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Red

2015 Goodfellow Family Cellars Syrah Reserve Deux Vert

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4/21/2024 - MrOctoberfest Likes this wine: NR

Syrah has been hitting all the right notes for me as of late, and this unusual example was a joy to drink. Impressive, not only because it is so delicious, but because Marcus was able to attain 13.8% alcohol despite harvesting at 19 Brix (EDIT: 21.3 Brix. See comments for more info)

Very floral on the nose and delicate on the palate, this could easily be mistaken for Pinot. But there is a sinewy element too, and with more time you get some herbal elements that are synonymous with Syrah.

As much as I loved Biggio Hamina’s Deux Verts from the late 2000s, I enjoy this just as much (maybe more?). It’s a damn shame that Oregon Syrah is such a financially suicidal endeavor, because it can be damn good.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    4/22/2024 6:50:00 AM - I would never accuse Marcus of doing such a thing, but IF he did so, it was the right move. The end result is fabulous.
Red

2017 Andremily EABA

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10/3/2023 - MrOctoberfest wrote: NR

I know that a lot of people love this producer, but to me it tastes like a McLaren Vale Ooze Monster. Tons of heat and ripe fruits with zero finesse. Not my cup of tea, and joining the list was, for me, a very expensive misstep.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    3/14/2024 8:57:00 PM - Tasted immediately, several hours later and the following evening. While the wine showed slightly different flavors over that timeframe, it remained fundamentally the same wine.

    Some people will love this kind of wine, and I am just not one of them. Certainly doesn’t mean I’m right and they are wrong, but if you love Hermitage and dislike Australian Shiraz, I would avoid this producer.
Red

2011 Cappellano Barolo Piè Rupestris Otin Fiorin (Gabutti)

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6/28/2019 - Rolle27 Likes this wine: 96 points

Brilliant nebbiolo from a magical winemaker. This is what good and mature Barolo is all about. Ready to enjoy and will probably stay strong for another 4-5 yrs. Everybody deserves to taste a wine like this to get a solid referencepoint for when a wine is at its peak. The nose was full of roses and little lovely mint flirt. The palate had it all - dark sweet berries, earthy, truffled aromas ..... when nebbiolo goes into its secondary (mature) stage the flavours just go on forever. I really loved this wine. Just came home ten days ago from a 4 days trip to barolo - with a lot of 2015 tasting in the belt. Nothing came close to this one. I do like young barolo, but everytime I find a wine in its prime, it lifts the experience to a completely different level. I feel extremely lucky, that I have a solid portfolio of Cappellano from 2010 and 2013 in the cellar. Feels like heaven is waiting for me. Btw - 2014 is actually not my fav barolo year, but even in this vintage Cappellano made fantastic barolos. It is like years doesn´t matter to Augusto, he is a true magician.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    7/20/2019 2:37:00 PM - This Barolo will outlive you if properly stored. It won’t even hit it's stride until 2025. Drinking this wine over the next 4-5 years is a travesty. This isn’t mature, it isn’t even out of it’s infancy.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    7/20/2019 6:14:00 PM - Cappellano, Cavallotto, Roagna, and other wines you have commented on are traditional wines that need decades and not years to reach their potential. You present yourself as an authority on the region, and yet your entire tasting history on CT involves Baroli >2007. You have no idea what these wines are capable of.

    Should anyone else stumble on your review, I want them to understand that that your opinion is completely at odds with everyone with extensive experience with Nebbiolo.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    3/6/2024 5:51:00 PM - I had this wine last Saturday, and I just wanted to chime in and remind you that I was right and you were dead wrong. This wine might be approaching maturity, but is still not there.

    Since you haven’t posted a review since 2020, I’m guessing that you didn’t survive Covid. Good riddance.

