| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1998 Balbach Niersteiner Ölberg Riesling EisweinRheinhessen more |
6/12/2016 - cfe wrote: 89 pointsLight caramel color. Slightly effervescent. Only slight hints of aged riesling aromatics. Organs and apricot nose. Palate has a soft mouthfeel, but has the acidity to balance the overall impression. Smoke 'em if you got 'em. |
| Red |
1999 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Seven Springs VineyardWillamette Valley more |
6/4/2016 - cfe wrote: 90 pointsPatience has been a virtue with this wine! Finally, coming into its drinking window. Really lovely aromatics at this point- red cherries, Chinese five-spice, sanlewood, complex and beguiling nose. Palate is still tight, acids firm, but enjoyable cherry fruit, some earth, umami are evident. Still needs time or more than 2 hours of air. A really lovely wine with frilled lamb. |
| White - Off-dry |
1989 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile Vendanges TardivesAlsace more |
5/7/2016 - cfe wrote: 90 pointsVery nice CFE nose of lemon curds and cream, with chalk. From half bottle, and a more subtle than i recall younger bottles. Palate is balanced, lovely and long, but past its prime. Drink up. Has the lovely CFE signature flavors and mineralogy. Drink up. |
| Red |
2004 Domaine Tempier BandolMourvèdre Blend, Mourvèdre more |
5/1/2016 - cfe wrote: 88 pointsDecanted about 2 hours, could of used more air. A bit shy aromatically. Palate is nicely balanced, full bodied, ready. Good, correct Bandol. Good, but nothing special. 88. |
| Red |
2004 Bosquet des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée TraditionRed Rhone Blend more |
4/24/2016 - cfe wrote: 87 pointsDecent, correct CDP. Shy aromatics. Palate is nicely integrated and balanced. Should keep for 3 more years. |
| Red |
1999 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Freedom Hill VineyardWillamette Valley more |
4/17/2016 - cfe Likes this wine: NRDecanted for less than 2 hours, and needs more air. Still angry at about 1.5 hours, it developed a much more pleasing nose of grotto cherries and mint with time. Also the plate fleshed out nicely to show still vibrant acidity, but nice and complex cherry and earth notes. Medium finish. Overall, a nice wine - wish I had decanted for about 4 hours. Hard to tell if this is still ascendant or just holding. Judgement reserved until I can taste with more air time. Went nicely with grilled lamb.... |
| Red |
2004 St. Innocent Pinot Noir AndenWillamette Valley more |
4/17/2016 - cfe Likes this wine: 91 pointsWonderful, savory aromas, accompanied by brambly organic notes. Nice, full-bodied texture slides across the palate. Mature, but no hurry. |
| Red |
1999 Thomas Pinot Noir Willamette Valleymore |
3/25/2016 - cfe Likes this wine: 92 pointsColor: middle is pale medium red fading to clear/light brown at the edge. |
| Red |
2002 Domaine Perrot-Minot Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru La Combe d'Orveau Vieilles VignesPinot Noir more |
11/25/2012 - cfe wrote: NRWTF? The first of the bottles purchased on release, and it bore little resemblance to an ethereal bottle consumed 3/12 in Alsace. By comparison, the aromatics and palate were muted and lacking interest. No sign of heat damage in shipment to the US, but something is certainly different with this bottle. |
| White |
2002 Albert Boxler Riesling BrandAlsace Grand Cru more |
10/13/2012 - cfe wrote: NRlovely medium gold. Aromatics a bit shy at first, but bliimed as the wine warmed up to show the Brand terrior in spades. Medium weight palate, very balanced, more mineral signature than fruit driven. Did not strike me as intensely complex, but has wonderful Brand terrior and a long, persistent finish. Lovely with our Thai cuisine. |
| White |
2002 Domaine Weinbach Riesling Schlossberg Cuvée Ste. CatherineAlsace Grand Cru more |
10/1/2012 - cfe wrote: NRpale gold. Lovely nose of powdered rock and lemon curd. Light on its feet, lovely acidity and aged fruit with the mineral, powdered rock and lemon curd. Shows the Schlossberg terrior in spades. Persistent finish. Drinking very well now. Perfect with Thai food. |
| White - Off-dry |
2001 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling SpätleseMosel Saar Ruwer more |
8/12/2012 - cfe wrote: NRFirst one of these I've opened. Did not take notes, other than to note that it is lovely, but still has a bit of the typical sulfur note one finds in "young" Prums. |
| Red |
