Tasting, brief note. Dense apple with good weight and concentration for its level. Finishes with a heaviness I would normally associate with Blagny in Meursault. Good+ for its level.
Tasting, brief note. Apple and pear aromas and flavors. Straightforward with good density for its level. While on the simple side, it is VG for its level.
Tasting, brief note. Ripe and bright black and red berry aromas and flavors. Lush start, more firm middle. Slightly rugged finish needs a year or three to soften. Good for its level.
Tasting, brief note. Black cherry on nose and palate with some roast meat notes. Persistent with good length. Very good for its level, 88-89 point potential, 2019 forward.
Tasting, brief note. Black berries on nose and palate with good depth and a slightly backward character, while fruit and structure remain in good balance. Cellar a few more years. VG for its level.
Tasting, brief note. Apple aromas and flavors come across as more dense vs Marsannay AC, but less accessible today. G+ for its level. Better in another year or two.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Intense aromatic start with floral, apple, peach, toasted walnut. Less intense flavors, still good with nice balance. Good+ for now. I don't ever recall seeing/ tasting CC from this producer before.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Tasting, brief note. Black and red fruit with moderate concentration, well done overall in a lighter style best for 2013. Well balanced now, very good young but should easily drink well for a decade+.
Tasting, brief note. Ripe black and red berries with perfume hints. Same fruit flavors with modest spice. Firm middle with slightly drying finish. Needs time.
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages
Tasting, brief note. Ripe black fruit with some jammy character. Good weight and balance for its level and cost. Good+ overall now, especially for its level.
Tasting, brief note. Also slightly jammy black berry, very ripe with spice hints. Much more firm and slightly coarse finish. I prefer the Côtes du Rhône Villages.
Tasting, brief note. Red cherry, licorice with floral hints. Good enough fruit, moderate intensity, but with a drying finish for now I didn't love. Needs time. Very old school.
Tasting, brief note. Starts off rich and opulent but avoids a flamboyance via a good sense of energy and moderating tannins supporting the ripe, concentrated fruit. Good+ balance. Moderate length and density. Certainly good, but expensive.
Tasting, brief note. Bright floral start with red berries. Slightly sweet fruit with Asian five spice and a persistent, well balanced character. Very tasty now, a step up vs Durell for me.
Tasting, brief note. Ripe black and red cherry on nose and palate. Good concentration, slightly simple finish shows faint cherry cola hints. Best young while very fresh.
Tasting, brief note. dried cherry and apricot with Christmas spice hints. Moderate sweetness, elegant nuance throughout. Less power, more finesse here. Certainly not for dessert.
2013 Domaine Bernard-Bonin Bourgogne Blanc Initiales B.B.
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Tasting, brief note. Moderate fruit with slightly nuttiness giving somewhat of a Meursault character. Moderate depth and intensity. Ok for its level.
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2012 Domaine Bernard-Bonin Meursault
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Tasting, brief note. Dense apple with good weight and concentration for its level. Finishes with a heaviness I would normally associate with Blagny in Meursault. Good+ for its level.
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2012 Buisson-Charles Meursault
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Tasting, brief note. Apple and pear aromas and flavors. Straightforward with good density for its level. While on the simple side, it is VG for its level.
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2013 Domaine Charles Audoin Marsannay Cuvée Marie Ragonneau
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
Tasting, brief note. Ripe and bright black and red berry aromas and flavors. Lush start, more firm middle. Slightly rugged finish needs a year or three to soften. Good for its level.
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2013 Domaine Charles Audoin Marsannay Les Longeroies
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
Tasting, brief note. Black cherry on nose and palate with some roast meat notes. Persistent with good length. Very good for its level, 88-89 point potential, 2019 forward.
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2013 Domaine Charles Audoin Gevrey-Chambertin
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Tasting, brief note. Dark cherry again with some leather. Less weight or lenght vs Marsannay Longeroies. Good+ for its level. Best young.
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2012 Domaine Charles Audoin Marsannay Les Favières 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
Tasting, brief note. Black berries on nose and palate with good depth and a slightly backward character, while fruit and structure remain in good balance. Cellar a few more years. VG for its level.
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2011 Domaine Charles Audoin Fixin Le Rozier
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Fixin
Tasting, brief note. Lighter style overall showing combination of red and black cherry. Moderate weight and length with slightly rustic finish.
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2014 Domaine Charles Audoin Marsannay Blanc
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
Tasting, brief note. floral with bright apple. Pretty and easy to enjoy now. VG summer wine.
