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Red

2019 Tatsis Limnio

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3/28/2022 - R2-D2 wrote: flawed

I don't know if it was my bottle or just the wine, but it smelled and tasted like my teenage son's soaked, stinky soccer socks. I could not get past that. I'm sorry.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    3/31/2022 7:38:00 PM - Mine was fine. I am told is a pretty natty winemaker and this wine can be bretty. :-(

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    4/1/2022 5:16:00 AM - I'd say hit or miss. None in mine and still clean this morning.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    4/2/2022 12:41:00 PM - I need to go back then. I was listening live, but zoned out some and felt they referenced brett more in passing. I can say pretty much that I am not a fan and didn't detect any here. That said, my sensitivity might not be as high.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    4/2/2022 3:13:00 PM - I think your bottle was flawed. I listened to it again and I think they are confused between reduction and brett. This is the fifth Limnio I've had and most of my notes mention funky elements. But I am by no means 100 on this.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    4/2/2022 5:19:00 PM - Super cool you are doing these! You might also really like Children's Atlas of Wine.
White

2016 Weingut von Othegraven Wiltinger Kupp Riesling Kabinett

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7/12/2017 - forceberry wrote: NR

8,5% alcohol.

Pale lime green color. Stunningly unpleasant nose that makes you gag almost instantly; sulphurous H2S stench of rotten eggs, crude oil and sewage. A textbook example of the aroma that the Germans call Böckser. Contrasting the nose, the wine feels fresh, bright and steely on the palate with moderate, balanced residual sugar sweetness and flavors of ripe yellow apples, some sweeter citrus fruits and hints of white flowers - although there lingers a faint hint of hard-boiled eggs in the background. Good acidity. The finish is quite long, lively and fresh with flavors of citrus fruits, fresh apples and a hint of steely minerality.

Because of the overwhelming Böckser aroma, I will not score this wine at this point. I know Böckser is very typical of young Mosel Rieslings - especially sweeter ones - and it normally fades over with time, so probably this wine will turn out quite nice with age. Now it tasted very primary and one-dimensional with the Böckser clouding much of my judgement, so there is no point assessing the wine. Unless you want to enjoy your wines smelling like boiled eggs, you'll want to keep this wine for 4-5 years more before opening it.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    2/6/2018 9:24:00 AM - I can tell you six months on that it has fully shrugged off the stink. A tiny whiff on first pour and then lovely young Kabinett.
Red

2018 Pax Syrah Sonoma Hillsides

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5/2/2020 - AndrewSGHall wrote: NR

Started off pretty gaak. Heavy and extracted. After a few hours, it stabilized and had balance even if on the heavy and clumsy side. Not my thing.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    7/26/2020 4:14:00 PM - The world in which I had it as part of a blind box and it was gross.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    3/16/2021 4:59:00 PM - We don't have them anymore. Sorry. It was an idea that didn't really launch. I will ask Dan if it is something we can do again though.
Red

2017 Beta Cabernet Sauvignon Montecillo Vineyard

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5/8/2022 - AndrewSGHall wrote: flawed

Calling it corked, but I am not wholly sure. Not on the nose which was de minimus , but the palate was severely torqued with severe green notes and felt utterly off. Confirmed from another taster un-primed. Even with hours in decanter, never got cork on the nose but the wine was marginally tolerable at best.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    5/9/2022 6:58:00 AM - Entirely possible.
White

2016 Trimbach Riesling Frédéric Emile

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7/22/2022 - AndrewSGHall wrote: 91 points

So weird - pro tasting notes going back 3-4 years and just one user note.

