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Red

2007 Urraca Familia Langley Reserva

 Mendoza Red Bordeaux Blend more
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9/22/2013 - cmaldoon wrote: 80 points

2007 Urraca Familia Langley

Notes 90 min after opening.

Color: Purplish red with a bare hint of brown. The wine is opaque with some very fine sediment.

Nose:
Him: fresh red currants and raspberry perhaps a hint of marinara sauce. A bit of stone and some vanilla or coffee. I sense some alcohol or other volatiles as well

Her: prosciutto, pear, dried fig and a little bit of coffee on the end. Perhaps some chocolate.

Palate:
Him: There is a restaurant I know that serves a blueberry ketchup. This tastes like that. Bright tomato, hint of blueberry, some rice vinegar, a hint of apple cider vinegar that resolves into a hard apple cider finish.

Her: a rather strange combination of marinara sauce and raspberry chocolate. The nose is much more interesting and pleasing overall. Not a bad wine, but certainly not a sipping wine

Overall: This wine was not showing great without food. It doesn't seem to be flawed, nor does it have any glaring deficiencies... It just isn't that interesting or that good. This comes across as an experiment by a good winemaker rather than a well made wine.

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2008 Bodega Piedra Negra (François Lurton) Malbec Piedra Negra

 Valle de Uco more
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4/28/2013 - cmaldoon wrote: 85 points

Better than many wines but not at al special. Flavor full through beginning, middle and end. Nose relatively small. Good tannins.

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2011 Penfolds Winemaker's Selection

 South Australia Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more
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4/7/2014 - cmaldoon Does not like this wine: 70 points

Vile. They were trying to make a wine with complexity but failed and ended with a wine that is not commercially sound. I like penfolds but not down at this level.

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2009 John Duval Wines Shiraz Entity

 Barossa Valley more
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5/24/2012 - cmaldoon Does not like this wine: NR

I loved their GSM blend but this was purely pedestrian for a Shiraz. Even after it opened up it was fairly simple. Chocolate and candied cherries. Poor QPR at $30

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2002 Foggo Wines Shiraz "Hubertus" Reserve

 McLaren Vale more
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1/21/2013 - cmaldoon wrote: 89 points

Wonderful aged character.

Tasted like tomato sauce. Great acidity, a touch of bay, fennel, and other herbs. Still has some tannin. Quite good, not great

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2002 Foggo Wines Shiraz Old Vines

 McLaren Vale more
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1/3/2013 - cmaldoon wrote: 88 points

The oldest Shiraz I have tried.

The balance between fruit and bottle character was great. Served after an hour open there was a cherry raspberry fruit flavor backed by bottle spice and smokiness. After an additional hour the wine seemed to be a bit peaked and took on some acid is oxidative character.

I recommend drinking up and do this as a pop and pour waiting only long enough for the bottle funk to blow off.

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2004 Foggo Wines Grenache Old Bush Vine

 McLaren Vale more
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10/11/2012 - cmaldoon Likes this wine: 90 points

Showed very well tonight. Typical raspberry cherry flavor. Very smooths with a hint of herbal and earthy undertones.

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Red

2005 d'Arenberg Cabernet Sauvignon The Coppermine Road

 McLaren Vale more
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1/26/2012 - cmaldoon wrote: 92 points

Pop, vinturi, one hour in decanter

Color: deep deep red with a touch of brown or orange.

Nose: cherry, bitter almond, vanilla and sassafras

Palate: bold cherry of course but also ( strange but tasty and true) the acidity and touch of flavor of a fresh kiwi. This blends into dried blueberry, black currant and finishes into a slight bitterness followed by a LONG butterscotch finish (finish diminished into a medium vanilla finish by 2 hours later)

Feel: medium+ body. Tannins medium quantity, soft and chalky

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2005 d'Arenberg Cabernet Sauvignon The Coppermine Road

 McLaren Vale more
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10/5/2012 - cmaldoon wrote: 89 points

I didn't like this bottle as well as my last one. The wine was very well concentrated but as it opened the fruit never resolved past the tannins. I plan to keep the rest of my bottles for another 5+ years before opening another. I feel that this one is asleep.

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Red

2007 Rosemount Estate Syrah Balmoral

 McLaren Vale more
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7/19/2011 - cmaldoon wrote: NR

I am shocked to see this listed as a vintage of Balmoral. At the Cellar door Rosemont was pouring the '06 and the '07 was available as a cleanskin because it did not make the grade. I do not know what the previous commenter was drinking.

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2004 Rosemount Estate Syrah Balmoral

 McLaren Vale more
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5/20/2012 - cmaldoon wrote: 90 points

Steady favorite as always

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2004 Rosemount Estate Syrah Balmoral

 McLaren Vale more
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7/21/2011 - cmaldoon Likes this wine: 91 points

Popped and poured through a vinturi, compared notes after sitting for an hour, the same.

Color: Deep almost opaque Garnet

Nose: Blackberry, Dried Plum, Violets, hint of ethanol/eucalyptus

Flavor: Ripe purple fruits upfront and continuing through the middle. Spices - white pepper and licorice the fruits and this all disolves into a plesant mochga carmel finish.

Feel: Medium to low acidity, barest hint of tannin.

