50% chardonnay, 30% pinot noir, 20% pinot meunier, 7gr/lt, degorgement 20/01/2021 The wine shows bright intensity, fresh, citrus, thin oak frame, palate showing again high intensity, light toast notes, brioche, citrus, medium body, medium finish. A few yeast notes, fresh and easy, nice to have on its own
Pinot Meunier. 1 gr/lt 38 months, degorgement 09/2021 The wine shows medium intensity, rope stone fruit, ripe peach, nectarine, cherry notes. In the palate, shows medium intensity, high acidity, medium to high carbonation, medium body, a few more oxidative notes than I remember, a touch dry finish
The wine is very fresh, tight, austere, a touch flinty, smoky, citrus peel, grapefruit. In the palate, the iwne is again equally tight, reductive even, quite aggressive at first, very youthful. The fruit is in the back, medium body, high acidity, long finish
Served from a magnum bottle The wine needs time open up, citrus, fresh, citrus peel, with time and air in the glass, the wine gains in depth. Palate showing immense depth, highly mineral, fresh citrus, lemon peel, grapefruit, quince, full body Mineral, tight, austere, high acidity, long finish, nowhere near its peak, this is a top form !
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
The wine shows fresh, youthful color. In the nose, the wine shows high intensity, warmth from the 15%, dried red and black fruit notes, earthy, spicy, oak frame, nutty, raisin notes, walnut and almond In the palate, the wine shows warmth, nutty, some dried black fruit, dates, raisin, alcohol heat, prunes, lacks real depth, medium body, long finish
The wine shows medium to high intensity, earthy, overripe to dried red and black fruit, prunes, earthy, spicy, oak frame, black cherry, black currant, hearty, dates. In the palate, the wine shows quite developed character, dried fruit notes, drying tannins, prunes, raisin, nutty, dried herbs, peppercorn notes. Needs time in the glass to open up, the fruit gets darker, feels quite drying, lacks depth, a touch mineral Weird showing tonight
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The wine is very fruity, shows fragrance, floral notes, red cherries, red currants, beautiful and light, spicy frame, currant notes. In the palate, the wine shows full body, tight tannins, red currants, raisin, feels less fruity/fleshy than previous bottles, dry, lean, sweet spices, it could be that it needed some more time to open up, black cherries With some time in the glass, fresh red cherries, a touch alcohol, fruit in alcohol Give it time
In the nose, the wine shows very strange profile for such a sweet Vouvray, smells like DMS, can of corns, some stewed pear notes, yellow apple, a few grape notes In the palate, the wine shows tight profile, high acidity, pear, quince, yellow apple, peach jam, shows texture, long finish Feels strange, definitely an off bottle
NV De Sousa et Fils Champagne Chemins des Terroirs Brut
France, Champagne
50% chardonnay, 30% pinot noir, 20% pinot meunier, 7gr/lt, degorgement 20/01/2021
The wine shows bright intensity, fresh, citrus, thin oak frame, palate showing again high intensity, light toast notes, brioche, citrus, medium body, medium finish. A few yeast notes, fresh and easy, nice to have on its own
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NV Egly-Ouriet Champagne Premier Cru Les Vignes de Vrigny
France, Champagne, Champagne Premier Cru
Pinot Meunier. 1 gr/lt 38 months, degorgement 09/2021
The wine shows medium intensity, rope stone fruit, ripe peach, nectarine, cherry notes. In the palate, shows medium intensity, high acidity, medium to high carbonation, medium body, a few more oxidative notes than I remember, a touch dry finish
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2019 Henri Bourgeois Sancerre d'Antan
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre
The wine is very fresh, tight, austere, a touch flinty, smoky, citrus peel, grapefruit.
In the palate, the iwne is again equally tight, reductive even, quite aggressive at first, very youthful. The fruit is in the back, medium body, high acidity, long finish
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2011 Gérard Boulay Sancerre La Côte
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre
Served from a magnum bottle
The wine needs time open up, citrus, fresh, citrus peel, with time and air in the glass, the wine gains in depth.
Palate showing immense depth, highly mineral, fresh citrus, lemon peel, grapefruit, quince, full body
Mineral, tight, austere, high acidity, long finish, nowhere near its peak, this is a top form !
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2003 Masi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Costasera
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
The wine shows fresh, youthful color. In the nose, the wine shows high intensity, warmth from the 15%, dried red and black fruit notes, earthy, spicy, oak frame, nutty, raisin notes, walnut and almond
In the palate, the wine shows warmth, nutty, some dried black fruit, dates, raisin, alcohol heat, prunes, lacks real depth, medium body, long finish
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1985 Lur-Saluces "Y" Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Supérieur
corked
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2009 Domaine Katsaros Ktima Katsarou
Greece, Thessaly, Larissa
The wine shows medium to high intensity, earthy, overripe to dried red and black fruit, prunes, earthy, spicy, oak frame, black cherry, black currant, hearty, dates.
In the palate, the wine shows quite developed character, dried fruit notes, drying tannins, prunes, raisin, nutty, dried herbs, peppercorn notes.
Needs time in the glass to open up, the fruit gets darker, feels quite drying, lacks depth, a touch mineral
Weird showing tonight
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2020 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The wine is very fruity, shows fragrance, floral notes, red cherries, red currants, beautiful and light, spicy frame, currant notes.
In the palate, the wine shows full body, tight tannins, red currants, raisin, feels less fruity/fleshy than previous bottles, dry, lean, sweet spices, it could be that it needed some more time to open up, black cherries
With some time in the glass, fresh red cherries, a touch alcohol, fruit in alcohol
Give it time
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1996 Domaine Huet Vouvray Moelleux 1ère Trie Le Mont
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray
In the nose, the wine shows very strange profile for such a sweet Vouvray, smells like DMS, can of corns, some stewed pear notes, yellow apple, a few grape notes
In the palate, the wine shows tight profile, high acidity, pear, quince, yellow apple, peach jam, shows texture, long finish
Feels strange, definitely an off bottle
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2015 Schloss Gobelsburg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kamptal
From a 375ml bottle
The wine shows bright profile, fragrant, ripe stone fruit, tropical fruit, mango and pineapple, lemon juice, glaze notes, overripe apricot, honey/syrup notes.
Palate very fresh, light, buckets of RS with high acidity, apricot, peach compote, pineapple, overripe yellow apple, thin caramel layer, luscious texture, honey, long finish
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