7/8/2017 - drwinenut wrote:

drank with other Napa icons from the 90's Could really appreciate the non Napa nature of the wine, but drinking beautifully, and has plenty of time left

7/8/2017 - drwinenut wrote:

drank this along side the 1999 both splits, nowhere near 10 years apart in taste both delicious

7/8/2017 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Still a big wine.

4/3/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Yummy, juicy, sophisticated, big, softer tannins on the finish. Very young wine, still good the next day

3/18/2016 - drwinenut wrote:

corked

3/18/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Big CA cab. Diamond Mtn fruit. typical style. Yes, as with the chard,a there is oak influencing the flavor but a more appropriate amount that doesn't knock out everything else. Wine is not at its prime yet, but reaching it. Nice intense deep fruit, complex tannins on the finish. Real nice mouth feel

3/18/2016 - drwinenut wrote:

I love Brunello This is a style that continues to improve and has years left. Very complex, and is evolving into an even more spectacular wine.

Fruit less forward but there, tannins softening but still providing serious backbone. . Flavors integrating YUM

3/18/2016 - drwinenut wrote:

Big wine too young Rough, lots of potential. Better with food than alone

3/18/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

This is just spectacular! Juicy fruit, evolving tannins, very youthful for its age (mag helps) This the typical dirty style of Felsina great with regular family Italian food Tomato sauce etc enjoyed with a group who all liked it

3/15/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

young, oak notes in nose and palate, tons of fruit, slightly harsh, probably drunk too early. Also didn't drink with food. Potential is there

3/13/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Very stiff upon opening; so tight as to be unapproachable until it had 15 minutes of the evening after a Northern CA rainstorm. Opened harshly, then softened almost immediately as it grabbed at the opportunity to inhale the air after nearly 19 years of isolation. Fruit mature, some edge to the finishing tannins, the wine is balanced and somewhat overstates its age. May be at or close to its peak, but is by no means past.

3/13/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Wow! This brunello has plenty of time to grow up. Mod body style, sophisticated mature fruit, good acidity, drank with antipasta, salumi, cheeses, and 2001 Clos du Val cab. Interesting comparison from an age standpoint. Some soft harshness, overall a wine better for dinner, but more than stood its own with antipasta, and same year cab.

3/12/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

I'm sure some of you might be thinking "he's crazy " This was a total surprise to me. Color was dark red without the expected orange-brown of a 15 year old CA cab. Fabulous youthful fruit, almost like the wine was stuck in time. Tannins fully mature still structured but soft and integrated, and beautifully balanced. It was really at that "just right" point. One of the best of the Bernard Portet era. I wish I had a couple more......

3/4/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

still a little rough, tannins somewhat drying on the finish, I believe this wine has more time. Does reflect the terrior of the Central coast with some green pepper notes, which was more common 10 years ago than now. big wine.

3/4/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

10 year old Napa cab. Has aged well, and keeps its roots throughout.
Close to its peak(or sl past?) We drank with the 05 Isosceles, easily defined Napa vs Central coast. Some harshness in the finish more tannins than fruit, but not overpoweringly for either one.

3/4/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Fleshy, drinking very well right now. Retains some mature youthfulness, but is clearly an adult. Sophisticated flavors, well integrated, nice mouth feel, just a great time for this wine

3/4/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

WOW! Amazing flavors, integrated, layers of stuff. Tannins have softened nicely, without giving up the backbone. No cherry/berry soda pop flavors on this one. Spectacular!

3/5/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

very young wine, rough, sl bitter, tannins strong. Many layers of flavors, not delineating. Obviously immature, expected for a 10 barbaresco. Needs 5 years, but potential is there. It is structured well, just not ready.

3/5/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

This is still drinking well, magnum helps. Mature, medium body, soft fruit and tannins. Holding up well, although I will drink up what I have soon

3/5/2016 - drwinenut wrote:

Starting to thin out a bit, integrated flavors, but getting slightly tired.

3/2/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

375. Showing sl more age than its bigger brother. Juicy, more or less fading fruit, still packs a punch. Went really well with my lamb chops

3/4/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

This tasted too good and went down too easily, I afraid a drank it more like beer! So juicy, and soft, not much time left, but it is not over hill, by any means. It was purchased at winery and stored in my cellar since. I've liked this wine for some time(Case) and always liked it for what it is, not overly complex just tasted great!

