Drank over 3+ hours. Appearance is clear, deep intensity, opaque ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of earth, stony minerality, black cherries, blueberry, licorice, sweet spice, integrated vanilla oak. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, high alcohol (14.5%), smooth medium tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of earth, stony minerality, black cherries, blackberries, blueberries, spice, licorice, vanilla. Long finish. Very good quality serious oaked Barbera. Actually seemed to get better and more expressive as the night wore on. Drinking well now at 10 years' of age, and still has a bit more upside to it I feel.
From magnum. Wax-sealed top. Pop and poured. Drank over 2.5 hours. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, brilliant ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of stony minerality, slight floral notes, spice, deep red cherries. Herb and rhubarb with more air. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (13.5%), ultra-fine medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of crushed ripe deep red cherries and raspberries, stony minerality, sweet baking spice, herb, rhubarb. Long finish. Great mouth-feel and lots of depth. Very tight and you can just feel how much this could improve with more air or bottle age. Very good quality. If I had more wine storage space, I would definitely be getting another bottle to keep for another 5+ years before re-exploring. From 100 year old vines. I remember the basic level Morgon I tasted before, and this is definitely an obvious step up from that.
Drank this without any notion or inkling of the background or critics' scores. Pop and pour. Drank over 1+ hour. Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of ripe dark red cherries, black cherry, dark earth, woody oak spice, meatiness, and slight floral notes. Developing. On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium alcohol (13%), smooth medium+ tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of ripe dark red cherries, black cherries, black pepper, spice, dark earth, meat. Long finish. Very good quality wine, more like a super-charged St. Joseph or a mini-Hermitage. Well, I understand why the purists/terroirists would give this the thumbs down, and on the other hand you have RP handing out a 96 score. Give this a long decant if drinking now, or keep for another 4-5 years. 30 months in new oak barrels. From a monopoly of the best terroirs adjoining what were previously the Jean-Louis Grippat and Vallouit estates. Terroir has a geological formation similar to the famous Bessards slopes in Hermitage.
2006 Cordero di Montezemolo Barbera d'Alba Superiore Funtanì 91 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d'Alba Superiore
Drank over 3+ hours.
Appearance is clear, deep intensity, opaque ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of earth, stony minerality, black cherries, blueberry, licorice, sweet spice, integrated vanilla oak. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, high alcohol (14.5%), smooth medium tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of earth, stony minerality, black cherries, blackberries, blueberries, spice, licorice, vanilla. Long finish.
Very good quality serious oaked Barbera. Actually seemed to get better and more expressive as the night wore on. Drinking well now at 10 years' of age, and still has a bit more upside to it I feel.
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2011 Marcel Lapierre Morgon Cuvée Marcel Lapierre 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon
From magnum. Wax-sealed top. Pop and poured. Drank over 2.5 hours.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, brilliant ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of stony minerality, slight floral notes, spice, deep red cherries. Herb and rhubarb with more air. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (13.5%), ultra-fine medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of crushed ripe deep red cherries and raspberries, stony minerality, sweet baking spice, herb, rhubarb. Long finish. Great mouth-feel and lots of depth. Very tight and you can just feel how much this could improve with more air or bottle age.
Very good quality. If I had more wine storage space, I would definitely be getting another bottle to keep for another 5+ years before re-exploring.
From 100 year old vines. I remember the basic level Morgon I tasted before, and this is definitely an obvious step up from that.
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2005 E. Guigal St. Joseph Vignes de L'Hospice 93 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph
Drank this without any notion or inkling of the background or critics' scores.
Pop and pour. Drank over 1+ hour.
Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of ripe dark red cherries, black cherry, dark earth, woody oak spice, meatiness, and slight floral notes. Developing.
On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium alcohol (13%), smooth medium+ tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of ripe dark red cherries, black cherries, black pepper, spice, dark earth, meat. Long finish.
Very good quality wine, more like a super-charged St. Joseph or a mini-Hermitage. Well, I understand why the purists/terroirists would give this the thumbs down, and on the other hand you have RP handing out a 96 score. Give this a long decant if drinking now, or keep for another 4-5 years.
30 months in new oak barrels.
From a monopoly of the best terroirs adjoining what were previously the Jean-Louis Grippat and Vallouit estates. Terroir has a geological formation similar to the famous Bessards slopes in Hermitage.
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