Fine Vines Fall 2018 Portfolio Tasting
City Winery - Chicago IL
Tasted Monday, October 1, 2018 by Burgundy Al with 412 views
Introduction
Several Champagnes tasted first, then the red wines, followed by the white wines. Notes are in the sequence of the tasting sheet, not the sequence tasted.
NV Jose Dhondt Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut 89 Points
France, Champagne
Tasting, brief note. Current release. Rich baked apple with bread notes. Good textures, very good length.
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NV Hugues Godmé Champagne Premier Cru Extra-Brut 88 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
Tasting, brief note. Current release. Lots of apple and lemon. Very "extra brut," a bit too much for my delicate palate. Good+ length.
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NV Camille Savès Champagne Grand Cru Brut Rosé 90 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Current release. Very berry throughout. Very good depth, good+ textures.
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2016 Stoller Pinot Noir Dundee Hills 86 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Tasting, brief note. Rich, very ripe, with good density. Very enjoyable in that ripe and concentrated style, even if slightly one dimensional.
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2015 Stoller Pinot Noir Reserve Dundee Hills 88 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Tasting, brief note. More black > red fruit with background spice. A clear step up vs 2016 Dundee, this has better density with good balance and restraint. Good+ length.
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2016 Roots Wine Co. Pinot Noir Crosshairs Cuvée 87 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains
Tasting, brief note. Clearly ripe but also nicely balance with good+ length. Very good <$25 value wine.
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2014 Roots Wine Co. Pinot Noir Leroy Vineyard 87 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains
Tasting, brief note. Elegantly styled wine with intriguing texture. Slightly more/ riper fruit would have helped here.
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2013 Pellet Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Pellet Vineyard 89 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena
Tasting, brief note. Fun and easy with an overall charming, elegant balance. Good weight and length. Yum now, some possible upside.
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2015 Pellet Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Henry's Reserve Pellet Vineyard 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena
Tasting, brief note. Intriguing combination of Cabernet lushness and Cab Franc horsey complexity. Lots going on here with plenty of nuance. Better to cellar a year or three.
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2013 Arrow & Branch Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena
Tasting, brief note. Elegant start with moderate weight, this picks up density middle-through-finish, but also gets more structured. Lots of great stuff here, but not quite zen yet.
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1998 Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Gran Reserva 90 Points
Spain, La Rioja, Rioja
Tasting, brief note. Big fruit on nose and palate to start, seemingly large scaled in a rather challenging vintage. More edge middle-through-finish with firm structure. Good now, some possible upside.
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2016 Domaine de la Mordorée Côtes du Rhône La Dame Rousse 87 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône
Tasting, brief note. Black and blue fruit, burly and meaty with background spice. Good+ density for its level and price. Better to cellar another year or two.
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2016 Domaine de la Mordorée Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de la Reine des Bois
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Tasting, brief note. A very exciting wine, even if not openly / easily accessible right now. Dense cross-section of black fruits with impressive length. Some faint barnyard notes I expect from Châteauneuf, but without anything imbalanced. This needs time, but clearly has top shelf potential.
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2016 The Eyrie Vineyards Trousseau
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Tasting, brief note. Bit burly, rustic, not thrilling.
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2015 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 86 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Tasting, brief note. Ripe start, more balanced finish with some slight bitter hints. Good.
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2015 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Sisters Vineyard 89 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Tasting, brief note. Very light style, so nicely elegant. Red cherry everywhere with moderate weight and very good textures, ending with sneaky good+ length. A style of wine I am likely to enjoy more than most.
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2015 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Outcrop Vineyard 89 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Tasting, brief note. Not quite as light/ bright as "Sisters," but with more weight and structure. Elegant red cherry start-to-finish with lighter aromas and more weight coming through on palate. Finishes with surprising grip Good now, but I anticipate upside.
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2015 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Original Vines 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Tasting, brief note. Good+ concentration with still charmingly elegant. Good length with sneaky good structure. Certainly upside from here.