(Poured at the domain from a freshly opened bottle) Nose is popcorn and petrol. Crisp and direct. Acidity is more pear focused. Good body and precision with a lot of enjoyment that I don't expect from a young CFE. OTOH, came across really basic and honestly a bit boring.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    8/14/2023 4:44:00 AM - The label changed and they dropped Cuvée on it.
Red

2015 Clos de Gamot Cahors Cuvée des Vignes Centenaires

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7/22/2021 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 97 points

I really had no idea going into this whether it was going to be drinkable or a fire-breathing dragon. First sip resolves all uncertainty and it is not only drinkable but effortlessly so, and captivating. Primary red berry scents and flavors meld with cedary pencil shavings to give this a Bordeaux-like profile but few Bordeaux can aspire to be so classy - the texture is just ravishingly finessed in a way that only a couple properties at the top of the 1855 classification or in the ritzy part of Pomerol achieve. It is just pure satin. It's that quality the UK writers call "breed" which I can't say I've ever experienced from Cahors or malbec anywhere - refined, but not *merely* refined, everything measured and knit together just-so, the hand of a master tailor evident not just in the fabric but the drape. If you were lucky enough to buy this, you have a treasure.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    5/10/2023 12:54:00 PM - I am drinking the '18 now and your note is spot on for that as well (love the deft analogy of fabric and drape.) I am now going to go down a rabbit hole wondering if the clones for this VdVC is the same as what was brought to AR as I see way more similarities with the truly great AR ones vs what is now in Cahors.
Red

2019 Bodega Catena Zapata Malbec Argentino

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4/28/2023 - AndrewSGHall wrote: NR

This vibes so hard. I have tears missing Argentina. Dark fruits and stemmy deep core with leather and silk. Dark fruits and an electric spine. Beautiful and correct.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    4/29/2023 5:51:00 AM - Opened a few hours before and poured off a glass. I am not a decanting fan.
Red

2000 Château Cantemerle

 Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend more
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12/4/2012 - AndrewSGHall wrote: NR

In a really good place. Savory elements coming out - mushroom, meat, leather - with a solid base of dark fruit. Structure hold these two in tension. This is a point where I really enjoy Bdx and this delivers that Claret-dance quite well.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    12/5/2012 5:03:00 AM - I don't understand scores. This is a good example. Would a score reflect some notion of how a minor cru Bdx should age or that my personal enjoyment is probably maximized at this crux point? Except as ranking preferences, I find score to be false precision.
Red

2010 R. López de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña Tondonia

 Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more
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12/12/2022 - AndrewSGHall wrote: 89 points

Good, not great Tondonia. Had that nice razor edge of brick and light red fruits but also veered into a little heaviness and lack of precision.

Amusingly - this wine tasted totally corked with Greek cheeses. Call it the justified curse of Mt Athos. (It wasn't corked elsewise.)

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    12/16/2022 4:08:00 AM - '94 is amazing. '01 also. Didn't love the '10 Rosado either. Probably just a me problem ;-)
Red

2017 El Enemigo Cabernet Franc Gran Enemigo Gualtallary

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3/6/2022 - AndrewSGHall wrote: 95 points

Has the silky power and breezy elevation parts that seem to me be to Gaultallary. Nice minerality in the core with dark fruits and well balanced structure. Rich w/o being unctuous. Nice long finish.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    10/8/2022 6:10:00 AM - Pretty much equal. Slight preference, maybe, for the Chacayes. But I could see it being different on a different day. Both are beautiful wines.
Red

2009 Château Pontet-Canet

 Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more
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2/3/2022 - AndrewSGHall wrote: 97 points

This is gorgeous young Pauillac in an almost painful way. Dark, squid inky, intense plums and pencil lead. I am digging this on a level where I prefer this youthful intensity and personality to the older PC.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    2/4/2022 4:26:00 AM - Yes. I decanted.
Red

1998 Lewis Cellars Syrah

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2/11/2023 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 92 points

Literally the same experience as my last with a pristine bottle and a surprise crumbly cork. The wine itself was in great condition, drinking much younger than its years. It was my last bottle and I almost wish I had saved it.
Pnp and then drank over several hours while it warmed up from cellar temp. Opened on a whim to compare with a 1998 Peyre Rose Clos de Cistes which was the theme of our dinner. They were equally good but mind blowing they could be the same grape at the same age. The Lewis was much more primary and full of purple fruit, with hints of savory and spice that should become more prominent in future years.
A fun experiement.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    2/27/2024 10:53:00 AM - Wow. Almost identical to my experience a year later!
White

2014 Domaine Economou Assyrtiko

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2/21/2023 - Papies wrote: 89 points

