A Baden-ass Pinot: 2020 Waldele Pinot Noir

 Translucent ruby in the glass. 

Light aromas of cinnamon and sandalwood appear with a bit of fresh bay leaf. There is a fresh garden potpurri of sorts with fresh-picked flowers and some greens. The subdued fruit aromas are red currant, cranberry and pomegranate. 

It has gorgeous brightness and lift from the moment it meets the palate through the finish. Lush and juicy flavors emerge of the same red berry fruits on the nose along with added hints of red plum and red apple skin. The acidity is bright but not out of balance and wonderfully frames the fruit. There is zest from nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon bark, but it's not spice laden. There is real purity of fruit here, unencumbered by too much oak, extraction or manipulation. It's gorgeous structure has both prettiness and tension in the best Burgundian wayand should be fascinating to see how it develops in the coming years. 

Though it could be wahsed clean by the juicy acidity, it has a nice finish lingering on pomrgranate and fresh plums. 

2016 Chateau Tronquoy-Lalande St. Estephe

 Chalk it up to having tasted through a bunch of new Bordeaux and readying a steak for dinner...

Deep crimson in the glass. The aromas are redolent of plum and stones. The nose is rife also with blue and blackberry skins, hints of mossy forest floor and some cedar and sandalwood. 

It approached the palate more with a fist than an open hand. The approach is powerful and dark. It has some intense tannin but they're polished and round. Crunchy blue and black fruits like plum, berry, Mission fig and woody allspice and clove with an interesting zing of dried tarragon and basil. The acidity is mellow so the tannins remain intense and drying on the palate. It leads into a nice finish ending on black plum and some savoriness. 

Much more a food wine than a casual sipper. Looking forward to how it goes with a grass-fed filet with Oscar topping since it's crab season. Bon appetit!

Union Grands Crus Bordeaux 2023- Rouges

I got to taste around 76 individual wines and the quality of this vintage is high. Looking through my notes, a consistent theme is "focus" and "purity of fruit". So many are already drinking beautifully with nice tension, but without the astringency quite often associated with young wines from this area. Quite many of the 2020s will be pleasant to drink upon release and within a few years without a need to wait. That said, I believe they have the structure to age nicely and to drink well beyond a decade or more.

I will list these in order I visited the AOC sections, so not quite in order of light-to-heavy or even Right Bank to Left Bank. It may give some context to the notes I took. 

The first reds ventured to after the Pessac/Graves whites, were Pauillac and St. Estephe. 

Chateau Batailley- This is already showing elegance and a nice softness on the palate, offering great fruit.

Chateau Clerc Milon- A floral and red fruit dominant wine showcasing loads of prettiness and elegance. 

It's familial "sister" Chateau d'Armailhac was a bit more stemmy and green. Equally focused on higher toned red fruit, but less integrated in my opinion. Perhaps it was more affected by the weather when Cabernet was being picked surrounding the rains. 

From the other branch of the Rothschild family, I found Chateau Duhart-Milon to also be a touch stemmy, but not abrasively so and I believe it will integrate with more time in bottle. It has youthful tannin and is well constructed. Likely needs 5-7 years or more to flesh out. 

Chateau Lynch-Moussas has a more subdued nose. The entry has this fascinating mossy/earthy component under the fruit. Also a softer style and imminently drinkable. 

A more burly and black fruited expression came from Chateau Pichon Baron with more noticeable forward oak. Definitely the more powerful and dense of the lineup. 

Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande though having a more reserved nose, was quite luscious and pretty with a "feminine" profile and loads of gorgeous red fruit. 

For both aromatics and palate, the stand out from this AOC for me is probably the Chateau Lynch- Bages. It offers gorgeous aromatics with hints of spice, red and black fruit. It's wonderfully layered on the palate and with loads of both red and black berries as well as plums, and is simply very tasty!

Into St. Estephe.  The wine from Chateau Phelan-Segur has big tension, promising to become quite interesting over a longer period and shows nice, focused fruit. 

Chateau Ormes De Pez is also quite red-fruited, but leans a bit tart. It's bright and high toned, so I suggest some time before enjoying this wine. 

My standout from this AOC was Chateau de Pez. With a pretty nose and wonderfully round tannins, it's a sexy wine with warm spice and gobs of red fruit. Very nice indeed!