    Everyone else, don’t drink a legendary Barolo producer at 7 years of age and call it fully mature, even in a year like 2011.
Red

2018 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvée Tardive

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11/23/2023 - Montesquieu wrote: 89 points

My rating today is a full 5 point below my last one. What changed the most? Bottle, food, or me? Not sure. Had this with Blackberry Farm Thanksgiving turkey, and it just didn't pair well. Too much bright cherry, whereas I prefer my Bojo earthier. The white Burgundy before shot the moon for its price. I have a few more bottles and will try to dial my average rating.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    11/28/2023 3:40:00 PM - Appreciate your introspection as to why this bottle didn’t wow you. Also, if you were hoping to impress someone with your turkey choice, then mission accomplished.😀
Red

2021 Patricia Green Cellars Pinot Noir Freedom Hill Vineyard

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11/9/2023 - MrOctoberfest Likes this wine: NR

My first Patty Green in almost 7 years. Extremely young but also very promising. Decanting helped a great deal at this age. Will buy more if it appears on WTSO again

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    11/16/2023 5:32:00 PM - Chehlam Mountain might still be available too on WTSO. Also a fantastic value, and tasted great right off the truck.
Red

2020 Mickaël Bourg Cornas Les P'tits Bouts

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10/20/2023 - ricard Likes this wine: 94 points

Very dark, almost violet. Absolutely obscene nose of sweaty horse and venison. Blood and leather. Gamey and rustic and smoky. Woodsmoke and forest and small furry mammals scurrying about in damp earth. Bloody marvellous.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    11/15/2023 5:13:00 PM - Davy! I love to hear you chime in. Hope all is well with you, sir!
Red

2017 Andremily EABA

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2/23/2023 - MrOctoberfest wrote: 77 points

Brought this to a tasting. Once I had the chance to taste this alongside other wines, the "shortcomings" in this wine became painfully obvious. Extremely over-ripe, over extracted, flabby and the alcohol presents as higher than the 15.x listed on the label. Very few wines will compare favorably to JL Chave, but the 1998 Hermitage served alongside this wine showed what an absolute freak show the EABA was.

Edited to remove references to women less attractive than Grace Kelly.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    10/10/2023 8:48:00 PM - You are correct that it is not a fair comparison. That is why I offered my disclaimer that few wines will ever compare favorably to Chave. The lone examples of 1961 Latour and 1947 Cheval Blanc I’ve had were great, but can’t compete with the 1990 Chave I had in 2018.

    I had a 1995 Chave in 2002, and while it was unresolved, it was fantastic and showed incredible promise. I had the 1995 Cathelin in 2021 and it was amazing (although not worth $10k). I never had the 1998 in its youth.

    What all of those wines had, and which no bottle of Andremily has ever shown, was finesse & balance & class.

    If you are interested, I do have a dozen bottles of Andremily for sale. Full disclosure, they will always suck.
Red

2020 Domaine Jean-Jacques Girard Corton-Clos du Roi

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5/16/2023 - Hickey987 Likes this wine: 86 points

Taste good right after opening. Decanted for an hour after tasting. Light red fruit, smooth easy taste all the way through. Only complaint is it’s a little boring.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    10/3/2023 5:41:00 PM - I’m blocking this idiot. Everyone who reads this would benefit from doing the same.
Red

2019 Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py

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6/29/2023 - MrOctoberfest Does not like this wine: flawed

This was the stinkiest and most reductive wine I’d ever encountered upon opening, but there is an incredible wine lurking underneath.

EDIT:
Oops, I was very wrong on this one. It had the potential to be good, but with an additional 2 hours of air, this was so mousy that I assumed that Didier Barral was the winemaker. As JVIZ points out, this wine gets minimal SO2, and the off flavors prove it. I’ve complained about this endlessly, but not sulfuring your wines is as careless as not using Diam corks.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    6/29/2023 7:19:00 PM - You. Sir, are 1000% correct! See my amended notes, and your prize is two bottles of 2019 Morgan Cote de Puy😜

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    6/29/2023 8:30:00 PM - much appreciated Mr Viz!
White

2019 de Négoce Chardonnay OG N.207

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2/21/2023 - Colowine Likes this wine: NR

I'm a little surprised by some of the other notes suggesting this has a LOT of, well, anything. It was a very "moderate everything" chard to me. Moderate color, body, mouth feel, fruit, oak, acid, finish. Not super exciting but nothing to complain about either.

