USA, California, Napa Valley, Spring Mountain District
Medium nose of smoky apple and pear fruit. Palate has round, ripe fruit and sufficient, but now cracking, acidity. Nutty notes add some complexity. Showing its age and one to drink up.
Whoa, this sports a big ripe luscious nose of peaches followed by more peaches, pineapple and spice. Terrific round, rich palate is made fresh with driving acids. An outstanding GG.
A quiet, steely nose. Palate has light-to-medium body with cutting sharp acids and not a ton of fruit to counter the acidic bite. Reductive too. Perhaps just a young, wound up wine.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
The nose was a bit wound up on pop n' pour -- lighter with a melange of apple, pear and mineral. The palate too is a bit restrained. Charming white fruit and nuts. Good fresh acidity. Very good, but that's all.
Full nose with rich white fruits. The palate too has a richness about it, with round full body and moderate acids that keep it fresh. Fine now, but probably going to crack-up sooner than late. Drink up.
Magnum. Full, lovely nose of mature earthy black cherry and herb. Moderate concentration in an elegant frame. Flavors are very evolved with lots of earthy and savory notes. Pleasurable and charming.
This kept getting better over the course of the night. Initially quite nose opens up to medium-full with black cherry and some earth tones. The palate gains plushness with air to show fresh and bright with almost creamy cherry. Savory and leathery in the finish.
Attractive fresh cut cherry aromas are a good start, but then things go downhill. Lighter bodied with very modest cherry fruit and elevated acids. Totally disjointed and clunky. I doubt this gets better.
Medium nose is very floral with violets all day intermixed with ripe black cherry. The palate is clearly new world with a riper, sweeter fruit profile. Good countering acids provide balance and elegance. Smooth, clean finish.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
One whiff and you know that it's on -- a soaring, layered nose of black cherry, meat, spice and earth tones. Delicious with savory, meaty, chewy cherry fruit. Long flavorful finish. Awesome.
Hard to believe ACYSO and I drank the same wine. Intense nose with rich black fruit layered with meat, olive and smoke. Tasty palate with lots of savory Rhone fruit that echoes the nose. A touch fat on the back-half, but that's my only complaint.
I liked this alot and a bit more than PSMITH and ACYSO. The color is downright youthful -- vibrant and almost purple. A gorgeous nose (my note starts "Holy Shit!". Aromas of dried black fruit and olive for days. The palate has vibrant, rich fruit. Layered and delicious with nice tension from fresh acids. Builds length and depth in the glass. Awesome stuff.
I didn't get to this until much later in the dinner and wonder if I caught it too late as others really liked this. I found the wine tired across the board. The nose had tired black fruit and ash notes. The palate had plenty of mature black fruit and some other complex things going on -- but there just wasn't any freshness and life to the wine, leaving a dull and tired impression.
Wow, big full nose is all bell pepper all the time with some dried plum and cherry thrown into the mix. The palate is a bit light and rustic, and frankly more interesting than charming. Much preferred the nose to the palate.
A limpid pale ruby color. Pretty, lifted aromas of fresh plum and cut herbs. Elegant and easy drinking on the palate. Fresh acids and lighter, lifted plum and cherry notes.
Full nose of mature ripe peaches and apple with the occasional diesel and smoke note. The palate is round and still moderately rich. Lots of plush fruit with moderate sweetness. I would have liked a little more acidity and cut to the wine.
2006 Smith-Madrone Riesling 88 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Spring Mountain District
Medium nose of smoky apple and pear fruit. Palate has round, ripe fruit and sufficient, but now cracking, acidity. Nutty notes add some complexity. Showing its age and one to drink up.
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2014 Peter Jakob Kühn Oestricher Doosberg Riesling Großes Gewächs 94 Points
Germany, Rheingau
Whoa, this sports a big ripe luscious nose of peaches followed by more peaches, pineapple and spice. Terrific round, rich palate is made fresh with driving acids. An outstanding GG.