On to St. Julien.

Chateau Talbot is a pretty wine with nice oak accents, well integrated into the balance. It's layered and very pretty. 

One I was previously unfamiliar with, Chateau Saint-Pierre has lovely aromatics, red fruit and very floral. On the palate it has very nice structure. 

Chateau Leoville Barton is a very nice wine. Elegant, layered and well balanced. Very tasty.

Another supple and pretty wine was from Chateau Lagrange. 

The standout here had to be from Chateau Langoa Barton. A lighter and prettier than it's neighbor Leoville, it's bright and high toned on the palate with lots of floral elements and it's simply very pretty, even gorgeous. 

I cut it short here, wanting to hit Margaux before both time ran out and my palate got more numbed. It tends to be my favorite AOC. Alphabetically-

Chateau Angludet- Shows a lifted and very pretty palate that is floral and focused on red fruit flavors. 

A consistent favorite every time I get to enjoy a back vintage, Chateau Brane-Cantenac offers s savory richness that counters the red fruit that seemed to dominate this vintage, with lots of plum and cassis. It has terrific complexity and layers. 

Also possessing some fun savory, earthy notes, is Chateau Giscours with truffle and sous bois that is lifted nicely by freshness of fruit. There is a real focus and purity in the fruit on this wine. 

Chateau Kirwan enters with nice warm spice and florals over red fruit. 

Elegant and lithe on the palate, Chateau Rauzan-Segla also is driven by red fruit flavors with a touch of green herbs which isn't offputting or abrasive, but rather adds earthy complexity. 

Earthiness was showing in notes of black tea over cherry and plum fruit on the Chateau Siran that was very tasty. 

The one that leapt out to me initially and remained my favorite from Margaux from the day was Chateau Prireure-Lichine. It has an outstanding nose, perhaps the most expressive of the whole day aside from the sweet wines. Gorgeous on the palate, it's fresh, pretty and offers a depth of both red and black fruits. Really excellent wine!

A real welcome surprise came to me (and many others I know who agreed) from Chateau Desmirail. I hadn't been familiar with this house, but what a find! A gorgeous nose of flowers and fresh berries leads to a warmth on the palate of ripeness in balance and everything is so well integrated. A really gorgeous wine well worth seeking out. 

Chateau Cantenac Brown I found to not be very remarkable, but is tasty and well constructed. Perhaps it's a bit mute at the moment. Having a quiet nose at present and showing a bit stemmy and underripe, Chateau Dauzac perhaps just needs more time to integrate and coalesce. I'd like to revisit both down the line. 

From Listrac-Medoc, a nice and fresh wine with a very pretty nose from Chateau Clarke, which I was unfamiliar with and is owned by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild. Another very drinkable and finessed wine from this region comes from Chateau Fourcas Hosten.

On to Haut-Medoc, a nice, easy drinking and quality wine from Chateau Belgrave. Chateau Cantemerle offered a darker expression with a blue and purple-fruited nose and lead with the same fruit on the palate along with interesting notes of cola and sassafrass. 

A crisp, pure red fruit along with some savory herbs was nicely presented by Chateau Citran and a unique Merlot-driven expression of purity and freshness with nice accents of minerality and oak was from Chateau Coufran.

I'd only had older expressions of Chateau La Lagune prior to the current ownership. I found the wine to also be round and fresh, though just a touch green. That should relax with time and integration so leave this in the cellar a bit. 

A darker wine leading with aromas of truffle and cassis came from Bernard Magrez's Chateau La Tour Carnet. A solid wine, with nice balance. 

Over to a stint on the Right Bank and St. Emilion. 

Chateau Canon La Gaffeliere produced a truly delicious wine in 2020! It's well balanced, luscious, complex and possesses a nice savory edge. It's also fairly cool to have a count pouring your wine for you. 

An interesting savory and even briny nose on the wine from Chateau Cap de Mourlin that is very lean on the palate and a touch green. Again, it'd be interesting to revisit this wine in 5-7 years and see how it fleshes out. 

More brightness, freshness and purity of fruit from Chateau La Couspaude and a lean, yet flavorful wine of forward red fruit of pretty quality came from Chateau Dassault. 

Chateau La Gaffeliere is focused and pure with loads of plum, cherry and red currant. A very nice wine. 

