Aquitaine Brasserie
Tasted Saturday, July 1, 2023 by colinscellar with 126 views
My favourite tasted alongside Bin 311 and Yattarna. A slightly bigger wine than Yattarna with more new oak and spice. Citrus, stonefruit, vanilla, lots to love here. Still many years to go.
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Not a bad wine but tasted next to Bin A and Yattarna and this looked a bit clumsy in comparison. Nice stonefruit, oak seemed a bit rough.
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Double-decanted but still needed quite a while to open up, citrusy to start but lovely stonefruit and spice emerged with time. Lots of years to go. Penfolds' flagship Chardonnay but not in the normal flagship mould of coming with the most oak and malo, more in the modern style of less winemaking influence and cleaner, crisper fruit. Very good but I would prefer a slightly heavier hand and bigger wine.
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Classic Barossa. Blackberry, black cherry, hints of cocoa, vanilla, some warm earthy spices. In excellent shape but should go another decade pretty effortlessly.
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Blackberry, black cherry, chocolate, graphite. Some warm woody notes. More tannin than the RWT or Bin 150, probably from the splash of Cab Sauv. In really good condition.
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Tasted alongside RWT and Grange and was not disgraced or seem out of place.
Classic Barossa characters of ripe blackberry, black cherry, vanilla, some warm spices. 2013 ripeness showing but this still has time to go.
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Tasted alongside 2008 and 2018. This was in immaculate condition. Double-decanted back into bottle ~4hrs before lunch, good on service and continued to evolve in glass.
Primary dark fruits still very evident along with dark chocolate and some spice. Most popular of the three vintages.
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Tasted alongside 1998 and 2018. No notes on this one, probbaly the least impressive. Still in very good condition and quite primary but I think 98 and 18 just both superior vintages.
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Tasted alongside 98 and 08 St Henris. Still looking immaculately young, though with enough age that it's not aggressive in the mouth. Very nice primary fruit and tannin, should be very long-lasting.
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Initial whiff a bit oxidised but it blew off and opened up to show very enjoyable VP character. Impressively long-lasting given it looks like a bit of a marketing gimmick wine.
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Crumbly cork had to be pushed in but wine seemed unaffected. Still lots of lovely sweet raspberry cordial and cherry fruit. Fortified a touch too heavily, a slight chemical whiff that I think was just a bit too much alcohop potency, it's no doubt assisting in the preservation. Wine seemed like it could have gone a couple more decades if the cork would allow it.
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2008 A. R. Lenoble Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Millésimé 88 Points
France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru
Not bad but showing it's age. Fine bead but has lost some of its fizz. Quite a strong yeasty nose, lacking a bit of fruit and freshness.
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