The Official Wine Thread

[ericgereghty]

Dern fine

 

[jcman311]

The FIL gift case has been squared away. 9 pinots, a petite syrah, a zin and a GSM. All stuff he is going to love (hence what I like mostly) I didn't really include any big hitters this year because he doesn't seem to care, so everything was under like $50 a bottle. Good QPR stuff.

 

[jbarwick]

 

[ocooney]

Gonna try this with the football game tonight.
I am not hopeful that it will still be good. Which would suck since I have another four of them.

 

[jcman311]

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How is it? I am gifting a 2014 pinot to the FIL and just ordered 6 of the 2013 from the LB marathon.

 

[Omega Male]

Pretty intense.

 

[jbarwick]

How is it? I am gifting a 2014 pinot to the FIL and just ordered 6 of the 2013 from the LB marathon.

Bottle has a lot of gunk stuck to the interior of the bottle but drinks ok. Needs a little time in the glass but then is pretty good

 

[ocooney]

Pretty intense.

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How does that compare to the Cirq?

 

[Omega Male]

How does that compare to the Cirq?

More black fruit and earth. Power versus finesse.

 

[ocooney]

More black fruit and earth. Power versus finesse.

Thanks…wonder how the Oregon Pinot is.
And the Orion is hanging in. Still a little fruit and maybe a bit too much acid for the fruit, but not dead.

 

[jcman311]

Mmmm.

 

[NJE66]

Rioja on top of thing

s,

 

[coolpapa]

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Gonna try this with the football game tonight.
I am not hopeful that it will still be good. Which would suck since I have another four of them.

Please do report back. I had a 91 a few months ago, was still very alive. If served blind I would have guessed Bordeaux, but was very enjoyable.

 

[ocooney]

Please do report back. I had a 91 a few months ago, was still very alive. If served blind I would have guessed Bordeaux, but was very enjoyable.

It was not dead, but it was not as good as the 97s I recently drank. Fruit was present, no tannins to speak of. Acid was a bit too much for the fruit. Typical Thackery eucalyptus still there. In my experience there is a lot of bottle variation with aged Orion. Hopefully one of the other bottles is great.

 

[esoxm]

Celebrating being done for the year. Onwards and upwards gents.