Quite rich and opulent; comes across as a Champagne of a decidedly more old-school style. I like the roundedness, hint of brioche, orchard fruit, and slight nuttiness. Not quite as complex on the palate as the grands marques that I'm more familiar with, but an excellent showing from a new-to-me producer.
Lot LPM02. I really like the attack on this wine; it feels like there's a certain richness that's to come on the palate, but unfortunately it doesn't quite show up. Despite the relatively low 2.4 g/L dosage, there's definitely more weight on this than I would have guessed.
I think I expected even a little more out of this, so all in all I was disappointed, but this is definitely no slouch of a wine. It took a few hours of air to really get going, and I would readily expect this to still be on the upswing tomorrow. Quite structural and tannic; this doesn't show as much fruit as I would have liked, but the fruit seemed to emerge over the course of the evening.
My favourite nebbiolo of the night -- this is just hitting its stride, with clean red fruit, and plenty of youthful nebbiolo structure. Still feels like there's upside here, but for drinking now I really like the overall balance. In contrast to the 1988 Rabaja, this started to clamp down over the course of the evening, to the point you were getting a lot of tannic intensity on the finish.
Almost tasted oxidized at first, but this really started to get itself put-together over the course of the evening. Very structural, with a slight plummy note, and lots of relatively coarser tannins. It definitely tightened up and showed much better with air over the evening. Crazy frustrating how hard it is to predict what kind of air treatment to give these mid-aged nebbiolos.
2002 Union Champagne de Saint Gall Champagne Grand Cru Cuvée Orpale Blanc de Blancs 90 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Quite rich and opulent; comes across as a Champagne of a decidedly more old-school style. I like the roundedness, hint of brioche, orchard fruit, and slight nuttiness. Not quite as complex on the palate as the grands marques that I'm more familiar with, but an excellent showing from a new-to-me producer.
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NV Domaine de Marzilly Champagne Ullens L.P.M Extra Brut 88 Points
France, Champagne
Lot LPM02. I really like the attack on this wine; it feels like there's a certain richness that's to come on the palate, but unfortunately it doesn't quite show up. Despite the relatively low 2.4 g/L dosage, there's definitely more weight on this than I would have guessed.
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1988 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano Flawed
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Oxidized.
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1988 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Rabajà 90 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
I think I expected even a little more out of this, so all in all I was disappointed, but this is definitely no slouch of a wine. It took a few hours of air to really get going, and I would readily expect this to still be on the upswing tomorrow. Quite structural and tannic; this doesn't show as much fruit as I would have liked, but the fruit seemed to emerge over the course of the evening.
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2001 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Moccagatta 93 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
My favourite nebbiolo of the night -- this is just hitting its stride, with clean red fruit, and plenty of youthful nebbiolo structure. Still feels like there's upside here, but for drinking now I really like the overall balance. In contrast to the 1988 Rabaja, this started to clamp down over the course of the evening, to the point you were getting a lot of tannic intensity on the finish.
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2001 Pianpolvere Soprano Barolo Riserva Bussia 90 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Almost tasted oxidized at first, but this really started to get itself put-together over the course of the evening. Very structural, with a slight plummy note, and lots of relatively coarser tannins. It definitely tightened up and showed much better with air over the evening. Crazy frustrating how hard it is to predict what kind of air treatment to give these mid-aged nebbiolos.
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