| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2009 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
7/6/2018 - ccn Does not like this wine: 85 pointsHuge, meaty, overblown, overripe, hot; to the point of tasting like an amarone / vin de paille. I'm sure there are those who would love this wine, but I found it almost undrinkable. Chateauneuf is getting so hot (rumour has it that some recent vintages are approaching 16-17 percent potential alcohol) that it's only pleasant to drink in cool vintages like 2008. We had this wine side by side with the 2008 Pegau which was a model of restraint and balance in comparison -- I'm sure that the 2009 suffered by direct comparison. 6 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (4) |
| Red |
2001 Château Gruaud LaroseSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/25/2015 - ccn wrote: flawedPossible the bottle is off? Fairly lean, mature to declining, interesting minerality but little fruit and tea bag tannins. Strong metallic flavour ruins an otherwise okay but not amazing wine. lacks the depth of last two bottles. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2004 Château Léoville BartonSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/13/2021 - ccn wrote: 91 pointsShowing very well indeed -- in a lovely spot. Benefitted from 2-hour decant. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2004 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des ChênesPinot Noir more |
2/24/2023 - ccn Does not like this wine: 86 pointsSeverely marked by the pyrazines that have tiinsed so many 2004s. Starts out with residual dark fruit and mushrooms with some green bell pepper but quickly the tannins become so hard that it’s almost undrinkable — the wine shut down completely 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2009 Giacomo Conterno Barbera d'Alba Cascina Franciamore |
9/27/2014 - ccn wrote: 89 pointsVery deep flavour, perhaps a bit bretty a first though this blew off after decanting, good length. Acidity rather than fruit more prominent. Good food wine, less exciting without. Didn't develop appreciably over 2 hours. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| White |
2002 Bonneau du Martray Corton-CharlemagneCorton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
9/15/2015 - ccn Likes this wine: 92 pointsmedium weight, highly structured. Still room for further development - 10 more years? Terroir in spades. Decanted. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
1989 Château Gruaud LaroseSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/25/2018 - ccn wrote: 92 points(from magnum). In the early stages of a great drinking window, but with a lot of room to develop further. Aromatically complex, good length and depth, very classic, restrained St Julien. Boy, do I prefer this to hot-vintage bordeaux! Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2009 Nicolas Rossignol Volnay 1er Cru SantenotsPinot Noir more |
10/23/2018 - ccn wrote: 91 pointsfrom 375ml. Ripe, rich, long, complex. Coffee, ripe fruit. Good ripe tannins. Fairly atypical but very enjoyable. I'd guess will continue to be in a good drinking window for around 5 years but worry that it is too ripe for long-term aging. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2001 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Ardanza Reserva EspecialTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
3/10/2012 - ccn wrote: 85 pointsNoticeably brown around the edges. Not enough fruit to support the wood -- this tastes like it's well on its decline. Given other reviews, possibly a bad bottle? Note that we did not decant and only tasted it over 2-3 hours so perhaps it required more airing; but I don't think there's enough fruit left for this to age. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2005 R. López de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña TondoniaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
3/2/2019 - ccn Does not like this wine: 87 pointsDisappointing for this producer. Very linear, simple, little development. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
1995 Château Calon-SégurSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/16/2017 - ccn wrote: 90 pointsBetter bottle than the last one. Very soft, fully mature, cedar and tobacco. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2006 Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les PruliersPinot Noir more |
8/28/2022 - ccn wrote: 89 pointsEntering nice drinking window. Tannins still present, but integrated. Medium length, good red fruit framed by very slight wood. Likely better in 5+ years. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| White |
2011 Hubert Lamy Saint-Aubin La Princée BlancChardonnay more |
12/15/2014 - ccn wrote: 89 pointsNice concentration and richness, but the oak is too dominant and wood tannins close down the wine. Quite typical of Lamy wines in their use. I'd guess that the wine has enough richness to swallow the oak in 3-5 years -- wouldn't drink it before then. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2007 Roagna Barolo La PiraNebbiolo more |