Updated with Cam's notes so I can find them: Whether your thing is Sauvignon Blanc or buttery Chardonnay, the beautiful texture and seamless perfection here will have broad appeal (just don't drink it ice cold - 55-60 degrees is perfect). Honeysuckle and hazelnut are perfectly-pitched against lemon curd, spicy apple pie and honey-poached Bosch pear in a beautifully delineated and precise bouquet with a nice white pepper perfume. Smooth and seamless on entry but vibrant with juicy citrus and orchard fruit perfectly rendered over lip-smacking mineral and wet river rock. Beautifully-textured, this wine glides across your palate dripping precisely-attenuated fruit into a river of mineral meringue, a whisp of vanilla and white pepper. Touch more richness and depth on the mid-palate than the 2018. Long and pure and chock-full of equal parts creamy, blossomy succulence and nervy tension, this classic Burgundian-style Chardonnay will absolutely knock your socks off. 100% barrel-fermented, 21% new French oak 100% Chardonnay 13.4% alc.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    6/6/2023 4:40:00 PM - Cissy: Was definitely not trolling. I’ve updated my review to reflect a better showing from this wine, but the bottle I had in January tasted like PineSol.
Red

2014 Josef Walter Hundsrück Spätburgunder "J"

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5/9/2023 - lucagiupponi Likes this wine: NR

Sitting down with one of my best friends for an overdue, long, intimate conversation. We dreamed, grieved, laughed, sat in silence. Wonderful, simple food. This wine stood up to all that. Even more so, it called our attention to itself over and over the course of the meal. Not in a loud, brash way, but quietly and intensely. This is a remarkable bottle and one that is strengthening my resolve to seek out more Spätburgunders.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    5/9/2023 7:50:00 PM - Fantastic note! Can I please borrow you or your friend when I open one of my two bottles :)
Red

2018 Coudert Fleurie Clos de la Roilette Cuvée Tardive

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3/1/2023 - Neecies Likes this wine: NR

Not a fan of this ripe vintage. Didn't decant but found the wine too unctious and fleshy for current drinking. Will hold remaining bottles in hopes that secondary evolution will bring some relief.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    3/1/2023 8:19:00 PM - Parker automatically rates unctuous wines a 95 minimum! Spot on review though. ;)
Red

2017 Christophe Billon Côte-Rôtie Les Elotins

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4/3/2022 - Hickey987 wrote: 79 points

Lots of flavor right up front. Don’t love it. Taste licorice and spice. Got better on the 2nd glass but still not my favorite.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    2/10/2023 3:05:00 PM - "Tasted like a syrah. Hated it."
Red

2014 Jean Bourdy Côtes du Jura Rouge

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10/11/2022 - MrOctoberfest Does not like this wine: NR

This is a putrid stew of bacteria, hatred and incompetence. Tastes like how your xenophobic uncle sounds at Thanksgiving but with even more repulsive flavors. I think this wine might actually be racist.

It smells like dirty feet and tastes about the same. There is plenty of brett in the form of mousiness in the finish.

The biggest question for me is, does this wine suck so bad because it is “natural” or because it is a Jura red? It’s hard for me to say, as I’ve never had an example of either that didn’t taste like feces.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    10/12/2022 5:46:00 AM - Trust me, it is a dead ringer for the other 5 bottles I’ve had of this wine. No numerical score was given.
Red

2018 Andremily Syrah No. 7

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6/9/2022 - csimm wrote: flawed

Party with some 100 pointers: Aromas of blueberry feta cheese water topped with pickled chocolate syrup and sheepdog left outside in a hurricane. On the palate, gross.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    6/10/2022 3:04:00 PM - Is there a difference between a sheepdog in a hurricane and a sheepdog in a regular old thunderstorm? Great review, and I hope it was an off bottle.
Rosé

2019 Clos Cibonne Tibouren Côtes de Provence Cuvée Tradition Rosé Cru Classé

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5/18/2022 - MrOctoberfest Likes this wine: NR

One of the best labels in the game. Maybe THE best since Henri Gallet’s children retired his Cote Rotie label a few years back.

