Fairly standard Rosé Champagne. Light dosage, powerful mousse (coarse bubbles), high acid, medium finish. Some autolysis on the nose, and some impressions of indistinct red berries.
Excellent. Some blackcurrant and stewed bell pepper from Cab, and some plush chocolate-covered plum on the midpalate from Merlot. Medium body, medium alcohol, medium plus acid, medium tannins - silky. Showing slight development but still very primary.
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Ripe dark fruit - blackberry, blackcurrant. Hints of eucalyptus. Dry, full-bodied, high alcohol (feels 14.5%), medium plus acid, medium tannins (soft and rounded). A good example of a new-world full-bodied red.
Unusual nose - different than what I recall. Burnt banana, rust, burnt ham. Slightly green, but not notably pyrazinic - more of a generic weedy herbaceousness. Ripe on the palate, with elevated alcohol, good acid and tannins.
NV Moët & Chandon Champagne Brut Imperial Rosé 83 Points
France, Champagne
Fairly standard Rosé Champagne. Light dosage, powerful mousse (coarse bubbles), high acid, medium finish. Some autolysis on the nose, and some impressions of indistinct red berries.
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2010 Château Chasse-Spleen 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Excellent. Some blackcurrant and stewed bell pepper from Cab, and some plush chocolate-covered plum on the midpalate from Merlot. Medium body, medium alcohol, medium plus acid, medium tannins - silky. Showing slight development but still very primary.
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2013 Yalumba The Signature 87 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Ripe dark fruit - blackberry, blackcurrant. Hints of eucalyptus.
Dry, full-bodied, high alcohol (feels 14.5%), medium plus acid, medium tannins (soft and rounded). A good example of a new-world full-bodied red.
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2013 Kerr Farm Vineyard Pinotage Jaison Reserve 84 Points
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland, Kumeu
Unusual nose - different than what I recall. Burnt banana, rust, burnt ham. Slightly green, but not notably pyrazinic - more of a generic weedy herbaceousness.
Ripe on the palate, with elevated alcohol, good acid and tannins.
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