Ripe apple with some pineapple and mango, plenty of new oak front-and-center, but this has the stuffing for everything to integrate in a few years. Overall very good balance.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Popped and poured. Lots of lemon with some green apple hints, great density and concentration. At first tasted too cold, then revisited several hours later when less cold, and it was more intense with some mint and anise coming through as well lots of minerality. Just entering its peak drinking window.
From magnum. Black cherry and plum with plenty of smoked meat, anise, dark chocolate. Good density and concentration, lots of tannins and structure today. Better in 5 years for certain, probably better yet in ten.
Blackberry, plum, dark chocolate, licorice, espresso with a strong note of liqueur. rich and intense but fatter and more hedonistic than I would prefer.
Black fruit aromas and flavors with faint hints of anise and dark roast coffee. Good fruit and balance, nicely supported with good energy, but slightly simple middle through finish.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Popped and poured. Surprisingly forward and accessible, showing lots of red cherry and baking spice.Plenty of structure, but very charming fruit coming throughout makes this seem forward and easily enjoyed today.
Charming older Cabernet with mature plum and black berries on nose and palate, along with cigarbox and licorice. Moderate length and intensity. Holding up well.
Ripe plum and black cherry with licorice, dark chocolate and tobacco notes. Big and powerful, with ripeness supporting with enough structure to keep this just short of seeming overly ripe.
2004 Domaine Bernard Moreau et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Grandes Ruchottes 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Apple and lemon aromas, same again on palate with some lemon peel. Subtle spice, good weight. Still in the middle of its drinking window.
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2005 Louis Jadot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Garenne Domaine du Duc de Magenta 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Ripe apple and some tropical notes, some roasted nut and background oak hints. Starting to advance but drinking nicely.
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2009 Marcassin Chardonnay Three Sisters Vineyard 92 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Ripe apple with some pineapple and mango, plenty of new oak front-and-center, but this has the stuffing for everything to integrate in a few years. Overall very good balance.
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2007 Morey-Blanc Corton-Charlemagne 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Popped and poured. Lots of lemon with some green apple hints, great density and concentration. At first tasted too cold, then revisited several hours later when less cold, and it was more intense with some mint and anise coming through as well lots of minerality. Just entering its peak drinking window.
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2013 Soliste Cellars Sauvignon Blanc Lune et Soleil 90 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County
Lemon and grapefruit with very intense energy. Good length and intensity, particularly for its price. A great value wine. Summer in a glass.
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2004 Ridge Monte Bello
USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
From magnum. Black cherry and plum with plenty of smoked meat, anise, dark chocolate. Good density and concentration, lots of tannins and structure today. Better in 5 years for certain, probably better yet in ten.
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2005 Araujo Estate Altagracia Flawed
USA, California, Napa Valley
Blackberry, plum, dark chocolate, licorice, espresso with a strong note of liqueur. rich and intense but fatter and more hedonistic than I would prefer.
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2007 O'Shaughnessy Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Howell Mountain
Black fruit aromas and flavors with faint hints of anise and dark roast coffee. Good fruit and balance, nicely supported with good energy, but slightly simple middle through finish.
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2005 Louis Jadot Echezeaux 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Popped and poured. Surprisingly forward and accessible, showing lots of red cherry and baking spice.Plenty of structure, but very charming fruit coming throughout makes this seem forward and easily enjoyed today.
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2006 d'Arenberg Shiraz The Dead Arm
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Lots of ripe fruit everywhere with plenty of liqueur. Certainly well made, but the intense ripeness is not exactly my preferred style.
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1999 Château Mouton Rothschild 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Blackberry and plum with cedar and licorice. Rich, well textured and very accessible now.
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1987 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Chabot Vineyard 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena
Charming older Cabernet with mature plum and black berries on nose and palate, along with cigarbox and licorice. Moderate length and intensity. Holding up well.
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2003 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Stags Leap District
Ripe plum and black cherry with licorice, dark chocolate and tobacco notes. Big and powerful, with ripeness supporting with enough structure to keep this just short of seeming overly ripe.
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2003 Abreu Madrona Ranch 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Also very ripe but a slight step up from the (also good) Shafter 2003 HSS. This showed slightly more nuance and textures with more layers of flavor.
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2006 Maybach Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Materium 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
Plum and blackberry with some licorice, vanilla, espresso. Ripe and powerful, but interesting layers of flavor with good balance.
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1998 Alois Kracher Scheurebe TBA #12 Zwischen den Seen 93 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee
Dried apricot and creme brulee with lots of power and length. Thick and unctuous, while retaining a good freshness.
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