I'd guess this Cote Rotie is going to be drunk. Maybe mixed with coke.
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Wine thread - what are you enjoying?
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Last night. Falkenstein Pet Nat vanished. Carema came alive about an hour in. Great lineup with pizza and a viewing of Stop Making Sense.
Too bad I didn't know you when I lived in Illinois, @TulseLuper. I could have helped you dispose of those toxic spoiled grape juice bottles. 
Just had dinner in the garden of the Jülg winery in Schweigen/South Palatia/Germany after a hike in the woods. Had a glass of 2020 Scheurebe (a dry white with very elegant fruit notes).
Bought 3 bottles for €9.40 each. Since this spring Jülg is member of the VDP so we can expect prices to rise in the coming years.
EDIT: added links and pic.
Bought 3 bottles for €9.40 each. Since this spring Jülg is member of the VDP so we can expect prices to rise in the coming years.
EDIT: added links and pic.
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Too bad I didn't know you when I lived in Illinois, @TulseLuper. I could have helped you dispose of those toxic spoiled grape juice bottles.
Toxic indeed. Not fit for human consumption. That's what I was saying at 8am anyway... Could have used your help!
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This was a good one, not least because by now it was about two years overdue. The wines weren't bad either.
What’s second from the right?
I bet the Trevallon was cool. I had a couple 97s a few years ago… very good Cassoulet wine.
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Second from the right was a 2006 Julien Courtois 100% gamay chaudenay, which is a varietal I did look up on google. It was past its prime but still had good fruit and sufficient acidity. Plenty of barnyard funk too. The front label was all art, no information, hence the back label displayed above.
The Trevallon was unanimously the wine of the night.
Dinner last night. We have been doing an exploration of Finger Lakes- Keuka is less than an hour away, and there’s some insanely interesting and wonderful wines being made there.
We had this two nights ago. Spectacular. Ran over there and bought a case.
Nice thread. I really like a good bottle of red wine and have latest year been collecting and drinking Malbec blends. I like the wines from Catena but there are many. Quimera and the Alfa Crux comes to mind as good ones.
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I knew something about them before we moved here, but not a lot. Always thought of it as a Riesling area. And indeed it is, but now we're discovering so much more. And some of the stars are Eastern European and Austrian varieties; our new house whites are Rkatsiteli and Gruener Veltliner (most of the local ones are done in a Federspiel style), our house reds are Blaufrankisch, Zweigelt, and Saperavi. I'm betting that someone here is growing Feteasca Neagra, and we're actively searching for it.
As someone who despises the high-alcohol-high-extract-low-acid style so prevalent in the last decade or so, and who basically gave up on California and a lot of France, I feel like a kid in a candy store here.
95+% of wines, including reds, are ready to drink for the get-go. If you get that rara avis that has the perfect balance to be enjoyed early on, but will evolve over time, that's like winning Gold. My particular favorites in that category that I've personally aged and enjoyed include Beaujolais from Brun and Tete, the Method a l'Ancienne Pinot Noir from Navarro, St-Joseph rouge from Gaillard, Monteillet, and Ogier, Ogier's La Rosine...
The reds from the good producers in this area have been delightful on release, and I'm betting they'll age spectacularly. We have some appointments for trade tastings after harvest and crush, so that will give us a better handle on ageability. Depending on your definition of "good value," you couldn't go wrong with the Weis Cab Franc in the photo. It's 5 years old now and just hitting on all cylinders.
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Good one tonight with the wine tasting group. The obscured label on the Ducru reads 1975.
The '75s in Bdx have been weird. Some are just magnificent, some were so tannic that they just aged into unpleasant shells. I haven't had the Ducru- how did it show?
Old Rioja can be a marvel. For my 60th birthday, we had the 1954 Todonia, which was vibrant and alive, more so than I was!
Old Rioja can be a marvel. For my 60th birthday, we had the 1954 Todonia, which was vibrant and alive, more so than I was!
Looks excellent. I am curious - bottles from personal cellars or purchased? I had this yesterday (half bottle) yesterday, and it’s more or less as aged I can get as I don’t really see myself having the patience of storing bottles for 15-20 years - to have one per week that would be close to 1000 bottles of nice stuff in storage?
What’s the best strategy here, just be happy with what can be bought and drunk today day to day, and really open the wallet for special occasions and buy from those that have stored?
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