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2014 Domaine Charles Audoin Marsannay Charmes aux Prêtres Blanc
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
Tasting, brief note. Apple aromas and flavors come across as more dense vs Marsannay AC, but less accessible today. G+ for its level. Better in another year or two.
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2014 Domaine Morey-Coffinet Pinot Noir Bourgogne
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Tasting, brief note. Bright, forward red fruit. Good balance. Easy to enjoy now. Good+ for its level.
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2014 Domaine Morey-Coffinet Bourgogne Blanc
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Tasting, brief note. Floral start with bright fruit and balanced energy. VG for its level.
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2014 Domaine Morey-Coffinet Chassagne-Montrachet Les Houillères
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Tasting, brief note. Dense fruit, good length. Slightly bitter finish for now, which will soften with a few years in the cellar. Good+ for its level.
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2014 Domaine Morey-Coffinet Puligny-Montrachet Corvee des Vignes
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet
Tasting, brief note. Fatter and more rounded vs the Chassagne, perhaps less precise. Better now. Good+ for its level.
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2011 Maison Morey-Coffinet Corton-Charlemagne 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Intense aromatic start with floral, apple, peach, toasted walnut. Less intense flavors, still good with nice balance. Good+ for now. I don't ever recall seeing/ tasting CC from this producer before.
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2014 Domaine des Ardoisières Argile Blanc
France, Savoie, Vin des Allobroges
Tasting, brief note. Quite unique, intensely minerally with fruit in the background. 40% chardonnay, 40% Jacquere, 20% Mondeuse Blanche.
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2013 Domaine Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin Mes Cinq Terroirs 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Tasting, brief note. Black and red fruit with moderate concentration, well done overall in a lighter style best for 2013. Well balanced now, very good young but should easily drink well for a decade+.
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2012 Monthélie-Douhairet-Porcheret Monthélie Clos du Meix Garnier
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Monthélie
Tasting, brief note. Red fruit with lots of earth and some more earth with a bit of barnyard.
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2012 Monthélie-Douhairet-Porcheret Volnay 1er Cru Champans
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Tasting, brief note. Red cherry comes across as soft and somewhere between elegant and rustic. Slight spice hints. Old school indeed.
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2013 Bernard Burgaud Côte-Rôtie
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Tasting, brief note. Ripe black and red berries with perfume hints. Same fruit flavors with modest spice. Firm middle with slightly drying finish. Needs time.
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2012 Féraud-Brunel Côtes du Rhône Villages
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône Villages
Tasting, brief note. Ripe black fruit with some jammy character. Good weight and balance for its level and cost. Good+ overall now, especially for its level.
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2012 Féraud-Brunel Rasteau
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Rasteau
Tasting, brief note. Also slightly jammy black berry, very ripe with spice hints. Much more firm and slightly coarse finish. I prefer the Côtes du Rhône Villages.
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2010 Scarpa Monferrato RossoScarpa
Italy, Piedmont, Monferrato
Tasting, brief note. Forward red cherry, spice hints. Easy to enjoy now. Good+ for its level/ price.
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2008 Scarpa Barbaresco Tettineive
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Tasting, brief note. Red cherry, licorice with floral hints. Good enough fruit, moderate intensity, but with a drying finish for now I didn't love. Needs time. Very old school.
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2013 Owl and the Oak Cabernet Sauvignon MG Vineyard
USA, California, Sonoma County
Tasting, brief note. Starts off rich and opulent but avoids a flamboyance via a good sense of energy and moderating tannins supporting the ripe, concentrated fruit. Good+ balance. Moderate length and density. Certainly good, but expensive.
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2013 Lutum Pinot Noir Gap’s Crown Vineyard 91 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Tasting, brief note. Bright floral start with red berries. Slightly sweet fruit with Asian five spice and a persistent, well balanced character. Very tasty now, a step up vs Durell for me.
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2013 Lutum Pinot Noir Durell Vineyard 89 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Tasting, brief note. Ripe black and red cherry on nose and palate. Good concentration, slightly simple finish shows faint cherry cola hints. Best young while very fresh.
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1962 Domaine Piétri-Géraud Banyuls 91 Points
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Roussillon, Banyuls
Tasting, brief note. dried cherry and apricot with Christmas spice hints. Moderate sweetness, elegant nuance throughout. Less power, more finesse here. Certainly not for dessert.
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