| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
1990 Château Léoville Las CasesSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/19/2016 - ccn Likes this wine: 97 pointsBy far the best bottle of wine we'vehad in the last year or two. Impeccable condition, both label and cork. Decanted three hours. Wine built up to an enormous peak of power, and finesse and volume. Fruit, tannins, pencil shavings, minerals. At absolute peak, but feels like it could stay here for another decade. |
| Red |
1970 PétrusPomerol Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/26/2013 - ccn Likes this wine: 96 pointsSuperb nose of intense rose petals, black olives, and olive wood. Olive (almost hermitage-like) nose came to dominate after several hours. At its best in the first few hours; became somewhat loose after 3-4 hours. |
| White |
1996 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne DomaineCorton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
5/1/2008 - ccn wrote: 96 pointsOut of this world. Extremely full, concentrated without being heavy or overextracted. Reticent at first, developing over 2 hours in the glass into a really glorious, mineral wine. Drinking superbly now but still youthful -- will probably improve over another 5 years and drink for another 10. |
| White |
2004 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne DomaineCorton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
11/11/2018 - ccn wrote: 95 pointsFrom double Magnum. One of the greatest with burgundies ever. Full of life, structure, balance, and the beginnings of complexity. Is delicious, but also has a decade or two ahead of it. Just a tiny hint of attractive reduction on the nose. |
| Red |
1997 Domaine Prieuré Saint Christophe Vin de Savoie PrestigeMondeuse more |
4/10/2024 - ccn wrote: 95 pointsOne of the most interesting, unique wines I've ever had. (Bought off of a restaurant wine list at an attractive price and taken home.). Perfect cork, bottle in impeccable state. Amazing aromatic complexity and "fleshiness" -- great length too. As always with Mondeuse, you wish there was a bit more acidity, but serving slightly cool helps. |
| Red |
1985 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos des 60 OuvréesPinot Noir more |
12/31/2015 - ccn Likes this wine: 95 pointsDrinking very well but with further aging potential based on the fact that it developed significantly over 1-2 hours in glass. Already a lovely wine, it built in length, complexity, and volume, opening up to a rich, sweet, voluminous (but not powerful), elegant wine, with notes of pan d'epices and red fruit. Superb. |
| Red |
1983 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave HermitageSyrah more |
6/6/2010 - ccn wrote: 95 pointsBuilt and improved over 1-2 hours in decanter before declining -- must be at peak now. Fabulous nose of black olive, bacon/bacon fat, garrigue spice, some lovely high notes of sweet spice underpinned by the low notes. At first mouth was slightly flat but as it opened up it took on length and complexity. Scoring the nose alone I'd probably go up to 97. |
| Red |
1990 Château MargauxRed Bordeaux Blend more |
6/2/2014 - ccn wrote: 95 pointsDecanted 1 hour, drank over another hour. Gorgeous, deep nose -- smoky, lapsang souchong, some fruit, still quite youthful. Good length, balanced wine. Mouth excellent but less exciting/exotic than nose. Can certainly age and perhaps improve 10+ years. |
| Red |
2001 Hospices de Beaune Corton-Cuvée Charlotte Dumay Méo-CamuzetCorton Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
12/1/2007 - ccn wrote: 95 pointsSuperb wine. Still very young; will require 10+ years to really show. Extremely rare as this was purchased privately at the auction of the Hospices de Beaune, with the elevage done by Jean-Nicholas Meo. Have never seen another bottle. |
| Red |
1966 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero ÚnicoTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
1/17/2016 - ccn Likes this wine: 95 points@rekondo |
| Red |
1996 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero ÚnicoTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
1/16/2016 - ccn Likes this wine: 95 points@ extebarri |
| Red |
1982 Château La LaguneHaut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/3/2017 - ccn Likes this wine: 95 pointsFrom 375. |
| Red |
1970 Château Lynch-BagesPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/20/2021 - ccn Likes this wine: 95 pointsOne of the best bordeaux I’ve ever had. Benefitted from 3 hour decant and kept improving. |
| Red |
1998 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape ReserveGrenache more |
9/13/2023 - ccn wrote: 95 pointsMy first experience with old Rayas (thanks, Eric!). What a treat. Astonishingly pale in colour. The nose (and mouth) have layers of complexity, and the wine just keeps going. While definitely not burgundian in weight, it's certainly burgundian in aromatic complexity -- quite masculine even though ethereal. The alcohol does seem elevated, giving a slightly candied / stewed character, but that seems to be the direction of all CNdP over the last 20 years and is a matter of personal preference. |
