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Penfolds

St. Henri Shiraz 2019

So good! Kenlee brought for Christmas dinner in Manila. Can buy from duty free in the airport — 5 months ago

Penfolds

Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Dense crimson in colour - impenetrable. Strong aromas of mint. The excessive oak influence in Penfolds reds early in life has settled down after 15 years. All the individual components early on are now integrated settling in for a long life. Penfolds say to 2040. Ripe blackcurrant with plum, dark chocolate and liquorice notes. Bin 407 came about because of an embarrassment of Cabernet riches even after their flagship Bin 707. An excellent Cab - I now have 5 left for the coming decade or so. — 5 months ago

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Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Ira Schwartz, I lived on Cranberry Street in Brooklyn Heights in the 1980s, between Henry and Hicks, my favorite (1/2 block away) retailer was Marcolini Wines and Liquor (Armand Correia), who taught me SO MUCH about wine that I’m forever in his debt (sadly, he passed some years ago)!! He sourced that wine, my 2 cases of 1983 Fonsalette Cuvée Syrah, and MANY other wines for me, I cannot ever begin to repay his kindness and knowledge!!
@Ira Schwartz, if you ever watched “Moonstruck”, the store was in the movie on the corner of Cranberry and Hicks, right next to the apartment where Cher, Olympia Dukakis and the others lived, it was in one or two scenes. Also, we lived right next door to the Catholic Church shown early in the movie on Cranberry, when they were filming those scenes (at night), they had a trailer parked out front. One night, I got home from work, walked to Marcolini’s, grabbed a bottle of wine and headed back to our apartment (Co-op), and the trailer door opened, a pretty woman stepped out, who I proceeded to ALMOST run over, I said sorry ma’am, and 5 stepped later I realized I almost ran over CHER in my haste to get back and open that bottle of wine. TRUE STORY!!
@Bob McDonald
Ira Schwartz

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@Doug Powers @Bob McDonald I absolutely remember it from the movie.. That’s a real New York story
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@Doug Powers . “If you could turn back time”…..

Penfolds

Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

#AgedWineTuesday

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim. Not showing much age.

Beautiful nose of blueberries, blackberries, plums, cooked cherries, spices, licorice, cedar, earth, chocolates, vanilla, rhubarb and black pepper.

Medium plus in body and soft, with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with black currants, black plums, cherries, toast, cedar, light vanilla, mediterranean spices, licorice, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, earth and peppercorn.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.

This is a gorgeous Cabernet Sauvignon from Australia. Rich and elegant. Fruit forward and complex. Nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel. Spicy and entertaining.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after 60 minutes of airtime.

Robert Parker 91 points. Wine Spectator 91 points.

This 23 year old is drinking beautifully now and will continue to drink nicely in the next few years.

I've had a few vintages of this wine and it is very consistent.

Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food like lamb dishes.

100% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were aged in all new American oak barrels for 14 months.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

94 points.

$225.
— 8 months ago

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Matua

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Light sweetness and tart — 8 months ago

Oyster Bay

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Smooth but welcomed acidic. Triangular. Stone fruit - more-so peach. Peppery with a hint of smoke on very end. Doesn’t overstay its welcome. If it was sweet it would a dessert. — 10 months ago

Loveblock

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Gabriel’s New York. With Cheryl June 2025 — a year ago

Jam Jar

Sweet Shiraz 2012

Aroma of rich berries. Smooth and slightly sweet with a sour note. Very good. — 13 years ago

Rockford

Basket Press Barossa Valley Shiraz 2005

Opened after Xmas lunch as we needed a follow up to the Black Shiraz. Did not disappoint. Mature and soft with all the lovely spice and dark fruit of the basket pressed. Lovely. — 5 months ago

Penfolds

Grange Bin 95 Shiraz 1999

The times I helt a bottle like this in my hands, I can probably count on only one hand. Even for Delectable this is a rare occasion because it didn’t know how to correctly recognize it. When a wine connects like this, lifts you off the ground and takes you to a beautiful place, you know it is good. Intense, but perfectly balanced, so many instruments playing that still echo for minutes in a lingering finish. 26 years old yet so vibrant and wild with dark punchy fruits encapsulated by aged mahogany wood that released different flavors every time I took a sip… yeah… life is good. Offered by a friend who loves wine and even more loves to share! — 5 months ago

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Tom Casagrande

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Nice wine. Even nicer friend.
Skip Smyser

Skip Smyser

Glad to share my friend 🍷🍷🍷🍷

A.A. Badenhorst Family Wines

Secateurs Swartland Chenin Blanc

This was fantastic honey, apple, waxy, and mineral all for less than 20 dollars — 6 months ago

