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This vintage (2013) of the world famous S&A Cabernet Sauvignon has been the stuff of dreams ever since the 2012 vintage sold out. A few of us still cellar a few bottle of that elixir of the gods and now we can stock up on this one which is every bit as good or better than the last. Color -- Light garnet to ruby, sparkling and clear throughout Viscosity -- Medium to Bold with long legs Nose -- Pepper, black current, dark plum and caramel Taste -- Fruit forward, black current, smoke, pepper & Cassis Acid -- Mild to medium wonderful balance to the fruit Tannins -- Medium Finish -- Big fruit -- long and satisfying Aging -- Drinking now with no aeration, hold 2-5 years Pairing -- Wonderful with any moldy (intended to be moldy cheese) or sharp cheddar. Paired tonight with grass fed organic burgers, Koresh, baby beets and fresh out of the garden (cold frame) greens with Maytag blue crumbles and O&V. Comments: This wine is really special and ready to drink right out of the bottle. It takes no special glassware or treatment to be spectacular. Its fruit forward presence and bright flavors tell me that these ladies really know how to add a few extras to bring out the best in a Cabernet Savignon. I would not be surprised if it had a touch of Zin in the mix. I've already bought a case and if it is still around in November I'll be restocking. For those that like to compare, I tasted this wine with the 2012 which was even better than a yearago, but the 2013 is much more drinkable at an early age than the 2012 and has the potential to grow nicely. the 2012 at this tasting came in much more complex than last year (expected) and the nose and taste brightened (also expected). The flavors and aroma were much more pronounced and easier to detect as the boldness of adolescence set in to this vintage. Look for 2012 and 2013 to only get better with age in the bottle.

Villebois Sancerre 2013

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S & A Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County 2013

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Villebois Pouilly Fume 2013

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Ken Deis Merlot Rutherford Napa Valley 2013

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Scott Peterson ROX Sonoma All Blacks 2012

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Matt Iaconis The Globetrotter Margaret River 2013

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I don't know if Matt Iaconis even likes baseball but his The Globetrotter Margaret River 2013 is getting another one of my baseball metaphors any way -- This wine is over the centerfield fence still climbing as it cleared the wall. I really liked his last Globetrotter Red but this one came off a cut above his first effort and has so much more character than the first it is hard to describe the magnitude of the changes. In a feeble effort, it's bigger, bolder, fruitier and has legs that reach all the way up from the ground. Right out of the bottle the nose seemed a bit astringent, so I poured a glass through my Soiree' and the Nose really opened up in the glass, with a strong presence of black pepper, tobacco, Cassis, and a hint of Blackberry and Raspberry. I really enjoyed reveling in the aroma and smell of this wine for a good long time before my initial taste. On the tip of the tongue the Raspberry and pepper presented first with a bold fruitiness that almost came off as sweet (no sweet, just big fruit). As I let the wine slid to the sides of the tongue it picked up medium acidity that gave the fruit a great balance (kept the wine from being sweet). The swallow left nice bright light tannins on the back of the tongue and the finish in the nasal passages carried the Raspberry and Cassis. This wine has one of the longer more pleasant finishes I've found. I decided to be bold tonight and paired this wine with Grill Roasted Chicken, Green Beans (fresh from the garden), Romaine and Tomato Salad and watermelon slices. I thought this might be a risk, but I was very wrong, and the wine really brought out the herbs and salt on the chicken that grilling and roasting (covered grill 425) in a preheated cast iron skillet) bring forward. The chicken did little to change the flavor of the wine and in fact, this wine was the star of the meal (okay - evening as well) I am buying more of this wine before it is gone and I really believe that it may well have a good 10 years of life left in it, although I will never know as a case won't last that long in my cellar. My usual observation that I've never met a Matt Iaconis applies to this one as well. Matt's ability to nurse the absolute best out of a bunch of grapes can not be challenged. Another great wine Matt!!

Randall Grahm The Sisters White Wine Central Coast 2013

$18.49

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This is not a wine for sweet wine drinkers and the fact that it is 45% Riesling should not make you think otherwise. For those that really like a dry Riesling made in the German style this is a must have wine. I find this wine remarkable in many different ways. First it has an effervescence when first poured and a first taste that just screams "Champaign". next it has such a unique flavor profile that just makes it fun to drink with the Albarino just hiding the Riesling and visa versa. It is a teaser. Lastly it has a freshness that makes it perfect with lightly prepared seafood. A wine for good greasy old fashioned fish and chips it's not, but as I paired it with seared Scallops cooked on the medium rare side it is perfect, and in my minds eye I can taste it with crab stuffed dover sole or poached flounder. It makes my mouth water just thinking about the great pairing options for this whimsical light wine. The initial nose was almost Hard Ciderish, with lots of green apple and touch of green pear. The initial taste carries the apples and a tiny bit of Gooseberry. This wine begs to be chilled down before opening. I kept in Cellared at 55 degrees and after the first taste I put in a chiller to get in in the mid 40s. It was perfect. As the wine sits in the glass a while the pear rises up in the nose, but never appears on the tongue. The acids on the side of the tongue are solid and balance the fruit to keep the wine crisp even as it warms in the glass. The swallow warms the throat and nostrils with the same great warmth of a sparkling wine. I would love this wine with a good 60% cocoa chocolate dipped Strawberry or a rich strong hard cheese as an appetizer or after a meal. Randall Grahm has really out done himself (again) with this wine. Every one of his wines I try is a new an unique experience and this was no exception. Just when I start to get cocky and think I have his style figured out he tosses me another curve and I am humbled by his creativity and my lack of ability to anticipate what he'll do next. That's what makes me one of his biggest fans. Randall --great job!!