| White |
2008 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru ValmurChardonnay more |
7/4/2021 - ccn wrote: 95 pointsHands-down the best chablis I've ever had, out of many. Full, long, rich, extremely saline, and complex. |
| Red |
1999 Domaine René Engel EchezeauxEchezeaux Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
12/25/2007 - ccn wrote: 95 pointsSuperb. Brooding, dark fruit; light in body yet powerful flavor. After 30 minutes in glass opened up to show a bit of pan d'epices. Lovely, still fairly young -- better in a few years. |
| Red |
1991 Château PalmerMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/13/2023 - ccn wrote: 95 pointsThis was a very surprising 1991 -- a terrible, wet vintage by reputation, but a truly outstanding Palmer. The wine (a pristine bottle) went through several stages of evolution over 45 minutes in the glass -- definitely do not decant this as you'll want to experience all of them. At the very start a strong (pleasant) bell pepper and graphite aroma, quickly darkening to secondary/tertiary aromas. Very full, round, rich, and long in the mouth. Absolutey delicous and complex. Towards the end it was starting to lose focus; this is one to drink up. An outstanding, fully mature bordeaux. |
| Red |
2005 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les BousselotsPinot Noir more |
8/2/2017 - ccn Likes this wine: 95 pointsFinally open for business though with plenty of aging potential in front - very nice now, can hold at least 5-10 years. Good fruit, tannins fully integrated, iron comes through. Decent length. Balanced. Commenting on prior notes, no detectable oak (chevillon uses little new oak, around me 30%); and I couldn't think of anything farther from california. There is phenolic ripeness. But this is the opposite of a 'phenolic wine' - with wonderful balance, acidity, minerality, integrated tannins ... |
| Red |
1998 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/4/2016 - ccn wrote: 95 pointsGorgeous -- one of the best Beaucastel I've had. Like a mature burgundy, all secondaries, light, long, complex. |
| Red |
2005 Faiveley Corton-Clos des Cortons FaiveleyCorton Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
12/25/2017 - ccn Likes this wine: 94 pointsPowerful, elegant, and balanced. Starting to show well but with 10-20 years ahead. Wow from the first moment |
| Red |
2003 Comte Armand Pommard 1er Cru Clos des EpeneauxPinot Noir more |
7/19/2015 - ccn Likes this wine: 94 pointsIn a beautiful place right now. Rich, mid-dark fruits, volume, length. A hint of ripe, integrated tannins give a bit of structure and suggest 3-5 years more aging potential -- not more as this is a fleshy wine that lacks a bit of acidity for the ripeness, and it becomes slightly flabby when warming up from cellar temperature / after 1-2 hours. Not hot, though, and thoroughly burgundian even if fruit-forward. This bottle showed better than the last several, probably because it was served directly from the cellar (14-15 C) and benefited from the temperature. |
| White |
2007 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Corton-CharlemagneCorton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
4/26/2015 - ccn wrote: 94 pointsWow! Simply superb, and surprisingly accessible now. The nose leaps out of the glass and grabs you. Very complex and layered aroma & palate -- palate-staining, long, full without being big. A bit of pineapple and caramel (there's oak but very well integrated already). So much potential. |
| Red |
1978 Domaine Drouhin-Laroze Latricières-ChambertinLatricières-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
12/31/2015 - ccn Likes this wine: 94 pointsFully mature and showing beautifully. Very pale pink with gorgeous and rich aromas of pan d'epices. Held up well in the glass over 1-2 hours but didn't develop further. Elegant, not powerful. Drink up! |
| Red |
2007 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils ChambertinChambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/26/2015 - ccn Likes this wine: 94 pointsSuperb, but fairly closed at this point. Began opening up at the very end after 2 hours. Sweet fruit. I'd wait a long time before revisiting this. |
| Red |
2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/19/2014 - ccn Likes this wine: 94 pointsExtremely concentrated, dense, almost thick wine with extraordinary length. In a ripe style, almost slightly raisiny, but with good (ripe) tannins and acidity to balance. Almost too intense to drink now unless you like super-rich, intense wines -- but likely to be very interesting in 10-20 years, probably a very long-lived wine. |
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