when I'm with you, all I get is wine thoughts đ¶ Trying to work out fact from fiction in the world of wine. Lost in a cold cellar, 6 thousand bottles deep.
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This was an interesting bottle for sure. Not amazing but it kept me taking sniff after sniff trying to suss out what was going on. Gotta try more Rostaing!
Whoâs had this? Seems like the producer only makes a couple barrels in exceptional years so pretty rare. Though not terribly expensive at ~100 EUR. Wondering if any good.
Ok, Iâm just going to say it: most of the wines of the Douro Valley are so uninspired.
Yes, yes, yes, I am generalizing and itâs not fair to the (relatively) few producers out there doing interesting things but damnâŠ
Grolleau is known for being a âmehâ grape: not much personality, sort of simple, bland. Anne Claude Leflaive, however, has managed to produce quite the wine in 2020. Crowd pleaser with all around positive reviews at a recent lunch for 6. Will try some more. Cheers!
Spotted in the wild, this old grandpa is holdin up just fine! Love me a Rioja with some age to it. Cheers!
Got to taste Vega Siciliaâs current releases this week. Of the two pictured pictured below, the fella on the right blew me away. Hadnât had a great Valbuena in quite a while and although way too young, this is definitely one of the great vintages of late.
Cheers! đ·
Finally coming to terms with the fact that Grenache just doesnât age v well, at least not for my taste. It often turns plummy/cooked at like 15-20 y.o.
This bottle of Senechaux is a good example. Not moved since release, v cold cellar, etc. n yet, sort of cooked. ShameâŠ
I picked an âobviously in need of a good decantâ bottle to illustrate this (1974 Brunello from Barbi).
I pulled the bottle and stood it up in the cellar about a week ago. Before lunch today I decanted it and left the sediments in the bottle.
What you see in the first glass is what you want to see: a translucent liquid and a color that is (hopefully) in the range of what would be âage-appropriateâ â In this case, big check on the former, sort of check on the second, but hey, close enough.
Yea, yea, yea, I get it: this is an entry level cuvĂ©e and youâre (mostly) paying for the Sauzet label.
But.
This bad boy was still doing alright after 5 days. Five. Days. Nice!
