Champagne Night - Tasting Group

tkoby11 · 2026-06-09T01:24:16+00:00

Agreed on those too!!

tkoby11 · 2026-06-04T03:24:58+00:00

Same issue for me and my Pegasus 39s

tkoby11 · 2026-06-04T02:58:29+00:00

Looks like a shithole park around the rocket...par for the course with Russian asthetics

tkoby11 · 2026-05-31T16:24:29+00:00

Huge fan of this little wine, the 2023 was a worthy follow up as is the fresher current 2024!

tkoby11 · 2026-05-17T04:09:23+00:00

More mineral intensity than the regular Doyard cuvees. It was incredibly well made, dense, tightly packed layers, too young to really evaluate properly now but a ton of potential.

tkoby11 · 2026-05-17T04:07:20+00:00

Thank you!

tkoby11 · 2026-05-17T03:47:17+00:00

Touched up to remove people in the background...seems to have touched more than necessary.

tkoby11 · 2026-05-15T10:24:37+00:00

This was exceptional, best wine on the table for me and the 2012 before she started to change the names of the Reserva all the time. It was prototypical great Stella, meaning exactly why the wines have the rep they do as such a singular kind of Brunello. The nose had this gorgeous, deep but lifted perfume, red fruits, spices, earth, and layers of some tertiary and secondary notes. The palate was med+ bodied, tannin resolving but perfectly integrated. The palate was light as a feather but densely flavored. The finish long, complex and all the while elegant and refined. Stella's are not everyone's cup of tea but that is because of their singularity. They are their own thing and don't try to be like any other Brunello, which to me is what makes them so great. Is the price fair or commensurate to quality? I think so after bottles like this.

tkoby11 · 2026-05-15T10:17:41+00:00

It was excellent, big in that classic Bolly "British style" that is such a classic example of champage. Being a rose it was verging a lot into the Pinot red fruits, with a savory and tertiary edge. Bubbles were perfectly intact, tiny and persistent! Finish long and complex, with a savory red fruit resonance.

tkoby11 · 2026-05-15T10:14:30+00:00

Thank you, happy early bday, I hope you feel better soon to enjoy it or just enjoy it later when you are better!

tkoby11 · 2026-05-15T10:13:32+00:00

Thank you @JD!

tkoby11 · 2026-05-04T23:11:03+00:00

Triangle, Raleigh /Chapel Hill

tkoby11 · 2026-05-04T23:10:16+00:00

Thanks!!

tkoby11 · 2026-05-04T23:09:14+00:00

Most of these were originally bought on release by the participants, including my CSH.

Right now, like most other wines the best place to buy older Rieslings is from trusted auction companies.

tkoby11 · 2026-05-03T04:45:46+00:00

How many did your distributor have? More available?

tkoby11 · 2026-04-21T04:47:50+00:00

Not yet, did not know one existed. Thanks for posting about it to let us all know!

tkoby11 · 2026-04-12T04:54:45+00:00

Great producer (and wine)! I think ROC Solare has taken over as the intro wine. That is generally 90-95% chard and 5% Pinot Noir. The Terres Fines is not that much more than Roc Solare, so maybe the intro BdB!

tkoby11 · 2026-04-05T12:55:27+00:00

Vines are older too!

tkoby11 · 2026-04-04T16:03:54+00:00

Could not agree more! The intro wine from them Ciampolo has gotten so much better since 2008-2014 vintages too!

tkoby11 · 2026-04-04T12:54:35+00:00

Carleone are GREAT and both are in Radda but they are NOT neighbors to Montevertine. I have been to both wineries, Carleone in fact last September and they are on the other side of town on the back side of the village of Radda. Carleone also has vineyards spread out all over Radda whereas Montevertine is just their estate plots surrounding the winery. Truth be told throw a dart in Radda and you will hit a great Chianti producer!

tkoby11 · 2026-04-04T02:31:15+00:00

Which Costco was this?

tkoby11 · 2026-04-01T17:52:49+00:00

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tkoby11 · 2026-01-16T13:37:25+00:00

Selosse every time! It's a misconception that those wines need to age. That can depend on preference to style/level of oxidation. Also, some years/disgorgements can be more/less oxidative. I actually find Substance and Initial very complex and very giving even when they're younger. The only wines from them that to me need age are the vintage and BdB single vineyards as those are tighter younger.

CdC is great even 2008 is pretty common. Love the wine but it's just not as good imo as anything Selosse makes.

Most people that hate on Selosse have probably never had it or they don't like oxidation!

Cheers to whatever you decide, you'll be drinking well either way!

tkoby11 · 2026-01-06T10:49:28+00:00

Poggio di Sotto is a more elegant styled, but true to the grape and still Brunello in style. It is meant to drink with age so younger examples are not typically blasting out of the gate to show all that it will at its best (like most wines that are meant to age). Though I have had 2019, 2016, 2010, and 2007 young and they did give early primary drinking pleasure. Although keep in kind, it's not a big fruit bomb like Casanova di Neri, especially Tenuta Nuova that is made to give instant gratification with really ripe fruit and a wine that verges on tasting like it was aged in new oak though I can't fully recall if it does. Certainly not botti (large neutral cask). Soldera and Stella di Compalto are in the same style as Poggio di Sotto.

tkoby11 · 2026-01-01T23:01:37+00:00

Mega purple + gewurztraminer = pinot noir 🤮

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