Cloudy light straw color. Rich tropical fruit yet a sense of truly focused sense of citric acidity. Gychee fruit, guava and vanilla. Nice toasty oak on the back end, but not overdone. Fruit and oak are completely harmonious. Very young with floral accents to accompany the tropical fruit and nut on the palate. Some nice baking spice with a lovely opulent finish and overall feminine style. Stunning Chardonnay if you enjoy the cult California structure.
Gorgeous wine. My second Harlan experience (Maiden that is) and I'm blown away again. Young with excellent acidity and overall balance. Creamy vanilla soda with dark cherries mixed throughout. Extremely round and opulent on the palate. Quite culty showing nice licorice, mocha and lots of finesse. Not as weighty as some cults but nice and extracted. Very elegant.
Awesome on all fronts. Got the last few drops of the bottle from a tasting the evening before. Extremely elegant extracted and overall delicious. See previous tasting notes for more descriptors. Virtually identical in my mind. Maybe a tad less cream on the finish.
Beautiful. Brighter than the Aubert previously tasted. Lots of lemon zest play on the nose. Grapefruit, but not sour...sweet in fact. Extreme balance and length on the finish. A feminine tour de force. Very California in style and character.
Absolutely lovely. Lots of focused acidity. Not as creamy as some cults but so balanced and richly extracted. the weight is very unique to this appelation. Nice grip showing lots of dark blackberries, graphite, and leather.
Deep ruby with hints of royal purple at the rim. Cinnamon, candied cherries, boisenberry and allspice. Nice structure showing some enjoyable spice on the finish. Excellent balance. Sweet styling. Full of life and vibrancy. Extremely approachable.
Nice color. Bright ruby red with salmon tones around the rim. Super stinky blue cheese and feet aromas with bright stewed spicy berries. Nose is very nice, though the palate is tart and acidic. Overall a leaner showing with a shoter finish. Very unique and expressive of its terroir. Great experience.
Funky rich and extracted nose of shrooms and lots of ripe berries. Nice acidity as a whole. A barnyardy play. Raspberries rolled around in dry dirt and clean tar. Nice structure though still young. Black road.
Very nice. Classic California Cab. First bottle was corked. Kevin provided us with a second. Lots of Beckstoffer To-Kalon rich extracted creamy berries.
2006 Aubert Chardonnay Lauren Estate Vineyard 95 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Cloudy light straw color.
Rich tropical fruit yet a sense of truly focused sense of citric acidity.
Gychee fruit, guava and vanilla. Nice toasty oak on the back end, but not overdone.
Fruit and oak are completely harmonious.
Very young with floral accents to accompany the tropical fruit and nut on the palate.
Some nice baking spice with a lovely opulent finish and overall feminine style.
Stunning Chardonnay if you enjoy the cult California structure.
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2005 Harlan Estate The Maiden 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Gorgeous wine. My second Harlan experience (Maiden that is) and I'm blown away again.
Young with excellent acidity and overall balance.
Creamy vanilla soda with dark cherries mixed throughout.
Extremely round and opulent on the palate.
Quite culty showing nice licorice, mocha and lots of finesse.
Not as weighty as some cults but nice and extracted. Very elegant.
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2005 Peter Michael Les Pavots 96 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Knights Valley
Awesome on all fronts. Got the last few drops of the bottle from a tasting the evening before.
Extremely elegant extracted and overall delicious.
See previous tasting notes for more descriptors. Virtually identical in my mind.
Maybe a tad less cream on the finish.
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2006 Staglin Family Chardonnay Estate 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford
Beautiful. Brighter than the Aubert previously tasted. Lots of lemon zest play on the nose.
Grapefruit, but not sour...sweet in fact.
Extreme balance and length on the finish. A feminine tour de force.
Very California in style and character.
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2005 Lokoya Cabernet Sauvignon Diamond Mountain 94 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Diamond Mountain
Absolutely lovely. Lots of focused acidity. Not as creamy as some cults but so balanced and richly extracted.
the weight is very unique to this appelation. Nice grip showing lots of dark blackberries, graphite, and leather.
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2004 Del Dotto Cabernet Sauvignon Connoisseurs Series Troncais French Oak 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Deep ruby with hints of royal purple at the rim.
Cinnamon, candied cherries, boisenberry and allspice.
Nice structure showing some enjoyable spice on the finish.
Excellent balance. Sweet styling. Full of life and vibrancy.
Extremely approachable.
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1979 Château Mouton Rothschild 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Nice color. Bright ruby red with salmon tones around the rim.
Super stinky blue cheese and feet aromas with bright stewed spicy berries.
Nose is very nice, though the palate is tart and acidic. Overall a leaner showing with a shoter finish.
Very unique and expressive of its terroir. Great experience.
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1990 Alain Robert Champagne Blanc de Blancs Reserve Le Mesnil
France, Champagne
Day after. Almost completely flat.
Showing some apple cider qualities.
Spicy. No score given.
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2002 E. Guigal St. Joseph Vignes de L'Hospice 93 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph
Funky rich and extracted nose of shrooms and lots of ripe berries.
Nice acidity as a whole. A barnyardy play.
Raspberries rolled around in dry dirt and clean tar.
Nice structure though still young.
Black road.
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2006 Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard H&C 93 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
Very nice. Classic California Cab. First bottle was corked. Kevin provided us with a second.
Lots of Beckstoffer To-Kalon rich extracted creamy berries.
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1985 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Brune et Blonde 93 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Very light in color.
Lots of white pepper on the nose.
Lovely mouth coating and full of life for a wine of this age.
Lovely. Very enjoyable.
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