Penfolds

Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz 2018

Really nice, even on the second day — 7 months ago

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Mollydooker Wines

The Boxer Shiraz 2011

Deep, dark Ruby color with a fruity nose and tons of ripe berries with oaky notes. Jammy big and bold blackberry flavors with some spice, cacao, cedar and leather notes with nice mouthfeel. Big fine tannins with berry fruit carried over to the finish with oak and sweet spice. Nice! — 8 months ago

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Starborough

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Crisp, tart but slightly sweet citrus — 9 months ago

Mollydooker Wines

Blue Eyed Boy Shiraz 2022

Dark purple/black color. Aromas of cooked black fruit, violets and Asian spices. Blackberry compote, huckleberry, blueberry jam and black plum fruit flavors along with notes of chocolate, black licorice, basil, tobacco, coffee and vanilla. Hint of saline on the long and drawn out finish. High, but not obvious, alcohol (16%). Velvety texture and tannin structure. Plush, bold and powerful. Thanks for sharing, James W. — 10 months ago

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Dave

Dave

Funny, I reached for this yesterday and went with a Bordeaux instead. I'll have to go back!
Ray Vanderhoff

Ray Vanderhoff

It’s Big Boy Wine and a Guilty Pleasure!
Dave

Dave

I'm a big boy!

Hamilton Russell Vineyards

Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Chardonnay

Close to a Chassagne Montrachet — 7 years ago

Two Hands

Bella's Garden Barossa Valley Shiraz

Nice. Big fruit, but not as ripe as what I expected from a barossa Shiraz. Evolved with air. Finish only slightly herby. — 8 years ago

Eugene Ruyle
with Eugene

Greywacke

Kevin Judd Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2010

Fun fact - So this wine is from the winemaker of Cloudy Bay before it got taken over by LVMH. Another fun fact - it's one of the best whites I've had! — 13 years ago

Terumi Okino

Terumi Okino

でました!ファンタスティック!そんなに美味しいの気になるなぁ~。
Patrick V

Patrick V

めちゃ美味しかった。Rakutenで~2800円で見つけたよ。

d'Arenberg

The Dead Arm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016

Vintage 2016 | Opaque and dark. Multi layered bouquet to dream of: dark pepper, plum, leather, tobacco, Scottish pipe tobacco, everything in a rich, chic style. Chocolate in taste, rondeur as well as some unbending characteristics. A real treat. — 5 months ago

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Penfolds

RWT Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018

Dark Ruby with dark berry fruit aromas, vanilla, cedar, baking and herb spice, fruit only from Barossa Valley, aged in French oak. On the palate this wine has complex flavors of blackberry and blueberry with licorice, cacao, oak and vanilla. Fine dusty tannins, peasant mouthfeel, full-bodied, long ending with a nice earthy spice finish. Aging well, good now, has room to age! — 5 months ago

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Dog Point Vineyard

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Dog Point makes really nice wines. Lean bright clean SB. — 6 months ago

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Felton Road

Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2016

Quite light garnet wide terracotta , garnet rim. Quite a lot of dry spice , nutmeg , star anis , red cherry, raspberry , red currant , earthy hints . After a while a bit more leafy , smoky on the nose. On the palate this is quite light and direct in style , raspberry , red cherry and those earthy , granite touches . This has fresh acidity and fine , light tannins . Reasonable earthy , spiced finish . Certainly ready and on this showing will probably last ok another 5 or so years. Not the most complex , overall I found it a little pedestrian, but still showing ok , but no need to wait any longer , I don’t see this improving . — 7 months ago

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Mollydooker Wines

Two Left Feet Shiraz Blend 2021

Blend of 69% Shiraz, 16% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, sourced from McLaren Vale, deep Ruby color with aromas of berry fruits and sweet spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry and cherry with notes of vanilla, spice, licorice and tobacco. Fine tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit, sweet spice and earthy notes. — 8 months ago

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Klein Constantia

Vin de Constance Natural Sweet Muscat à Petits Grains 2019

Great now and will age beautifully. Typical Muscat florals, but I love the balancing act of sugar concentration and acidity in this vintage. Elderflower and bruised stone fruit. Wonderfully fresh. 👌🏼 — 8 months ago

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Villa Maria

Private Bin Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

One of the best Sauv. Blanc. Really recommend, great value for money! — a year ago

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Kim Crawford

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2023

From Costco, and perhaps their best wine currently on the shelf. Zesty undertones to rich tree fruits, and perhaps stone fruit presence. Could drink this all day. — 10 months ago

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Boekenhoutskloof

The Wolftrap Syrah Blend 2017

Kojo A
9.3

I think mom might like this one — 6 years ago

Spy Valley

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Crisp with good citrus balance — 7 years ago

Hamilton Russell Vineyards

Hemel-En-Aarde Valley Pinot Noir

Petra Thieriot
10

Ernie, the genie, prepared the entire 5+ course meal for 18 guests and convinced all of us that South African Pinot can taste like premium Burgundy! — 13 years ago

Andrew GreenDade ThieriotPaula Bosch
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