Dr. H
@dr.h.winesky.app
Wine drinker 🍷 Building @winesky.app
Previously at https://vivino.com/users/alpha/
Gradually bringing my old reviews over to Bluesky, and will continue posting only here going forward.
Expect lots of #spanishwine reviews, plus some assorted stuff.
Previously at https://vivino.com/users/alpha/
Gradually bringing my old reviews over to Bluesky, and will continue posting only here going forward.
Expect lots of #spanishwine reviews, plus some assorted stuff.
Yup! You can see the same wall on the sherry photo above, and I found some of tapas with the same plates!
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yup! You can see the same wall on the sherry photo above, and I found some of tapas with the same plates!
Oh I’m with you on the labels! I thought their previous iteration was nice - even if I can see where they are going with the modern artsy style.
And, come to think of it, I first discovered them in Bar La Cata in Sevilla.
And, come to think of it, I first discovered them in Bar La Cata in Sevilla.
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Oh I’m with you on the labels! I thought their previous iteration was nice - even if I can see where they are going with the modern artsy style.
And, come to think of it, I first discovered them in Bar La Cata in Sevilla.
And, come to think of it, I first discovered them in Bar La Cata in Sevilla.
SUMMUN by Barbacana (2024) - 4 ⭐
Dark as a wolf's mouth and comes down the glass like an oil slick. Shoe polish, dark chocolate liqueur, prunes, licorice, cashew. Makes it rain in your mouth right away. Mahogany. Coffee after it breathes.
Red Wine from Tarija
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
Dark as a wolf's mouth and comes down the glass like an oil slick. Shoe polish, dark chocolate liqueur, prunes, licorice, cashew. Makes it rain in your mouth right away. Mahogany. Coffee after it breathes.
Red Wine from Tarija
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
SUMMUN by Barbacana (2024) - 4 ⭐
Dark as a wolf's mouth and comes down the glass like an oil slick. Shoe polish, dark chocolate liqueur, prunes, licorice, cashew. Makes it rain in your mouth right away. Mahogany. Coffee after it breathes.
Red Wine from Tarija
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
Dark as a wolf's mouth and comes down the glass like an oil slick. Shoe polish, dark chocolate liqueur, prunes, licorice, cashew. Makes it rain in your mouth right away. Mahogany. Coffee after it breathes.
Red Wine from Tarija
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
Singani Premium by Barbacana (N.V.) - 4½ ⭐
Moscatel de Alejandría, fermented with skins as you would do with a red grape.
Jazmine, white flowers, lemongrass, green tea, wormwood, cypress.
A no fucking around drink, as if chamomile tea was a spirit.
🍷 #winesky #tarija #moscateldealejandria
Moscatel de Alejandría, fermented with skins as you would do with a red grape.
Jazmine, white flowers, lemongrass, green tea, wormwood, cypress.
A no fucking around drink, as if chamomile tea was a spirit.
🍷 #winesky #tarija #moscateldealejandria
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Singani Premium by Barbacana (N.V.) - 4½ ⭐
Moscatel de Alejandría, fermented with skins as you would do with a red grape.
Jazmine, white flowers, lemongrass, green tea, wormwood, cypress.
A no fucking around drink, as if chamomile tea was a spirit.
🍷 #winesky #tarija #moscateldealejandria
Moscatel de Alejandría, fermented with skins as you would do with a red grape.
Jazmine, white flowers, lemongrass, green tea, wormwood, cypress.
A no fucking around drink, as if chamomile tea was a spirit.