The wine from Chateau Pavie Macquin perhaps wasn't my style or was just a bit muted this night and I found Chateau La Tour Figeac nice, but perhaps a touch over extracted. 

As for the top wines, it may be a tie for me from this AOC. Chateau-Figeac begins a touch herbal, but fleshes out into flavors of coffee and a wonderful luscious bouquet of red and black fruits. It was rich, complex and very nice. Another rich wine, but in beautiful balance, was Chateau Larcis Ducasse. Nicely layered and just very, very good!

On to Pomerol.

A nice wine with flecks of greenness and lovely perfume from Chateau Le Gay.  A heavier, riper style came from Chateau Le Bon Pasteur. Perhaps it's the Michel Rolland touch. It's rich in plummy flavors along with rich cassis. Another wine I can only think to describe as more "New World" came from Chateau La Cabanne with lovely perfume that leans just a touch into cassis syrup. It's a richer, riper style with noticeable oak. 

Probably my favorite from Pomerol came from Chateau Clinet. Deep and rich, but with an elegance I didn't find in the couple previously mentioned. It's really a gorgeous wine. 

Probably just behind Clinet, was a rich and layered, complex and simply very good expression from Chateau Gazin.

Back then to finish St. Julien with a remarkable and truly delicious wine from Chateau Beychevelle. It's nose of bright black cherry cola simply grabs you. On the palate it's deep and rich  with a range of blue and purple fruit and is powerful, yet remains balanced with elegance. 

Interesting mint and perhaps menthol undertones come on the nose of the Chateau Branaire-Ducru. It begins with red fruit then leans into more black fruit, which is a nice journey on the palate. 

A pretty wine with good grip and what I could only describe as "stony tension" and nice fruit came from Chateau Gloria. An elegant wine with some nice savory qualities and wonderful balance here from Chateau Gruaud Larose. 

Back to Pessac for the reds.

A very nice wine that leans high-toned in red fruit that retains a lovely brightness throughout with hints of black berries here from Chateau Bouscaut. I quite enjoyed both their white and red so a house well worth seeking out. 

Chateau Carbonnieux comes with a stony minerality along the palate with a nice interplay between red and black fruit. Very nice wine. 

Domaine de Chevalier offers a nice licorice and anise-tinged edge along with stones and red and black fruit that leans heavy into cassis. 

A super interesting wine from Chateai de Fieuzal that is primarily plum fruit but has a zing of freshness that reminded me of something like McIntosh apple. 

Chateau Olivier's red was elegant, layered and well balanced. For Chateau Pape Clement, I enjoyed the red fruit with loads of freshness. It has rather drying, grippy tannins on the finish, so some age will do nicely here. 

An interesting note of pine resin and blackberry leaf along with the fruit from Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte with a nice palate of black fruit with a licorice edge. 

On to "the stickies" of Sauternes & Barsac.

Chateau Bastor-Lamontange offers nice hazelnut and honey. For me, it could do with a touch more acidity, but it's a quite pleasant wine. 

Loads of apple, pear and persimmon greet the palate with some delightful freshness from Chateau Coutet.

Intense aromas of honeysuckle and Jasmine tea and a rich, luscious palate with nice balancing acidity come from this vintage of Chateau Doisy Daene.  The wine from Chateau Guiraud is a bit leaner in build and the acid is bright with a crisper profile than many others. It offers lovely jasmine, honeysuckle and orchard fruit. 

Lively, nutty and sweet with good balancing acidity here from Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey.

Finally, Chateau Suduiraut. It has exotic perfume and is presented in a forward, luscious style retaining good and proper balance. Very nice!

Union des Grands Crus Bordeaux 2023- Blancs

I was most fortunate to be in attendance this week at the Union Grands Crus Bordeaux tasting of their 2020 vintage in San Francisco. 

I got to taste around 76 individual wines and the quality of this vintage is high. Looking through my notes, a consistent theme is "focus" and "purity of fruit". So many are already drinking beautifully with nice tension, but without the astringency quite often associated with young wines from this area. Quite many of the 2020s will be pleasant to drink upon release and within a few years without a need to wait. That said, I believe they have the structure to age nicely and to drink well beyond a decade or more. 

