Recent content by VLM

This wine can be truly spectacular. First time I had it was with SFJoe and have looked for bottles ever since.

I'm having some trouble figuring out this producer. I tried both the Barolo and Barbaresco from 2013 and 2016 young and bought them. I've tried both the 2013s in the past year and they've been pretty tough sledding. I bought but haven't tried any 2020 Brovias yet. Maybe I'll put one in the...

Ha! For sure. What is Luca up to these days? I was just talking about him the other day with a local distributor (former CSW Champagne doyenne Sophie Barrett).

That's interesting context. I'll have to see if I can try some recent wines.

The Barolo line is a direct quote from brother Brézème that has stuck with me.

I'm pretty fond of the old vine CA field blends and I've found that the Bedrock wines are getting brighter and brighter. The 2023s are really superb. I really like the Once & Future wines from Joel Peterson. They evoke a strong sense memory of the early 90s in my lizard brain.

Barolo made in Burgundy, that wine.

Neither was I. Part of the reason I opened it was to gauge whether or not to ship some off to auction. Not now.

Fruitier and silkier than Chevillon. I haven't had Gouges Vaucrains in a long time and I've heard of a dramatic stylistic shift there. The Chezeaux 2019s are fantastic and don't seem to have closed down.

Sorry to hear that, Mark. Plantar fasciitis can be really debilitating. Glad my notes could be helpful. I hope we get to share a bottle sometime soon.

This is great advice. I really like the Chezeaux wines and the Boudots is particularly good. I'm a bit of a late convert, my oldest vintage is 2015.

Well, remember I do buy it wholesale so it was about $125. Not cheap, but not too bad. The 2023 was almost double and is probably my last vintage buying.

It really was insanely good, glad you had a similar experience. Interestingly, it reminds me of the modern golden era of Giacosa in terms of the fruit purity.

It’s been a really challenging year both personally and professionally so it was great to end on an absolute heater with wines. It’s been a long time since I’ve had so many wines show so well right in a row. The Bordeaux on Christmas eve and Burgundies on Christmas day were stunning and the...

Whoa, this made me check my records and the answer is too many. A lot of them were HDH auction purchases from two producers at a significant discount (30-45%) to my wholesale price. To my credit, I did offset those incoming with outgoing sales so my net bottles in the cellar are about even...