🍷 #winesky #tarija #moscateldealejandria
...Leaves freshly cut grass on the glass, then tobacco if you leave it by itself for a long time. 2/2
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine #wine #tarija #tannat
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine #wine #tarija #tannat
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
...Leaves freshly cut grass on the glass, then tobacco if you leave it by itself for a long time. 2/2
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine #wine #tarija #tannat
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine #wine #tarija #tannat
Tanat Reserva by Barbacana (2023) - 4 ⭐
Blood, chorizo, steak, spices - this thing is a barbecue in a glass. Cacao, coffee, cherry. Elegant. Less of a show-off than the Sumun. Works by itself, could go with meat.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
Blood, chorizo, steak, spices - this thing is a barbecue in a glass. Cacao, coffee, cherry. Elegant. Less of a show-off than the Sumun. Works by itself, could go with meat.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Tanat Reserva by Barbacana (2023) - 4 ⭐
Blood, chorizo, steak, spices - this thing is a barbecue in a glass. Cacao, coffee, cherry. Elegant. Less of a show-off than the Sumun. Works by itself, could go with meat.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
Blood, chorizo, steak, spices - this thing is a barbecue in a glass. Cacao, coffee, cherry. Elegant. Less of a show-off than the Sumun. Works by itself, could go with meat.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
Cantalavi by Barbacana (2024) - 3½ ⭐
Violets, if too cold. Herbs, bergamot, plums, tobacco, leather. Slithers down. Blood dark. Give it time and it gives you herbs and coffee.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
Violets, if too cold. Herbs, bergamot, plums, tobacco, leather. Slithers down. Blood dark. Give it time and it gives you herbs and coffee.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Cantalavi by Barbacana (2024) - 3½ ⭐
Violets, if too cold. Herbs, bergamot, plums, tobacco, leather. Slithers down. Blood dark. Give it time and it gives you herbs and coffee.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
Violets, if too cold. Herbs, bergamot, plums, tobacco, leather. Slithers down. Blood dark. Give it time and it gives you herbs and coffee.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #bolivianwine
Framboise Sauvage by HM Lehmann (N.V.) - 4 ⭐
Oysters and ice and caviar and freshly cut grass and seawater. What a lunch closer!
Eau-de-vie from Alsace
🍷 #winesky #alsace #wildraspberry
Oysters and ice and caviar and freshly cut grass and seawater. What a lunch closer!
Eau-de-vie from Alsace
🍷 #winesky #alsace #wildraspberry
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Framboise Sauvage by HM Lehmann (N.V.) - 4 ⭐
Oysters and ice and caviar and freshly cut grass and seawater. What a lunch closer!
Eau-de-vie from Alsace
🍷 #winesky #alsace #wildraspberry
Oysters and ice and caviar and freshly cut grass and seawater. What a lunch closer!
Eau-de-vie from Alsace
🍷 #winesky #alsace #wildraspberry
...fig jam, which helped mellow it. 2/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #wine #roussillon #grenache #maccabeu
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #wine #roussillon #grenache #maccabeu
October 31, 2025 at 8:21 AM
...fig jam, which helped mellow it. 2/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #wine #roussillon #grenache #maccabeu
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #wine #roussillon #grenache #maccabeu
Parenthèse Macération by Ribérach (2022) - 3 ⭐
A taste of overripe pineapple and a burnished gold color. Ash, sulfur? Left it aside for a bit and it smelled of raw chorizo.
I wouldn't buy it to have it around, but gotta say it went perfectly with gorgonzola and... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
A taste of overripe pineapple and a burnished gold color. Ash, sulfur? Left it aside for a bit and it smelled of raw chorizo.
I wouldn't buy it to have it around, but gotta say it went perfectly with gorgonzola and... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
October 31, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Parenthèse Macération by Ribérach (2022) - 3 ⭐
A taste of overripe pineapple and a burnished gold color. Ash, sulfur? Left it aside for a bit and it smelled of raw chorizo.
I wouldn't buy it to have it around, but gotta say it went perfectly with gorgonzola and... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
A taste of overripe pineapple and a burnished gold color. Ash, sulfur? Left it aside for a bit and it smelled of raw chorizo.
I wouldn't buy it to have it around, but gotta say it went perfectly with gorgonzola and... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
...Juicy acidity not putting up with any fatty bullshit and cutting right through it.
If you are used to more muscular Malbecs, this will come across as a blackcurrant knife. 2/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #wine #sudouest #malbec
If you are used to more muscular Malbecs, this will come across as a blackcurrant knife. 2/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #wine #sudouest #malbec
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
...Juicy acidity not putting up with any fatty bullshit and cutting right through it.
If you are used to more muscular Malbecs, this will come across as a blackcurrant knife. 2/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #wine #sudouest #malbec
If you are used to more muscular Malbecs, this will come across as a blackcurrant knife. 2/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #wine #sudouest #malbec
Les Escures by Mas Del Périe (2024) - 4 ⭐
Vegetables, violets wrapped in grape leaves, then blackcurrant! Right there!
