Light gold cclor. Drank a glass plus over 30 minutes. This bottle was back on point. Lots of minerality on the nose, citrus, lemon, and quince. The palate is medium plus bodied, fleshy citrus, lemon, citrus pulp, a mix of wet stones and chalk, apple peel, with quince spice. This was in a very nice spot, good lift and length. 93+pts.
Pale salmon color. From magnum; Drank a glass over 40 minutes. Red berries and some red cherry and cream on the nose. The palate is lighter bodied, elegant, creamy mousse, strawberry, good length, well balanced. 90+pts.
Light gold color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. Sweet nose of ripe peach and apple, modest fusil, ripe mango. The palate is a little fat, with a very nice round plush texutre, sweet, ripe apple, mango, wet stones, good depth, long finish. Very nice, and little more acid would really energize it.
Light gold color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. Muted nose with mineral and subtle fusil. The palate is mineral driven, dry stone, white fruit, and a little smoke.
Light gold color. Drank a glass over an hour. Nose shows pear, stone, quince, almond. The palate is medium bodied, pear, quince, fairly lean, modest wood spice, medium length. Very good, drinking better than previous bottles. probably at peak.
Medium red color. PNP, drank a glass over 2 hours. Dark cherry nose, lots of iron and blood meal, a bit rustic at first. The palate is iron and mineral, red cherry fruit, and just a little earth; round tannins. Fleshes out over the first hour and is a little less rustic. Quite good. 89+ to 90pts.
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
Medium red color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 2 hours plus. Oh my, this is so pretty tonight. Great nose, lovely perfume, filled with dried flowers, leather and spice, red fruits, cherry, red berry, earth and an almost exotic note. The palate is seamless, elegant, and has such great texture, presence, and balance. Everything on the nose is right there, such purity, lifted, soil, wet earth, sappy (in a good way) red fruit, very engaging fruit, mineral and gravel, red licorice, very long with a spiced finish. Loved it. I suspect this is at peak; I think it can go 5 years easily and probably 10 depending on what you're looking for.
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains
Medium plus red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour plus. Deep cherry nose, wet earth, spice. The palate is cherry, ripe but not overly so, spices and wood, soft texture, medium plus body and alittle green tea. 91+ to 92pts.
Light godl color. Small pour from 200ml. Sweet, honey, tangerine, orange peel, orange blossoms on the nose. The palate shows tangerine, tart orange, medium body, honey, good acid and a tropical edge. Just wish the bottles were bigger.
Light medium gold color. Small glass, from 500ml. Sweet apricot nose, honey butter, caramel. The palate is full bodied, sweet, less acid, unctuous, ripe baked apricot, very sappy, flabby, but tasty. 89 to 90pts.
Orange blush color. Small taste. Apple wine. Apple, not overtly sweet, actually fairly crisp abd barely off-dry, just a little deeper earthy character to it. Would be fresh and tasty for a hot day as an alternative.
2004 Le Brun-Servenay Champagne Exhilarante Vieilles Vignes 93 Points
France, Champagne
Light gold cclor. Drank a glass plus over 30 minutes. This bottle was back on point. Lots of minerality on the nose, citrus, lemon, and quince. The palate is medium plus bodied, fleshy citrus, lemon, citrus pulp, a mix of wet stones and chalk, apple peel, with quince spice. This was in a very nice spot, good lift and length. 93+pts.
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2012 Schramsberg Vineyards Brut Rosé 90 Points
USA, California, North Coast
Pale salmon color. From magnum; Drank a glass over 40 minutes. Red berries and some red cherry and cream on the nose. The palate is lighter bodied, elegant, creamy mousse, strawberry, good length, well balanced. 90+pts.
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2005 Weingut Josef Leitz Rüdesheimer Berg Schloßberg Riesling Spätlese 92 Points
Germany, Rheingau
Light gold color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. Sweet nose of ripe peach and apple, modest fusil, ripe mango. The palate is a little fat, with a very nice round plush texutre, sweet, ripe apple, mango, wet stones, good depth, long finish. Very nice, and little more acid would really energize it.
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2012 Les Caves du Sieur d'Arques Limoux Toques et Clochers Haute Vallée 89 Points
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Limoux
Light gold color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. Muted nose with mineral and subtle fusil. The palate is mineral driven, dry stone, white fruit, and a little smoke.
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2013 Shafer Chardonnay Red Shoulder Ranch 92 Points
USA, California, Napa / Sonoma, Carneros
Light gold color. Drank a glass over an hour. Nose shows pear, stone, quince, almond. The palate is medium bodied, pear, quince, fairly lean, modest wood spice, medium length. Very good, drinking better than previous bottles. probably at peak.
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2012 Domaine Bruno Clair Marsannay les Grasses Têtes 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
Medium red color. PNP, drank a glass over 2 hours. Dark cherry nose, lots of iron and blood meal, a bit rustic at first. The palate is iron and mineral, red cherry fruit, and just a little earth; round tannins. Fleshes out over the first hour and is a little less rustic. Quite good. 89+ to 90pts.
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2008 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Temperance Hill Vineyard 94 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Eola - Amity Hills
Medium red color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 2 hours plus. Oh my, this is so pretty tonight. Great nose, lovely perfume, filled with dried flowers, leather and spice, red fruits, cherry, red berry, earth and an almost exotic note. The palate is seamless, elegant, and has such great texture, presence, and balance. Everything on the nose is right there, such purity, lifted, soil, wet earth, sappy (in a good way) red fruit, very engaging fruit, mineral and gravel, red licorice, very long with a spiced finish. Loved it. I suspect this is at peak; I think it can go 5 years easily and probably 10 depending on what you're looking for.
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2012 Colene Clemens Pinot Noir Adriane 92 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Chehalem Mountains
Medium plus red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour plus. Deep cherry nose, wet earth, spice. The palate is cherry, ripe but not overly so, spices and wood, soft texture, medium plus body and alittle green tea. 91+ to 92pts.
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2014 John Howard Cellars of Distinction Riesling Megalomaniac Coldhearted Icewine 92 Points
Canada, Ontario, Niagara Peninsula, Niagara Peninsula VQA
Light godl color. Small pour from 200ml. Sweet, honey, tangerine, orange peel, orange blossoms on the nose. The palate shows tangerine, tart orange, medium body, honey, good acid and a tropical edge. Just wish the bottles were bigger.
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2010 Joseph Phelps Eisrébe 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, St. Helena
Light medium gold color. Small glass, from 500ml. Sweet apricot nose, honey butter, caramel. The palate is full bodied, sweet, less acid, unctuous, ripe baked apricot, very sappy, flabby, but tasty. 89 to 90pts.
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NV Maiden Rock Winery Dolgo Crabapple
USA, American, Upper Mississippi River Valley
Orange blush color. Small taste. Apple wine. Apple, not overtly sweet, actually fairly crisp abd barely off-dry, just a little deeper earthy character to it. Would be fresh and tasty for a hot day as an alternative.
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