Touching. Thanks for sharing the sad times to remind us of the beauty of happier times.
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Touching. Thanks for sharing the sad times to remind us of the beauty of happier times.
Putting away the 2017 Turley Petite Syrah wines, 7 Library Vineyard, 14 Pesenti Vineyard, 15 Hayne Vineyard. These wines hold their value well and have 20+ year drinking windows. Turley PS is one of the top PS wines out there, in my opinion, and nicely priced.
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Another WTSO grab. This was a 2015 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Once again, I have no real insight to the quality of this wine, but it didn't set me back much. Vino Nobilo di Montepulciano is very similar to Brunello, albeit with one fewer year of required aging; the 2015 Brunellos are not out yet, but all indications are that 2015 was a wonderful vintage. So I decided to take a chance to try the 2015 vintage of the neighboring wine. Haven't opened yet to see if I made some "tragic" mistake!
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We opened one to check out and to go with the beef tenderloin. Yeah, it is a decent Chianti, no more, no less. Decent pucker factor and flavor, a bit thin and not terribly complex. On par for the cost, so I am good with it.
Since I had room for it, that should give some indication of my consumption trends.......
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Ignoble Grape
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So officially kicking off my WSET 3 study. Visited a Total Wine for the first time. I love field trips! That was an experience, but found what I was looking for. Definitely going to need a drinking partner.
Boatboy24
No longer a newbie, but still clueless.
Be careful at Total Wine. There's a lot of junk - noted as "winery direct".
Lots of Faux Winery Direct bottles for sure at TW. Probably even more coming with the glut of grapes the past few years in Cali.
Ignoble Grape
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Yeah, I wasn't impressed overall, and didn't join their club. It's a trip for me and I happened to be in the neighborhood. No customer service and the help staff was less than knowledgeable. I was looking for a Hunter Valley Semillon and was told to go look for one on the "other reds" wall. At that point, I just decided to wander up and down the aisles. Remarkably, I found one, tho not with the other reds. Surprise.
Nice! Maybe I missed it, but what is "WSET 3"?
Ignoble Grape
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Wine and Spirits Educators Trust, level 3. It's like the Court of Soms, but the curriculum is focused on viticulture/wine knowledge, not service.
@Ignoble Grape You might think about drinking the Beaujolait Villages sooner rather than later. I never had any luck trying to keep it cellared.
Ignoble Grape
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If I didn't have sufficient excuse to drink it before, I do now. Curious to try a villages. Ty for the advice! Cheers!
Odd's and ends from K&L. I actually ordered 2 of the Susana Balbo Malbec's and they sent two of the white blends by accident. Called them up and they apologized and said to keep it and they are sending out the correct wines today. This is a nice blend of Sauv Blanc, Semillon and Torrontes.
Perhaps they are trying to tell me something? Should probably put this in with the Trust papers just in cases.....
Finally cobbled together enough to get a case shipment from Full Pull. Who wants to pop a cork on some "Involuntary Commitment"? Couple of Squirrels and Rat's in this shipment as well as other things that will lay down quite nicely for a few years. Alright, alright, alright!
Hopefully the wine will live up to it's full potential in a few years. The 2014 Syrah from this vineyard made it #2 spot on the WS list of Top 100 Wines for 2017. They crop down to only about ~2.4 T per acre.
The Powerline Vineyard is a 30-acre estate vineyard, located over 1200 feet elevation. Powerline Vineyard was planted in 2012 in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, just south of Walla Walla in the Walla Walla Valley AVA. The soils are well drained with cobblestone river rocks and underlying layers of sand and gravel deposits, allowing vines to develop very deep and strong roots.The cobblestone rock was brought down river from the Blue Mountains and deposited on top of the ancient river bed. The deep sand and silt below the stones bring a great purity to the grapes, while high elevations keep acids high, producing very well-balanced wines with remarkable complex characters.
The Powerline Vineyard is a 30-acre estate vineyard, located over 1200 feet elevation. Powerline Vineyard was planted in 2012 in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, just south of Walla Walla in the Walla Walla Valley AVA. The soils are well drained with cobblestone river rocks and underlying layers of sand and gravel deposits, allowing vines to develop very deep and strong roots.The cobblestone rock was brought down river from the Blue Mountains and deposited on top of the ancient river bed. The deep sand and silt below the stones bring a great purity to the grapes, while high elevations keep acids high, producing very well-balanced wines with remarkable complex characters.
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