Michael Walker

9.9

Wine night @ Strategas…..perfectly aged and cellared, plums, even raspberries/strawberries perfume on the nose and palate — 2 days ago

Michael Walker

9.6

CA Rhône blend - ok not great, grew on me a bit after awhile with food - ok nose, touch of the barnyard, but palate is very wooden and doesn’t mellow much. Not sure if the age on this one helps or hurts — a month ago

Michael Walker

9.9

Great examplar of the old school Barolo…decanted 90 mins….seriously pungent/truly gorgeous nose, more refined on the palate but lots of fruit, still a bit wooden/tannic - not offensively so but could probably mellow another 5 years. But very drinkable now, perfect with a heavy roast. Nose is so fragrant I could go around sniffing this all day — 2 months ago

Michael Walker

9.9

This is the NV Library vineyard petite Syrah….excellent, blackberry nose, a bit more restrained on the palate than a typical aged Turley…love it — 8 days ago

Michael Walker

9.9

Always a good one. Not sure I could distinguish from the ‘19 I had several weeks back - same voluptuous fruit, slightly wooden finish - could definitely use a few more years - this young it’s a little too fruit forward/unsubtle — a month ago

Michael Walker

9.8

Excellent - about as full bodied a Chablis as you’re going to get - medium yellow color, refined nose, peach on the palate. Clean finish with no acidic turn. Bit of a guzzler actually — 2 months ago

Michael Walker

9.8

This one had good bones but the slightest hint of vinegar on both the nose and palate - and the telltale orange rim in the glass. Drinkable but maybe just OTH and couldn’t measure up to the previous reds — 2 months ago

Michael Walker

9.8

Good burgundy, served with boeuf burguignon - definitely on the darker/inkier side, plums on the nose, continues on the palate, maybe a bit of acidity at the back end but solid — a month ago

Michael Walker

9.7

This is the G&R Collet Recolte Chablis - another moderate bodied Chablis - medium yellow color, peach nose, continues on the palate; no acidic finish. J doesn’t love, thinks it’s over oaked, maybe that’s her sensitivity to Chardonnay - I’m not getting but agree falls short of the Saint Come. Can NOT drink cold — a month ago

Michael Walker

9.7

Apparently Danely’s favorite WB, but this was to me “just another” Mersault - thin, maybe even minerally, not overly complex, lacking in body. The Chevalier earlier much more my jam. He said this needs 10 years - maybe - but I’d be worried you wait that long and it’s still thin — 2 months ago