Wine of the Day - WOTD - 2024
Happy New Year
Here we go again...
Cheers!
Happy New Year
Here we go again...
Cheers!
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Wine of the Day - WOTD - 2024
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Does a sparkling wine qualify as well...?
Anyway, it's the first bottle I opened in 2024. New Year's breakfast with friends
Winzergenossenschaft Mayschoss Altenahr • ☆☆☆ Cuvée Prestige • Riesling Brut • 2020
An enjoyable sparkling wine from the oldest wine cooperative of the world. Given it's a Brut it offers plenty of elegant and juicy fruit, a mix of red and green apples and some citrus fruits. The acid isn't as bright as I'd hoped for, but again, it's absolutely enjoyable.
Cheers!
Anyway, it's the first bottle I opened in 2024. New Year's breakfast with friends
Winzergenossenschaft Mayschoss Altenahr • ☆☆☆ Cuvée Prestige • Riesling Brut • 2020
An enjoyable sparkling wine from the oldest wine cooperative of the world. Given it's a Brut it offers plenty of elegant and juicy fruit, a mix of red and green apples and some citrus fruits. The acid isn't as bright as I'd hoped for, but again, it's absolutely enjoyable.
Cheers!
Paloma 2010 Merlot. An excellent balance for a CA Merlot, and at or near its peak.
Not a fruit bomb… an elegant drinker that will confuse your tastebuds and scents if you are used to valley floor fruit.
Another very agreeable Vinho Tinto, this time from the Dao region 
Happy new year to all!
Very nice, rounded red from central Italy. Actual vintage is 2018. Some nice cherry notes out of the gate, balanced with some earth. Another sale wine, and this one merited a photo to remind myself later.
Not a fruit fan myself, but many of the more balanced blends from CA are off-the-hook tasty. Done a good number of tours there while in the bay area for work and always found something amazing.
If it does count, I can contribute fairly often!Does a sparkling wine qualify as well...?
Anyway, it's the first bottle I opened in 2024. New Year's breakfast with friends
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Winzergenossenschaft Mayschoss Altenahr • ☆☆☆ Cuvée Prestige • Riesling Brut • 2020
An enjoyable sparkling wine from the oldest wine cooperative of the world. Given it's a Brut it offers plenty of elegant and juicy fruit, a mix of red and green apples and some citrus fruits. The acid isn't as bright as I'd hoped for, but again, it's absolutely enjoyable.
Cheers!
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First bottles of the year. The BV Rutherford was opened on NYE and the grenache blanc was used in a recipe, finished both off last night.
Great night tonight. Home with my lovely bride and a mag of 2004 Beaucatel CdP
We enjoy blends of Cab and Cab Franc. Odette is an excellent example, almost the Napa version of Sassicaia but with the Napa taste.
We had a bottle last night which was delightful with some homemade local pasta in a sausage and baby broccoli pan sauce topped with really good, fresh Parmesan.
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Your bottle inspired me...
Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du- Pape, 2000
A beautifully matured wine from the southern Rhone in the late autumn of its life. Dark chocolate on the nose and in the mouth, sweet herbs and just a hint of allspice and raisin. Polished tannins, in great balance. Moderate alcohol, at least in context of Ch9dP (13,5 %). Long refined finish.
A pleasure!
Cheers
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mmmmm, CDP
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François Villard ~ Condrieu "De Poncins", 2012
Starts with a dense and layered nose of barrique notes and yellow stone fruit. Gains with increasing temperature. A wonderful mango fruit develops. Characterized by the barrique ageing, full-bodied, salty, firm acid. Still balanced in terms of alcohol.
An impressive Viognier!
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Weingut Schäfer-Fröhlich ~ Halenberg GG, 2010
Flint, dirty stone, limes in the nose.
Laser like focus on the palate, lime, pronounced acid, crisp and pretty straight forward minerals intermixed with limes and green apples. Tight. Seductive.
Lingering aftertaste.
Demanding style, but amazing.
Cheers
Kolkmann Frühroter Veltliner, a rather obscure but super fruity and tasty varietal
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Frühroter Veltliner | Jungwein - Kolkmann
In der Nase nimmt man Zitrusnoten sowie einen Hauch von gelben Äpfeln wahr. Am Gaumen besticht er durch seine typischen Aromen wie zarte Wiesenblumen & rosa Pfeffer. Ein leichter Wein mit einem unkomplizierten Trinkgenuss!
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Animating nose of sour cherries, woody notes. Allspice, some caramel from barrel ageing. Juicy and fresh attack with sour cherries (sic!) and blackberries. Polished tannins. Dense in the mouth, cherry liqueur and milk chocolate. Polished finish. A tad too strong in alcohol for my taste, at least as a soloist. Way better alcohol integration as an accompaniment to dark meat.
Overall, a delicate Pinot in a typical german style of its time.
Cheers!
At a favorite Italian spot with an owner from Florence. The family eats after we have been served. This is a Sicilian Syrah. Enjoyed it with chicken liver pâté and pappardelle Bolognese.
Opened this last night with an artichoke risotto
Small pour of Portuguese red
