Posts by Quatsch

I really liked it. I was concerned going in about whatever they added to stretch this, but so far I'm completely fine with it. I loved the opening backstory and the battle between the dwarves & orcs outside Moria, despite the liberty...

With all the bord talk, I got a bottle - a Bordeaux Superieur, Château Lescalle Cuvée Emmanuel Tessandier 2009. Anybody had this? I ended up delaying drinking that Guillemot Savigny till last night - poured a glass on Sunday and then...

Just popped the cork on this and can't wait to tear into it later. It won the toss-up against a '09 Prudhon St Aubin rouge 1er cru. This will be the first 2010 red burg I've tasted, I think.

Tasted a 2010 Beaucastel tonight - I dig it. I really dig it.

Has there really been a Burgundy discussion going on for two pages with no mention of brett? Yikes! I don't mind a decent bit of brett in some wines, but the most common faults I've experienced in red Burgundy are excessive brett and...

Some of the Ridge Zinfandels with 10+ years on them are nice. I had a '02(?) Geyserville a while back that was quite good.

Quote:Originally Posted by erictheobscure Hmm, am kicking myself for having passed up the chance to buy this on one of those daily discount sites: Had to buy six of them to get free shipping, and I have no experience with cru...

Sorry, could have worded that in a manner that sounded a little more like "hey here's a piece of potentially useful info." I don't have hard info but, my personal observation is that opened red wine will go acetic long before it...

Quote:Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH You've mentioned this before and it makes sense. Limit the amount of air in the bottle and the cold slows down any oxidation that occurs. I must admit, wine rarely goes partially drank in my...

best of the bigger producers, IMO. A little lean for my tastes, but good. Has a touch of that character in the '96 Clos St Hildaire that I had a few weeks ago that reminded me so much of Chablis - ie chalk soil. Edit: Ooops, this was...