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Decanted 30 minutes.

Eye: Dark red to medium red with light bricking.

Nose: Boozy. Cigar box, cacao, wood spice, cassis, anise.

Palate: Very drying, well balanced. Red fruit, mushroom, earth, umami, cacao powder, vanilla.

Finish: Long, dry. Red berries, cacao powder. (356 views)

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More detailed note:

Eye: Amber

Nose: Honey mead, botrytis, chalk, apple juices

Palate: Very good acid. Tart but not unbalanced. Apple, honey, very well structured.

Finish: Medium length. Lingering sweet-tartness. (13 views)

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Eye: Medium straw.

Nose: Mineral, peach, pear, green apple.

Palate: Minerality, moderate acid, slight creaminess. Medium bodied and dry. Crisp peach and pear.

Finish: Medium length. Dry, minerality, tart apple. (18 views)

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Eye: Medium ruby.

Nose: Good varietal character. Oak cacao, vanilla, spice, meat, earth. Little touch of firework sulfur.

Palate: Low-medium tannin. Good acid. Red berries, pomegranate juice, cassis. Leather, bacon fat, and light steminess.

Finish: Long. Rich, red, cacao.

Overall: Pretty true to type, but broadly heavier than I prefer from PN. (24 views)

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Eye: Pale gold with slow fine bubbles.

Nose: Brioche, green apple, pear, hazelnut, toast. Ever so faintly autolytic.

Palate: Green apple skins, yeasty, good acid. Nuts.

Finish: Medium length, hazelnut, green apple, pear. (102 views)

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Eye: Rose Gold

Nose: Toast, citrus peel, gummy candy, lightly funky.

Palate: Lowish acid. Red berries, gentle steminess. Watermelon rind, watermelon candy, grapefruit, perfume, tutti fruity.

Finish: Short. Red berries, lightly creamy.

Overall: A very “crystalline” wine. (61 views)

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Eye: Light gold to pale straw.

Nose: Rich peaches and green apple, a whisp of oak. The nose is very concentrated with a firm through line of seashell minerality.

Palate: A masterclass in balance. Good acid, rather full bodied and mouth filling. Rich, creamy, crisp, minerally, umami.

Finish: Medium length. Tart yet savory.

Overall: I don’t drink a lot of burgundy, but I have to say this is the single best Chardonnay I’ve ever had.

Enjoyed with: Some reasonably high quality takeout Sushi. (89 views)

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Quick tasting note. More detailed one in the near future.

E: Golden orange
N: Botrytis, yet distinctly Chardonnay.
P: Apple candy, fig newtons, lightly chalky like a necco wafer.
F: (No written notes)

Overall: The guests’ favorite. (38 views)

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Quick Notes:
Decanted off light sediment and aired for an hour.

E: Dark red to medium red
N: Oak vanilla, cacao, lightly vinous
P: Black currant, dark caramel, very umami: meat and mushroom, pecorino cheese. Well balanced acid and tannin.
F: Dry, currant, light steminess, touch of graphite.

Overall: The stunner of the night. Classic Bordeaux with great varietal character. (426 views)

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Quick Notes:
The wine needed about an hour to open up.

E: Medium gold
N: Lightly oaky, nutty and slightly reductive
P: Good acid. Apparent minerality. Some cream and flint. Green bitter element.
F: Vinous, green grapes, dry

Overall: A really cool bottle. (43 views)

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Quick Notes:

E: Medium straw, thin line of small bubbles
N: Toast, lemon
P: green apple, pear, lemon, toast, well balanced acid to sugar
F: Dry, crisp

Overall: Generic but well made. (67 views)

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Eye: Medium straw with flecks of gold.

Nose: Light toast/dust, apparent minerality. Floral perfume.

Palate: Pleasant high acid. Loads of green apple. There is a slight creaminess, but the wine feels very low malo. Super taut and mineral driven. Again quite floral and perfumed.

Finish: Medium length. Lingering apple acidity and perfumey notes.

Overall: The wine lives up to its description; it shows marked Chardonnay characteristic, while being uniquely distinct from any other Chardonnay I’ve tried. (40 views)

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Eye: Firm mousse, rapid fine bubbles. Consistent pale gold with a gentle green tinge in some lights.

Nose: Brioche, hazelnut, tomato stems. Lightly creamy and autolytic. Citrus peel, green apples. Cinnamon-sugar pop tart.

Palate: Well balanced acid and sugar. The wine is very light on its feet despite its dosage. The notes from the nose carry over: Brioche, rich nuts, lemon, blood orange, crisp green apple. And again; just a faint hint of something autolytic and stemmy. Really driven minerality: wet rock and limestone. Nice creamy texture with a pleasant fizz.

Finish: Long. Lemon peel. Green apple. Faint touch of cassis. More minerality.

Overall: Some really incredible champagne. A beautiful introduction to the level that the Special Club operates on. (82 views)

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Decanted off moderate sediment and some “goop”

Eye: Mediun purple to medium red.

Nose: Toasty oak, plum, red fruit. Little meat and prune. Blood orange. Violets.

Palate: Quite dusty and vinous. Moderate acid and tannin. Reasonably drying. Very meaty. Cool mint. Blood orange. Earthy. As the wine airs it develops spicey and umami elements.

Finish: Lingering meatiness, earth, and blood orange.

Overall: It’s like drinking a steak. The wine needed about an hour to start hitting its stride. (248 views)

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Eye: Consistent dark straw

Nose: White Flowers, petrol, wet stone, lemon pith.

Palate: Petrol. Bright acidity. Fleshy and mouth filling. Melon rind, lemon. Peach. Just the slightest touch off-dry.

Finish: Medium length. Lingering lemon, and pith bitterness.

Overall: Very true to type. (29 views)

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