Overall - smooth, deep, rich. Can be enjoyed on its own or with something mild. Can go well with deserts too I'd bet

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2004 Rosemount Estate Syrah Balmoral

 McLaren Vale more
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10/26/2011 - cmaldoon Likes this wine: 91 points

Popped and poured

Rich smooth berry flavors backed by hints of spice and leather from the age. Deeply concentrated. This wine is beautiful right now.

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Red

2007 tlc Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz

 Limestone Coast Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more
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2/5/2011 - cmaldoon wrote: 85 points

Twist and pour. Room temp

Deeply colored, opaque. Red with a faint orange hue. Not a clear wine.

Not much on the nose. Some mid red fruit and some oakyness, slightly musty

Flavors: red fruit with acid and woodiness followed quickly by vanilla and licorice. Some alcohol flavor on the finish ( think vanilla extract )

Perfectly drinkable at $9 per bottle. Nothing to rave about. Decent qpr

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2007 tlc Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz

 Limestone Coast Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more
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8/11/2011 - cmaldoon wrote: 87 points

I liked this bottle better than before, slightly.

As it ages, it is loosing a bit of fruit but picking up more nuanced flavors. There is some tobacco or leather settling in and I didn't taste any of the bitterness I recalled from earlier.

No quantitative notes.

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2009 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 128

 Coonawarra more
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8/10/2011 - cmaldoon wrote: 86 points

This wine is very tightly wound right now. I opened this and ran it through a vinturi and it was still far from open. There is a significant amount of concentration here (for a $25 wine).

The wine is a deep black/purple hue. The nose is not terribly giving at this point. Flavors are of dark berries wound tightly with spice and oak. Tannins are significant for a Shiraz.

This wine was still less than pleasant after a day under vacuum and refrigerator. It took a 2nd day before the wine smoothed out, unfortunately the fruit was passing at that point.

I bet this is a fantastic wine in.... 2016

I'll give it an 89 for potential, drinking 86 now.

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Red

2007 Santa Ema Cabernet Sauvignon Amplus

 Maipo Valley more
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10/20/2010 - cmaldoon Likes this wine: 88 points

The wine looks Crimson colored.
It smells like Cranberry, Red Currant, and Oak.
It tastes like Red Currant, and Black Pepper.
The body is Medium.
The wine is textured Coarse.
The wine finishes Long.

With a high acicdity and lots of tannin on the finish, I expect this one to age well. Buy it and try it in 2015

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2003 Veramonte Cabernet Sauvignon

 Maipo Valley more
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12/27/2010 - cmaldoon wrote: 90 points

Loved this wine. Did no know what to expect because the wine was not ideally cellared. Nuances of tobacco and leather balanced the fruit and the mild tannins.

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2007 Santa Ema Cabernet Sauvignon Amplus

 Maipo Valley more
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2/12/2012 - cmaldoon wrote: 87 points

Color: garnet. Good clarity, medium concentration.

Nose: not huge but bright purple berries tinged with mint

Palate: big purple berries and dust. Big up front but short profile as a whole.

Feel:medium body. Short. This wine opens beautifully with bright berries backed with mouthwatering acidity then fairly abruptly drops and fades out leaving you wanting on the finish.

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Red

2009 MontGras Cabernet Franc Reserva

 Colchagua Valley more
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10/18/2010 - cmaldoon Does not like this wine: 78 points

Dark ruby red coloring Tastes of red fruits, plum most prominent. Not many dark fruits. more fruit forward than typical from the varietal. Almost sweet. Medium bodied, medium to low tannin. Will not age well.

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2009 MontGras Cabernet Franc Reserva

 Colchagua Valley more
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2/2/2011 - cmaldoon Does not like this wine: 79 points

purplish with a bit of floating cork (on a 18 month old bottle)

This is the second of 2 bottles from Bevmo

The nose is akin to taking a bite from a slightly under-ripe plum with a bit of alcohol as well. Definitely some oak here though at this price point it is probably shavings.

Not much acid at all, the taste rolls onto the tongue with dark fruits, blueberry and prune. There are light but sharp tannins, probably american oak. Not enough tannins to age but those that are there are sharp. Horrible amounts of vanilla and a detectable sweetness.

This bottle isn't as much swill as my last one, but this still is not my kind of wine. This is on par with 2 buck chuck.

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1998 Château Simard

 St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend more
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5/1/2012 - cmaldoon wrote: 82 points

Drinkable. Got better after an hour open. Interesting wine if only for origin and age.

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White

2005 Louis Jadot Chardonnay Bourgogne Blanc

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1/31/2011 - cmaldoon wrote: 84 points

Grass, butter, and lemon on the nose
Medium to heavy body, fairly acidic, not much fruit. Crisp.

Not my type of wine but not bad. Was better after sitting for an hour.

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2004 Domaine Duclaux Côte-Rôtie

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1/3/2012 - cmaldoon wrote: 82 points

Lousy concentration. Seemed half-hearted.

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2009 Niederkirchener Weinmacher Riesling Blue Fish

 Pfalz more
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10/24/2010 - cmaldoon Likes this wine: 88 points

Balanced fruit and acidity. not too sweet but very refreshing.

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