Loring Wine Company
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2021
Not as intense as the Roar but very good. Some cola, dark fruits and more. — 12 days ago
Ridge Vineyards
East Bench Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2009
Excellent Zin with a lot of fruits; blackberries, cranberries and some dark cherries. Also, spice, cedar and more. Did not know what to expect as Zin’s don’t go for a lot of aging. Happy I found this one in my cellar and have a couple of other Ridge wines I need to drink up.
I stopped purchasing Ridge years ago as I got into lighter wines. Visited Ridge Winery last century and had an excellent tasting as I remember and met and chatted with Paul Draper. — 23 days ago
Domenico Clerico
Ciabot Mentin Ginestra Barolo Nebbiolo 2003
This was loaded with lots of berry notes and tobacco jumped out. Drinking great but a lot going on at dinner at Le Virtú in Philly. — 3 days ago
Bedrock Wine Co.
Dolinsek Ranch Heirloom-Heritage Wine Red 2016
Opened and it seems a bit closed with not much going on. Decanted and tasted it about an hour or so later and seemed to open up. Really showed better with dinner. Not sure if I pull any details on nose or taste but good. A bit later after dinner tried it again and back to the first try, not showing anything. Confused about Bedrock in general but only have 8 bottles to go, Yikes!! — 9 days ago
Tower 15 Winery
Los Olivos District Marsanne 2018
Nice opener but too much going on to get into details. NYE Dinner — a month ago
Loring Wine Company
River Quinn Chardonnay 2020
Drinking great — 3 days ago
Produttori del Barbaresco
Riserva Pora Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2009
Compared to the Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra this still had plenty going on and I think would have gotten better with more time. Some berries and tar stood out but busy evening.
— 3 days ago
Roar
Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot Noir 2017
Very nice and smooth start to finish. Dark fruits mainly and fully integrated. Last bottle of 2017 — 15 days ago
Dow's
Quinta Do Bomfim Vintage Porto 1992
This was a ½ bottle that I paid $12.95 back in the day. This had some jammy sweet caramel notes. It was pleasant to drink with dessert but it was its time.
The cork came out with some cracks but whole. Decanted at around 6 PM in a to-go bottle and happy I did, there was a ton of sediment. Drank at about 11 PM with NYE Dinner at Anthony’s in HH.
— a month ago
Jerry Raphael
A little caramel on the nose and the first part of taste was not much but opened up midpalate to finish with caramel and spices.
This was a half bottle that cost $13.79 back in the day. Had this with dessert at Le Virtú in Philly — 2 days ago