1999 Clos Rougeard Saumur Bréze , Louis/Dressner Imports, price unknown. This Pradeaux rose is only a year old, but already offers a glimpse of what time in the cellar will do. Been so busy lately with work that I just haven't had time to write here. But I want to share some recent "Whoa," wine and food that really knocked me out.

Soon Kristina came to escort me on my VIP tour, which included a tour of the cellars dug out of chalk.  Since the cellar was dug before electricity, there are places for candles. What was most interesting about the cellar is that there are number of bays, each designated to a different grand cru. Mumm in Reims. years.

Always elegant hosts, the Cathiards ended the tasting with a round of Louis Roederer Brut Premier champagne, a tour of the cellar (Daniel takes great pleasure in opening it via remote control), and dinner. It was especially important to pay close attention to the tannins.". Of course, the second wines were delicious too.

Just imagine excavating a space for a winery and finding rocks so large and fascinating you are compelled to change plans and create a "glass cellar" so that visitors (and workers too, of course) can look out from the underground space and see the incredible collection of large rocks that form the basis of your wines!

The Cellar. Corrine Michot gave us an excellent tour of the cellar, both the “old cellar” and the new cellar which is gorgeous and so high tech it even has “skylights” that allow a visitor to look up at the sky through a thin film of water, as the cellar is located below the water table. Secrets of the Cellar.

Obviously I couldn't dig into my cellar at that time, but I merely thought about drinking the 1999 Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes , and honestly I felt a little better. This blog is primarily about learning, my own learning about wine and food, and how they play a part in my life. good wine pairing can help. Don't move!"

Here are five current releases I would cellar for 15 years that will bring a whole lot of bang for much less buck: Domaine Baudry, La Croix Boisée, 2008. And, of course, for the prices Bordeaux futures are fetching, you could get plenty of Bordeaux with a decade or two of cellar age on them. And around $30 a bottle? Under $30. Roda I.

The 2008 was vibrant and pungently mineral with great freshness and a core of energy that bodes well for the cellar. I was lucky to attend a dinner recently at which Levi Dalton poured a large selection of Jean-François Ganevat's wines. Domaine Ganevat is in the Jura, in a town called Rotalier. And indeed it was. Levi Dalton Ganevat Jura

also learned about several producers whose wines I really liked, and would consider buying for my cellar. François Servin brought along a special treat with him, a bottle of his 1999 Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos. The Wine Doctor has a nice page that describes these vineyards, by the way. They are more typical of Chablis." were brothers.

He said that 09 is similar to 1999, and that it is his second favorite vintage behind 1999. This one will definitely have a place in my cellar. Fourrier's importer Neal Rosenthal organized the event. Equally instructive is tasting the same wines from 2008 and 2009. He said that there were "very specific aromas above each vat."

Following your late afternoon arrival and settling in, we serve a Champagne reception, followed by a “ fine wine dinner&# with us at La Madèlene - 4 courses of typical Provencal fare prepared expertly by Jude and each course accompanied by a different fine Rhone wine from my cellar chosen carefully to pair with the food. link].

For a Champagne house of such stature, it was a bit startling to see how little wine there is in the cellar. All of the Salon wine from the 1999, 2002, and 2004 vintages - all that there is for the whole world, is in this cellar (that looked kind of like a garage). And they don't make it very often. Calm, cool, collected.

Everyone reaches into the cellar for the good bottles to help celebrate the passing of another year. This is just the second release of this wine (Benoit Tarlant began making it in 1999) and already it is one of my favorite Champagnes. December tends to be a good month for wine drinking. This one, however, was thrilling. Very lovely.

had a chance to visit the property and talk with the cellar masters this past spring. Turning to the older vintages, the 2001 and 1999 were still drinking very well, giving me cause for reconsidering the ageability of zin. All too often, Zinfandel is a highway to a quick, cheap buzz. The lay of the land. But back to the tasting table.

The Aszu is run off to casks, and a slow second fermentation takes place for at least two years in underground cellars. Secrets of the Cellar. Lazlu takes us on a magical tour of the cellar, where the bottles of wine glow orange in the darkness like some luscious gold elixir. Disznoko Estate. Very impressive! The Harvest.

Extraordinary Vintages in Piedmont 1996 2000 2001 2004 Exceptional Vintages in Piedmont 1990 1997 1998 1999 2005 2006In an exceptional vintage set a Barbaresco aside for a minimum of four years before drinking. In an exceptional vintage set a Barolo aside for a minimum of six years before drinking.

