Jermann, Where Dreams have no end..., Venezia Giulia IGT

Consistent to last note, combining freshness with power. Really fun right now.

2012 vintage

Excellent Chardonnay from Friaul. A rich bouquet of peaches, honey, butter and minerality. Now in a really good place with quite some oomph. I guess I would drink it over the next 5 years.

2012 vintage

In half.and still going strong with a ripe.peach and smokiness.

2005 vintage

Over the course of three days faded down. But also started more savory than its fruitier earlier self. So time to drink up or is it changing phases into maturity. My last bottle so I guess I won't know!

2012 vintage

60-års dag og blinsmaking : Blind. Høy syre, sitrus, gress. Noe kort ved åpning, bygger på med luft, lang og intens.

2012 vintage

In a great place right now. Smoke, fruit, fatty richness across the palate. Lingering. Served with black pepper pecorino pasta. Perfect fit.

2012 vintage

Smokey and powerful. Rich. In a great place right now.

2012 vintage

With some smoke and chardy chard. Big and rich but not lacking for texture or vibrancy.

2012 vintage

Still rocking and still delicious.

2012 vintage

Straw>Gold, clear and bright. Was pleasantly surprised to see this was both a screwcap, and also took just 2-3 minutes before it opened up to reveal warm orchard/white fruits with some matchstick, ripe pear and a hint of butter cream. Medium>medium+ palate with good acidity. By the second glass, this had opened even more and seemed more akin to Grand Cru Burgundy than anything from Northern Italy. By the third pour, seashell, saline, chalk and soil revealed themselves to complement …

2012 vintage

Another restaurant purchase (see prior note of same vintage) and a very different experience. Heavy and wooden. Didn't float.

2012 vintage

This wine dominated at a restaurant dinner of non wine geeks, drawing accolades and an immediate reorder. Tremendously taut and poised and with just enough body to give true aid and comfort. Balance pursued, balance captured.

2012 vintage

Enjoyable.

2012 vintage

WOW

2012 vintage

Two more beautiful half bottles popped and poured and enjoyed. Right in the prime of its life.

2005 vintage

The palate is a knock out.

2012 vintage

Well, that is pretty dreamy. Lots minerality and then a big hearted core. Delicious.

2012 vintage

Deep, dark golden color. Nose still of mostly tropical fruit. Full bodied, on the viscous side, mature notes of caramel, butterscotch, and some pinapple. Probably waited a bit too long for this one. Much bigger wine than I recall.

2005 vintage

Still going strong out of a half bottle.

2005 vintage

Here's to the last of my 375s. At pop and pour. Aromas of mineral and creamy fruit. It's rather tropical. Banana and some lean pineapple. On the palate, still shows some rounded herb edge up front. Also, licorice and green olive. All the same, a very pure and classed palate. Very mineral and smooth, almost glassy texture. 2 hours in and some oak starts to creep into the aromas, acting as a spark to some more mineral composition. Not as …

2005 vintage

Another half bottle pounded off just for fun. Lots of minerality this time, some of the oak fading down, still right in the pocket and delicious.

2005 vintage

Rich and powerful, right in its prime.

2005 vintage

Took about two hours in a decanter to open open from 375 ml. Then this mineral orange zest thing emerged which was FUN to drink.

2005 vintage

Not faded at all. Still really fresh. Lemon curd, pineapple, vanilla - very smooth. Long finish - good acid. Great silky mouthfeel. Great with my grilled fish platter. I would get more of this one.

2005 vintage

Waterford Staff Party 2.0 (Waterford Wine Co., Milwaukee) : A real treat in the sense that I didn't have to open my last half bottle to get this opportunity. Lean pineapple juice is but a really rich palate...and thoughts of peanut butter. This is the wine that left me guessing the whole day. Numerous times and I went back to the first part of this note, only to not edit.

2005 vintage

Steely, lemon, mineral, oxidative touch. A little flat and showing some sweet vanilla oak aromatics. Good with smoked salmon and king crab salad.

2005 vintage

Wow, from 375 in a really nice sweet spot right now.

2005 vintage

Really, no signs of fading here. Creme fraiche, cream soda aromas. Winter mint. Lemon crystals, thinking about the 'bush' in punch. Lemon rinds sitting in sugar for weeks.

2005 vintage

Tasted at Decanter event. Honey, butter - very nice.

2004 vintage

Unscrewed and poured, from a 375. Fantastic. Deep color and aromas. Nutty, but not overly oxidized. Medium body, not heavy or buttery, pears and apples. Gorgeous acidity. Drinking very well now, and should hold on for a few more years. $30/375 at a restaurant.

2005 vintage

No decanting. Golden color with slight green tinges. Nose: oak is present, but so is an enticing green apple aroma. The attack is creamy and lush, yet underpinned by bracing acidity. This keeps a chardonnay fermented in oak's tendency to turn flabby in check. Nice winemaking style; agile. Green apples on the long finish. Wasn't bowled over, but a nice bottle nonetheless. No premature oxidation sign whatsoever. Con: Pricey. 13.5% abv.

