I think that SE SB retails for around $ 450, right?
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It is great - have several bottles in the cellar - more of a European style than many of the other California cab blends
The PN above ^^^ is delicious. Can't remember the price. I do not drink many Cali PNs but this one has a real Burgundian profile. Recommended
I felt like opening something nice tonight. It had been that kind of day. 2016 Chateau Latour a Pomerol. A great Merlot for sure. Very rich with berries, chocolate, and earth. Very much in the “purple teeth” category. JK Image Unavailable, Please Login
We had dinner with my parents last night, so I did blue cheese crusted filets, paired with the merlot-dominant second wine from Leoville Las Cases. 2018 Le Petite Lion de Leoville Las Cases: Image Unavailable, Please Login It’s Merlot with a good amount of cab from vines not old enough to include in their Grand Vin. For $75, I’ll certainly keep buying it. JK
I opened a 2014 Louis Martini Alex valley Cab Saturday night to go w grilled steaks. I purchased several bottles of it maybe 5 or 6 years ago. LM is almost always a great QPR wine, both Alex and napa bottlings. I remembered the 2014 as quintessential Cali Cab, a real mouthful and delicious. This bottle I found in back of the cave, had been perfectly stored at 53 degrees. I'm afraid the fruit had faded more than a little, so the tannins dominated. Still fine but if you have any of these guys approaching 10 years, drink up. My bday is Saturday and Janet is making beouf Wellington and I've got a decision to make on the wine... Cheers.
Finally opened up this 2014, and quite liked it. Hint of fruit/sweet juice forward, followed by a medium cab finish. In our house we like different wine profiles but equally enjoyed this treat. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I found another bottle of the Martini 2014 on a bottom shelf of the cave. Will give it a try this winter.
We opened this ‘01 SQN On Your Toes last night to celebrate my mom’s 90th birthday. Despite a double wax cap and careful storage, the cork was a little punky. But the wine was out of this world. Big and jammy with no discernible tannin or base. Amazing nuance and depth. That said, probably a little past its prime. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
nice, and drinking this at 22? Baller move! I never had this wine (that I can recall, it could have been in an SQN vertical somewhere along the way). I had a bunch of the other 2011 Syrah - the Midnight Oil - and it was one of the wines that caused me to join their list and become a full-fledged fan. I have to say my SQN drinking days ended long ago, so I've not had one at age 20...that would be really interesting/fun to see how they age. His wine-making is so unique - such extracted and alcoholic/ripe grapes and yet they don't feel heavy at all when you drink...just an exercise in balancing acid and fruit. They were the last winery I stopped buying from...so that's saying something!
I'm with you, my tastes for Bordeaux always ranged from drinking them at age 15 and well beyond (age 15 to start for the lesser wines, and 30+ for the major wines). But I know the vast majority of them get drunk far younger (although with the price increases over the past 20 years, perhaps more is stuck in investment cellars waiting for payday).
sure, why not Leroy? Musigny? Yummy! I've never had Leroy wines that I can recall before the 60's vintages - were you into burgs when they did that massive cellar dump of non-estate wines from the 60's back in the 2000's? Some of those were fantastic - and there was a lot of doubt/debate as to how much topping off was done given how young some of them showed!
I had to do a triple take! $75 for what is at most a 3rd wine? What's funny is although I was about as into Bordeaux as one can be, I didn't know the names of any of the estate's third wines - just literally never even heard anything about them. Heck, the actual Grand Vin's weren't crazy money, so most of my collector friends and I didn't even buy the 2nd labels. Now I see 3rd and (iirc) even 4th labels cashing in on the Estate name. The money in Bordeaux is insane compared to even 25 years ago...
. This was from the cellars of Le Cirque Las Vegas. If you look closely you can see Freddie the Somm signed it for me, as did the chef.
My birthday dinner. Janet made Beouf Wellington. I thought I'd drink a cab based bdx but decided on this guy. Label is scratched but was a 2009. Delicious and perfectly in balance. A little sweetness in the fruit but pure PN on the tongue. Lovely colour and nose. I do not know how long I've had this wine, or what I paid for it. Properly stored. Image Unavailable, Please Login Sadly my only bottle. I drank a 1999 red. Ch. Mont. from this same wine maker about 4 or 5 years ago and it was sublime. Cheers!
For sure. $75 when I wasn’t even sure that there was such a thing as a “third wine” is nuts. I guess it’s a sign of the times. I sallow hard every time I place an order for the first growths; $600-$1000 a shot. I take comfort in the face it isn’t Burgundy. JK
For sure. Too young, but I was in the IDGAF mood, and figured I’d fire one off. My view is that it was still a good bottle, but didn’t get a chance to develop the tertiary flavors. At least there are others that will survive to get that chance. JK
Image Unavailable, Please Login Fun evening….loved the Plumpjack, and Alberdi so fantastic esp at $25, punches well above the price.