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2015 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Roland Green Vineyard
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Tasting, brief note. Not my favorite of the lineup, this is riper and richer, but nowhere near the complexity or textural nuance. I can see others enjoying this wine more than I would.
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2015 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Daphne Vineyard 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Tasting, brief note. Bright red fruit with a sense of mineral textures (that shouldn't be there). Very good length and textures. Upside from here.
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2017 Triennes Rosé 86 Points
France, Provence, Mediterranée
Tasting, brief note. So simple but also balanced and very fun. A glass of summer.
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2016 San Michele Appiano (St. Michael-Eppan) Sauvignon Lahn 86 Points
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Alto Adige - Südtirol
Tasting, brief note. Very classically Sauv Blanc aromas with lemon and grass notes. Less obvious on palate with more tropical character. Interesting.
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2016 San Michele Appiano (St. Michael-Eppan) Pinot Grigio Anger 85 Points
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Alto Adige - Südtirol
Tasting, brief note. Very rich start for nose and palate, but then an oddly bitter finish that didn't thrill me.
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2015 Triennes Var St Auguste 85 Points
France, Provence, Var
Tasting, brief note. Cabernet/ Syrah/ Merlot. Fun and easy with a slightly sweet finish.
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2014 Castello di Ama Chianti Classico Gran Selezione San Lorenzo 90 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Tasting, brief note. Mostly red cherry, some black. Good+ length and textures. Better in another year or three.
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2014 Rizzi Barbaresco Rizzi
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Tasting, brief note. Tannins dominating everything else for now.
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2015 Snowden Cabernet Sauvignon The Ranch 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Tasting, brief note. Black plum and cherry with good+ balance and elegance, as well as good length. Good now.
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2014 Vincent Dancer Bourgogne Blanc
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Tasting, brief note. Very reduced, impossible to assess, even with the bottle already half consumed.
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2015 Domaine Sylvain Langoureau Bourgogne-Aligoté 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne-Aligoté
Tasting, brief note. Ripe and tart at the same time in a good way, with good weight, length and lift. Fun now.
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2015 Domaine Sylvain Langoureau Saint-Aubin Blanc 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Saint-Aubin
Tasting, brief note. Plenty of apple, slightly on the simple side but well balanced and enjoyable right now.
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2015 Domaine Sylvain Langoureau Chassagne-Montrachet Les Perclos 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Tasting, brief note. Rich orchard fruit throughout with faint tropical hints. Good+ depth and concentration, good length. Ever-so-slightly sweet finish.
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2016 Paul Pernot et ses Fils Puligny-Montrachet 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet
Tasting, brief note. Ripe apple and pear throughout with lots of richness to start, followed by plenty of mineral textures on finish. Very impressive for its level.
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2016 Paul Pernot et ses Fils Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos des Folatières 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Tasting, brief note. Floral with rich orchard fruit throughout, some faint tropical hints. Very dense from start-to-finish with a minerally finish I enjoy a lot. Better in another year or two.
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2015 Domaine Parent Corton Blanc
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Lots of baked apple with new oak that still needs time to fully integrate. Very rich and concentrated. 90-91 point potential.
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2015 Domaine Parent Bourgogne Sélection Pomone 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Tasting, brief note. Red and black berries throughout with some sauvage hints. Very good length and balance for its level. Very impressive Bourgogne.
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2015 Domaine Parent Pommard La Croix Blanche 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard
Tasting, brief note. Rich red fruit with impressive density for Villages along with hints of braised meat. Very good for its level. Better to cellar for a few years.
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2014 Domaine Parent Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Tasting, brief note. More red vs black cherry with black pepper. Firm now with good length. Better 2022 forward.
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2015 Domaine Francois Lamarche Clos Vougeot
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Bright red fruit on nose and palate to start, getting darker/ blacker towards middle and finish. Very good+ length. Slightly backward right now, 91-92 point potential, 2025 forward.
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2013 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Corton-Perrières 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Floral start with red cherry and savory spice. Good density and length, slightly firm finish detracts from perfect balance.
