Case Ibidini
Azienda Agricola Roberto Voerzio
Riserva 10 anni Fossati Case Nere Barolo Nebbiolo 2011
Vintage 2011 | from jeroboam | elegance and harmony, with good minerals in smell — 6 months ago
Taittinger
Comtes de Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Chardonnay 1996
Happy Valentine’s Day! Continuing our tradition of pulling one of these each year - 11 down, only 1 more to go after this! Reminder that we need to choose a new case of something soon.
This is excellent as always but I’m not sure hits quite the same high note as last year’s bottle. Fine mousse, nose a bit more restrained. Palate is explosive and so deep with wonderful candied caramelized lemon peel. Wonderful pairing with carbonara! — 9 months ago
Brigaldara
Case Vecie Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend 2009
Wine of the night. Big bold and excellent pairing with duck and morels. Nice concentration but balanced with some fruit and not syrupy. Had some lift and life to it without being too dense. Nice finish — 6 months ago
Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera
Case Basse Riserva Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2004
A bit over its peak — a month ago
Château Poujeaux
Moulis en Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2019
The 2019 Poujeaux, tried here for the first time from half bottle, continues the trend of wines that I’ve enjoyed from this vintage – being austere, deep, full bodied and demanding considerable bottle age. With no decant, the wine is almost impenetrable on the nose, offering little other than gravel, singed tobacco, and espresso. Gradually, though, things open up in the glass and after an hour it’s fairly expressive. It remains dark, tannic and laden with coffee, chocolate and steeped black fruit, but doubtless there’s a promising wine somewhere here that’ll likely begin to emerge in five years or so – Poujeaux tends to have a long life, and I’d expect that to be the case here. — 4 months ago
Olga Raffault
Les Picasses Chinon Cabernet Franc 2014
Worth a check in at 10 years. Always an outstanding nose. Needed hours of air and still pretty shy, fruit in particular is closed. Paired with NY strip tonight. Have half a case left of this vintage and will check in again in a couple years. — 9 months ago
Vijay Parikh
An outstanding bottle similar to the previous times I have had it. 3 hour slow ox and then decanted at dinner. Went brilliantly with white truffles! Had the Caprili with the veal and the body may have suited the veal but the Soldera was the WOTN — 13 days ago