The Official Wine Thread

[binge]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

Do you have a cellar? (seems like any good bunker should be one)

Ahem.

 

[kwilkinson]

OMFG. Spanish tasting hosted by esteeedm Master Sommelier Robert Houde tonight. Tasting ended about 10. BNoss and I stayed up til 2 Am drinking with him. Was so fuckingase awesome.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by gomestar

drank some good **** tonight. will post later.

tomorrow i'm going to try to hit up Hermann J. Wiemer.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

OMFG. Spanish tasting hosted by esteeedm Master Sommelier Robert Houde tonight. Tasting ended about 10. BNoss and I stayed up til 2 Am drinking with him. Was so fuckingase awesome.

Did you get to taste any really baller wines?

 

[PandArts]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

OMFG. Spanish tasting hosted by esteeedm Master Sommelier Robert Houde tonight. Tasting ended about 10. BNoss and I stayed up til 2 Am drinking with him. Was so fuckingase awesome.
He poured at Just Grapes today!
Made me sort of wish I still worked there

 

[ecs135]

Alban, "Reva" Syrah, Edna Valley, California, 2005, last night for a friend's birthday celebration. Rocked, but did not slay.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

Did you get to taste any really baller wines?
Nope. We only pour what we sell, and we don't sell baller wines. Because baller wines don't sell.

But after everyone left and it was just Robert and the boss and I, we opened up a 1998 premier cru Pommard that was pretty fantastic.

Originally Posted by PandArts

He poured at Just Grapes today!
Made me sort of wish I still worked there

He is awesome.

 

[Parker]

Drinking this Mallorcan wine tonight. Got it on a lark. It's a little on the heavy side for me. Interesting, but also kind of briny and ashy. Needs a roast or something to go with it. I've never heard of "callet" grapes.

 

[gomestar]

Originally Posted by gomestar

drank some good **** tonight. will post later.

tomorrow i'm going to try to hit up Hermann J. Wiemer.

Originally Posted by Manton

it was pouring rain out, decided to skip this time around. But I bought some of his stuff at a local store anyways, and damn it is good.

 

[PandArts]

Brought this to Easter dinner with my GF's family and it went awesome with the traditional Easter ham:

 

[Piobaire]

Had a few Frenchies lately:

2008 Franck Millet Sancerre
2009 Domaine Cherrier Pere et Fils Sancerre
2007 Domaine du Vieux TÃ

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graphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau

Also, this Oregon Pinot:

2008 Alexana Pinot Noir Dundee Hills

The Pinot was pretty good but I expect this place to get "discovered" soon with the resulting increase in pricing.

 

[Huntsman]

Originally Posted by PandArts

Brought this to Easter dinner with my GF's family and it went awesome with the traditional Easter ham:

Interesting. I brought a spatlese.

 

[Piobaire]

About to try my first 05 of the Fire Block Grenache that so many of us have enjoyed here with the 04 vintage.

 

[gomestar]

from this past weekend:

and this:

Both were great.


Also consumed but with no pictures unfortunately:
a $17 J. Drouhin burg that was very enjoyable. Would drink again.
a vernaccia (forget the producer)
Hermann J. Wiemer dry riesling

 

[coolpapa]

A few from the last week:
08 Scholium Naucratis Verdehlo - a bit too much of everything for me.
08 Scholium Garden of Babylon - I think this is a blend of petit sirah, merlot, and sangiovese. Tasted over two days, it's pretty monolithic and unremarkable.
00 Le Macchiole Scrio - not nearly as good as the bottle I opened around a year ago. That bottle got better and better over several hours. This was hot, out of balance, and just nasty.

08 Alpha Omega Era - A little better than the standard cookie cutter big Napa cab. Could be interesting in a few years, but right now, it's too much of everything. Those liking big wines will like this, it's well made, but it's not my style. The bottle could be used as a weapon or an anchor.