The Retreat

Olivier Leflaive

Les Sétilles Bourgogne Chardonnay

3.6.26 The Retreat tasting — 3 months ago

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

2005 vintage. Decanted and tasted immediately and through 3 hours. Great fill/appropriate aging cork. Medium sed. Noticeably dark color. Any trace of the usual Cos baby fat for the first decade+ after release long gone geek. Interesting. This was a lean, mean, street-fighting machine with "minerality" to spare. Intense. Compact. Unsure if it will continue to menace in the next decade of life or retreat into a reclusive, "turtling" period. Best guess? Street-fighter par excellence. Regardless of taking the high or low road, it's not devolving into a drink 'em if you got 'em any time soon scenario. Thanksgiving 11.23.23. — 3 years ago

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Spottswoode

Napa County Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc 2018

At Terranea with SeyfarthShaw partners’ retreat 2019 — 7 years ago

Masseria Setteporte

Etna Rosso Nerello Mascalese

Seyfarth partner retreat wine tasting, J.W. Marriott, 1/18/19. — 7 years ago

Valdicava

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2013

Seyfarth partner retreat wine tasting, J.W. Marriott, 1/18/19. — 7 years ago

Penfolds

Rawson's Retreat Semillon Chardonnay 2006

What can you say about a penfolds. As I have said before. Not a big chard fan. But the Aussie version isn’t bad. Good structure still for a 2006. Even some minerality. Homemade andouille sausage with potatoes and garden peppers went well — 8 years ago

Pecchenino

Vigna Botti Langhe DOC Nebbiolo 2023

3.10.26: Retreat wine tasting…. Good intro to Pecchino — 3 months ago

Domaine Billaud-Simon

Mont de Milieu Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay

This is a spectacular wine. YPO forum retreat — 4 years ago

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La Crema

Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2019

Silent Retreat 2022 drink — 4 years ago

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Penfolds

Koonunga Hill Seventy Six Shiraz Cabernet Blend 2010

It’s fair to say that every Penfolds Cuvée (possibly with the exception of the entry level Rawsons Retreat) is made to cellar. This includes this 2010 Koonunga Hill which cost $16.99. Plummy mocha chocolate notes on nose and palate - showing the Penfolds DNA. — 7 years ago

Scott, Serge and 9 others liked this

Opus One

Overture Napa Valley Petit Verdot Blend

Seyfarth partner retreat wine tasting, J.W. Marriott, 1/18/19. — 7 years ago

Giacomo Fenocchio

Cannubi Barolo Nebbiolo 2013

Terranea. Seyfarth partner retreat. Ward Kallstrom (SFO) — 8 years ago

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Schrader Cellars

CCS Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Strong out of the gate. Very textured and supple. Would have guessed there is a blend with Merlot going on for how supple it is. Lots of cassis and also length. It narrowed after a few hours though but remained good but did retreat from great. — 3 years ago

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Montinore Estate

Borealis The Northern Whites Willamette Valley White Blend

Fragrant. Wild citrus. Reminds me of what the kitchen smells like when my Ma would peel mangos from our backyard garden in Florida.

A welcome, rounded wildflower and honey sweetness, balanced with a subtle kick of acidity to finish.

It’s pleasant. Reminds me of a writing retreat I went to up in the Green Mountain National Forest outside Middlebury, Vermont. Perfect for sipping while sitting in Adirondack chairs and taking in an errant, cool summer breeze.

— 6 years ago

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Casanuova delle Cerbaie

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2006

Seyfarth partner retreat wine tasting, J.W. Marriott, 1/18/19. — 7 years ago

Trefethen Family Vineyards

Dragon's Tooth Red Bordeaux Blend

Seyfarth partner retreat wine tasting, J.W. Marriott, 1/18/19. — 7 years ago