Dominic Hentall Chardonnay Argentina 2013

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Lestonnat Bordeaux Superieur 2012

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June 22, 2014 Lestonnat Bordeaux Superieur 2012 Joost Villebois really outdid himself with this wine. It is very complicated and really required a whole evening for me to be able to get my arms around how to write this review. First off it is really young so if you try it right out of the bottle you will miss this wine at it?s best. At $13.99 a bottle I am buying a case and burying it in the back of my cellar not to see the light of day for at least a year and probably two. By then it will have developed some of it?s potential complexity. For right now if you want to skip right to what it will be like (without the complexity) in two years, pour it into a flat bottomed decanter and forget it for two hours at least. It will open up for you nicely by then. If you are into the development of this wine splash a little in a big Cabernet Bowl and taste it right out of the bottle, then decant it and taste it several time during the two hour wait. In point of fact this wine?s so young and I am so impatient, that I actually aerated it with my Soiree right into the decanter to speed the process up. So here goes with the review. This wine has a relatively low alcohol content and 12.5% for a big red wine, but this is one of the most interesting thing about Bordeaux wines. The French have a way of blending and fermenting Bordeaux so that they focus on the flavor and viscosity rather than the buzz and they make a really drinkable wine that you can actually drink a fair amount of without losing your edge. I frankly like that. This wine is a great example of why Bordeaux hold it popularity, and when it matures a bit it will be big, bold and full of flavor with little or no aeration. The nose right out of the bottle brought coffee, smoke, aged tobacco and Cassis notes. The viscosity of this wine amazed me as young as it is. A swirl of the glass produced legs down the sides that stood up for ten minutes and still had not fully subsided. That is a big as any Naked Wine I?ve tasted. The initial taste on the tip of the tongue presented coffee and smoke and little fruit together with surprising tannins. At half an hour of air the fruit started to blossom and I got a little Cassis, tart plum, and the tannins had subsided on the tip of the tongue. At an hour a hint of Vanilla started to show through in both the nose and the taste on the tip of the tongue. If that?s not confusing enough, the nose presented a faint worcestershire essence (a first for me) The tannins on the tip of the tongue are now gone and all I sensed was a smooth acidity. At two hours I started the full tasting . The nose still had smoke and coffee blended with French Vanilla (really creamy and rich) with fruit coming to the front. The initial taste to the tip of the tongue produced stone fruit (plums and prunes) blended into an vanilla Americano that really pleased me. In fact I gulped the first sip and rinsed my mouth so I could do it again just to check. Same result and when slipped to the side of the tongue the acidity rose up to produce a wonderful balance a tart and fruit. The swallow produced medium tannins (as opposed to really prominent on the initial taste out of the bottle) that left a very pleasing sense of astringency on the tongue and in the throat. The waft to the nostrils carried the vanilla americano forward and the finish was long and very satisfying. I paired this wine with a Thyme, freshly ground Sea Salt, and fine black pepper rubbed two inch Filet Mignon charr grilled to rare/medium rare. I added crispy grilled Brussel Sprouts, fresh cantaloupe wedges and a salad of freshly picked Deers tongue and Speckled Trout greens with slivered Kohlrabi and spicy radishes. This is a classic pairing for a Bordeaux and it didn?t disappoint. With the wine opening up it really brought out the earthiness of the meat, the charr on the brussel sprouts. The rare meat quenched a bit of the acidity and brought out the great blend of the Cab and Merlot Joost sought to achieve with this reverse blend Bordeaux (more Merlot, less Cab). I did finish the meal with a glass of Jim Olsen?s Dessert Wine which has been decanted (stoppered) for almost four months (still holding) and it was a perfect finish to this great meal and wonderful wine. This is one of the more complicated wines Naked Wine has offered. It?s potential seems to me to be beyond limit and I really believe that this may well be a Vin de Garde that could hold for decades and only get better over time. Joost produced a stupendous wine that with proper care can be consumed right now and enjoyed but has the foundation to stand the test of time and become a truly Superior Bordeaux (as the label states) . If you like Bordeaux and I really do, this is a ?Case Purchase? wine? even if you need to buy a second wine cellar in order to store it properly. I certainly would not hold this wine at summer room temperatures if you plan to hold it for the long haul. It deserves to be treated as an honored guest in the cellar. While very different wines with very different care requirements, this wine and Ken Deis ?Sneak Peak? Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 have risen to the top of my ?Big Wine? favorites list. Joost -- this will be a really tough act to follow, but I look forward to seeing you try.

F. Stephen Millier Angel's Reserve Merlot Lodi 2013

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Poor Robert

Archangel • Joined: 23 November 2013

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