originally posted by lars makie:
Sorry to hear it was not to be. Well, like you said, there's always the porto side of things.
1973 here for me, which means... Not a lot. Sitting on a BV Georges de Latour that will prob get opened next year, though. Other than that, been eyeing the 73 Cappellano Barolo at Chambers St. Any experience with that?
I have not. I didn't think it was that great of a year (pretty much everywhere). If said wine writer is NYC-based, maybe that person and I should go halves on the bottle and share it when I come in for the return of the grievous orange dinner. Either that or arm wrestle for it.originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by lars makie:
Sorry to hear it was not to be. Well, like you said, there's always the porto side of things.
1973 here for me, which means... Not a lot. Sitting on a BV Georges de Latour that will prob get opened next year, though. Other than that, been eyeing the 73 Cappellano Barolo at Chambers St. Any experience with that?
Hmm, you are the second person to ask me about that '73 Cap. It happens that you share a birth year with a talented wine writer. Unfortunately, I can't say much more than that about whether you should get the bottle in question. Except '73 is not a heralded year in the Piemonte. Have you checked Wasserman for info?
originally posted by Mike Klein:
Levi,
Sorry to hear about your '77 Weinert. I had a bottle about 7 years ago that a friend brought back from BA and it was fabulous. But I have heard that this wine was released or perhaps even bottled in various tranches over many years. Perhaps some have held up better than others.
originally posted by lars makie:
I have not. I didn't think it was that great of a year (pretty much everywhere). If said wine writer is NYC-based, maybe that person and I should go halves on the bottle and share it when I come in for the return of the grievous orange dinner. Either that or arm wrestle for it.originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by lars makie:
Sorry to hear it was not to be. Well, like you said, there's always the porto side of things.
1973 here for me, which means... Not a lot. Sitting on a BV Georges de Latour that will prob get opened next year, though. Other than that, been eyeing the 73 Cappellano Barolo at Chambers St. Any experience with that?
Hmm, you are the second person to ask me about that '73 Cap. It happens that you share a birth year with a talented wine writer. Unfortunately, I can't say much more than that about whether you should get the bottle in question. Except '73 is not a heralded year in the Piemonte. Have you checked Wasserman for info?
originally posted by lars makie:
I have not. I didn't think it was that great of a year (pretty much everywhere). If said wine writer is NYC-based, maybe that person and I should go halves on the bottle and share it when I come in for the return of the grievous orange dinner. Either that or arm wrestle for it.originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by lars makie:
Sorry to hear it was not to be. Well, like you said, there's always the porto side of things.
1973 here for me, which means... Not a lot. Sitting on a BV Georges de Latour that will prob get opened next year, though. Other than that, been eyeing the 73 Cappellano Barolo at Chambers St. Any experience with that?
Hmm, you are the second person to ask me about that '73 Cap. It happens that you share a birth year with a talented wine writer. Unfortunately, I can't say much more than that about whether you should get the bottle in question. Except '73 is not a heralded year in the Piemonte. Have you checked Wasserman for info?
Thanks for this info Levi. I'll give a deep, long thought to getting that bottle.originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by lars makie:
I have not. I didn't think it was that great of a year (pretty much everywhere). If said wine writer is NYC-based, maybe that person and I should go halves on the bottle and share it when I come in for the return of the grievous orange dinner. Either that or arm wrestle for it.originally posted by Levi Dalton:
originally posted by lars makie:
Sorry to hear it was not to be. Well, like you said, there's always the porto side of things.
1973 here for me, which means... Not a lot. Sitting on a BV Georges de Latour that will prob get opened next year, though. Other than that, been eyeing the 73 Cappellano Barolo at Chambers St. Any experience with that?
Hmm, you are the second person to ask me about that '73 Cap. It happens that you share a birth year with a talented wine writer. Unfortunately, I can't say much more than that about whether you should get the bottle in question. Except '73 is not a heralded year in the Piemonte. Have you checked Wasserman for info?
Wasserman is pretty discouraging about '73s in general.
He notes that Cappellano's association with the Gabutti vineyard began in 1976.
There is no tasting note available in Wasserman's second edition for '73 Cappellano.
originally posted by Kevin Roberts:
Levi,
As a fellow '77er have you had much luck with anything besides port? I still haven't plunked down for any (77s, port or otherwise) yet and was curious if you've had any successes.
Cheers,
Kevin
originally posted by Josh Beck:
77'sMy last 77 Weinert was about 3-4 years back and was spectacular.
Other than that wine, and Port, the two biggest things seem to be CA Cab and Tuscany. CA Cab can be quite good but there aren't many bargains.
Tuscany is full of bargains but provenance is a total crapshoot.
I picked up most of a case of random bottles of Brunello, Vino Nobile and Chianti a while back for $25-$50 / bottle and am 2/2 on very delightful, if mildly long in the tooth, wines thus far.
I can't imagine a lot of Tuscans beyond perhaps the better Brunello having a lot of youth left, but I'd love to hear if others have experience!
I always have my eyes peeled for Biondi-Santi or Conti Costanti at a liveable price. I've seen the former but too rich for my blood. Have never even seen the latter in 77 but have had some killer 74's and various 80's vintages.