The Cellar. Corrine Michot gave us an excellent tour of the cellar, both the “old cellar&# and the new cellar which is gorgeous and so high tech it even has “skylights&# that allow a visitor to look up at the sky through a thin film of water, as the cellar is located below the water table. The Tasting.

Honey Spice fingered A soft-dried apricot And sipped cream fresh From a cup- Spotting a cluster of fungi She pulled a knife And stepped from the cellar Into light Chåteau D’Yquem 1995 Merlot answered the door In a dark purple plum dress Waving a ringed hand As he entered Foot bare On a path [.].

Grass fed sirloin steak cooked this way , salsa verde, and raw kale salad in olive oil and a dab of fish sauce. -- Oma , a raw cow's milk washed rind cheese made by descendants of the original Von Trapp family, and aged in the Jasper Hills cellars. The other night my friend Peter came over for dinner. Those are assertive flavors. Sounds good.

Though the land and cellar that are Chateau Camensac have been around for nearly two hundred years, parts of the actual Chateau are quite new and its original owners would be hard-pressed to recognize it today. Celine Villars-Foubet. "So what vintage do you think this is?" Jean-Pierre Foubet (suit) & journalist Simon Tan.

First released in 1999, Arboleda wines are made from fruit grown under strict sustainable viticultural practices from their best vineyards in the most prestigious viticultural regions of Chile. Wish I had a nice Canadian wine tonight so I could toast the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team on their winning of the Gold medal. Bring on the steaks!!!

Unless you often buy at auction, or have been buying and cellaring wine for a very long time, you're probably like me - you drink scores of younger wines for every truly mature bottle you drink. remember asking my friend Peter about this as we drove from one cellar tasting to another in Burgundy a little over a year ago. Fully mature?

He also mentioned that with the amphora there's too much focus on the cellar. Of particular joy were the 1999 Galea, honey and oxidation. The tech sheet included full discloser of oak staves and micro ox. can't say I got to taste what Egypt terroir is really like. accord that's been described as "dirty socksâ?? or "locker room.'

It was very well balanced and I imagine that it would cellar very well. Schiefer also poured his 1999 Blaufränkisch Reihberg and I loved it. I was lucky enough to be invited to the recent Blaufränkisch tasting and luncheon at Gramercy Tavern, organized by David Schildnecht. This was a challenging tasting for me. was a clean slate.

But I don't own any of the Diebolt-Vallois 1999's, which my good friend Peter Liem says is what we should be drinking now while we wait for the 02's and the '04's to develop. What will happen with additional cellaring that could make this wine better than it is right now? But what to open? did my best. tried, okay?

Luneau Papin, L D’or, Muscadet, 1999 About $20. friend pulled this out of his cellar recently; he’d received it as part of a farewell, current release case when he left a company in Paris a few years ago. Drinking wines with age on them can be rewarding. But from the top producers, it can be worthwhile. Julien, 1996.

1999 Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling, Eden Valley. 1999 Torbreck Run Rig Shiraz Viognier, Barossa Valley. 1999 Brokenwood ILR Semillon, Hunter. 2005 Penfolds Cellar Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Barossa Valley. 1999 Mount Mary Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley. I’m back from the fantastic Landmark Australia Tutorial.

The fourth vintage of Polish Hill, it was bottled under cork (they switched to screwcap around 2000) and had mid-shoulder fill (if the bottle had shoulders, that is) and came directly from the cellar of Jeffrey Grosset (pictured right), one of only a few bottles remaining. At the outset, it was a single vineyard wine of tiny production.

Difficult to compare to recent vintages (which have all included at least some cabernet franc or petit verdot) this is less flamboyant than the 2006 and 2007, and will benefit from extended cellaring. The Monte Bello team was also pouring the 1999, 1997, and 1995 Monte Bellos. There is no short answer. All are superb.

Overachievers: 1999 Domaine Leroy Meursault - Tough to get a handle on, but with time to re-taste and to think about the wine, it kind of blew me away. I'd take a half case for the cellar and re-visit in 5 years. Last week I had the opportunity to drink some pretty fancy wine. High expectations can color things. But you get my point.

There is no question that quality has been increasing in the past couple of years -- with the most recent wines garnering 93 points from all the major critics -- and indeed, the 1999 vintage produced a delicious Napa Valley Red, and 2001 produced an excellent Petit Sirah. Previously reviewed: 1999 Girard Napa Valley Red Wine. Elegance.

