Attractive and powerfully youthful nose of lemon, floral, toasty biscuit and light earth. Fantastic acidity drives this and the richness of the fruit is balanced well as a result. Delicious.
Pale colour. Toast, lime and talc with some floral notes as well. Taking on some honeyed character but it is still very youthful overall. Focussed and with good cut to it, this is drinking well but there is no great hurry.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Oak, earth, toast and grapefruit. Good mouthfeel, it has good intensity though the oak is somewhat distracting as it comes in over the top of the fruit. Powerful but I'm not sure where it is going.
Cherry and chocolate, raspberry and some earthy iron notes. The palate is delicious - it is supple and bright but well balanced with the oak providing good structure. Will easily improve over the next 10 years.
Served blind. Leaf, vanilla bean, earth, leather and cedar aromas. Feels fully resolved on the palate, but still has a sense of delicate fruit weight to it. There is some acid that stretches the fruit out and I like the length to it. Obviously a high quality wine with quite a bit of age, the reveal is still a surprise as I did not expect it to be from such a "lesser" year. Thanks Fizz!
Stem, graphite, raspberry and lead with a bit of alcohol lift to it. Mostly savoury on the palate but there is an appealing fruit richness that works in support. Good length and fine balance.
A treat to encounter this great wine twice in a short space of time. Graphite, tobacco, charcoal, chocolate and some floral notes. Dense fruit combines so well with gripping tannin structure that takes control and only grudgingly lets go as it moves into a long finish. Give it more time to show its very best.
Peach and pineapple with grapefruit and slate. Plenty of ripeness as opposite to outright sweetness on the palate and it retains a feeling of being light on its feet. There is also a sweet and sour element going on which I liked. At a stage in between youth and having development but still enjoyable now.
1998 Ployez-Jacquemart Champagne Liesse d'Harbonville 92 Points
France, Champagne
Attractive and powerfully youthful nose of lemon, floral, toasty biscuit and light earth. Fantastic acidity drives this and the richness of the fruit is balanced well as a result. Delicious.
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1998 Rockford Riesling Hand Picked Eden Valley 91 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley
Pale colour. Toast, lime and talc with some floral notes as well. Taking on some honeyed character but it is still very youthful overall. Focussed and with good cut to it, this is drinking well but there is no great hurry.
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2005 Louis Jadot Meursault 1er Cru Charmes 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Oak, earth, toast and grapefruit. Good mouthfeel, it has good intensity though the oak is somewhat distracting as it comes in over the top of the fruit. Powerful but I'm not sure where it is going.
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2004 Isole e Olena Cepparello Toscana IGT 91 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Cherry and chocolate, raspberry and some earthy iron notes. The palate is delicious - it is supple and bright but well balanced with the oak providing good structure. Will easily improve over the next 10 years.
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1967 Château Margaux 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Served blind. Leaf, vanilla bean, earth, leather and cedar aromas. Feels fully resolved on the palate, but still has a sense of delicate fruit weight to it. There is some acid that stretches the fruit out and I like the length to it. Obviously a high quality wine with quite a bit of age, the reveal is still a surprise as I did not expect it to be from such a "lesser" year. Thanks Fizz!
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1997 Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Vigna di Pianrosso 94 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Licorice, plum, spices and kirsch. Powerful fruit but has such good definition and texture to it. Effortlessly good.
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2003 Giuseppe Quintarelli Cà del Merlo Veneto IGT 91 Points
Italy, Veneto, Veneto IGT
Stem, graphite, raspberry and lead with a bit of alcohol lift to it. Mostly savoury on the palate but there is an appealing fruit richness that works in support. Good length and fine balance.
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2006 Ridge Monte Bello 93 Points
USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains
A treat to encounter this great wine twice in a short space of time. Graphite, tobacco, charcoal, chocolate and some floral notes. Dense fruit combines so well with gripping tannin structure that takes control and only grudgingly lets go as it moves into a long finish. Give it more time to show its very best.
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2006 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Spätlese 91 Points
Germany, Nahe
Peach and pineapple with grapefruit and slate. Plenty of ripeness as opposite to outright sweetness on the palate and it retains a feeling of being light on its feet. There is also a sweet and sour element going on which I liked. At a stage in between youth and having development but still enjoyable now.
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