Birthday Suit
Caymus Vineyards
40th Anniversary Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
North of my typical price point, this was quite expressive for a cab. Robust fruit flavor, yet smooth. Other bottles suit my palate better. — 4 months ago
Château Haut-Brion
Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2004
Beautiful nose, mid pallet and long finish. Many years to go. My birthday wine for today. — 6 months ago
Dom Pérignon
Brut Champagne Blend 1990
From magnum at Acker birthday auction. Incredibly fresh and light colored. No oxidation. Really nice — 7 months ago
Marchesi Antinori
Tignanello Toscana Super Tuscan Blend
Awsome. Roger's birthday 2025 — a year ago
Château Pichon-Longueville Baron
Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1964
Early Birthday present…… 🍷🍷🍷 — 2 years ago
Taittinger
Comtes de Champagne Grand Crus Brut Blanc de Blancs 2007
Ruinart
Brut Rosé Champagne
First, cheers to Delectable working again after two weeks on the fritz.
This is our kickoff to the Memorial Day weekend. Hope everyone has a good one on tap with some of your favorite wines. So, happy Memorial Day weekend all!
Then, a garden update. We really enjoy watching it grow. You can see it daily.
The top pictures were taken May 1st. The bottom pictures are from today, May 21st. All that crazy growth in just 20 days. Amazing!!! 🍅 🌱🥬🥒🌽
As for the Ruinart, it is appreciable better using my new Riedel Vintage Sommelier Champange flute. Well worth the investment. These are a late birthday gift from our friends James & Christina. Thank you. The nose & palate much more vibrant. More on that as the weekend progresses. Cheers!🥂 — 6 years ago
Produttori del Barbaresco
Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2020
Yet another outstanding vintage (2020) of this consistently excellent Co-Op produced Barbaresco. Aromas of red fruit, dried rose petals and anise. Flavors of bright red cherry and raspberry fruit, mint, Asian spices, minerals and orange zest. Long and earthy/smoky finish. Fantastic balance, structure and depth. Fine grained tannins and a silky texture yet still firm and powerful. So delicious now, but built to age for at least another decade. The quality consistency of this wine vintage to vintage is incredible. Outstanding value! Thanks so much for opening this one, Keith S! Happy 60th Birthday, Karyn! — 3 months ago
Brown-Forman Corporation
Old Forester Birthday Bourbon Whiskey
End of the fiscal year. Long one but a good one so this is an exhausted versus drown sorrows drink ;) Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2024 (12 Year, 107 proof)
Nose is surprisingly light for the proof. Soft sweetness, light oak, and a hint of rye spice.
On the palate it isn’t heavy, but it fills the whole mouth. The heat shows early and stays present, reading higher than 107. Sweetness is there but restrained. More spice builds with time, rye-forward and focused on the tip and top of the tongue, with some grip on the cheeks. Oak stays light rather than deep or dusty.
Bit hotter than I’m feeling I want tonight. — 5 months ago
Penfolds
Grange Hermitage Bin 95 Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 1998
Celebrating my Birthday last night with Roast Lamb. This was a deep crimson in colour - very dark for its age. Aromatics of blackberry, plum, mulberry and mocha. The palate is very Penfolds - black fruits, mocha and chocolate. Opulence and concentration are the key words. Never ponderous or over bearing. Palate staining intensity yet medium to full bodied weight. Great palate length and persistence finishing with supple seamless tannins. At least another 20 years in the drinking window - Penfolds say through to 2055!! Overall - one of the world’s great red wines in a superb vintage. — 8 months ago
Louis Roederer
Cristal Brut Champagne
Good birthday dinner with outstanding wines. 2014 Cristal, 2013 marcassin chardonay, cos d’estournel 1982, figeac 1990, 2019 nuits St. George’s clos de la marechale mugnier. Cos unfortunately corked. — 2 years ago
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1992
Cocoa, strawberry, currant, vanilla, tar, cedar, wet forest soil, a lot of things happen. It's showing a bit of age but certainly not as much as the label shows. The palate is showing a strong acid backbone and this is quite striking here. It must be because of the vintage though. Nice strawberry, currant fruit all along, good width with a thin matter which lays a layer of silk all over the mouth. In mid palate come some rather well integrated tannins, bringing in some energy by disrupting slightly that very silky mouthfeel with a dusty touch. The finish is very long with fruit, vanilla, cocoa and maybe even mocha. Perhaps not the best Pichon Lalande but a very good take on a tough vintage which is still relevant and delivering to this day.
29 years old and kicking! We served it along with a slow cooked lamb leg and beans (traditional Easter meal in my region) and this was a perfect match. Celebrating wifey's birthday in style! — 5 years ago
Cakebread Cellars
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
This makes a great birthday wine for so many reasons. Full and smooth. Sweeter than I want but whatever. — 3 months ago
Château Calon-Ségur
Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1982
Took a little coaxing in the decanter but became my wine of the night. Happy birthday to me. — 3 months ago
Château Léoville-Las Cases
Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1982
Acker birthday auction. Wine showed well. — 7 months ago
Opus One
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2012
Bollinger
Special Cuvée Brut Champagne
Happy birthday Manny! — 2 years ago
Brian Hearty
2014. Enjoyed a small splash at the end of a great birthday meal at The Oven!
Such pure stone fruit and honeyed aromas and flavors with balanced sweetness and acidity. — a month ago