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2015 Domaine Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne-Aligoté
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne-Aligoté
Tasting, brief note. Short with good fruit, faint bitter hint. I enjoyed this more one year ago.
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2015 Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon Viré-Clessé 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Viré-Clessé
Tasting, brief note. Very ripe with a faintly sweet finish. Good length and easy to enjoy.
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2015 Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon Saint Véran 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Saint Véran
Tasting, brief note. Big step up vs Vire-Clesse. Plenty of apple with some apricot. Ripe and well balanced at the same time. Good length. Good+ now.
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2015 Hubert Lamy Bourgogne Blanc Les Chataigners 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Tasting, brief note. Poached pear with ripe fruit and spice, good balanced richness, especially impressive for its level. Very good length.
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2014 Domaine Bruno Clair Marsannay Blanc
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
Tasting, brief note. Big fruit, good weight, slightly tart finish.
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2012 Benjamin Leroux Puligny-Montrachet
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet
Tasting, brief note. Clearly reduced, and impossible to assess in the limited time at a walk-around tasting.
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2015 Jean Noel Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet Les Chaumes 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Tasting, brief note. Baked apple and candied lemon rind aromas with fleshy, ripe apple and pear flavors. Good now, good young, good Villages level in general.
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2012 Jean Noel Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Tasting, brief note. Ripe fruit and floral start, this comes across as easy and simple, right up through the more intense, mineral-flecked finish. Upside from here?
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2013 Château des Quarts Pouilly-Fuissé Clos de Quarts 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Pouilly-Fuissé
Tasting, brief note. Spiced aromatic start with ripe apple and toasted walnut hints. Good richness and textures through long finish. Very good now.
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2015 Domaine Sérol Côte Roannaise Éclat de Granite 85 Points
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Côte Roannaise
Tasting, brief note. Light style , breezy and bright. A wonderful summer glass of Gamay.
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2014 Pierre Morey Monthélie
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Monthélie
Tasting, brief note. Black and red cherry comes across as Old School and firm for now middle-through-finish. Good+ length. Needs time.
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2014 Hubert Lamy Santenay Clos des Hâtes 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Santenay
Tasting, brief note. Red cherry nose and palate. Medium weight to start, more elegant middle-to-finish with good textures and length. Good now.
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2014 Domaine Bruno Clair Marsannay Les Vaudenelles 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
Tasting, brief note. Black cherry throughout with some faint roasted meat. Balanced and elegant with very good length. Good+ now. I like this even more today vs when last tasted one year ago.
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2015 Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay La Montagne 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
Tasting, brief note. Big and ripe black and red cherry with very good weight and a finessed finish. Good+ now, with upside.
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2012 Domaine Bruno Clair Chambolle-Musigny Les Véroilles 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny
Tasting, brief note. Floral start with perfume along with red and black cherry. Starting to show early stages of evolution in a charming fashion, wrapping up with nicely elegant textures. Good+ weight and length. Upside from here.
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2014 Domaine Lignier-Michelot Morey St. Denis Vieilles Vignes
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis
Tasting, brief note. Cross-section of cherry aromas and flavors with good balance and length. Not quite as exciting today vs when last tried (pre-release), but this probably needs more cellar time. Cellar to 2020-.
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2015 Camille Giroud Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Boudots
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Tasting, brief note. Black and burly, this comes across as more "Nuits St Georges" and less "Vosne" than typical for Boudots. Lots of power throughout, ripeness mostly clear on finish. Very good length, even if not quite yet enjoyable. Needs at least another decade in the cellar.
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2015 Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet Gevrey-Chambertin
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Tasting, brief note. Black cherry and plum with some roasted meat and savory spice. Very good weight and density for its level. Fun already with upside from here.
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2012 Domaine Lignier-Michelot Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les Faconnières 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis 1er Cru
Tasting, brief note. Rich cross-section of red and black cherry with good+ density and length for its level. Finishes with particularly good finesse and textures. Good already now with further upside.