2004 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La CrauRed Rhone Blend more |
8/12/2012 - cfe wrote: NRDecanted for four hours prior to tasting. Aromas of herbes de Provence, plums and black cherries and garrigue are in there, and the mouthfeel is that of a fairly large scaled CDP, but not particularly evolved yet. It is still fairly monolithic to my palate. Needds 5 additional years of age IMO. Try again in 2017, okay maybe 2015. |
| Red |
2008 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Villages CuvéeWillamette Valley more |
7/6/2012 - cfe wrote: NRDark, lots of material here, still a bit primary. Good supporting acidity, enough that Jullie didn't like it. Decanted this for two hours. Don't think this will develop much complexity, but it should smooth out by 2014-2015 and be a very nice wine. For the money, outstanding. |
| Red |
1995 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La CrauRed Rhone Blend more |
6/18/2012 - cfe wrote: 98 pointsTruly Superb wine. I don't know how a CDP could be any better. Stunning aroma of Provencal herbes, spices, leather, and meaty goodness. The palate is perfectly balanced, textured and lovely, but balanced by the acids. Flavors from the nose spread across the palate, expanding in the mid palate, and finish with lingering persistence. The best example of this wine I've ever tasted. |
| Red |
1999 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Shea VineyardYamhill-Carlton more |
5/14/2012 - cfe wrote: NRDecanted 4 plus hours. Still not open. I wonder if this will ever come around.. Its pleasant enough to drink after extended air, but I know there is more in there...will it ever show? |
| White - Off-dry |
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rangen de Thann Clos St. Urbain Vendange TardiveAlsace Grand Cru more |
5/14/2012 - cfe wrote: NRStunningly good. Bright gold, huge apricot and Rangen soil nose. Viscous well into the mid-palate, then the acidity breaks through, and carries the minerals through a very ling finish. Still quite youthful, no need to hurry. Has 10+ years before any concerns about age... |
| Red |
2004 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Shea VineyardYamhill-Carlton more |
4/30/2012 - cfe wrote: NRTaken to a restaurant, not decanted, and consumed alongside the 2002 Shea. This was the more developed wine of the two. Didn't take detailed notes, but this is drinking nicely. |
| Red |
2002 Panther Creek Pinot Noir Anden VineyardWillamette Valley more |
4/30/2012 - cfe wrote: NRFinally beginning to open up and show nicely. Took to a restaurant, so did not take notes. |
| Red |
1983 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/8/2012 - cfe wrote: NRMy last bottle, and still showing better than well. Lovely aged aromas of sea air, leather, meat, Provencal herbs and garrigue. Palate still has acid, and it is mid-weight, and a synthesis of the preceding that it defies picking out individual element. Long, lingering finish. Really a lovely wine. |
| White - Sparkling |
1990 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston ChurchillChampagne Blend more |
4/8/2012 - cfe wrote: NRStunning. Ethereal. This is Champagne I can enjoy. No other comes close for me. |
| Red |
2000 Réserve de la ComtessePauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/1/2012 - cfe wrote: NRLoads of minty aromatics, with chocolate too. Still a bit rustic, best in 3 to 5 more years. |
| Red |
2002 Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Estournelles-St.-JacquesPinot Noir more |
3/4/2012 - cfe wrote: NRDecanted for several hours, but still fairly close up. Seems like there is a nice wine in there, but needs more time to open. Try in 2015. |
| Red |
2004 Stevenson-Barrie Pinot Noir Shea VineyardYamhill-Carlton more |
2/19/2012 - cfe wrote: NRFabulous. Dark fruit, cola, and spice notes. Silky mouthfeel, dark fruit driven palate, soft but not flabby, not hugely complex, but texturally wonderful, and paired wonderfully with a pork tenderloin dish. |
| Red |
2005 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Shea VineyardYamhill-Carlton more |
2/10/2012 - cfe wrote: NRAromatics have started to re-open. Hints of a very beguiling nose, but needs probaably 3 more years. The palate is still tight, but also shows hints of what the wine will be once it is open fully. 2015 is probably the soonest this wine could show close to it's full potential. Very nice now, but patience will be rewared. This bottle was decanted for 3 hours before tasting. |
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