Tasted blind. Drank from decanter over 2 hours. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs. Nose is clean, pronounced intensity, with aromas of flowers, salty minerality, tropical melons, hints of lychee. Youthful. On the palate, dry, medium acidity, medium+ alcohol (14.5% though!), medium+ body. Pronounced flavour intensity, with flavours of tropical melons, sweet cream, salty minerality, sslight lychees. Medium finish. Now honestly this does not smell or taste like a Chardonnay at all! Fails in that regard. Seems to me like there could be a significant percentage of Gewurztraminer mixed into this. Apparently a 100% Chardonnay from single vineyard.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs. Nose increasingly oxidative with air. Still some underlying saline and rocky minerality with herbs. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol, medium+ body. Good saline and rocky minerality, but the premature oxidation may have killed most of the fruit. Will try to get my hands on another bottle again in the future.
Poured into decanter and drank over 2 hours. Appeaance is clear, pale intensity, gold colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of smelly (good way) briny minerality, citrus lemon, roasted nuts. Developed. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (12.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of briny minerality, iodine, citrus lemon, honey, roasted nuts. Long finish. Very good quality. Lovely minerality going on here. Only question is, could this bottle have undergone some accelerated ageing due to provenance? Somehow feels developed already.
Tasted blind. Drank from bottle over 1+ hour. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of toasty vanilla oak, stony flinty minerality, white flowers, citrus lime. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of stony flinty minerality, citrus lemon-lime, white peach, vanilla oak. Long finish. Very good quality. Still a baby! Oak not integrated yet. Tight palate. Give this another 4-5 years and re-explore.
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Tasted blind. Drank from bottle over 2 hours. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of sweet vanilla cream, woody spice, some saline minerality. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of vanilla cream, woody spice, citrus lemon, white peaches, slight saline minerality. Medium+ finish. Good quality. Oak threatening to flood everything else out though. Maybe another 2-3 years for this oak to integrate.
Tasted blind. Pop and poured. Drank over 1 hour. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of honey, honeysuckle, nectar, sweet lemon drops. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol , medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of honey, nectar honeysuckle, stony minerality, sweet citrus lemon. Long finish. Very good quality. Spot on I hit jackpot guessing this wine. Less intensity as compared to the Les Monts Damnés. Drinking well now and over the next 4-5 years.
Pop and poured. Drank over 1+ hour. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, salmon-pink colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of raspberries, garrigue, sweet herbs, rocky minerality. Youthful. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14%), medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of raspberries, red cherries, sweet herbal spices, rocky minerality. Medium+ finish. Very good quality. In the serious Rosé category. Good minerality. Drink and enjoy. Grapes grown from Chateau d'Esclans' vineyard. Mainly Grenache and Rolle (Vermentino).
Tasted blind. Drank from bottle after 3 hours of air. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of tar, earth, floral roses, licorice, sweet spices, red fruit. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14.5%), fine high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of licorice, sweet spices, tarry earth, red cherries, red plums. Long finish. Very good quality. Approachable already and rather enjoyable drinking. Enjoy over the next 5+ years. There are nice traditional elements of tar & roses and red fruits here, yet mixed in with modern facets of licorice and sweet spice.
Tasted blind. Drank after 3 hours of air in the decanter. Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is pronounced, with aromas of bretty animal, leather, red flowers, red fruits, black cherries, red bell peppers. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (12.5%), medium tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of tanned leather, animal, dark red cherries, black cherries, plums, peppers. Long finish. Very good quality. Some real solid concentration here on the palate for a Beaujolais. This will age well. Aim to re-explore again in 3 years. Brett-haters should steer clear of this.
2015 Enate Chardonnay Somontano 234 87 Points
Spain, Aragón, Somontano
Tasted blind. Drank from decanter over 2 hours.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, pronounced intensity, with aromas of flowers, salty minerality, tropical melons, hints of lychee. Youthful.