Beginning with the blancs from Pessac-Leognan, I found them to be very nice, albeit a bit light and racy. A surprising amount of Sauvignon Blanc and some houses only using SB may attribute to this. There is real lift to them with great acidity and a clean finish. The following were those that stood out to me from the range offered.

Chateau Bouscaut- The finish on this wine is what grabbed me. It lingers nicely, but light and fresh.

Chateau Malartic-Lagraviere- Super racy and showing nice notes of minerality. Very tasty.

Chateau Pape Clement- This wasn't as generous on the nose, but had excellent flavors of stony minerality with crisp underripe peach and loads of fresh citrus. 

Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte- A bottling of 100% SB, it offers notes of chalk and lots of stone fruit. It drinks nice and easy. 

The standout for me with both an impressively expressive, aromatic nose and was both juicy and layered on the palate, was Chateau Olivier. 

2008 la Fleur de Bouard Lalande de Pomerol

 The color is crimson leading into brick on the rim. 

Nose is mature, leading into stewed fruit. Aromas of Luxardo cherry, stewed black plum toasted clove and old cedar with an undercurrent of sous bois (a fancy French-wine way to say undergrowth, like damp forest floor, mushroom, etc.)

On the palate it is showing its age with more earth than fruit. It has a savory, truffle edge with stewed plums, cherries and cassis. The standout flavor to me is of booze-free Luxardo cherries. That is accented by cedar chips, smoky clove and black tea leaves. 

Past its prime for sure, but still offering an interesting interplay of secondary, earthy notes and stewy fruit. This is a wine I was anxious to get, as in its youth has consistently offered a luscious, balanced and delicious drinking experience at a relative value. These are the proprietors of Chateau Angelus after all. For a nice, everyday Merlot-driven Bordeaux wine, I suggest you seek out a current release.

2021 Hearst Ranch Winery "Glacier Ridge" Chardonnay

 Rosebud...

Sorry, had to.

Nice, pretty aromas though light, of Clementine, lemon and white peach. There is a slight lychee quality.

On the palate, a very slight effervescence greets the tongue. This is technically speaking, a flaw. However, it provides a fun, lively quality to the wine and helps the nice citrus pop. The flavors are lemon and orange Lifesaver, fresh Clementine, lemon zest and Key lime. It's bright and fresh and drinks easy. Imminently food pairable. It leans toward some nice Bosch pear on the finish. 

Not a very complex or layered wine, but quite enjoyable and easy. 

2020 Post & Vine Mule Plane Vineyard Carignane

 A lighter nose of cinnamon candy and cranberry juice. Some white pepper and darker plum notes emerge. 

Light and lively on the palate, with big acidity. The flavor of Red Hots carries from the nose as do the tart cranberry juice and additional pomegranate and white pepper-flecked red plum and barely ripe red currant. So, it's quite red and very high toned. 

For me, this is the perfect wine for a Pinot lover seeking to expand into other varietals. It's lively and crisp, but I believe would be well suited to food vs enjoying alone. It's pretty, lively, balanced and bright. Light on its feet, it'll dance around your palate in point shoes. 

2021 Russian River Valley Chardonnay

 Aromas of baked apples and pears, Acacia blooms, fresh mallow and hints of mango. I'll admit, I am playing pitmaster with some chicken this evening, so the coal and applewood smoke may be shutting down my nose a bit. 

It's vibrant on the palate with nice weight along with bright juicy acidity. That apple/pear galette is there along with lovely tropical hints of mango and just underripe pineapple. There is a hint of chalky minerality along with a salinity that adds nice earthy layers to the wine. It's generous without being flashy and the juiciness keeps it going a nice while, leading into a longer finish. 

I appreciate the oak is integrated well enough to merely give the pastry crust and baking spice notes. This isn't a bargain bottle, but it definitely drinks above it's price point well into it's European counterparts in my opinion. Really a lovely wine. 

2019 Clos du Val Napa Valley Chardonnay

 Pretty and aromatic with notes of lemons and cream with candied pineapple and shortbread accented by white flowers.

It enters both luscious and vibrant on the palate. Lively acidity provides lift to a layered but not heavy mouthfeel with flavors of candied ginger, pineapple, pear and sweet apple. There are hints of sweet pea tendril and basil oil. 