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2015 Kumeu River Chardonnay Hunting Hill
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland, Kumeu
A quiet, steely nose. Palate has light-to-medium body with cutting sharp acids and not a ton of fruit to counter the acidic bite. Reductive too. Perhaps just a young, wound up wine.
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2010 Jean-Marc Roulot Meursault 1er Cru 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
The nose was a bit wound up on pop n' pour -- lighter with a melange of apple, pear and mineral. The palate too is a bit restrained. Charming white fruit and nuts. Good fresh acidity. Very good, but that's all.
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2005 Weingut Knoll Riesling Smaragd Loibenberg 90 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Full nose with rich white fruits. The palate too has a richness about it, with round full body and moderate acids that keep it fresh. Fine now, but probably going to crack-up sooner than late. Drink up.
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1971 Hospices de Beaune Beaune Cuvée Rousseau Deslandes Morin Père & Fils 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune
Magnum. Full, lovely nose of mature earthy black cherry and herb. Moderate concentration in an elegant frame. Flavors are very evolved with lots of earthy and savory notes. Pleasurable and charming.
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1996 Dominique Laurent Beaune 1er Cru Cuvée 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
This kept getting better over the course of the night. Initially quite nose opens up to medium-full with black cherry and some earth tones. The palate gains plushness with air to show fresh and bright with almost creamy cherry. Savory and leathery in the finish.
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2011 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Champans 85 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Attractive fresh cut cherry aromas are a good start, but then things go downhill. Lighter bodied with very modest cherry fruit and elevated acids. Totally disjointed and clunky. I doubt this gets better.
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2006 Felton Road Pinot Noir Block 5 90 Points
New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Central Otago
Medium nose is very floral with violets all day intermixed with ripe black cherry. The palate is clearly new world with a riper, sweeter fruit profile. Good countering acids provide balance and elegance. Smooth, clean finish.
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1998 Domaine Bartet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
One whiff and you know that it's on -- a soaring, layered nose of black cherry, meat, spice and earth tones. Delicious with savory, meaty, chewy cherry fruit. Long flavorful finish. Awesome.
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1997 Mathilde et Yves Gangloff Côte-Rôtie 92 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Hard to believe ACYSO and I drank the same wine. Intense nose with rich black fruit layered with meat, olive and smoke. Tasty palate with lots of savory Rhone fruit that echoes the nose. A touch fat on the back-half, but that's my only complaint.
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1995 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas 94 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas
I liked this alot and a bit more than PSMITH and ACYSO. The color is downright youthful -- vibrant and almost purple. A gorgeous nose (my note starts "Holy Shit!". Aromas of dried black fruit and olive for days. The palate has vibrant, rich fruit. Layered and delicious with nice tension from fresh acids. Builds length and depth in the glass. Awesome stuff.
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1995 Yarra Yering Shiraz Underhill
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
I didn't get to this until much later in the dinner and wonder if I caught it too late as others really liked this. I found the wine tired across the board. The nose had tired black fruit and ash notes. The palate had plenty of mature black fruit and some other complex things going on -- but there just wasn't any freshness and life to the wine, leaving a dull and tired impression.
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1990 Le Logis de la Bouchardiere Chinon Les Cornuelles Vieilles Vignes 89 Points
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon
Wow, big full nose is all bell pepper all the time with some dried plum and cherry thrown into the mix. The palate is a bit light and rustic, and frankly more interesting than charming. Much preferred the nose to the palate.
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NV Domaine Comte Abbatucci Cuvée Collection "Ministre Imperial" 88 Points
France, Corsica, Vin de France
A limpid pale ruby color. Pretty, lifted aromas of fresh plum and cut herbs. Elegant and easy drinking on the palate. Fresh acids and lighter, lifted plum and cherry notes.
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1989 Von Schubert Maximin Grünhäuser Herrenberg Riesling Spätlese 90 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Full nose of mature ripe peaches and apple with the occasional diesel and smoke note. The palate is round and still moderately rich. Lots of plush fruit with moderate sweetness. I would have liked a little more acidity and cut to the wine.
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