France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Open for two days. Pretty pink flowers on the nose. Little sweet spice and white truffle and peppercorns. Feminine and lots of life in the acidity and vibrancy of the juice. Big extraction and lush finish. Young and promising.
Age showing. Bricking red maroon, tan color. Soy and rustic cherries, dried leaves. Molasses and light roast nuts. An elegant wine that shows elements of rust. Lighter hay and manure come through with leather iodine and red stone fruit. Palate shows lighter raspberries, earth and all spice. Very nice.
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Rusty plum pink and purple berries. Creamy leather and light anise. Nice grip. Decent fruit and acid. Clean finish. Little rusty iron. Lighter graphite. Supple and restrained.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Loved this wine. Coca Cola and Dr. Pepper. Anise, cinnamon, nutmeg. Yummy baking spice city. Tar and red forest floor. Bark, ripe cherries and blood orange. Lil play doh too. Toffee fresh and warm. Irony tastes a little like blood. Everyone knew this was Italy. Great vintage. Clean focused finish. Great bottle.
Fun birth year wine to try. Funky nose. Little sulfur. All thought Old World. Some eucalyptus and lots of spice. New shoe polish quality. Caramel, tannic and soy. Palate still lively, malty creamy cassis. Drink now. Touch of orange peel on the back end. Still some grip and acidity. Old World styling comes through with earth front palate.
Big nose. Spice and a little heat. Tasted side by side the 1983 - fun to compare. Different styling and at different stages but both solid. Some woody oak up front with some ripe berries on the back. Chocolate milky creamy. Guessed right bank from the sweetness.
Chocolatey. Black licorice, coal. Very dark fig, anise. Cherry pits, blackberries, meaty savory notes. A little funky and very pronounced aromatics. Blood orange elegance. Big nose lighter on the palate.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Lots of age, oxidation and must. Light qualities. Caramel, earth. Black tea, thin palate. Little grip left. Tea tannins, some sour orange. Palate is unique.
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Walla Walla Valley
YES! I knew this was Cayuse - at least very well made Washington Syrah. Savory, meaty, bloody, fruity bomb goodness. Fresh purple and pink funktified licorice, gray pepper, black rocks. Meaty, steaky, stewed tomatoes. Big culty ripe fruit. Slatey granite. Big palate as well. Good acid. My style. So much funk. Love it!
I liked this a lot. Funky, meaty, pine cones, minty. Sweet creamed corn even on the nose. Lots of black fruit with some fresh linen scents. Palate is massive much bigger than the nose lets on in fact. Sweet rich, creamy and fruit forward. So young still. Massive yet caressing for me. Hold for another five to seven years until tasting again I believe.
Time and time again, Maggie does wonders with both her Pinot and Syrah bottlings. Funky, truffles, earth, very pronounced nose. Pretty super floral action with very ripe and creamy styling. Really nice and feminine. Leaner but still very funky. Love this style of wine. Great presence. Basically guessed this blind!
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Band aid, some green stemmy fruit but nice. Core of fig and blackberries. A little chocolate, rock, plum and anise. Pronounced dark rock and iron too with some lead shavings. Palate a little thinner but still an elegant wine. Still a little tight and full of acid. Resolved but present tannin structure.
Really nice perfume, funky, truffles, shrooms. Nice flowers, spice, sweet molasses and nutty. Touches of plump berries but still rustic. Blood orange. Red pepper and some vegetal notes.
Gorgeous nose. Petrol, fresh plastic, fresh lemon orange and lime. Little pineapple. Plate is insane. Little sweet and viscous but with great acid. Cakey, yellow cake. Showing a great vintage qualities. Fresh butter, corn. Really nice.
2009 Maison Champy Charmes-Chambertin 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Open for two days. Pretty pink flowers on the nose. Little sweet spice and white truffle and peppercorns.
Feminine and lots of life in the acidity and vibrancy of the juice. Big extraction and lush finish. Young and promising.
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1983 Vieux Château Certan 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Age showing. Bricking red maroon, tan color.
Soy and rustic cherries, dried leaves. Molasses and light roast nuts. An elegant wine that shows elements of rust.
Lighter hay and manure come through with leather iodine and red stone fruit. Palate shows lighter raspberries, earth and all spice. Very nice.