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2009 Domaine des Croix Corton-La Vigne au Saint
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Ripe black and plum aromas with some braised meat. Both black and red cherry flavors come across as both dense and well balanced. Getting close to its peak drinking window, definitely 90+ point potential.
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2015 Comte Armand Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
Tasting, brief note. This is a real powerhouse with mostly black fruit and almost as much savory spice. Very refined already, very long, balanced and persistent. 93-94 point potential.
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2016 Alois Kracher Pinot Gris Trocken 84 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee
Tasting, brief note. Jarringly bone dry, especially for the varietal. Enjoyable now.
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2015 Domaine Castagnier Bourgogne-Aligoté 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne-Aligoté
Tasting, brief note. Tart and slightly sweet at the same time. Nicely fun now.
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2015 Domaine Vocoret et Fils Chablis 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis
Tasting, brief note. Apple and lemon. Ripe for Chablis, but nicely balanced and fun now.
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2014 Domaine Vocoret et Fils Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Tasting, brief note. Slight reduction made this slightly tough to assess, but there is VG substance and weight here. A wine that certainly needs more cellar time.
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2015 Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Tasting, brief note. Apple and spice aromas get this off to a great start for its level. Similar flavors, but new oak needs a little more time to absorb. Cellar at least one more year.
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2015 Domaine Michel Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Champs-Gain 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru
Tasting, brief note. Ripe apple and pear aromas and savory and sweet spice, plus floral notes. Similar flavors come across as ripe, then good minerality and tension middle-through-finish. Drinking very well already now.
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2016 Domaine Robert Groffier Bourgogne 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Tasting, brief note. Red and black cherry with savory spice and elegant structure that seems Chambolle-like to me today. Good+ length. Another impressive vintage for Groffier Bourgogne.
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2014 Pierre Damoy Marsannay Bretignières 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
Tasting, brief note. All black cherry comes across as firm and barely forthcoming right now. This hasn't softened since i tasted it last year, so am less enamored.
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2014 Fernand Lécheneaut et Fils (Philippe et Vincent) Vosne-Romanée 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée
Tasting, brief note. Red and black cherry throughout with an elegant start, then sneaky structure and length. Background spice comes out most clearly on finish. This has picked up weight since last tasted one year ago.
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2016 Domaine Robert Groffier Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Tasting, brief note. Black and blue berries on nose and palate with Roasted meat. Very good volume and length for its level. Good already now.
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2014 Fernand Lécheneaut et Fils (Philippe et Vincent) Nuits St. Georges Au Chouillet Vieilles Vignes 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges
Tasting, brief note. Black fruit with background Asian five spice. Both rich and elegance with good weight and length. slightly firm now, better to cellar until at least 2020-.
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2015 Domaine Castagnier Clos St. Denis
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos St. Denis Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Red and black berries with lots of complexity already with its array of savory dried herbs and spice. Very good+ length and depth. Big and powerful finish, 93-95 point potential, 2025-.
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2014 Pierre Damoy Chambertin
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Tasting, brief note. Black plum and cherry with beef notes and boeuf bourgignon spice. Burly, firm old school Chambertin, but with the substance to cellar easily for the couple of decades required. 92-93 point potential, 2030-.
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2012 Terlato Vineyards Episode 89 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford
Tasting, brief note. All black with a hint of eucalyptus and sweet new oak spice. Good+ balance, even with its slightly warm finish.
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2017 Alois Kracher Cuvée Auslese
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee
Tasting, brief note. Blend of Welschriesling and Chardonnay, with the Welschriesling seeming to dominate. Floral, spice and lychee notes to start. Good depth. Simple, fun for now.
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2016 Alois Kracher Cuvée Beerenauslese 89 Points
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee
Tasting, brief note. Peach, peach cobbler, dried apricot. Fun with good density, good length, even if slightly simple. How will complexity develop?
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2015 Alois Kracher Grande Cuvée TBA #6 Nouvelle Vague
Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee
Tasting, brief note. Both fresh and dried apricot with lots of sweetness, spice and complexity. Very complex. Tasty now, certainly better in a decade. 92-93 point potential.
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