Todd French

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• 2008 Jean-Michel Guillon Morey St. Denis 1er Cru La Riotte

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  5/22/2024 - Todd French wrote:

  Since this was on my (beta) CellarTracker ‘about to shrivel up’ report, I figured I might open it, but also assumed 96% of the bottles in CT were consumed because, frankly, there weren’t ever many ON there!
  
  Still a ‘wow’ wine for me, definitely fully into secondary characteristics, where the florals are more violet than rose, the fruit has a softness to it rather than bright snap, and it has more subtle spices than last time. The palate has a bit more weight to it, more silkiness, and is still a wonderful wine…but I would have to agree with CT’s AI on this one and wish I opened this earlier, when it blew my mind. Granted, I prefer my wines ‘into’ the secondary phase, not at the end of it or in the tertiary phase, so it all comes down to personal preference, but for me, this is a great wine, and when I opened it 3 years ago it was extraordinary

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• 2012 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut

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  5/13/2024 - Todd French wrote:

  I opened a bottle of this yesterday, for Mothers’ Day, without any prior experience with this vintage of this wine (have had '08 and '06), and found it exceptional and rewarding. Voluptuous and lively texture, complex fruit profile, balanced acidity to keep the wine from becoming ponderous, with a moderatly long finish. Yes, some sweetness but I’d expect that of any tete de cuvee with the typical higher dosage. For those looking to check in on these, I highly recommend its current phase.

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• 2017 Jean Edwards Cellars Malbec Melrose Vineyard Rutherford

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  5/3/2024 - Todd French wrote:

  Corked :(

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