Laws Cellar
Scarborough
Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2011
Broke open the magnum when the in-laws visited the apartment for the first time. Was afraid it might be damaged given the length of time I had it and traveled ... But it wasn't. Great oakiness. Thick mouth feel. Deep colour — 6 years ago
Fall Line Winery
Artz Vineyard Cabernet Franc Blend 2013
Wow, do I love a Washington state wine!
Roasted hazelnut nose, with a couple of char ones on the mix.
Large, bold body, light berry, fruit leather, smoke, slate, and mirrors.
This is a wine that enjoys company, and I am lucky to dog sit my Sister in laws Ewok for a couple of days..
— 7 years ago
Domaine du Gour de Chaulé
Cuvée de la Vigneronne Côtes du Rhône Red Rhone Blend 2015
Beautiful dry red paired with steak. Carried back from Provence by my in-laws 😊 — 8 years ago
Santa Mustiola
Poggio AI Chiari Toscana Sangiovese
Awesome. Love this wine. Easter Sunday at the in laws. Paired with oven baked ham, mashed potatoes, corn, & broccoli. DQ ice cream birthday cake for dessert. — 9 years ago
Caymus Vineyards
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon……need I say anymore. My in laws brought this for a dinner- he doesn’t remember how he got this bottle of wine- just a sitting on the wine rack. Well prolly the best Cab my palate has tasted from beginning to end with an amazing aroma! — 4 years ago
Philippe Colin
Chassagne-Montrachet Chardonnay 2009
The in-laws kindly dropped off a lobster so had open a good Chardonnay to go with it. This Chassagne shows the richness of 2009 that paired well, will there is still a good acidity to keep it from showing a lot of heat. Lemon curd with some honey notes. Plenty of pleasure in this bottle! — 6 years ago
Corsiero
Nero di Troia
Part of a gift case from my in laws via WSJ. A nice nose of vanilla and fresh berry. Smooth up front, big blackberries and a hint of smoke? Had with meatloaf and a spicy ketchup chilies sauce. — 7 years ago
Domaine Marcel Deiss
Le Jardin des Anges Engelgarten Cru d'Alsace Riesling Blend 2015
Mind-blowing! Such a complex melange of flavors, mineral, and acidity all in perfect balance. Nose is ripe pear, peach, apricot, and white flowers. On the palate, the wine is dry with sensations of wet stone,, mineral, and white fruit. The finish goes on forever.
This is a unique wine for Alsace from one of the region’s great producers. It is a blend of Pinot Gris, Riesling, Muscat with perhaps a few other varietals in small quantities. The grapes are from the Premier cru Engelgarten vineyard which is mostly stony gravel.
Most Alsatian wines are single varietal, but Marcel Deiss believes that blends often show off the terroir better. He has lobbied for changes to Alsatian wine laws for many years to allow more single vineyard blends. He also makes single vineyard, single varietal Grand Crus which are sensational, but his blends are also worth trying.
This wine shows his artistry and experience at work and is beautiful. It is great to drink now, but you could also cellar it for 7 - 10 years. 2015 vintage on Aug 6, 2018. — 8 years ago
Tenuta Bellafonte
Montefalco Sagrantino 2015
In-laws brought this home from their trip to Sienna. Absolutely fantastic but the finish is short and not as earthy as I hoped. Still top tier. — 2 years ago
Il Chicco (Andreucci)
Regale Toscana Sangiovese Blend
Outstanding, delicious and bold, celebrating in laws new house! — 5 years ago
Domaine Le Roc
Cuvée Don Quichotte Fronton 2015
Forgotten bottle at my in laws. What a good surprise! Didn't know I had left it there 🤷🏻♂️.
This is again a very biaised review as this comes from a vineyard located 10 miles away from where I grew up. A blend of negrette and syrah.
There is a strong violet, blackberry, irony, pepper nose. Very inviting. The palate is very much defined by its acid backbone and its vibrant blackberry and cherry note. There is a huge tannins wall in the middle here, drying up everything in its wake but making way to a fruity, peppery finish with a fruity twist. Huge wine for less than 10 euros — 5 years ago
Domaine Pernot-Bélicard
Bourgogne Blanc Chardonnay 2016
We're entertaining my in-laws and parents today, fun 🤷♂️. Bottles go fast when you're pouring for six glasses.
Creamy tropical fruits, under-ripe peach, light saline notes, needs years to come together still. Decanted 2+ hours. 2016 vintage 👍👍 — 7 years ago
Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion
Les Lavières Nuits St. Georges Pinot Noir 2013
Picked this baby up Nuit-Saint-George while touring France with the in-laws. Father-in-law currently in the cath lab for an inferior STEMI, so decided to break this one out of the archives. Best of luck, Ralph! — 7 years ago
Finca de la Carrodilla
Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
My in-laws frequent Cabo often and claim that they’ve found some impressive wines from Mexico/Baja region. They enjoy fine wine, so I trusted their opinion and went hunting. This winery is supposedly one of the top wineries in Mexico, and I was able to find the last 3 bottles (at the time) in the US as the winery was sold out. We had dinner with them at my wife and I’s favorite spot in Fort Worth and I surprised them with this wine.
Pours dark and inky. Aromatically, this was a circus bash of red, blue and black fruit. There was also some black peppercorn and cedar. The front and mid-palate were dense...oak wasn’t dominant, just an absolute rush of fresh squeezed fruit. Finish was spice driven. Blind, I would have likely called this a zin/petite sirah blend (but structure kept this from being an overblown, hot, flabby Napa style zin). Very unique and enjoyable. Bravo Mexico/Baja! — 8 years ago
Daniel M
Château Montviel, Pomerol 2019
All-saints lunch at home with the in-laws. This was poured along a cassoulet (well, high-quality canned cassoulet bought in France this summer and brought back in the trunk of our car). The nose shows tar, cigar box, damp, freshly moved earth in a field, dark cherries, blackcurrant, blackberries. The palate is well balanced. Strong acid drive, nice cherries and black currant notes all along, some width, some weight, a spherical mid palate with tannins. These tannins disturb the overall mouthfeel, which was soft and rounded, as expected for a merlot-dominant blend from Pomerol, by adding a drying layer over a long, blackcurrant and cherries finish that goes on for a while. Some tar notes and a bitter touch blossom in the very end. I don't drink Pomerol wines very often, but I'm always satisfied when I do. It's always reliable and even if it's not always great, there is always a nice story in the glass.
90 out of 100. — a day ago