Quiets down after a couple of sips, even if it keeps tingle your gums and becomes a bit earthy and leathery.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
Vegetables, violets wrapped in grape leaves, then blackcurrant! Right there!
Quiets down after a couple of sips, even if it keeps tingle your gums and becomes a bit earthy and leathery.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Les Escures by Mas Del Périe (2024) - 4 ⭐
Vegetables, violets wrapped in grape leaves, then blackcurrant! Right there!
Quiets down after a couple of sips, even if it keeps tingle your gums and becomes a bit earthy and leathery.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
Vegetables, violets wrapped in grape leaves, then blackcurrant! Right there!
Quiets down after a couple of sips, even if it keeps tingle your gums and becomes a bit earthy and leathery.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
L'Hecto by Clusel-Roch (N.V.) - 3½ ⭐
More pear than apple, green, just about to go ripe and crazy, but not bold enough yet, still demure. Cream, vanilla is there but not throwing a party, acting all proper and prim.
Survived some slight spices in an aubergine dish.
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
More pear than apple, green, just about to go ripe and crazy, but not bold enough yet, still demure. Cream, vanilla is there but not throwing a party, acting all proper and prim.
Survived some slight spices in an aubergine dish.
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
L'Hecto by Clusel-Roch (N.V.) - 3½ ⭐
More pear than apple, green, just about to go ripe and crazy, but not bold enough yet, still demure. Cream, vanilla is there but not throwing a party, acting all proper and prim.
Survived some slight spices in an aubergine dish.
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
More pear than apple, green, just about to go ripe and crazy, but not bold enough yet, still demure. Cream, vanilla is there but not throwing a party, acting all proper and prim.
Survived some slight spices in an aubergine dish.
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine
PANDAEMONIUM by Camille & Mathieu Apffel (2023) - 3 ⭐
Sweet lime, straight up. Fresh, with lots of lemon peel, and a smell of the sea, like someone's opening oysters near you. Natural wine, but surprisingly drinkable!
White Wine from Savoie
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #savoie #jacquere
Sweet lime, straight up. Fresh, with lots of lemon peel, and a smell of the sea, like someone's opening oysters near you. Natural wine, but surprisingly drinkable!
White Wine from Savoie
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #savoie #jacquere
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 AM
PANDAEMONIUM by Camille & Mathieu Apffel (2023) - 3 ⭐
Sweet lime, straight up. Fresh, with lots of lemon peel, and a smell of the sea, like someone's opening oysters near you. Natural wine, but surprisingly drinkable!
White Wine from Savoie
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #savoie #jacquere
Sweet lime, straight up. Fresh, with lots of lemon peel, and a smell of the sea, like someone's opening oysters near you. Natural wine, but surprisingly drinkable!
White Wine from Savoie
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #savoie #jacquere
...It went spectacularly with home-made Rioja-style lentils, enhancing and complementing the sausages and spices, uplifting the flavor of all the chorizos and meats and other savory bits. 2/2
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #wine #jerez #moscatel #palomino #pedroximenez
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #wine #jerez #moscatel #palomino #pedroximenez
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
...It went spectacularly with home-made Rioja-style lentils, enhancing and complementing the sausages and spices, uplifting the flavor of all the chorizos and meats and other savory bits. 2/2
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #wine #jerez #moscatel #palomino #pedroximenez
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #wine #jerez #moscatel #palomino #pedroximenez
XIXARITO by Bodegas Barón S.A. (N.V.) - 4 ⭐
Dark caramel, almonds, nuts, moss, salty caramel... chocolate? Like the mole dark chocolate I get from a place around the corner.
Good stuff - almost a Palo Cortado in quality, albeit punchier - but at a price.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
Dark caramel, almonds, nuts, moss, salty caramel... chocolate? Like the mole dark chocolate I get from a place around the corner.
Good stuff - almost a Palo Cortado in quality, albeit punchier - but at a price.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
XIXARITO by Bodegas Barón S.A. (N.V.) - 4 ⭐
Dark caramel, almonds, nuts, moss, salty caramel... chocolate? Like the mole dark chocolate I get from a place around the corner.