On the oxidative side and probably past its better days, touch bitter too and with a richness. But it’s the oxidative side of if that betrays it and really at the end of its life we felt. 89

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    10/21/2023 1:21:00 PM - Sorry, my dude. This is vibrant and so alive today.
Red

2020 Result of a Crush Claret

 Walla Walla Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more
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7/22/2023 - AndrewSGHall wrote: NR

Meh. Very soft and generic black fruits.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    9/13/2023 6:54:00 PM - The rest of the RoaC, including the '16 Claret which I liked a lot. This was soft, too low in acidity and did nothing for me. Not bad. Just meh.
Red

2019 Château Cantemerle

 Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend more
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9/15/2022 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 87 points

Can't really complain for the price. It's red fruited, lightly cedary, and easy to drink, but I have had more distinguished vintages from Cantemerle than this where these qualities are more harmonious and combined with a seductive texture. Here it just lacks its usual charm and feels more in a cru bourgeois mold.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    2/18/2023 2:02:00 AM - Ha! I was a touch higher, but I felt the same thing - it was just clunky and lacked Cantemerle specific charn.
Red

2020 Imanol Garay Clandestinus

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7/29/2022 - AndrewSGHall wrote: 95 points

Bonkers nose- barberry, weird spices in the souk with a little gaminess. Honestly, this nose is just sick amazing. Great fruit. Soft on structure but so so glou glou. There is serious shadow lord dark fruits and a prevailing perverted funk. Hot two stroke and brambley hillside berries, if I have to. Eschewing specific descriptors because the gestalt is just so stunning and complete.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    1/25/2023 9:21:00 PM - Thank you! Glad it was helpful. When a wine really captivates me, I will wax poetic to capture the idea of how it affected me.
White

2020 T-Oinos Assyrtiko Clos Stegasta Rare

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1/12/2023 - AndrewSGHall wrote: 95 points

Austere nose with a Chablis-reminding-me shells and peach and splashing salinity. Really complex and unfolding. Bright acidity with broad shoulders and restrained passion fruit, a quince-bitters backing. Really deep vibes that are different than Santorini. Drops a really great oily texture with almost slate elements and the fruit lengthens, brightens with time. A really dynamic wine.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    1/14/2023 8:20:00 AM - Nope. Glitchy fingers. Thanks!
Red

2019 Di Costanzo Cabernet Sauvignon Caldwell Vineyard

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5/31/2022 - Fake Drinker Does not like this wine: 90 points

This wine was highly recommended on the forum. The first time I tried this, I was confusing as the acidity was too much, out of balance. This was the third time I tried this wine, I was pretty sure that this was too acidic and thin.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    9/21/2022 3:31:00 PM - Admin note : I moved this TN to the correct wine and edited the comments reflecting its previous placement on the wrong wine. We do recommend you follow up with the producer who was so gracious to comment.
White - Sparkling

NV Veuve Clicquot Champagne Brut

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12/29/1989 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 88 points

With K at Stanford Hospital at 3:00 a.m., less than three hours after our daughter Miranda was born, toasting her arrival. Fine light gold color, medium body. Fresh, delicate aroma. Yeast. On the palate, very good balance, medium body. Creamy finish. 5-10-16-7: 88/100

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    7/25/2022 6:17:00 AM - As admin here, I want to say - thank you. It really means a lot to us that you posted a note from such a significant event in your life.
Red

2015 Marie et Pierre Bénetière Syrah Vin de France Cordeloux

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5/15/2022 - AndrewSGHall Likes this wine: 95 points

This was sick. For about 45 minutes was generic natty Syrah and then bukakke of dank vibes with blackberry fruit and smoke and hot tobacco and musky perfume. Dialed into a wave and never wavered. This was just intense and beautiful. No VA or other flaws. While also a dual label and imported by Source, is not really very Rotie. And even at 12.5 just bitch slapped at modern WA wine open at same time. Wow. A primal wine.

  • Comment posted by AndrewSGHall:

    5/16/2022 8:18:00 AM - I will edit to add that (I thought I did but I was writing in the app in my uber, lol) It was Source. And had the double label.

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