Our wine friend was liquidating a 20 year collection (no pun intended) and put together this mixed case of medium/full bodied reds. Any standouts?
Our wine friend was liquidating a 20 year collection (no pun intended) and put together this mixed case of medium/full bodied reds. Any standouts?
by chantleswichkow
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chantleswichkow
The bottles: 2019 Oltretorrente Rosso Colli Tortonesi Red Blend 2005 Château Vieux Robin Red Bordeaux Blend 2005 Nicholas Cole Cellars Syrah Dauphiné Walla Walla Valley Syrah 2008 Piers Saffran Walla Walla Valley Red Bordeaux Blend 2005 Bodega del Palacio de los Frontaura y Victoria Toro Frontaura Reserva Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo) 2011 Viluko Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 Le Clos d’un Jour Cahors Un Jour sur Terre Malbec Blend (Malbec) 2011 Château Margüi Côteaux Varois “Titien de Margui” Rouge Syrah Blend (Syrah) 2015 Bodegas y Viñedos del Contino Rioja Contino Reserva Tempranillo Blend (Tempranillo) 2008 Château Simian Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2015 Château Bernateau Red Bordeaux Blend 2017 Domaine de la Cotelleraie Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil Cabernet Franc
OkLettuce338
Not sure but 2017 for that cab franc was a good year in that region
Jupiter_Talisman
2015 bernateau punches above its weight IMO. One of my favorite Bordeaux bottles in recent memory.
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The bottles:
2019 Oltretorrente Rosso Colli Tortonesi Red Blend
2005 Château Vieux Robin Red Bordeaux Blend
2005 Nicholas Cole Cellars Syrah Dauphiné Walla Walla Valley Syrah
2008 Piers Saffran Walla Walla Valley Red Bordeaux Blend
2005 Bodega del Palacio de los Frontaura y Victoria Toro Frontaura Reserva Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo)
2011 Viluko Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Le Clos d’un Jour Cahors Un Jour sur Terre Malbec Blend (Malbec)
2011 Château Margüi Côteaux Varois “Titien de Margui” Rouge Syrah Blend (Syrah)
2015 Bodegas y Viñedos del Contino Rioja Contino Reserva Tempranillo Blend (Tempranillo)
2008 Château Simian Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend
2015 Château Bernateau Red Bordeaux Blend
2017 Domaine de la Cotelleraie Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil Cabernet Franc
Not sure but 2017 for that cab franc was a good year in that region
2015 bernateau punches above its weight IMO. One of my favorite Bordeaux bottles in recent memory.