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  • 2018 The Wine Society Meursault Les Narvaux The Society's 150th Anniversary

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    5/2/2024 - Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 93 Points

    Cork seal. Tasted chilled. No decant.

    Lovely earthy mineral profile up front, perhaps too much oak currently - 6 yrs from vintage - and it seems to sit heavily; fruit includes sliced dried banana, sweet(ish) oak, soft ripe lemons, ripe orange skin apple, a touch of ground almonds, zero tannins but just enough acid; it seems in balance and to be drinking very well even at just 6 yrs out, there’s just a bit of wet river stone which eventually arrives, it didn’t leap out the gate; sits near medium dry rather than genuinely dry.

    This seems an interesting glass of well-made basic White Burgundy from a Wine Soc’ supply deal with L Jadot, though not as ‘interesting’ as the WS’s back label copywriters want you to believe it is, I think.
    “Overlaying the apple and peach flavours with a gentle nuttiness.”
    What, really?

    QPR/VFM?…..feels worth £30 bottle minimum. I’d be happy to pay that. Not mature, but feels decent enough to get a little better in the cellar but maybe only by 30% margin. I’d buy more.

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  • 2021 Thymiopoulos jeunes vignes de Xinomavro / Young Vines Naoussa

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    4/28/2024 - Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 93 Points

    I’ve previously scored/reviewed this 2021 at 91, but this note pertains to the 2nd night tasting - bottle kept under cork for 24 hrs though, importantly, when tasting again for second time it included a 1 hour decant too. Updated score 93.

    93 because wine now a softer, rounder better mouthfeel plus the other positive credentials from previous note retained/carried over too.

    N….pretty much as previous note.

    C….no change, obviously.

    T….weirdly better for the 24 hrs sitting in kitchen with a cork in, plus the decant. Just a better glass of the same wine - perfect advertisement for decanting. Details of previous tasting note remain, now just a better experience.

    QPR?…. Costs around £12.00 yet feels like £20.00. Utter bargain - if you decant! Will buy again.

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  • 2021 Petaluma Riesling Hanlin Hill

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    4/27/2024 - Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 93 Points

    Bought Majestic UK £27.99 April 2024

    Screw cap. Chilled. No decant.
    13.5% alc.

    N…immediate New World kerosene; some nice wet stone minerals; green apple skin

    C….solid medium body, straw with a hint of green.

    T….ripe fruit but a near-dry style; fruit flavours are focussed, greengages, ripe lime, tart passion fruit; some gentle white tannins, some minerals, there’s enough acid though I can’t say it’s lively, good length, good balance and a touch of elegance too. Very good glass of Clare Valley Riesling. Impressive now at 3 yrs old but clearly had shedloads of potential.

    QPR?…..feels worth every penny of its price, in fact more. Definitely buy more of this 2021. Cellar time would probably move it up to score 94 or 95.

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  • StefanAkiko says:

    3/11/2023 5:50:00 AM - Can't wait for my next journey to the UK and ... insanity! debauchery! 'appiness! :-)

  • Callum's Corkers says:

    11/23/2022 9:33:00 AM - Stoic Warrior. Yeah, I see that, cheers. Good ol' Majestic, eh. Just less than £20 is a bargain, as it's usually around £26.00 for them, I think - even more most other places. I don't know what it is with good Rioja being at reasonable prices, maybe it's just 'fashion' - as in not fashionable to be drinking good Rioja currently? Who knows. Maybe more people - me included - are moving away from 'big' rich reds? I haven't drunk any big Aussie blends for ages, or their old-school Shiraz, and I pretty much don't drink claret any more. Plenty of Australians are making lighter/modern Shiraz, even calling it Syrah, and that's much more to my taste. In the 1980s-1990s, though, mates and I were happy with 'big' Aussie reds. I can't be ars***d with those styles now. They're not in any way terrible wines, it's just my preferences have moved.

  • Callum's Corkers says:

    11/23/2022 9:11:00 AM - aerosol....cheers.

  • aerosol says:

    11/20/2022 6:08:00 AM - Hi Callum; A very broad scope of wines that you taste. I like your style of notes as it's very didactic and smart thoght put into it

  • Stoic Warrior says:

    11/20/2022 5:28:00 AM - Callum - FYI, Majestic has the new release of the Rioja Alta Ardanza which we both like, vintage 2015, on sale now for £19.99. I picked up a few yesterday.

  • Callum's Corkers says:

    11/3/2021 10:16:00 AM - Stoic Warrior Hi, cheers for the positive comments. Thanks.

  • Stoic Warrior says:

    10/28/2021 8:11:00 AM - You have a good way of posting your notes, thanks: Many of Eric LeVine's outlier data fields such as source, cost, date, etc, all combined in with, and heading up, methodical tasting notes. Very useful. If Eric ever decides to modifyu his user-input database structure, he could take a tip from you and compile those outer fields into the main Tasting Notes field similar to the way you do it. Much appreciated.

  • ozziewine says:

    4/24/2021 11:06:00 AM - Hello CC. I wish we had more wines in common because I really appreciate the effort you put in to your notes. All the best. Ozzie in Phoenix, Arizona

  • Mark1npt says:

    1/31/2021 12:37:00 PM - My friend it is American (and maybe someone else's abbreviation) for........Bordeaux! Sometimes I get too lazy to type out all the words! Cheers! Mark

  • OaktownRush says:

    1/22/2021 9:45:00 PM - Really love your tasting notes, and your QPR approach -- one I channel from across the pond over here in the US. Cheers!

  • Papies says:

    4/16/2017 9:38:00 AM - Nice style of notes. Thanks for sharing A+N

  • Callum's Corkers says:

    2/19/2017 7:57:00 PM - I have 2 bots of the 2013 Te Kahu, won't touch it for another 4 yrs - the first one anyway. I'm weary of NZ Bordeaux blends but made an exception for the Craggy Range because of their reputation - for this blend anyway - and the 2013 vintage in HB being reported as almost perfect. Also, they were on a discounted price in the UK at the time.

  • benjaminpaul says:

    2/19/2017 3:28:00 PM - Craggy Range is a premium brand, but some of their wines aren't so premium - yet the pricing is. Some of their Pinots are a bit like that too. If you haven't yet, try their Te Kahu blend - brilliant and good VFM.

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