Very impressive and just packed with complexity. Lovely fruit but also lots of wet leaves, caramel, mushrooms and coffee. Disgorged in 2000 and it is really drinking perfectly right now. 96-97p
Certainly a wine that clearly needed a lot of air and during the dinner it really didn't open up enough. However, this is really an impressive wine and there is plenty of young primary flavors and depth but also a lot of balance. It is truly a great wine but for me it lacked a little personality.A bit too generic for my palate.
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Slow-ox decanted 24 hours in advance. Really nice and open with a lot of VA but also dried cherry flavors, mushrooms and wet leaves. It is certainly a bit sweet but there is plenty of things to love in this wine. If you like this style. The depth of flavors shows that there is still a lot of life in this wine and it will just continue to improve for 10+ years. Perhaps it lacks a little aftertaste to really impress.. There is a lot of balance present and the wine is unmistakably in the Quintarelli style. Love the wine and the overall style.
Still intense and fresh with plenty of fruit left. This bottle was really good and perhaps the best tasted yet. The wine is all about the impressive balance where everything just fits together nicely while still having its own personality. A huge wine. Will probably not improve from this point on but still able to keep for a very long time.
What an impressive wine and I don't believe that Sauternes gets any better than this. Different and equally good but not better. It is just packed with botrytis, tropical fruits, coconut and honey with an insanely long aftertaste. Everything is just perfectly integrated. Simply an extraordinary wine where the hype for once merits the wine!! When tasting this wine it is difficult to find the right words. The most fitting word is perfection :-)
2006 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut 94 Points
France, Champagne
Deep and full flavors but still very young. Impressive acidity and plenty of room to improve.
Adorable wine.
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