Good stuff - almost a Palo Cortado in quality, albeit punchier - but at a price.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
Dark caramel, almonds, nuts, moss, salty caramel... chocolate? Like the mole dark chocolate I get from a place around the corner.
Good stuff - almost a Palo Cortado in quality, albeit punchier - but at a price.... 1/2
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine
Le Sieur d'Eguilles by Le Cellier d'Eguilles (2023) - 3 ⭐
A tannic motherfucker from Provence. Vanilla, violets, dark plums, chocolate, black fruits, bit of tobacco.
Red Wine from Provence
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cabernetsauvignon #syrah
A tannic motherfucker from Provence. Vanilla, violets, dark plums, chocolate, black fruits, bit of tobacco.
Red Wine from Provence
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cabernetsauvignon #syrah
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Le Sieur d'Eguilles by Le Cellier d'Eguilles (2023) - 3 ⭐
A tannic motherfucker from Provence. Vanilla, violets, dark plums, chocolate, black fruits, bit of tobacco.
Red Wine from Provence
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cabernetsauvignon #syrah
A tannic motherfucker from Provence. Vanilla, violets, dark plums, chocolate, black fruits, bit of tobacco.
Red Wine from Provence
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cabernetsauvignon #syrah
Marius by Michel Chapoutier (2024) - 3 ⭐
Creamy, vanilla, cardamom, blackcurrant. A grenache / Syrah blend. Not bad, but nothing to write home about either.
Red Wine from Pays d'Oc
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #paysdoc #grenache #syrah
Creamy, vanilla, cardamom, blackcurrant. A grenache / Syrah blend. Not bad, but nothing to write home about either.
Red Wine from Pays d'Oc
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #paysdoc #grenache #syrah
October 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Marius by Michel Chapoutier (2024) - 3 ⭐
Creamy, vanilla, cardamom, blackcurrant. A grenache / Syrah blend. Not bad, but nothing to write home about either.
Red Wine from Pays d'Oc
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #paysdoc #grenache #syrah
Creamy, vanilla, cardamom, blackcurrant. A grenache / Syrah blend. Not bad, but nothing to write home about either.
Red Wine from Pays d'Oc
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #paysdoc #grenache #syrah
Padron 'Toni by Dacastello (2024) - 3 ⭐
Sicilian wine. Black fruits, black currant. Unexpectedly creamy for Nero D'Avola, as the ones I've had were fruitier and saltier, but maybe I just don't have enough examples.
Red Wine from Sicily
🍷 #winesky #italianwine #sicily #nerodavola
Sicilian wine. Black fruits, black currant. Unexpectedly creamy for Nero D'Avola, as the ones I've had were fruitier and saltier, but maybe I just don't have enough examples.
Red Wine from Sicily
🍷 #winesky #italianwine #sicily #nerodavola
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Padron 'Toni by Dacastello (2024) - 3 ⭐
Sicilian wine. Black fruits, black currant. Unexpectedly creamy for Nero D'Avola, as the ones I've had were fruitier and saltier, but maybe I just don't have enough examples.
Red Wine from Sicily
🍷 #winesky #italianwine #sicily #nerodavola
Sicilian wine. Black fruits, black currant. Unexpectedly creamy for Nero D'Avola, as the ones I've had were fruitier and saltier, but maybe I just don't have enough examples.
Red Wine from Sicily
🍷 #winesky #italianwine #sicily #nerodavola
Campo Altoso by Louis Montemagni (2024) - 3 ⭐
Flowers, pricot, and lots of it, peach nectar, cirtrus. Salt on a homemade boar paté made it pop.
White Wine from Corsica
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #corsica #vermentinu
Flowers, pricot, and lots of it, peach nectar, cirtrus. Salt on a homemade boar paté made it pop.
White Wine from Corsica
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #corsica #vermentinu
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Campo Altoso by Louis Montemagni (2024) - 3 ⭐
Flowers, pricot, and lots of it, peach nectar, cirtrus. Salt on a homemade boar paté made it pop.
White Wine from Corsica
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #corsica #vermentinu
Flowers, pricot, and lots of it, peach nectar, cirtrus. Salt on a homemade boar paté made it pop.