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2000 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Rusty plum pink and purple berries. Creamy leather and light anise. Nice grip. Decent fruit and acid. Clean finish.
Little rusty iron. Lighter graphite. Supple and restrained.
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2001 Fuligni Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 94 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Loved this wine. Coca Cola and Dr. Pepper. Anise, cinnamon, nutmeg. Yummy baking spice city.
Tar and red forest floor. Bark, ripe cherries and blood orange. Lil play doh too. Toffee fresh and warm.
Irony tastes a little like blood. Everyone knew this was Italy. Great vintage. Clean focused finish. Great bottle.
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1982 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 92 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Fun birth year wine to try. Funky nose. Little sulfur. All thought Old World. Some eucalyptus and lots of spice. New shoe polish quality.
Caramel, tannic and soy.
Palate still lively, malty creamy cassis. Drink now. Touch of orange peel on the back end.
Still some grip and acidity. Old World styling comes through with earth front palate.
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2001 Vieux Château Certan 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Big nose. Spice and a little heat. Tasted side by side the 1983 - fun to compare. Different styling and at different stages but both solid.
Some woody oak up front with some ripe berries on the back.
Chocolate milky creamy. Guessed right bank from the sweetness.
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2003 Chateau Musar Hochar Père & Fils 90 Points
Lebanon, Bekaa Valley
Chocolatey. Black licorice, coal. Very dark fig, anise.
Cherry pits, blackberries, meaty savory notes.
A little funky and very pronounced aromatics. Blood orange elegance.
Big nose lighter on the palate.
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2009 Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Saint Georges 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Super huge funky shroomy, tobacco city, truffles, sulfur. So lovely. Floral, perfume, layers of goodness.
Ripe pink cotton candy, bubble gum. Clean fruit. Spicy red peppers, white pepper, really young. Pretty fresh fruit.
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1978 Domaine Guy & Yvan Dufouleur Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Poulettes 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Lots of age, oxidation and must. Light qualities. Caramel, earth. Black tea, thin palate. Little grip left. Tea tannins, some sour orange. Palate is unique.
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2006 Cayuse Syrah Cailloux Vineyard 95 Points
USA, Washington, Columbia Valley, Walla Walla Valley
YES! I knew this was Cayuse - at least very well made Washington Syrah. Savory, meaty, bloody, fruity bomb goodness.
Fresh purple and pink funktified licorice, gray pepper, black rocks. Meaty, steaky, stewed tomatoes. Big culty ripe fruit. Slatey granite. Big palate as well. Good acid. My style. So much funk. Love it!
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2006 Saxum Broken Stones 93 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
I liked this a lot. Funky, meaty, pine cones, minty. Sweet creamed corn even on the nose. Lots of black fruit with some fresh linen scents. Palate is massive much bigger than the nose lets on in fact. Sweet rich, creamy and fruit forward. So young still. Massive yet caressing for me. Hold for another five to seven years until tasting again I believe.
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1985 Château Palmer 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Leather Old touch of oxidation. Fruit but dirty. Olive tapenade, gray slate. Little pencil shavings, blood orange. Stinky for a Palmer.
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2009 Antica Terra Pinot Noir 94 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Time and time again, Maggie does wonders with both her Pinot and Syrah bottlings.
Funky, truffles, earth, very pronounced nose. Pretty super floral action with very ripe and creamy styling. Really nice and feminine.
Leaner but still very funky. Love this style of wine. Great presence. Basically guessed this blind!
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1998 Château Troplong Mondot 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Band aid, some green stemmy fruit but nice. Core of fig and blackberries. A little chocolate, rock, plum and anise. Pronounced dark rock and iron too with some lead shavings.
Palate a little thinner but still an elegant wine. Still a little tight and full of acid. Resolved but present tannin structure.
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2007 Domaine du Château de Chorey (Germain) Beaune 1er Cru Cuvée Tante Berthe 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
Really nice perfume, funky, truffles, shrooms. Nice flowers, spice, sweet molasses and nutty. Touches of plump berries but still rustic. Blood orange. Red pepper and some vegetal notes.
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2001 Château Suduiraut 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Gorgeous nose. Petrol, fresh plastic, fresh lemon orange and lime. Little pineapple. Plate is insane. Little sweet and viscous but with great acid.
Cakey, yellow cake. Showing a great vintage qualities. Fresh butter, corn. Really nice.
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