2005 vintage

this isn't really going to get the proper treatment tonight, getting drank over the course of 2 hours and all. with a gingerbread cookie this wine comes across seamless. on the nose rather soft, plush minerality of beginnings of middle age. palate shows richness with flints of the fruit starting to show aged qualities. although it seems obviously self conscious about its age. thoughts of tropicola on the palate. cream soda and coconut cream is tropicola. a really, really, really, …

2005 vintage

Pounded through a half bottle without thinking. It need more time to show its hand. Glad I have 21 more bottles.

2005 vintage

from 375ml. pop and pour really showing some barrel. nothing too in your face, but rather apparent out the gate. much more mineral than fruit on the nose. palate shows spicy oak front to back. the spice lingering all over the finish of this wine. i really want to let this see some air, as i've found it to be quite friendly to this wine over 6-12 hours of air. really starting to soften up at 3 hours. much more …

2005 vintage

Delicious, had at the zoo in a plastic cup. Made it look like apple juice, but was much better.

2005 vintage

Norris Wedding Whites Before Dinner (Beloit College) : From 375. Volcanic ash. Pitched black grain. Kerosene. A beauty. DAY 2. there's that subtle seaweed note. along side a quiet soy sauce. all a part of the descending oak expression? yeah, a soft grain. a thought of a positively bright acidity, indicating 'climate.' Showing much more resolve of oak in the nose than the Ca' del Bosco 2004. So crystalline on the palate. a piercing purity.

2005 vintage

Lunchtime treat with lemon & sesame marinated chicken, roasted sweet potatoes and sweet corn. Worked well with everything except the sweet potatoes. Great half bottle to have on hand.

2005 vintage

Buttery but still elegant. Lots of smoke and a nice long aftertaste

2005 vintage

from 375ml. this is so fine. i need to put this in a field of chardonnay and see how it fares. on pop and pour it displays a classy expression of richness of fruit without being fruity. harmonizing oak treatment and mineral depth on the nose. textural caress. this wine is really in a sweet spot.

2005 vintage

from 375ml. pop and pour. elegant oak and liquorice. gonna let this guy open up all night. the nose gives the impression of negative space or at least the width of space to be occupied with exposure to air. sweet pineapple fruit appears uncloyingly. upfront on the palate richness shows, but then balanced with nice acid on the back end with minerality being the vague discriptor on the first sip. after an hour open the oak on the nose is …

2005 vintage

Good god this is good. A lemon lime thing on the nose that wasn't there a couple of months ago. And then all chalk or wet granite to the nose. The palate is this big textural exploration and I swear the finish lasts for two minutes. Wild wine. Just starting to enter its drinking window in my opinion. Not quite getting the "Jermann" nose yet.

2004 vintage

Wanted to see where this is starting from, as I just accessioned half a case into the cellar. Drank half of a 375 and leaving the rest for tomorrow, as I recall this does wonders for it. Update to follow later tonight.

2005 vintage

So my thought was that this keeps getting better and better with air. I decided to put that thought to the test. I decanted a 375 ml in a Riedel duck at 8 am, poured it back into the bottle at 10:30, and let it stand open until 2. I tasted it lightly all the way through that time. And it does keep getting better and better. Where (or should I write were?) it used to be just toasty Chardonnay …

2004 vintage

Just begining to peak around the corner with its stoney minerality and sweet fruit. A baby. But it went well with the mint pesto so no regrets.

2004 vintage

This is probably the best Where Dreams that I have ever tasted. Does it just need time to calm down?

2004 vintage

Outstanding! VERY impressive wine which offers close to perfect balance with fresh and very appealing acidity, all within a very enjoyable fruity profile that is typical to Friuli. LOVELY!!

2004 vintage

A bit disappointing. This was not as good as somebottles I have drunk. There was sherry notes on te noise. The wine didn't necessarily taste like chardonnay. Last bottle. Oh well...

2004 vintage

Medium yellow color, apples and honey on the nose and velvety supple, full bodied white with mild tannins and buttery texture with protracted somewhat acidiic finish. A very pleasurable chardonnay

2004 vintage

Peter Pratt's Luguresque Offline - Italian Table (Peter Pratt's Inn - Yorktown Heights) : Reall nice. Much nicer on initial approach than a bottle of this I opened on Monday. Both bottles filled out to very similar places, although this one I think showed just a tad better. Lovely floral notes, some nice fruit complexity and some mineral notes as well.

2004 vintage

Very funky on the nose at first. Almost like it's corked, but not quite the same odor. Fortunately, it blows off after 30 mins or so. Fills out beautifully and becomes a lovely, elegant wine.

2004 vintage

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