Peppercorn Crusted a NY Strip with some green beans and mashed potatoes. Dug through my over flowing wine cabinet and completely forgot about this guy. When first released, this wine was purple to the extreme with tannins so rough you felt like your taste buds were falling off. I have to say after aging nicely, this wine softened up perfectly. Tannins were soft and elongated, flavors were full of jammy tones with a touch of black pepper and a slight sweetness to all that ripe fruit. It was really the perfect choice for the meal.

Oddly enough after finishing the bottle, I noticed a note on the back of the dark label written in a Sharpie. It said "Remember Me! Lauren"...not sure who the hell Lauren is or whether I bought this bottle like that or it was a gift but Thank you Lauren

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Posted by bosoxjo13

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:09 pm to lilwineman

Sounds delicious. His Charbono is the tits

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Posted by lilwineman

Baton Rouge

Member since Dec 2008

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Posted on 8/22/12 at 11:25 pm to bosoxjo13

Charbono is good, but The Griffin is probably his best value he produces. Have a 2001 Claret Sitting as well. He now makes quite a bit more, just started a Pinot Noir from Hudson Vineyard which is lower than his typical alcohol levels (I think right at or under 13% abv) but nicely layered. His Pinot Blanc as well is one of my favorite obscure Cali white wines to drink on a daily basis. Perfect for any seafood or spicy Asian Style food (really any Louisiana cuisine). Only product I have not had the privilege of tasting is his Syrah he now makes. He actually did some wines for the distributor of his products called Red Hook out of New York. Some tasty juice for something that is a change of pace. Check them out!

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Posted by plawmac

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Posted on 8/23/12 at 8:29 am to lilwineman

HAve been a big fan of Foley wines for a few years. I've been finding some of them in NO at Cork & Bottle. Anyplace else I should be hitting?

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Posted by lilwineman

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Posted on 8/23/12 at 8:47 am to plawmac

I'm not really sure as im in the BR market. Dorignacs maybe. Outside of that, the city is so heavily focused on French wines it probably not as likely as our market would be. Neat wines distributes the products and they may be able to tell you if you shoot them an email.

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Posted by plawmac

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Posted on 8/23/12 at 9:18 am to lilwineman

Thanks for the info!

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