We arrived at their house and David first took us to the cellar to taste his wines. David Croix thinking things over in the cellar. I would be shocked if David Croix is even 35 years old, but he is the accomplished wine maker at the esteemed Maison Camille Giroud, and now also for the Domaine that bears his name, Domaine des Croix.

We’re back with Part Deux of our interview with John Gilman, author of the newsletter A View from the Cellar ( part one is here ). How do you make a screwcap-sealed wine taste and smell like rotting cabbage or burning rubber- put it in the cellar for a few years. German Riesling. And I really don’t understand why. The Loire.

As did the 1999 * the predominant note on the 1996 Dom Perignon was chardonnay, chardonnay, chardonnay. Tags: Cellar Selection France 1996 Champagne 4 stars pale hay color with a light foam and very good effervescence, this 1996 displayed lime and salt stone notes with honeyed citrus and very mild dry herbs.

1999 Henri Billiot Brut , $56, Terry Theise Selections / Michael Skurnik Imports. This one, the 1999, is the wine we opened as an aperitif with friends before Christmas dinner, the night before our daughter was born. It will probably continue to improve with a few more years in a cold cellar. I'm like a walking dead man.

They are still chilling in the cellar. The 1999 Dom Perignon is now in Duty Free Shops worldwide, advertised at $169. Perrier Jouet's "Belle Epoque" 1999 (of which I am not a huge fan) retails for $99. I stopped in the Duty Free Shop on the return trip from Puerta Vallarta. Those same bottles now sell for $150.

Cellar for 2 years and enjoy for the next decade. Lewis Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2005 This is a standard (almost formulaic) three star wine with all the trimmings, fresh ripe fruits on the nose, big oak and blueberry on the palate, chalky sweet tannins, and a long sweet finish. Stag's Leap Wine Cellars "Cask 23" 1999 (?)

The 1999 is different. I don't drink Dom Perignon as much as I'd like to, and frankly the wine confuses me a little. Older vintages like the 1990 and 1993 have been enjoyable, subtle, but ultimately sterile. There was nothing "wow' about them. Chardonnay on the nose, chardonnay on the palate, chardonnay chardonnay chardonnay.

1999 Chateau Musar. This is the one that I must buy for my own cellar. should pull the few bottles I have out of the cellar and drink them over the next year or two. The more I learn about wine, the more I realize that I don't know. Even within the wine regions I know, I don't really know anything. Incredibly delicious wine.

Deep plum with a little purple. Subdued woodsy aromatics: mellow cedar, fresh bark, with chalky blackberry, minor raspberry notes on the midpalate, mint and spice

So off to Chase Wine Cellars to visit my (new) friend Jeff Blaum. From Chase Cellars I called the people of The Terraces Winery. tried Napa Wine Co's own Cab, an older vintage, from 1999. My day began in LA with an early flight from LAX to SFO. rented a car at SFO and made my way to wine country. Nice wines. NOT A FRUIT BOMB.

tasted some nice Chardonnays by Foxglove/ Varner Wines , L'Angevin , DuMol and Neiman cellars. Drew Neiman of Neiman Cellars is someone I had not met before, but whom I engaged in conversation as I noticed a wine I was familiar with on his table. Given the time I only managed to taste their 1999 Paje Barbaresco. don't know.

And I didn't realize that I've gone through a half case of i Clivi wine - I grabbed a few of the 1999's a while ago and have been drinking them steadily. Aside from Baumard and Foreau, this is actually somewhat representative of what I have sleeping in the cellar too. Nothing too random here, except for maybe the Cassagnoles.

is as follows: "One question I still have about red wines is how long to cellar them before drinking. And as you get to the really expensive wines, you are probably talking about wines that have proven over decades that they ARE cellar-worthy and will age gracefully. I received a very good question from a reader yesterday. BAD RULE.

1- 1999 Lopez de Heredia Bosconia $28 Grapes: Tempranillo Garnacho, Mazuelo and Graciano Rioja, Spain (wasnt showing particularly well, however, I was happy with is lots of folk identified spice and dill.) hadnt tasted it since a cellar visit in 2004 when I hated them and regretted owning any. What I was in charge of? Many thanks!

No two vintages of Monte Bello taste the same, and each vintage evolves in the cellar. have tasted Monte Bello cabernets from 1976, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2004, and I am constantly amazed by the wine's ability to age gracefully. Monte Bello is my favorite winery/vineyard. These wines require patience.