2/28/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

The wine opens with a slightly over extracted nose that fades as the wine stablizes, and becomes a large wine with everything to make a balanced beautiful juicy typical CA cab. Refined and classy

3/4/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Wow this is drinking well right now, still has years left, as do most 2006's Great balance of fruit and stiill has that tannic backbone that keeps it toghter. Still a little tight right out of the shoot, softens and opens up into a glorious Chianti Classico

2/18/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

A little young. Fleshy, with slight leanness, good balance, as they tend to be for Dehlinger. Earthy fruit, both CA and Burgundian characteristics. I expect when I have another bottle in a couple years, the score will rise a few points

2/21/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

This is just rockin good wine. Very elegant, but muscular, big fruit, jammy, great tannins- still a baby. Totally drinkable, but has significant time left to evolve. Great mouth feel. Perfect with steak

2/20/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

This was delicious! surprisingly tastey for a 2000. Integrated flavors, a little dusty. not much fruit left, but color belied its age. Nice body, and mouth feel

2/15/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

It's always sad when we wait too long on a bottle. The wine is starting to tire. Still well balanced, but fruit is getting dried out, one can get a sense of what the wine should have been. Please note that this was a 375, I wouldn't be surprised if the 750 was rockin

2/18/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Big wine alert. The cab comes thru by itself, and is muscular. sangiovese rounds off some of the hard edges. It was a vegetarian pizza ( I didn't order it) and the wine might have gone better with more fat. Sorry healthy people.

1/29/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

This is just rockin good wine. I have drunk pinots too young for too long, it's great getting a feel for subtle age on a CA pinot. Red fruit, tannins that are soft and structured, integrated flavors, and some richness that imparted size to the wine. some of that oak smokiness, but not dominating

1/28/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Delicious! Easy to drink. Typical 07 more ready than the 06's Balanced good tannins but soft. Fruit still there, not overly complex, but yummy!!!

1/17/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Moderate complexity, fairly typical Napa cab, not sure bottle size has affected it yet if at all in the near term It has it all, but not spectacularly

1/22/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

It is another example for me that I tend to drink pinots too early. The wine had picked interesting and delicious nuances, and complexity. the cherriness was still present, they were mature dried cherries. The tannins are well integrated, both there and not there. Just coming together nicely

1/21/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Ullage bottom neck, a little worrisome for an 06 This a big Tuscan Bordeaux, clearly needs some time, the ullage didn't seem to affect flavors Went well with my lamb. Rough solid backbone, big wine. fills the month

1/22/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

As my daughter said we drink so many of these we know they are good. As it was sweet still evolving in a positive way. Refined youthful rich meaty. We do drink brunello. 04 is too early

1/10/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

way too young, as expected, even for a 375. Difficult to evaluate, so tight Rough tannins Likely to be wonderful in 5+ years

1/12/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

This has been a fabulous wine since the first bottle 5 or so years ago. It is just plain delicious! everything is there: fruit , backbone, acidity, tannins are nice and polite. easy to drink. relatively good value as well

1/11/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

starting to fall apart. Real dirty, fruit mostly gone, still acidity still intact and worked with pizza

12/30/2015 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Spectacular wine! Everything going on and just right. Interesting to have drunk 04 Cepp, Solengo, and Fontalloro, inside a week. This is a wine that tastes good just drinking without analyzing. Great balance of fruit, acid, tannins, and class. Flat out yummy!

1/2/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

very interesting comparison with other 04 IGT's. Big and rough, starting to soften, well integrated. Pretty typical for this wine, has years left

1/2/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Beautiful wine for NV. style: balanced and refined. rich almost creamy, but has the acidic backbone to balance the well integrated yeast, so I guess not that creamy.... this falls near the middle of the style profile of acid vs yeasty, but more elegant

1/2/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

Just slightly disappointed....Not as familiar with Sweetwater compared to the other single vineyard pinots from Rochioli. That being said, big wine, oak still showing thru, not fruity in the CA pinot style, good acidity with grilled pork loin. Enjoyable short of "knock your socks off" which several of the other pinots do

1/2/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

It has held up well, for a 9 y/o Sonoma cab. Fruit still there, but fading faster than the tannins. Good acidity to go with steak and burgers.

1/2/2016 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

This is a spectacular wine! In the course of a week we had 04 Cepp, Fontalloro, and Solengo. This was the most elegant and still kinda dirty? Smoothe in the mouth, balanced, and ready, but still has some years left, maybe close to its peak. Fruit, acid went with food; not to get carried away......

12/28/2015 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

This is a wine that is between the very yeasty style and the more austere high acidity style. Nice balance Great in a mag

12/28/2015 - drwinenut wrote:

Young, juicy, what one would expect from a 10 barbaresco. Tasted really good with braised short ribs

12/28/2015 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

young and still pretty tight. good cab notes in an Italian styled wine

12/28/2015 - drwinenut Likes this wine:

well balanced, still juicy, but starting to grow up. integrated flavors with typical Tuscan roughness

12/26/2015 - drwinenut wrote:

A little rough and dirty, but yummy

12/26/2015 - drwinenut wrote:

still young and juicy