9/27/2014 - ccn wrote: 93 pointsSuperb Barolo -- great concentration without being heavy. Rich, long. Explosive (I don't mean in a modern way) nose. Tar, red cherries -- fascinating depth, kept inhaling over and over. Lots of potential ahead of it but stunning now. One of the best Barolos I've had. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
1999 Chateau MusarBekaa Valley Red Blend more |
6/19/2019 - ccn wrote: 92 points(from 375) Open for business and surprisingly mature from the first moment. Wow, there's a lot of structure a complexity here. I agree strongly with Richard Hemming who calls it a cross between a mature medoc and a souther rhone wine: there's structure, lovely acidity and balance, ripe tannins -- but also garrigue spice, olives, tree branches, olive leaves. And of course, that constant resiny sweetness that always gives Musar away in blind tastings. Of the 8-10 Musar vintages I've tasted, this is hands down the best. 6 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| White |
2013 Domaine Guiberteau Saumur Blanc BrézéChenin Blanc more |
12/7/2019 - ccn wrote: 93 pointsSimply outstanding. Taut with great energy, concentration, length, and balance. Lovely, racy acidity. We couldn't get enough of this wine. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2004 R. López de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña TondoniaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
3/27/2017 - ccn wrote: 89 pointsHad several bottles of this over the last year. A solid wine, mid-weight, but not at the same level of many other vintages of Tondonia GR I've had. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| White - Sparkling |
2005 Nyetimber Classic CuvéeWest Sussex Champagne Blend more |
4/6/2014 - ccn wrote: 88 pointsWe've now had 30+ bottles over the last 2-3 years both from magnum and 750 and notes are very consistent. From magnum this is at peak and a wine worth searching out as the best English sparkler we've had. The 750s are disappointing recently (from several purchases) - the wine is becoming one sided and a bit tired. Was lovely while it lasted! 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2004 La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva 904Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
6/14/2020 - ccn wrote: 91 pointsStill in a lovely place, very approachable with great length, depth, grip, complexity ... and another 15+ years ahead of it |
| Red |
2010 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg BourgognePinot Noir more |
5/5/2015 - ccn Likes this wine: 91 pointsmight be the best plain Bourgognes I've had. A great purity of red fruit, slightly tart at first put putting on a little sweetness and weight after 2 hours. Good length. Extremely elegant - surely there is a fair amount of chambolle here? Puts many 1er crus to shame. Gorgeous now but should have the stuff for at least 3-5 years. |
| Red |
2011 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée RéservéeRed Rhone Blend more |
8/10/2019 - ccn wrote: 91 pointsStarted out as a fairly restrained but elegant wine with interesting complexity on the nose -- garrigues spice -- and nice balance. After 2+ hours the wine really opened up and gained significantly in complexity. While (like all CndP) not a shy wine, it is more balanced and fresher than many others. Entering drinking window with a long decant, this has easily 10+ years of improvement ahead and may merit a higher score later. |
| Red |
2007 Maison Nicolas Perrin St. JosephSyrah more |
5/15/2010 - ccn wrote: 89 pointsNot decanted. A very attractive St Joseph that is halfway between a Cote Rotie and a [Crozes-]Hermitage, with a fairly forward, somewhat Cote-Rotie-ish nose (some white pepper, dark-red fruits, a bit of leather and funk), but rather more masculine -- though not at all big -- in the mouth. Good balance and length. 13% alcohol on the label but a very slightly candied / cassis note in the mouth, plus a slight headache the next day, make me suspect that this is more like 14%. It's slightly generically "Northern Rhone", lacking a strong personality, but this is a very nice drinking wine now. The next day, with the fruit gone, it was rather more generic. I'd either drink now or wait 5 years -- the period in between the primary fruit going and the secondaries emerging is unlikely to be very interesting. |
| Red |
2005 Fernand Lécheneaut et Fils (Philippe et Vincent) Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les PruliersPinot Noir more |
1/28/2021 - ccn wrote: 88 pointsDisappointing. Fairly closed, a bit on the thin side. Better day two but not outstanding. |
| Red |
2007 C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España) Rioja Imperial ReservaTempranillo more |
7/7/2014 - ccn wrote: 89 pointsA better than solid Rioja, Classic style, medium length, red fruit with wood spice and tobacco. Not profound and not amazing value at gbp22, but good with food and potential to improve. |
| White |
2010 Bruno Colin Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru MorgeotChardonnay more |
4/16/2017 - ccn Likes this wine: 91 pointsLovely. Balanced, good acidity, lots of Minerality, long and slightly rich without being hot or heavy |
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