Distant Cellars

Cascina Corte

Dogliani DOCG Dolcetto 2020

Nate Wall
8.9

Too distant for precise notes. Recall a nicely balanced and clean wine, with savory elements, good structure and supporting fruit. — 3 months ago

Domaine de Chevalier

Clos des Lunes Lune d'Argent Bordeaux Blanc Sec Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2018

Kinda forgot how white Bordeaux is a bit of a sleeper when it comes to summer whites. A bit sleeker & more crystalline than my top dog White Bordeaux, but still fresh white flowers, some marzipan, & distant cut grass. Heavier on Semillion blend, which is my preference. — 2 years ago

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Les Granges Paquenesses

La Pierre Savagnin

Distant reduction, better after an hour or so, pretty great 😊 — 3 years ago

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Château de l'Etoile

Côtes du Jura Trousseau 2014

Similar notes to prior bottle opened about one year earlier, but this is showing as fresher and more lively, Yum!

Nose has maraschino cherry, white pepper, dry leather, dried red raspberry, distant barnyard, dried orange peel, granite quarry and dry earth.

Palate has dried cherry, dried raspberry, white chocolate, sweet red pepper, black cherry, old leather with medium acidity. This bottle is showing decent tannins, 3H decant. Enjoy 2022-24, in proper storage.

Our second successful preparation of this dish tonight; chicken, apples and cremé à la normande (cream, onion, mushroom & calvados), Jura looks to accompany cremé & calvados just fine.
— 3 years ago

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Peter van den Besselaar

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Nice pairing of red wine with this dish 👍

Casalino

Riserva Chianti Classico Sangiovese 2018

Deep red color, almost purple. Very intense initial nose. Very heavy nail polish smell. Very focused scent, with a distant red fruit smell. Very earthy taste, with hints of cherries. Light sugar. (Interesting to note, I can a very quick seafood aftertaste, which was bizarre). — 4 months ago

Domaine Lionnet

Terre Brûlée Cornas Syrah 2015

Kinda juicy, distant tannins. Not meaty or brawny at all. En mag. — 2 years ago

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Shay A

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Had the ‘10 just the other night. Even better the next day.

Marcel Lapierre

Morgon Gamay 2015

Crunchy black cherries and all kinds of berries, roses and lilacs, distant notes of smoke, granite rocks and sous-bois funk. Wonderful acidity, slightly dusty at the end. Very harmonious stuff, good stuffing and structure, I’d say this is drinking beautifully now, yet has the backbone to survive, or even improve, for 5 years at least.

On day 2: fruit turns more serious - deeper, darker - and savory notes enter the spectrum. Acidity melts into the wine, as well. Yum..!
Up a notch!
— 3 years ago

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Teperberg Winery

Terra Malbec 2019

Forgot to photo-quite a hearty & bright Malbec from Israel, like a VERY distant cousin removed to Argentina . Crunchy & medium bodied, bright red fruits with cranberry red color, excellent good company to Middle Eastern fare with the locals (&family) at Neni restaurant, in Amsterdam. — 2 years ago

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Cantina dei Produttori Carema

Carema Nebbiolo 2016

My ‘ house’ wine shared w friends & paired with baked Cod & Roquefort sauce, roasted vegetables, & barley. Pretty in color & on the palate: rusted rose hips, some distant forest floor. Medium plus acidity but enough to cut through the Roquefort sauce, & low enough tannins to not spar with the cod. — 3 years ago

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Severn Goodwin

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Haven't seen this particular one yet, will look around.
Peter Sultan

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Polaner is the importer
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Gotcha, my buddy is one of their reps... I'll find it much easier now.

Emilio Lustau

Almacenista Pata de Gallina Oloroso Palomino Fino 1896

During & After a guided tour courtesy of
@enramistas.com ! Fragant is spot on.
20 yr. old wines fresh as a daisy.
Fortified to 20°. N:Shoe leather, salt, treacle, ripe fruits, plantains, caramel lozenges, distant boats.faint barrel smoke.
P: old oranges, marmalade, puckering citrus, rinds, brown sugar, ( Demerara), so acidic and contrapuntally rich.
A feast.
P:
— 3 years ago

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