No kidding…16 bottles in the entire country?
Yeah, the silky texture is so seductive. I’ve always wanted to try Hillside Select. Not had 1.5 either, but there are plenty around. There is one bottle of the ’05 locally, and I just might have to buy it. I’ve had Shafer Relentless (80% syrah) it was nice but I prefer cabs. The merlot is nice, too (they are known for their merlot).

So I bought a couple of bottles of the ’07 CdP Vieux Telegraphe (375 ml). Now I have a total of 3 of these small bottles. I’ll save one for you. There are plenty of ’08s still around here. Wine Library’s price is excellent, but may hold off on this. I also bought the ’07 Cuvee Du Vatican. Now I am only 20 bottles behind you. 🙂

Third weekend wine tasted

So the color is in between deep red and brick red, aha an older wine. The scent is first off very jammy, blackberry, cherries, raspberry, then there is some thyme, a bit of dried ham and a pinch of herbs. maybe some bay leaf too.

The taste is initially slightly sour but fresh, lots of raspberry and cherry lemonade with a dry feel. Mid palate is nice small but firm tannins with a bit of leather and white pepper. Back end bring back the acid/sour thing with cherry marmalade, more herbs and pepper and lingers nice. Hey that is that bay leaf again. Savoury feel, slightly dry all the way but silky smooth. another 92 .The Wine: Chapoutier Monier de la Sizeranne 1996

Had it with tenderloin of pork and creamed root vegetable

What do you think of Cdp blanc, or Rhone whites in overall? I’ve had the ’07 vieux telegraphe CdP blanc ($57) was good but not great… not worth the price in my opinion. I had the Calliou rhone blanc yesterday at a tasting.. pretty good.

Look where Trouty is right now:

http://www.google.com/search?q=oia+santorini&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=1qd&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=M68HTp2CJZCisQPYzpzHDQ&ved=0CCsQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=642

Santorini winery tour… Lucky boy! So beautiful and romantic. 🙂 Check out his DG post.

WOW

Reading an article on off dry whites yesterday made me wonder if I should give white zin (or white merlot for that matter), another chance? Or if the potential is there for truly good white zin if the right maker comes along and takes it seriously and doesn’t go the sutter home route. Or maybe it’s already there and I don’t know it.
Off dry whites are not only accepted by most the wine community, there’s a lot of great ones. Vouvray, Riesling’s- particulary German, etc.
Reds too to a lesser extent. A lot of Ports and Banyuls even are sweet or off dry, but not cloyingly dessert sweet like ice wine, beerenauslese’s, Sauternes, Tokaji’s, etc.
Dry rose’s get love, whether from Provence, Italy, Spain and the U.S. etc. Rose sparkling is regarded as one of the most versatile food pairing wines out there. Demi-Sec rose is cool to most – when it’s sparkling.
What about off dry rose? Rose d’Anjou out of Loire was widely accepted and drank copiously by my clientele at a french restaurant I worked at. I brought in an off dry servadou rose from southwest France and enjoyed drinking it.
I wonder now if I would have enjoyed it if that wine was white zin and not an oddball servadou?
The article got me to thinking a bit and made me wonder if I am a bit of a hypocrite or a bit of a wine snob?
Perhaps because there’s no way I’m going to go out and buy a white zin today. I would love however to hear about a white zin being really great and of really high quality. Just because it would be so unexpected in the wine community if nothing else.
Maybe if someone starts doing a totally dry white zin and going from there it would start to gain some respect?
But like I said, perhaps I am a bit of a snob because I’m not sure I would even want to stand in line at a wine store right now with a bottle of white zin in my hand 🙂

I think he already did 🙂 His picture kind of out of focus 🙂
http://twitpic.com/5gpch1

ROFWL, you gotta be kidding 😀

now that there’s funny…

Hilarious!!!

haven’t watched 1001 nor 1002 on GP.

general principle Lisa

I wonder how many of these lost or originally intended for WLTV episodes are left, if any?

I have got a couple days of catching up to do! 🙁

Sorry I have been away, the computer caught a “Cold” but we are all good now! 🙂

TTF
Nostrovia!

Good to have you back !!! Now if we can only get Dominus, and A few of the other TTF people back posting all will be good. 😉

Great question …. My guess is about 5-7 were canned early on. 😉

1999 Dolce Late Harvest Wine ……

On the nose Apricot and Honey for Days, loved it. On the plate the wine is exactly what the nose put forth with a touch of honey dew melon and ripe bartlett pear. Soft, sweet, luscious with a touch of acidity. The finish is moderate in length but with a tingle that begs you for another pour.

92-93 pts

TTF … rock on.

It’s the sugar that keeps us mesmerized

🙂 Oops.
Okay, if it wasn’t for you, I would be VERY lonely here! You’ve been good company over the wknd with stellar wine reviews and fun chat about CdP.. Hey, I’m tempted to purchase more of the ’07 vieux telegraphe. 🙂 What do you think?

I apologize my friends for not posting. I have been reading all of the posts. I’m back but off to Dr in an hour or so. Woke up really dizzy this morning though it has subsided quite a bit but need to get it checked it out. Just thinking it may be dehydration or some bug. It can’t be bad wine right? 🙂

Cheers to #1002!

Federer just lost!!! Geez though I like Tsonga so not too bad.

Welcome back NWID. You need to buy a Mac. They are “cold free.” 😉

🙂 Actually the list was outdated.. When I arrived there were only 3 or 4 varieties of CdP 2007s available. I think I’m set. If you want an addit, small bottle of 07 vieux telegraphe.. I’ll see if there is any left. Or a large bottle of ’08.. Just let me know. 🙂 Budget? What budget? I really should learn to drink cheap wine. 😉

Yes, I’ve been drinking lots today and I mean “water and Gatorade” and not Diet Coke. 🙂

I may have to curtail my vino tonight to only one glass. My friend Steve is coming over but no tennis per Dr’s orders so we’ll just chill out on the deck.

No stroke, took blood work so we’ll see if anything is amiss. Very weird though.

Thanks for your advice. I’m back!

Cheers!

Seriously? I wasn’t going to say anything but you guys are just too much. Oh cry me a river for heaven’s sake. The Dominus dinner was three weeks ago!! I had almost as much wine as Tennispro and I feel fine. (granted the ’82 bordeaux would have required an addit day to recover, but come on). We’re not that old, are we? Umm…TP is a weee bit older than moi, but still….

about time Dan!

Jeez, a guy copies and pastes some “like” and “edit” button requests and he almost forgets all about the TTF’s!