1999 Galantin Longue Gard , $36. On the third day open, probably a good proxy for cellaring 10 years, the wine has lovely floral and black licorice notes. The dollar sucks and my daughter is only 1 year old. These are the major issues that make it seem too difficult for BrooklynLady and me to go to France in the next few months.

This took place in Deetrane's cellar, where there are at least 2,000 wines from all over the world, the bounty of three different wine drinkers, myself included. It was a 1999 Beaucastel CdP Blanc. Some people can taste a wine blind, knowing nothing about it at all, and are able to identify it. Do these people train for this?

In other words, if you hate it now, 8 years in a humid, cool, and dark cellar will not bring redemption. Well, even as little as a year of cellaring can bring about positive developments in a wine. Because I've tasted every vintage since 1999 and a few others before that, and found each of them to be fascinating and delicious.

The bottle must be topped off before corking and cellaring. The cork goes in and the bottle rests in the cellar for at least 15 months (3 years for vintage Champagne) and depending on the producer and the type of wine, for much longer. 1999 Pierre Gimonnet Oenophile Maxi Brut , at a tasting. No sugar? What's the big deal?

I'm talking about a few bottles of 1999 Clivi Tocai Friulano, and probably a few bottles of banal Pinot Grigio along the way. The 1999 cost about $25. 2005 Movia Pinot Grigio , $27 at Slope Cellars. decided that I wanted to try their Sauvignon Blanc, but never made it back to Manhattan, and Slope Cellars had the Pinot Grigio.

want this wine in my cellar! 1999 J Schram Brut (8+) This is Schramsberg's top label. Seemed like it could continue to improve with cellaring. I had the distinct pleasure of going to the Martin Scott Portfolio Tasting last week at the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center. cannot enjoy myself that way. Also very good.

was babysitting for my pal Deetrane and we have this rule that when we babysit for each other, we get to open wine from the other guy's cellar. It's July 4th folks, and as an American, a Brooklynite, I feel compelled to write a little sumpthin about an American wine. recently discovered a Napa Valley Chardonnay that I really like.

La Rioja Alta is an old school producer, cellaring their wine for many years until they feel it's ready for release. And by the way, the Wine Doctor recently reviewed this same wine the other day, but the 1999 vintage, and enjoyed it very much. The other night I was drowning and who came to the rescue? Deetrane, that's who. Off bottle?

to lay down in the cellar for a while. 1999 Simi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley , $45. Its been a really good wine drinking month. 2001 Domaine Rollin Pernand-Vergelesses , $30 (375ml). Drank at a restaurant, so retail would be about $12-15, I imagine. This wine was thin, shrill, and green. Buy carefully in 2001.

According to Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book, there hasn't been an excellent vintage in Tuscany since 1999. This was just outstanding, and I have a few bottles sleeping in the cellar. First: give credit where credit is due. doing well according to Johnson. 2004 seems to have been a pretty good year. Clear ruby, straight to the rim.

Here are the wines, with the few notes I wrote during the tasting: 1999 Bouchard Pere et Fils Clos Vougeot Grand Cru - Bright red color, oaky, tangy sour cherries. 1999 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots-du-Milieu 1er Cru - Deep purple, reserved nose of blackberries and underbrush, indistinct palate. Now the Bordeaux wines.

This was over a year ago, and we liked the wine enough that we bought 3 bottles for our "cellar" at Prospect Wine Shop. This is wine maker Mark Vlossak's flagship wine, and the St Innocent bottling that can improve in the cellar for the longest time. 1999 Domaine Hubert Lignier Bourgogne , $22. Remondo , $24. Good acidity.

When you walk in you can go downstairs to a monumental cellar and walk through aisles upon aisles of barrels and bottles. And a sign said that only 10% of their wine is cellared in that facility. 1999 Moillard Grivot Nuits St Georges , E24. And you don't need an appointment. The house was literally the tip of the iceberg.

would keep this in my cellar if I could afford to. 1999 Domaine de Lambrays Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru. We woke up to thick fog each morning, really thick. Eerily beautiful, and not easy for walking around or driving. The Hospices de Beaune ( pictured below ) has served the poor and sick in Burgundy for over 500 years now. 2003 P.

You can read about Mark Vlossak the winemaker on the site, but I will add that he was the winemaker at Panther Creek through the 1999 vintage, another Willamette Valley winery with a solid reputation. And it probably would have improved for years with cellaring. don't know how to interpret this, or how to recognize it when I taste it.