Walk around tasting, brief note. Fun aromatic start with floral and ripe white fruit aromas. Slightly less robust or layered flavors, but still fun and enjoyable right now. I preferred the Pinot Bianco tasted next.
Walk around tasting, brief note. More floral vs Pinot Grigio, while same ripe fruit intensity. Fleshy start, brighter finish. Very good now and what a bargain wine. Fun.
Walk around tasting, brief note. An intriguing combination of 85% Sauv Blanc and 15% Chardonnay that managed to showcase both nicely. Grassy notes of Sauv Blanc with some buttery Chardonnay richness. Engaging, but not fully complete to me.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Walk around tasting, brief note. Apple and pear with lemon peel hints. Good length, but very good weight for its level. An excellent Villages level wine that is so good now, with upside potential.
Walk around tasting, brief note. Black and red cherry aromas ,and flavors coming across as very fun and balanced. Good weight for a wine at this price. Very enjoyable now.
Walk around tasting, brief note. A very enjoyable young Barbaresco intended to drink young. Ripe and nearly fleshy, with plenty of spice, yet just enough of the structure you want from well made Nebbiolo. 89-90 points, best 2021-2031.
Walk around tasting, brief note. Enticing aromatic start with roses, anise, black pepper and so much red cherry. Similar flavors, just a bit more austere for now. Very good 90-91+ point potential, 2023-.
Walk around tasting, brief note. Red cherry comes across as both bright and fleshy with hints of earth and licorice. Fun and friendly now, but with the substance to take on weight and complexity going forward. Very good value wine.
Walk around tasting, brief note. Also lots of red cherry, more complex and nuanced than the 2017 Ama with equally intriguing textures. Savory spice from the beginning, but more noteworthy near the finish. Better to cellar a few more years, 91+ point potential.
Walk around tasting, brief note. Pleasant in its fat, fleshy style, and easy to enjoy if you're not seeking complexity or energy. A fun wine, if not quite my preferred style.
Walk around tasting, brief note. Clearly ripe, but this has the concentration to handle the ripeness. Black cherry, some plum with slightly sweet spice. Good weight and balance. 90 point potential.
2017 Vigneti Le Monde Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio
Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli Grave
Walk around tasting, brief note. Fun aromatic start with floral and ripe white fruit aromas. Slightly less robust or layered flavors, but still fun and enjoyable right now. I preferred the Pinot Bianco tasted next.
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2017 Vigneti Le Monde Pinot Bianco Friuli Grave
Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli Grave
Walk around tasting, brief note. More floral vs Pinot Grigio, while same ripe fruit intensity. Fleshy start, brighter finish. Very good now and what a bargain wine. Fun.
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2017 Domaine de Montcy Cheverny 85 Points
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Cheverny
Walk around tasting, brief note. An intriguing combination of 85% Sauv Blanc and 15% Chardonnay that managed to showcase both nicely. Grassy notes of Sauv Blanc with some buttery Chardonnay richness. Engaging, but not fully complete to me.
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2017 Domaine Bernard Moreau et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Walk around tasting, brief note. Apple and pear with lemon peel hints. Good length, but very good weight for its level. An excellent Villages level wine that is so good now, with upside potential.
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2017 Vino Lauria Terre Siciliane Scoglitti 82 Points
Italy, Sicily, Terre Siciliane
Walk around tasting, brief note. Light red cherry with floral hints. Lighter style and weight with an ok mineral finish.
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2016 Vigneti Le Monde Friuli Grave Cabernet Franc
Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Friuli Grave
Walk around tasting, brief note. Bold black fruit start, more firm and sturdy middle. Enjoyable now with slight upside, this is a good value wine.
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2015 Rizzi Barbera d'Alba 88 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d'Alba
Walk around tasting, brief note. Black and red cherry aromas ,and flavors coming across as very fun and balanced. Good weight for a wine at this price. Very enjoyable now.
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2015 Rizzi Barbaresco Rizzi
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Walk around tasting, brief note. A very enjoyable young Barbaresco intended to drink young. Ripe and nearly fleshy, with plenty of spice, yet just enough of the structure you want from well made Nebbiolo. 89-90 points, best 2021-2031.
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2013 Rizzi Barbaresco Riserva Boito
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Walk around tasting, brief note. Enticing aromatic start with roses, anise, black pepper and so much red cherry. Similar flavors, just a bit more austere for now. Very good 90-91+ point potential, 2023-.
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2017 Castello di Ama Chianti Classico Ama 88 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Walk around tasting, brief note. Red cherry comes across as both bright and fleshy with hints of earth and licorice. Fun and friendly now, but with the substance to take on weight and complexity going forward. Very good value wine.
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2015 Castello di Ama Chianti Classico Gran Selezione San Lorenzo
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Walk around tasting, brief note. Also lots of red cherry, more complex and nuanced than the 2017 Ama with equally intriguing textures. Savory spice from the beginning, but more noteworthy near the finish. Better to cellar a few more years, 91+ point potential.
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2015 Triennes Var St Auguste 85 Points
France, Provence, Var
Walk around tasting, brief note. Bright and enjoyable, slightly firm middle, slightly sweet finish. Good for its price.
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2015 Neil Ellis The Left Bank
South Africa, Western Cape
Walk around tasting, brief note. Pleasant in its fat, fleshy style, and easy to enjoy if you're not seeking complexity or energy. A fun wine, if not quite my preferred style.
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2015 Snowden Cabernet Sauvignon The Ranch
USA, California, Napa Valley
Walk around tasting, brief note. Clearly ripe, but this has the concentration to handle the ripeness. Black cherry, some plum with slightly sweet spice. Good weight and balance. 90 point potential.
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