Wow, what a wine. So much power, intensity and complexity. I rarely find that combination in 50+ year old white wine. Awesome notes of candied marmalade intermixed with herbs, spice and mature orchard fruit. Expansive palate with well-preserved freshness. Too cool.
Pure and classic Leroy with velvety, spice-filled sexy black fruit that is drinking incredibly well now. Tastes more like Vosne-Romanée, than Pommard, but that’s Lee-Roy for you. .
Pop n' pour. Classic Burlotto Monvig with an epic nose of herb and olive inflected cherry fruit. So singular, it can be only this wine. Good weight and fruit concentration. Doesn't seem like a light or off vintage. But it is drinking well early, so there's that.
2013 Domaine Jacques Carillon Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
A profound white burg that got better and better over a ~3 hour dinner. Amazing richness and depth with electric acidity.
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1989 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Haut-Lieu 88 Points
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray
Good but showing a bit tired and overly mature. Nice complexity, for sure, which provides interest. But this as probably better in it's youth.
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1964 Château Laville Haut-Brion Blanc 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Wow, what a wine. So much power, intensity and complexity. I rarely find that combination in 50+ year old white wine. Awesome notes of candied marmalade intermixed with herbs, spice and mature orchard fruit. Expansive palate with well-preserved freshness. Too cool.
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1996 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Corked. The corkiness didn't show until late but the wine was hard and lacking fruit ... the cork taint explains it.
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1993 Domaine de Montille Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Épenots 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
Classic as it gets with a just barely softening rustic shell and pure black cherry and herbs behind — needs another decade. Upside from here.
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1993 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard
Pure and classic Leroy with velvety, spice-filled sexy black fruit that is drinking incredibly well now. Tastes more like Vosne-Romanée, than Pommard, but that’s Lee-Roy for you. .
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2014 Comm. G.B. Burlotto Barolo Monvigliero 93 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Pop n' pour. Classic Burlotto Monvig with an epic nose of herb and olive inflected cherry fruit. So singular, it can be only this wine. Good weight and fruit concentration. Doesn't seem like a light or off vintage. But it is drinking well early, so there's that.
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2001 Mauro Sebaste Barolo Monvigliero 89 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Pretty and down the middle with cherry, licorice and florals. Good traditional styling. Solid, if unremarkable.
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