Nose: noticeably toasted with toasted hazelnuts and some toffee, cocoa powder, rather ripe fruit, some spice. Palate: medium bodied+, ripe yellow fruit - mostly yellow apples, apple compote, slightly spicy, some mineral, a hint of grapefruit bitterness. Aftertaste with apple notes and some mineral. Nice development, rather foody style. It has gotten quite a lot of development since this vintage was launched a couple of years ago. However, it is not as firm, elegant or mineral as the 2002.
Nose: honey, dried fruit, noticeably flowery with rose scent, spice, and some "nice" solvent notes. Palate: a hint of sweetness, ripe and sweet fruit, some honey, some spice, balancing acidity. On one hand slightly sweet, like many Weinbach wines, but in my opinion rather firm and elegant for a Gewürztraminer - the type that I would imagine works well with spicy Asian food - rather than the oily and powerful style. It is not extremely expressive for a Gewürztraminer.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Appearance: bright red colour, lighter red at the edge. Nose: mint, red berries - sweetish cherries, flowery notes, mineral, elegant. Palate: red berries, well integrated sweetness of fruit, some spice, softened tannins, good acidity. Rather fully developed, but could be cellared more.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Appearance: bright red colour, lighter at the edge. Nose: ripe red berries, some mint, spice, some oak. Palate: red and some dark berries, rather good spiciness, some tannin, a hint of "foody" bitterness. Fully developed.
France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Coteaux du Layon
Appearance: bright yellow colour, slightly golden. Nose: ripe, partially dried yellow fruit, some tropical fruit, spice notes with arrack/rum, hints of petrol and wool. Palate: semi-sweet, good concentration of fruit, yellow apples, some citrus, some honey, good acidity, some spice. Rather young.
Appearance: medium red colour, faint blue tinge. Nose: fruity and sweetish with red and some dark berries, flowery with an impression of candy flavouring and winegum. Palate: medium bodied, berry-dominated with red and some dark berries, some sour berry impression, a hint of bitternes and some tannin. Rather good concentration of fruit and clean aromas. Fairly simple and candy-styled, but flawless and definitely OK.
2000 Dom Pérignon Champagne 91 Points
France, Champagne
Nose: noticeably toasted with toasted hazelnuts and some toffee, cocoa powder, rather ripe fruit, some spice.
Palate: medium bodied+, ripe yellow fruit - mostly yellow apples, apple compote, slightly spicy, some mineral, a hint of grapefruit bitterness. Aftertaste with apple notes and some mineral.
Nice development, rather foody style. It has gotten quite a lot of development since this vintage was launched a couple of years ago. However, it is not as firm, elegant or mineral as the 2002.
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2004 Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer Altenbourg Cuvée Laurence 90 Points
France, Alsace
Nose: honey, dried fruit, noticeably flowery with rose scent, spice, and some "nice" solvent notes.
Palate: a hint of sweetness, ripe and sweet fruit, some honey, some spice, balancing acidity.
On one hand slightly sweet, like many Weinbach wines, but in my opinion rather firm and elegant for a Gewürztraminer - the type that I would imagine works well with spicy Asian food - rather than the oily and powerful style. It is not extremely expressive for a Gewürztraminer.
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1995 Domaine Perrot-Minot Charmes-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Appearance: bright red colour, lighter red at the edge.
Nose: mint, red berries - sweetish cherries, flowery notes, mineral, elegant.
Palate: red berries, well integrated sweetness of fruit, some spice, softened tannins, good acidity.
Rather fully developed, but could be cellared more.
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1989 Domaine Launay Chambertin 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Appearance: bright red colour, lighter at the edge.
Nose: ripe red berries, some mint, spice, some oak.
Palate: red and some dark berries, rather good spiciness, some tannin, a hint of "foody" bitterness. Fully developed.
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1989 Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon 89 Points
France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Coteaux du Layon
Appearance: bright yellow colour, slightly golden.
Nose: ripe, partially dried yellow fruit, some tropical fruit, spice notes with arrack/rum, hints of petrol and wool.
Palate: semi-sweet, good concentration of fruit, yellow apples, some citrus, some honey, good acidity, some spice. Rather young.
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