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1994 Pahlmeyer Merlot
5/6/2024 - randyjc wrote: 90 Points
Still surprisingly good - a little hollow in the middle, but nothing that would suggest the wine is flawed in any way. Had to use a Durand to extract the soft cork, but enjoyed the wine. Any time you can drink a wine 30 years old and it’s not off, flawed, over the hill, you have to feel pretty good. So I feel good about this.
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2016 Foradori Granato
5/5/2024 - randyjc wrote: 93 Points
First time with Teroldego grape - and it’s exceptionally yummy. Bright red flavors of cherry and pomegranate with fuzzy, grippy tannins. Moderate acidity. Excellent flavors and long finish.
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2020 Mayacamas Vineyards Chardonnay
5/3/2024 - randyjc wrote: 91 Points
Sometimes California chardonnay surprises me with how good it is. This is one of those times. Deep, subtle lemon smell along with a bed of white summer flowers. I moved it to a cabernet glass to get more air and more smell because it’s just lovely. A little bit of salt spray and marble. In the mouth an explosion of flavor. Lemon confit - big flavors but not too sharp or intense. A tiny bit of smokiness and minerality. Lengthy finish and that is where the only part I don’t like comes in - a bit of reductive note. I’m not much of a blind taster with chardonnay but I would have picked this as French and likely Montrachet. Unlike most Cali chardonnay and not resembling the many lovely Oregon chardonnay I’ve enjoyed. Good stuff - nice surprise. But the note above is based on just sipping the wine - with food it became aggressively acidic and off-puttingly sharp. Second glass was back to just sipping and it was better, but that was a weird turn of events.
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