To summarize in simpler terms, it's rather like lemon curd with fresh chantilly cream on brioche. 

Really it's a lovely wine with great balance, complexity and flavors. It leans a touch sweet in flavor, but is kept in check by the acid. 

2013 Anakota Helena Montana

 I'd been sitting on this bottle since about 2016 or 17. Since I worked for the section of Jackson Family that represents the boutique, high end wines, I am well acquainted with this wine, so can give some context. 

The Vérité winemakers Pierre Seillan and daughter Hélène, produced two single Cabernet wines from individual vineyards in Knights Valley, Sonoma, Helena Dakota at 750 feet and Helena Montana at 950 feet.

The nose is still a bit reserved, with aromas of dusty hillside rocks, fig, a tomato leaf savoriness and red and black berry compote. There are hints of blueberry pie filling. The telltale roasted coffee and toasted oak on the nose that I always associate with these wines in their youth has not fully dissipated, but taken a backseat to the other aromas; dare I say they're in the trunk.

It enters with a rich, dense texture on the palate. The fruit flavors are dark, leaning into black and purple fruits with fig jam and a compote-leading into-stewed style. The shaved cocoa and roasted coffee flavors emerge on the palate and are powerful enough to nearly overpower the fruit which is kept lively by a nice flash of acitity to balance the density of the mouthfeel and rounded yet still-grippy tannin. There is a slight herbal or leafy suggestion that I cannot quite put my finger on. It finishes long on flavors of blue and blackberry compote along with broan baking spice. 

** Slight update- After using the Coravin and letting it sit a couple days, once opened and letting it really breathe for some time, more ripe fruit showed itself and it became a bit prettier vs earth and more stewed fruit as before. Decant!

2021 Kumusha

 This looked interesting to me as it was from both a trusted bottle shop and an interesting combination of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cinsault. 

It exhibited mostly red fruits on the nose with some definite green earth. Notes of just-underripe strawberry, pomegranate and currant. 

On the palate, it was difficult to gauge for me as it was dominated by a near-offensive amount of green vegetal qualities, smoky peat and dare I say, even manure. Now, I do not believe it was infected by brettanomyces as there was none present on the nose, to any of the three of us. Perhaps there is just something about Cinsualt from South Africa that doesn't appeal to my palate. 

I have the same reaction to just about every Pinotage I have ever tried from this region and that is a cross of Cinsault. Whatever the case, we didn't drink it. To be as magnanimous as I can, I shall simply say the wine was "not my style." If you enjoy really unique, natty, funky wines, it's not a huge investment to try it. 

2021 Sojourn Gap's Crown Vineyard Pinot Noir

 Not a shy Pinot in the glass, it's deep ruby and fairly opaque. 

At first on the nose, crunchy red fruits like currant, Bing cherry and Damson plum with some red apple skin. Notes of spice indicate some forward oak. There are also hints of some fresh green herbs and a savory edge. 

Definitely a bigger, riper style. That said, it's still Pinot Noir and by that I mean it's not a "doctored" or extracted into wannabe Cabland or given additives, etc. like some who will remain nameless here.

It enters with a dark crimson-skinned apple I cannot recall the name of along with flavors of acai, marionberry, black cherry and plums. It's always interesting to me when a Pinot wine veers into blue and black fruits. It's got a real verve in it's freshness and again, the only way I can describe the fruit is "crunchy." There is a savory edge to it which is rather like a streak of Genovese basil and a touch of dill. There are flecks of an almost coconut hint which rather leads me to wonder if there was some American oak on this wine. 

The tannins are soft and round, balanced by lovely acidity and though 14.6%, doesn't seem "hot" or too intensely ripe. It's a nice wine that will go well with a range of food or can sip on it's own perhaps to the bigger Bordelais varietal drinker. 

2020 Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc

I cut my teeth on the "Icon" bottling in my early days of starting to really enjoy wine. It perhaps made the Kiwi style, my preferred one. So I finally wanted to check out the regular bottling of SB from them. 

The nose matches those same crunchy, ripe orchard fruits and that telltale freshly mown grassiness along with bright grapefruit citrus that the Icon bottling has. There is a fun salinity to the nose as well.