The actual wine is spectacular too. Copper/Salmon color with flowers, fruits and spices in abundance. Perfect accompaniment to a warm spring evening surrounded by lilac bushes in full bloom. With apologies to LdH and Tempier, this might be the Platonic ideal of what a rosè should look and taste like.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    5/19/2022 4:30:00 AM - I’d make that trade too. Now we just have to find a sucker with a bunch of LdH.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    5/28/2022 10:47:00 AM - LdH is Lopez de Heredia, and more specifically their Tondonia Gran Reserva Rosado. Wonderful and unique wine, but also retails for 3-5 times the cost of this Cibonne.
Red

2018 Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Prieur

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11/2/2020 - jigones wrote: 89 points

Drinkable. Some fruit, but overall a bad effort by a great winemaker. For the price, spend money elsewhere.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    5/19/2022 5:06:00 AM - I’ll be sure to spend my money on other producers in that ocean of sub $30 single vineyard Gevrey out there.
Red

2019 Sabelli-Frisch Syrah Harris Knowles Vineyard

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5/15/2022 - S-F wrote: NR

Slightly uncouth to talk about your own wines, but had my 2019 Syrah tonight. Made no secret about that I thought I'd slightly over-oaked it on release. New cooper, new toast - I was finding my way - even with only 6 months on new oak, it really took to it. Went lighter on the subsequent vintages.

But tonight, 3 years later, after a decant, it was in a really nice spot. Lots of nutmeg notes, the oak almost fully integrated by now. Very elegant and mouth coating. Will last many more years, but certainly in a drinkable window from now.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    5/19/2022 4:35:00 AM - Thanks Adam! I appreciate your unflinching honesty and I look forward to drinking this wine in a few years.
White

2019 Goodfellow Family Cellars Chardonnay Whistling Ridge Vineyard

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3/13/2022 - ptaylor2112 Likes this wine: 91 points

Drank on 3/10 with a languid dinner of cheeses and cured meats.

IMURHUCKLEBERRY's description of the nose, a "waxy citrusy can't-quite-place-what-I'm-smelling-but-I-dig-it" is right on.

I did not decant, however, which was a mistake. The nose was still great and the mouth feel was medium for my palate. The midpalate was the star, with an oily-in-a-nice-way texture. It took a couple hours for the acid to come out, which caused the (low) alcohol to come through a bit on the finish.

Once the acid arrived, the last 1/3 of the bottle was deliciously well balanced. It was quite nice to enjoy this wine over the course of several hours.

I suggest decanting for 2 hours+ and serving at 55 degrees. Save a glass for the second day if you can.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    3/17/2022 9:00:00 PM - Languid Dinner of Cheeses sounds like the name of a death metal band. Great review, and I’m stealing that phrase.
Red

2018 de Négoce Cabernet Franc OG N.101

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5/6/2021 - MrOctoberfest Likes this wine: NR

Full throttle Cab that tastes more like CS than CF. Don’t look for any Chinon like earthiness because this almost 15% abv monster is all about ripe black and red fruit along with some serious tannins.

That said, it’s well made, tastes good, and serves a purpose. I wanted something for steak with espagnole sauce tonight, but I was hesitant to open any of the Olga Raffault, Baudry, Thierry Germain or (God forbid) Rougeard bottles in my cellar that are much too young and require a little more intellectual firepower than I was prepared to muster this evening. This is a perfect cellar defender that keeps me from doing something stupid like opening a really good bottle before it’s time, and it cost $12/per delivered.

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    9/23/2021 10:47:00 AM - You summarized it perfectly tward. I also bought an additional case today if that helps you pull the trigger on today’s offer.
Red

2004 Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra

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7/9/2021 - ChrisR wrote: NR

Possibly flawed/corked. Sort of musty and funky, overlaying the dim cherry. Featured an astonishing amount of sediment. I was afraid my sink might clog. Even the decanter contained large chunks (and I thought I had been careful sifting out sediment while pouring).

  • Comment posted by MrOctoberfest:

    7/9/2021 8:33:00 PM - What is it with Clerico and sediment? He must grind up the barriques and add it to the bottles.

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