On the palate, dry, medium acidity, medium+ alcohol (14.5% though!), medium+ body. Pronounced flavour intensity, with flavours of tropical melons, sweet cream, salty minerality, sslight lychees. Medium finish.
Now honestly this does not smell or taste like a Chardonnay at all! Fails in that regard. Seems to me like there could be a significant percentage of Gewurztraminer mixed into this.
Apparently a 100% Chardonnay from single vineyard.
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2010 T-Oinos Assyrtiko Clos Stegasta Flawed
Greece, Aegean, Cyclades, Tinos
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs.
Nose increasingly oxidative with air. Still some underlying saline and rocky minerality with herbs.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol, medium+ body. Good saline and rocky minerality, but the premature oxidation may have killed most of the fruit.
Will try to get my hands on another bottle again in the future.
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2010 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Poured into decanter and drank over 2 hours.
Appeaance is clear, pale intensity, gold colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of smelly (good way) briny minerality, citrus lemon, roasted nuts. Developed.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (12.5%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of briny minerality, iodine, citrus lemon, honey, roasted nuts. Long finish.
Very good quality. Lovely minerality going on here. Only question is, could this bottle have undergone some accelerated ageing due to provenance? Somehow feels developed already.
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2009 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Valmur 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru
Tasted blind. Drank from bottle over 1+ hour.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of toasty vanilla oak, stony flinty minerality, white flowers, citrus lime. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of stony flinty minerality, citrus lemon-lime, white peach, vanilla oak. Long finish.
Very good quality. Still a baby! Oak not integrated yet. Tight palate. Give this another 4-5 years and re-explore.
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2010 BK Wines Chardonnay Kenton Valley One Ball Single Vineyard 90 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Tasted blind. Drank from bottle over 2 hours.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of sweet vanilla cream, woody spice, some saline minerality. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of vanilla cream, woody spice, citrus lemon, white peaches, slight saline minerality. Medium+ finish.
Good quality. Oak threatening to flood everything else out though. Maybe another 2-3 years for this oak to integrate.
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2013 Domaine François Cotat Sancerre Les Culs de Beaujeu 92 Points
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre
Tasted blind. Pop and poured. Drank over 1 hour.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of honey, honeysuckle, nectar, sweet lemon drops. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol , medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of honey, nectar honeysuckle, stony minerality, sweet citrus lemon. Long finish.
Very good quality. Spot on I hit jackpot guessing this wine. Less intensity as compared to the Les Monts Damnés. Drinking well now and over the next 4-5 years.
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2015 Caves d'Esclans Rock Angel 91 Points
France, Provence, Côtes de Provence
Pop and poured. Drank over 1+ hour.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, salmon-pink colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of raspberries, garrigue, sweet herbs, rocky minerality. Youthful.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14%), medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of raspberries, red cherries, sweet herbal spices, rocky minerality. Medium+ finish.
Very good quality. In the serious Rosé category. Good minerality. Drink and enjoy.
Grapes grown from Chateau d'Esclans' vineyard. Mainly Grenache and Rolle (Vermentino).
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2007 Giovanni Manzone Barolo Castelletto 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Tasted blind. Drank from bottle after 3 hours of air.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of tar, earth, floral roses, licorice, sweet spices, red fruit. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14.5%), fine high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of licorice, sweet spices, tarry earth, red cherries, red plums. Long finish.
Very good quality. Approachable already and rather enjoyable drinking. Enjoy over the next 5+ years.
There are nice traditional elements of tar & roses and red fruits here, yet mixed in with modern facets of licorice and sweet spice.
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2014 Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon
Tasted blind. Drank after 3 hours of air in the decanter.
Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is pronounced, with aromas of bretty animal, leather, red flowers, red fruits, black cherries, red bell peppers. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (12.5%), medium tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of tanned leather, animal, dark red cherries, black cherries, plums, peppers. Long finish.
Very good quality. Some real solid concentration here on the palate for a Beaujolais. This will age well. Aim to re-explore again in 3 years. Brett-haters should steer clear of this.
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