Recent content by drssouth

What wines would you consider to have " smoky" characteristics?

Great quote "real live human and from people on Cellartracker" apparently CellarTracker is the app of choice for zombie wine drinkers

i I only live and hour away but I have a totally full cellar and never bought a lot from Noel. I will miss them. I also got news today that Selecton Massale is going away as well Last week Cow Girl Creamery sold out as well. dAMN

last year we did 78/89/90/94/98 and 2001 at a sitting...very nice

Got some Gonin...thanks for the holding time advice...

My Mom Says 'MARVY"....haven't seen it in writing before!!

1999 Chateau Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape..alc 13.5%....decanted 2 hrs..a bit of clearly at the edges/loss of color....welcoming nose.....no brett....the palate is multilayered and still on the younger side....really showing very well with Braised lamb Shanks and Parmesan Risotto... before...

1999 Prager Riesling durnstein smaragd Kaiserberg Riesling wachau, alc 13%....nicely mature with a very gentle sweetness...no petrol...great texture. Wonderful with seafood laksa

Twin peaks. Gold edition. Awesome

Alc14%... From the recently defunct Premier Cru. Easily the best young Beaucastel I have had in many years. Meat, blood, leather, iron, garrigue...all the good things that good CndP can offer... Remarkably good already. Great promise

alc 13.5%... has become more focused and mineral driven...at a nice place

they have 5000 bottles of wine but 1. zero Chardonnay from any country 2. zero Pinot Noir from any country (exceptions are 400 bottles of Champagne) 3. zero Cabernet 4. Ton of Alsatian whites, one producer only 5. lots of old (70's) German Riesling 6. a fair amount of Piedmont reds Very focused??

Typically I associate white wine with Asian food. Friends are inviting us out and I am to bring the Red wine. They don't like Pinot Noir. I'm thinking perhaps Spanish with Grenache,. Any thoughts? I have pretty much any type of red wine one might consider

often hard as nails for much longer than I would prefer