Strange Family Vineyards
Domaine Duroche
Aux Etelois Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir 2013
From magnum. Had it next to the stylistically similar Fourrier Gevrey VV, but this was the better wine for me - it had a little more depth and texture. Started of similarly reductive, but quickly opened up to scents of roses, intense red cherry, and smoky insence. The palate's velvety, mix of red and dark fruits, rich but offers lots of freshness with its crisp acidity. Minerality plays second fiddle at the moment, but is evident in the long spicy finish. I bet this was how it looked like when it was first bottled, so time can only make it better. 1er level for sure!
NB: From WH - This plot is located on the southern side of Griotte-Chambertin alongside the Claude Dugat plot and below the Duroché plot of Griottes-Chambertin. It is quite strange that this vineyard has been classified as village as it’s located so close to the Grand Crus. — 5 years ago
I 100% agree
I just wanted to mentioned too how important is the terroir
No producer can make an excellent wine out of a bad parcel in any vineyard
I recall Hubert De Montille saying in Mondovino how the terroir is 10 times more important than the vigneron/winemaker
And as an example you think of Rousseau Clos de la Roche where he doesn't really have a top parcel when Dujac or Ponsot do and make a better wine (IMO) than what I consider to be one of the best red wine producer of the Cote de Nuits(I know, the other two are not bad either). Anyway I just follow those lines too, producer, vineyard, parcel, vintage, but it is never easy.
I guess that's what makes it interesting. 👌🙏
Azienda Agricola Petrera Pasquale
Fatalone Spinomarino Puglia IGT Greco 2017
Gummy worms and sea salt nose, elderberry and lemon syrup mouth, fantastic ripe mouthfeel, strange but very pleasant — 6 years ago
Château Trocard
Les Chapelles Bordeaux Supérieur 2015
Bitter chocolate, mint, green pepper, cherry, black currant, Wound up. TANNIC. Can tell it’s really good but tastes kind of strange tonight. Will visit again tomorrow. MUCH better day 2. Still tannic but fleshed out. Rating went up. — 6 years ago
Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey
Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2001
Nose: Big and huge aroma of saffron, dried gooey white fig, honeyed vanilla, and some strange notes of new plastic.
Palate: What was found on the nose seems to come through on the palate. Sweet finish that has no end. — 6 years ago
Heitz Cellar
Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Heitz has still got it baby, 1998 Napa cab standing up nicely at 18 years old. The color is only just showing signs of age. The nose is full of mint and lamb. In a strange spot since its not especially lush or fruity and yet hasn't fully developed the tertiary notes you would expect. But has the bones to go longer still. — 8 years ago
Les Cailloux du Paradis (Claude Courtois)
Vin de Table Français Pinot Noir 2017
Soft perfumed light delitefully 🌈
Music is what I strong on
So we play every Friday night
Especially under these strange circumstances ☂️
Easy and stronger 🍒
Friday Night Dinner is a wine dinner 🥫 at our bars and grills 🤵🏼
Dark pinkish purple on visuals 🌈
Mid palate pepper spices vegetable of black olives Mediterranean tomato juicy 🍅
Finishes, structured integrated with vanilla chocolate and black juicy fruit 🍇 — 4 years ago
Brauerei Heller Bamberg
Aecht Helles Schlenkerla Lagerbier
Really cool beer. Super smoky, malty, yeasty, vanilla, malt balls, almost peaty on the palate with a finish of smoked oysters(strange, I know). I was reluctant to spend $16 on a 4-pack, but have to say, it’s worth it. Could honestly have used more descriptors, so complex.. Doug, you’d love this. — 5 years ago
Hobo Wine Company
Rockpile Branham Vineyard Zinfandel 2015
A unique and strange nose. Leather and crab apples. Has a sweet tart flavor. Raspberry and tasty tart pie cherries. WTF? This is Zin? It’s like a Barbera, Chianti, Valdigué, Zin. — 6 years ago
Carlo Giacosa
Narin Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2012
Pleasantly surprised, but it definitely needed the right food. It was great with a gnocchi in Parmesan and Gorgonzola sauce. The bright acid cut through the rich cream sauce. Some roasted lamb brought out the herbaceous notes, and once again the lighter body and acid helped to balance the rich dish. It was strange that it paired horribly with a carbonara dish- something about the prosciutto made it musty tasting. I think the key to the enjoyment of this wine is the food pairing, so pair wisely! — 6 years ago
Fattorie Romeo Del Castello
Allegracore Etna Rosso DOC Nerello Mascalese-Nerello Cappuccio Blend 2014
Strange for an Etna Rosso, but delicious. Don't get nearly the volcanic minerality that I'd expect, but do get some red fruit and some gamay-like funk. — 7 years ago
Cellers Baronia del Montsant (Clos d'Englora)
Cims del Montsant Garnatxa Carinyena Blend 2010
Cool label. It’s terroir art apparently. Smells complex and strange. Blood orange peel? Sawdust from pine or fir? Flavors are strange. Pine needles and red/purple fruits. Complex and fresh even 10 years later. Licorice and fruit skins. It’s tart, chewy, woody, and inky. Deep and dense. Last long. It’s muy delicioso. — 4 years ago
Clos Chanteduc
Côtes du Rhône Red Rhone Blend 2013
Lovely ruby, dusky red color. Aroma is rich, robust and rustic. Rose petals from the English and rain storms from the French. Some fresh red and black berries from the mountains as well. Flavor is herbs and blood oranges. Damask rose and cherry nectar. Dry, acid, perfumed and herbal, but dynamic and flavorful. It’s strange and hard to pigeon hole, but unique, exquisite and interesting as well. ‘Tis what makes wine so. It’d be fun to taste more of this kinda thing. — 4 years ago
Azienda Agricola Valentini
Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 2014
Cascina delle Rose
A Elizabeth Dolcetto d'Alba 2016
If for some strange reason you’re not feeling like Barbera, this is quite good with salumi - especially on days 2 and 3. — 6 years ago
Cellers Baronia del Montsant (Clos d'Englora)
Englora Montsant Grenache Blend 2008
Crazy nose with herbs, spices and fruit skins. Flavors are softer and less rich, but funky fun. A strange but lovely thing. — 6 years ago
Michel Arnould & Fils
Mémoire de Vignes Champagne Pinot Noir 2011
Patrick Arnould passed over 2009 & 2010, but decided to make this 2011- a strange decision on paper. This all old-vine Pinot blanc de noir has it where it counts- in the bottle. Only 60 bottles for the USA, now 59. This seems lighter than past vintages, but still has that Nutella like hazelnut character that screams Verzenay. I will wait a year or two to have my next bottle for sure... But this long wine sure did go down easy last night! — 7 years ago
Bodegas Ximenez-Spinola
Original Exceptional Harvest Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Pedro Ximénez 2014
Very strange wine, wow — 8 years ago
Tree Kilpatrick
‘Cool castle bro’ label. Deep red color. Smells like old books, dry cherries and unsweetened chocolate nibs. Flavors are strange with gun-smoke tea, fancy tonic water and berry pies. Plenty dry. Chewy. Complex. Winey, like a Winesap apple. It’s not raisin-y. It could have more depth and bite perhaps, but overall it’s very enjoyable. — 4 years ago