White Wine from Corsica
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #corsica #vermentinu
Bandol by Domaine Lafran-Veyrolles (2022) - 3½ ⭐
Light licorice, wormwood, herbs - mint? Dark velvet as it opens up.
Lighter than I expected, given the 14% and the Bandols I’ve had recently.
Nice, but hard to justify the €30 price.
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cinsault #mourvedre
Light licorice, wormwood, herbs - mint? Dark velvet as it opens up.
Lighter than I expected, given the 14% and the Bandols I’ve had recently.
Nice, but hard to justify the €30 price.
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cinsault #mourvedre
October 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bandol by Domaine Lafran-Veyrolles (2022) - 3½ ⭐
Light licorice, wormwood, herbs - mint? Dark velvet as it opens up.
Lighter than I expected, given the 14% and the Bandols I’ve had recently.
Nice, but hard to justify the €30 price.
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cinsault #mourvedre
Light licorice, wormwood, herbs - mint? Dark velvet as it opens up.
Lighter than I expected, given the 14% and the Bandols I’ve had recently.
Nice, but hard to justify the €30 price.
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cinsault #mourvedre
La Bastide Blanche by Domaine La Bastide Blanche (2020) - 3½ ⭐
Well, that has a character! Plums, prunes, shoe polish, licorice, dark chocolae. Dark and stormy.
Red Wine from Provence
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cinsault #mourvedre
Well, that has a character! Plums, prunes, shoe polish, licorice, dark chocolae. Dark and stormy.
Red Wine from Provence
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cinsault #mourvedre
October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
La Bastide Blanche by Domaine La Bastide Blanche (2020) - 3½ ⭐
Well, that has a character! Plums, prunes, shoe polish, licorice, dark chocolae. Dark and stormy.
Red Wine from Provence
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cinsault #mourvedre
Well, that has a character! Plums, prunes, shoe polish, licorice, dark chocolae. Dark and stormy.
Red Wine from Provence
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #provence #grenache #cinsault #mourvedre
Finca los Quemados by García Georgieva (N.V.) - 3½ ⭐
Cherry, raspberry, something nice and spicy. A Clarete. Had it by itself, late in the night, but it would be a perfect pairing for a tuna tataki.
Clarete Wine from Extremadura
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #extremadura #tempranillo #evadelossantos
Cherry, raspberry, something nice and spicy. A Clarete. Had it by itself, late in the night, but it would be a perfect pairing for a tuna tataki.
Clarete Wine from Extremadura
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #extremadura #tempranillo #evadelossantos
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Finca los Quemados by García Georgieva (N.V.) - 3½ ⭐
Cherry, raspberry, something nice and spicy. A Clarete. Had it by itself, late in the night, but it would be a perfect pairing for a tuna tataki.
Clarete Wine from Extremadura
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #extremadura #tempranillo #evadelossantos
Cherry, raspberry, something nice and spicy. A Clarete. Had it by itself, late in the night, but it would be a perfect pairing for a tuna tataki.
Clarete Wine from Extremadura
🍷 #winesky #spanishwine #extremadura #tempranillo #evadelossantos
La Bergerie by Clusel-Roch (2022) - 3½ ⭐
Pineapple, ash, sweet pineapple, then some unexpected peaches and cream, something floral when mixed it with the creamy dish I had it with. Aligoté, even if Winesky says it’s Voigner.
White Wine from Rhône
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhone #viognier
Pineapple, ash, sweet pineapple, then some unexpected peaches and cream, something floral when mixed it with the creamy dish I had it with. Aligoté, even if Winesky says it’s Voigner.
White Wine from Rhône
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhone #viognier
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
La Bergerie by Clusel-Roch (2022) - 3½ ⭐
Pineapple, ash, sweet pineapple, then some unexpected peaches and cream, something floral when mixed it with the creamy dish I had it with. Aligoté, even if Winesky says it’s Voigner.
White Wine from Rhône
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhone #viognier
Pineapple, ash, sweet pineapple, then some unexpected peaches and cream, something floral when mixed it with the creamy dish I had it with. Aligoté, even if Winesky says it’s Voigner.
White Wine from Rhône
🍷 #winesky #frenchwine #rhone #viognier