nice and tight gary loved it. so close to 1000 And super excited about TYE coming out super soon!

QOD:Last year in the the x-mas secret pack you included a Cote d’Rhone Hated it!

QOTD: Happens more often than I’d like to admit (or care to recall)

Wow! I would be pissed! Neither J. Woodbridge, nor Phillipe Melka are any slouches… it happens… hang in there.

Gary- biggest difference? I loved the Creta Roble from ep. 730. You scored it in the 50s.

I was asking a similar question re: e-mails not showing up. You are not alone.

From what I can remember those were not bad. We started early with them so I do remember that two out of the three did not seem to have many Pinot like characteristics. However they were still good, interesting smoky flavors I was not used to tasting in many Pinots I have tried.

I loved Havens, for years, and years (the reg Merlot, but also, Syrah) and called it my #1 $20 Merlot. For years. But I also had that happen w/ Bourriquot, one year. I take solace in that the blending, just for starters, may be dramatically different, yearly, so wrote it off as just that vintage. I’d seen that a great deal w/ stuff like Isoceles, which peeps creamed for, no matter what, and sometimes, it’s just… wine.

I hate to mention ANY names, in a derisional sense, but it can, and does happen, to ANYBODY. It’s really tough when it’s high end stuff. I’d had, ya know, faulty bottles of really high end wines returned, and it is not questionable -there are faulty bottles out there. Stand by the customer, and their satisfaction, and any good distributor must stand behind you , and back that up. But when my opinion of a wine doesn’t match what the conventional wisdom, and pro ratings is, there is, of course, a need, to take a back seat to what the public wants. when ’02 Beaux Freres got it’s score, and top 100 listing at #25, I thought it was pretty good, if not a little high of the mark in price. Happily, the dist. made available, a big discount, on the much lower rated previous vintage, which was, neither, in any way outstanding, but I was able to offer something from a very highly demanded producer, at a much fairer price than an (inflated) market value.

Good show. love Pinot Noirs, or should say refound my love for them about a month ago – seeking them out often now.
QotD: Bryon Pinot Noir – considered pretty good for low end, while I found it yuck. Also, I like Niagara wine, which most people never heard of or hate if they had it before. go figure.

Great show . . . would love to see you review another old world Pinot, the Lucien Muzard Santenay les Champs Claude Vieilles Vignes (2007). I disliked old world and really disliked Pinot until this wine . . . it opened an entire world for me. And people will still laugh but the nose was like the smell of clutch and brake dust at a NASCAR race for me, and I LOVED IT!!!

QOTD: As a local wine lover in Virginia, I’m going to get punished for saying this. Virginia Norton, nearly every one I’ve had has so under impressed me. Boring!!!!!!

Oops, spelled it phonetically. Wrong. Saintayme. Still don’t like it 😉

disappointed with 2005 haut bergey rouge.parker gave it a 90.but in 2008 i found it flawed. bought it again two years later and had the same reaction. had several young 05 reds from graves and pessac from lesser known vineyards that were stunning.

I hate, hate, hate, pretty much anything from Martinelli and Marcassin that has come my way. All of the local character ripened out. Hot, big and clumsy.The Helen Turly influence is bad for California. Critics seem to love these wines. I just don’t understand why.
Meanwhile, Littorai, who make some of the most exquisite Pinot Noirs anywhere, seem to get luke warm reviews from Mr Parker

some 04 casa marin sauvignon blanc you gave a 94,while not undrinkable, was very unusual and perhaps best suited to accompany very spicy mexican food but nothing else.this one was almost painful with its powerful finish.to each his own.this was many years ago.

07 Castello d’Albola 90pts WS, me 88

Brown bags are the best shows, keep’em coming.

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Well, there was a Zindfandel from a nice gentleman you had on the program about 2 years ago. Don’t want to say the name but you waxed poetic and I bought 3 bottles and hated every one of them.

I have always hated Heitz especially the Fay which tastes like mints to me.

QOTD – 2004 Vitanza Brunello di Montalcino. I hated it. It was only my second brunello and the first one I loved. This one I hated. Wouldn’t buy it ever again.

Always love the brown bags and pinots, good work.

QOTD: Nothing comes to mind recently, but we did have an off bottle of 89 Beaucastel at our Gem tasting before Christmas which was disappointing, but flawed so…

http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=401039

GV 95
LP 72

agreed. i buy almost everything else that they make. hundred acre has satisfied a big young cali crave (when i crave). they dont age worth a damn, but they sure are good young!!! too bad the SB was so bad. i have blinded many people with far better palates than mine who thought it was one of the worst wines that they had ever had…im inclined to agree

looks like there is some serious bottle variation

QOTD: This one is easy. I bought the 2004 Hartig Family Estate Napa Cab based on a 90pt GV review. (He even created a video just about it.) Boy was it bad. (And I made the mistake of planning dinner around it. 🙂 It sounds like there might be some bottle variation based on the wide range of CellarTracker scores (69-91), but it was an eye-opener for me about how much opinions can vary!