspberrry, black cherry, loamy earth and oak. Good structure and well-integrated tannins. — 9 years ago

Stellenbosch Farmers' Winery

Doc Craven Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 1985

Since this trip is part of Rosita's birthday present, we decided to pick a magnum out of the Leopard Hills library to match her birth year. It was beyond fabulous! Thanks a ton to Steve and the crew! — 10 years ago

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Leopard Frog

Aphrodite Africa Cabernet Franc

Best cab franc in market now. Give it 15 minutes then taste it — 10 years ago

The Bruery

Terreux Sour in the Rye American Wild Ale

Big bubbles lined up like egg white cocktail topping, predictably popped, leaving a central continent of cirrostratus amoeba. Leopard lacing. An orange zest feathered apricot with cedar stone, cloves and dried grapefruit comes forward, as does plum and sliced peach. Lemon oils and zest are the acid accompaniments. Tart apricot in spiced tea, with cinnamon, rose petal infused oak chip, aggressive grapefruit and lemon piths, dried lavender, orange bitters, culminating in lemon-ginger rice vinegar. profound persistence tapers evenly to pickled peach but riding a tartaric wave of slightly garlic brine. Surf’s way up, and with passion fruit and guava, I’m guessing we’re breaking out the original Hawaiian, hardwood longboards. — 6 years ago

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Love the stuff going on here, big fans, many bottles resting of their craft.

Stags' Leap Winery

Napa Valley Petite Sirah 2015

This bottle maybe be crying one solitary tear, but I cheer for depth of berry body and the complex velvet mouthfeel. Tip tip, hooray! — 7 years ago

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Cape Leopard

Reserve Merlot

Leon H
9.1

Full bodied, smooth, slight tannicity. — 8 years ago

Fattoria Galardi

Terra di Lavoro Roccamonfina Aglianico Piedirosso 2005

This is the Campanian Wine version of Chelsea Manning - superficially a somewhat rough-looking woman, but definitely masculine underneath. I feel like Obama for prematurely commuting her sentence, as this should stay corked in solitary confinement a while longer. #TooSoon? — 9 years ago

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Don't worry, you will leak it soon to (on?) Julian Assange.
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Hahahaha love this commentary

Graham Beck

The Game Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Great label with South African Leopard!
Outstanding SACab. Well balanced fruit throughout. Paired well with venison.
— 10 years ago

Boulevard Brewing Company

Cigar City - Collaboration No 5 Tropical Pale Ale

Boulevard/Cigar City collab. Gotta say I like this tropical find. Pineapple, lemon and cocoanut nose, orange blossom and marigold. Rich Amber in the glass, active bubbles and midway to opaque. White head and leopard lacing. Honey that winds up into lemon, and finally orange peel. Balanced, and revisits pineapple. No cloying or dominating arias here just a choir of angels holding an endless note. Heavenly! — 10 years ago

Thelema Mountain Vineyards

Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Somm David T
9.2

We had this with Oxtail dinner at Rattray’s in Mala Mala last night.

Not my usual detailed notes. This is ripe & lush like the Nederburg but with more complexity.

The palate showed ripe and slightly candied fruits of; dark currants, blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries and a hint of blue fruits. Nice softly layered baking spices, dark chocolate, mocha, rich, dark soils, some dry top, well done granitic minerals and fresh red and dark florals. The acidity round & beautiful. The finish, ripe, lush, well balanced & polished. Good QPR here.

Photos of, today’s Mala Mala sunrise, baby calf elephant along with the nearly 40 in the herd and a total of over 100 Elephants seen today, playful male dominance of the Giraffe’s intertwining and smacking necks/mid section and the grand prize, male spotted Leopard. An amazing finish to our last day.
— 7 years ago

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Continuum

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2015

Top juice, this will develop for many years but is extremely good now with a 2 hour decant, puts a smile on your face. Big wine, big flavours on the nose and the palate, built for the long haul, buy at least two so you can try one now and confine the other to solitary for a long stretch. — 7 years ago

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Solitary Leopard

Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Came upon this ~no recollection of where it came from, or how it ended up in our cellar. ??? It was a crowd pleaser. — 8 years ago

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Envinate

Parcela Valdemedel Tinta Amarela

2013 shining bright, with dark berry fruit wrapped in fine tannins and minerality like a leopard print Snuggie™ — 9 years ago

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I hope their marketing team is reading this and adds that quote to the back of the label on the next vintage release
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Ha, thanks Chris!

Peltier Winery & Vineyards

ze bulle zero pointe Chenin Blanc

Found out the bun Rachel has been cooking is going to be a boy- so we popped the campest drink we could find in his honour. 8.5% Chenin. Fizz & a heavy touch of residual sugar. Complete with sassy leopard print top. Way the dude makes this seems to be the strangest method of making a naturally sparkling bottle- but it's worked. And we're happy. — 10 years ago

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Leopard Frog

Spellbinding Proprietor's Limited Release Chenin Blanc

Smooth and fruity (but not sweet) with natural and organic/earthy flavors. Goes great as a pre Sri Lankan curry dinner. Color looks like a desert wine - solid gold - but is not sweet at all. Tough to find this wine, but worth every penny. — 10 years ago