It's got surprisingly mellow acidity given all that action on the nose. It exhibits super fresh flavors of lychee, Papple pear, passionfruit water, and sweetened ruby grapefruit. I think perhaps the Icon has more prominent brightness and acid, or maybe it's just this vintage. I'll have to explore more. It's on the lighter side, washes clean on the palate and is super easy drinking and very food friendly. Think light white fish, roast chicken, sushi or any manner of bitter greens and other salads. It'll work nicely with a pesto pasta as well. 

Waldele Chardonnay

 I first had this couple's wine at a performance in Sonoma and was struck by their purity. We tasted both the Pinot Noir and the soon-to-be released Chardonnay. They were both quite enjoyable such that I procured some recently. Pinot review to follow down the line.

2021 Carneros, Sonoma County Chardonnay

It's a lean and mean Chardonnay. Bright aromas of white flowers over green and yellow apples, fresh lemon, Meyer lemon curd, hints of whipped meringue and underripe peach. 

On the palate, it has laser focused acidity but isn't bracing. It gets the salivary glands active which helps all the vibrant fruit cover the entire palate. It has lovely lithe mouthfeel with flavors of both fresh and baked apple leaning golden and green. The lemon is balanced by the sweetness of white peach, Asian pear and an almost roasted parsnip sweet/earthy quality. 

Its construction is obviously low intervention and in a fully European style which no doubt harkens back to Hannes' family history of winemaking in Germany. That said, it's not so lean that it isn't enjoyable on its own, without food. With some air, it opens up beautifully and everything is in balance. 

I recommend seeking them out as the wines are delicious, very resonably priced and it's a small family brand that really takes care in their product. Since not widely available, learn more at waldelefamilywines.com 

19 Crimes 2020

 Aside from celebrity likeness on the already irreverend labeling and clouded glass, I thought it time I finally gave these a whirl... or a swirl as it were.

2020 Martha's Chard

The color would indicate this has seen some manner of oak. It smells like Chardonnay, so that's a good start! I almost have come to expect just a buttery almost sugary meringue nose on Chardonnay wines in this tier.

Warm, ripe stone fruits along with apple and pear on the nose with some hints of sea air and vanilla.

On the palate, the oaky notes are much more present with flavors of toasted vanilla, hazelnut and creme brulee. Following that entry, it has a creamy texture on the palate without feeling heavy and shows some nice acidity. The flavors of golden apple, Bartlett pear and white peach are luscious indicating a warmer growing zone or riper pick. There is some bright lemon zest to keep it lively and from feeling too weighty. 

All in all, it's a pleasant, well composed wine. At this price point, you're not getting nor should you expect some ethereal, long and contemplative wine. It's tasty, balanced and very drinkable.

2020 Cali Red

Highly expressive nose on this wine. Toasty wood and heaps of fresh berry fruit. As powerful as the aromas jump out of the glass, they're not overly layered or complex. Oak that implies a heavier toast on the staves with aromas of espresso grounds, cedar dust, hints of pencil shavings and black berry and plum skins. 

It enters the palate with some subtlety then once it hits the midpalate the intensity of the oak takes over. It has flavors of red and black currant with black plum and Luxardo cherry. It has some acidity to balance the powerful oak, but not in harmony. It seemd a touch disJOINTed (no offense Snoop) in it's balance with the acid and oak some distance from each other. This creates some perceived "heat" on the palate for me, though the alcohol is labeled at 14.1%. 

The fruit on this wine is nice, but for my taste, it's just got too much aggression in the oak profile. It is a youthful wine so that may relax with some time, however I don't see many folks laying this wine down to age for 5-7 years. That said, at a BBQ or cookout with a range of salty, fatty foods, it should treat you just fine. 

2015 Freemark Abbey Ted's Blend

 Lively nose of holiday spices, oak and cedar. Aromas of red currant, black currant and blackberry with a floral, herbal tinge. 

Juicy entry, with plenty of still-forward toasty oak. The fruit offers a nice dance between red and black berries with some plum and boysenberry compote. There are undercurrents of fresh sweet basil and tarragon along with a floral element that add a nice layer. 

For me, the oak isn't quite cumbersome, but does somewhat overshadow the other flavors. If memory serves, this wine has that as part of its style, so it will likely relax with more age and provide better balance in flavor profile. That said, if you like a nice, toasty and oaky profile, drink it now and it'll being you plenty of enjoyment.