"Love. Of course, love. Flames for a year, ashes for thirty." This well-known quote by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa' s The Leopard, sum up in few words who's the true enemie in aging wine and waiting too much before you die: the time! Arianna's SP68 white - she's a sicilian native as the writer of The Leopard - is here to remind us first of all that life is too short to collect so many wines without knock them back sooner mainly when they're pleasant fresh and fragrant; therefore that her wine more than others, is a flame of supreme love, though, we must drink up before it turns into ashes! — 10 years ago
Vail Four Seasons, Flame Restaurant, Rob Ix Birthday dinner hosted by Chris Bonacci. — 11 years ago
Vail Four Seasons, Flame Restaurant, Rob Ix Birthday dinner hosted by Chris Bonacci. — 11 years ago
Umami. Aromas reminiscent of throwing a ribeye on an open-flame grill. Beautiful structure. Drinking so well right now! — 11 years ago
Good wine with new friends at Flame. Paired with a window seat and seafood. Not bad, Springfield...Not bad. — 12 years ago
Yummy for Caesars!! — 12 years ago
1966 vintage. Tawny colour. Nose of toffee, nuts, coffee. Lively acidity, medium sweet, fresh flavours of flame raisins, dried currants, orange zest. Long finish of coffee and currants. — 9 years ago
Vany wait to enjoy my old flame... New vintage but wonderful label — 10 years ago
89 Duthiel...Flame — 10 years ago
Great after taste, smooth finish — 11 years ago
Vail Four Seasons, Flame Restaurant, Rob Ix Birthday dinner hosted by Chris Bonacci. Always one of my favorite reserve vintage champagnes. — 11 years ago
A pale flame, thin skinned constituent grapes, like dancers giddy with exhaustion, sweat and expectation. — 11 years ago
2005 Summerland serial number 6043. Charred earth and meaty smoky loveliness that really reminded me of Cayuse for a moment. Bold terroir and a backdraft of black pepper on an extracted plummy black nasty fruit stuffed mushroom and peat cloud. Real depth of character stuff, where you really feel this wine has your back as your guns smoke and bluster from a wet foxhole. Straight cover fire for hours. Then you realize your brother is losing lifeblood, literally baking in a fever, and you are the one who gets to live with him in his greatest moment, shining like a flame. Another hour, and the sun has set, summer is over, the smoke is clearing to reveal a tired, injured if glorious wine that really was at its best in that precise moment, and adumbrates in the long shadow of death. — 11 years ago
Flame. Very good. Dark and chewy. — 11 years ago
My old flame. Missed the rich fruit, smoky leather and spice. — 12 years ago
Tart mead with rhubarb — 12 years ago
I don't know where my head is at the moment. This vertiginous Petite Sirah was paired with a feast for the eyes sous vide rib-eye finished and charred on the open flame. Rarely, I have tasted so defined notes of fruit and tannins. It is a must to taste and it's length clearly helps it keep up with similar crafts from the old world. — 9 years ago
Tonight, back home... Unwind with an old flame. My favorite locally available Oregon PN. Authentic nose, full mouth, less acid than expected in this complex delightful finish... What wonderfully warm wizardry from Willamette — 10 years ago
Great Chenin Blanc, full and nutty. Great with a creamy ripe cheese, it cuts through like a steel knife a flame with butter with a dry sweet vapour trail. — 11 years ago
Vail Four Seasons, Flame Restaurant, Rob Ix Birthday dinner hosted by Chris Bonacci. — 11 years ago
Vail Four Seasons, Flame Restaurant, Rob Ix Birthday dinner hosted by Chris Bonacci. — 11 years ago
Ruby purple with a flame rim. Cranberry! on the nose, plus leathery tea, bay laurel, macerated strawberries, and balsamic. Clean and fresh on the palate and not as tannic as I expected, there is cranberry, tea, anisette. A lovely wine with some years ahead of it. 13.3% abv | wine club — 12 years ago
Nice chard — 12 years ago
Crisp light — 12 years ago
Philip Shannon
Drank at Flame restaurant at Vail Four Seasons — 9 years ago