Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2008 Cullen Wines Chardonnay Kevin JohnMargaret River more |
7/17/2010 - AlexGarner Likes this wine: 97 pointsSingle vineyard cool climate chardonnay tasting (Prince Wine Store - Bank Street): The pseudo-scientific bio-dynamic magical thinking does my head in, but in some cases, the practise does seem to bring with it an attention to detail from the winemakers that can ultimately improve the wines. It's a shame that the practitioners fall prey to the fallacy that the bio-dynamic mumbo jumbo is what is making the wines good, rather than good old fashioned focus. Unless of course it's just that the winemaker is good and the bio-dynamic crap isn't changing anything - either way, this wine is seriously good. |
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2007 Domaine du Vieux Lazaret Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/3/2018 - bacchus wrote: 90 pointsshared with pat at selkirk manor to celebrate the end of the work week. fully mature. garnet color. no browning or fading. jubilant cherry fruit.
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Red |
2002 d'Arenberg Shiraz The Dead ArmMcLaren Vale more |
8/19/2013 - dontime wrote: NRDrank at Cafe Sydney. PNP, then decanted during dinner. Bright dark red and black fruit, hints of licorice and mint. Rich in the mouth, satisfying finish. Way over priced on the wine list, but the views were spectacular. If scoring, 91-93.
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Red |
2011 Carlisle Zinfandel Sonoma Countymore |
6/16/2013 - brigcampbell wrote: NRExcellent wine as you'd expect. Dark crimson color and glass staining. Dark tart berry and chalky mid palate. Problem is I paired it with wild pig pork chops and homemade maple rum cayenne glaze. Palate was fried in regards to writing a detailed tasting note but the zin was perfect. Here is the culprit.
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Red |
2007 Wantirna Estate Cabernet Merlot AmeliaYarra Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/6/2010 - AlexGarner Likes this wine: 96 pointsWantirna Estate new releases (Prince Wine Store - Bank Street): Wow, this wine is just so soft. Soft but with a complexity that pulls the wine right up into your nose and fills out with soft perfumed fruit, plums and subtle oak. It is really delicate, yet so intense. The palette has yummy, luscious fruit with the finest of fine tannins. This was a real surprise and I'm going to get this into the cellar ASAP.
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Red |
2006 E. Guigal Côtes du RhôneRed Rhone Blend more |
9/17/2010 - pjaines wrote: NRYet another great bottle from a rock solid performer that year-on-year gives you more character and terroir mixed with reliability than probably any other producer I know. This wine manages to tread a thin line between being a consistent product and a wine that reflects region and vintage. And all this for under £10. This is never going to be a wine that blows the nads off your diner party guests - and that is the whole point. Not every wine has to be WOW and BOOM and Gobs Of Fruit (TM, Mr Parker) - this has a calm, reserved quality about it that is neither a whisper or a shout, just one of the best mid-range wines you can get your hands on. A touch of liquorice on the nose, deep fruit but without being cloying - balance, tannins in check, fresh enough to drink now. What is not to like?
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2006 E. Guigal Côtes du RhôneRed Rhone Blend more |
10/1/2010 - mobowines wrote: 87 pointsColour: purple; Colour depth: deep; Clarity: clear
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2006 Gérard Raphet Charmes-ChambertinCharmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
10/17/2010 - Capt Cutlass wrote: 89 pointsPurple, violet but translucent. Concentrated nose with dark fruits and new oak. A noticeable stinky character on entry and chalky tannins with a fresh somewhat bitter finish. Not sure if this is going anywhere further but it definitely had character and it was intriguing. Perhaps time will meld the elements but I did not feel that it had the complexity to deliver greater things and the stinkiness was a bit off putting.
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Red |
2007 Domaine du Vieux Lazaret Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/3/2010 - Tropean wrote: NRMy first CdP. Splash decanted for 45 minutes before pouring. Remarkably lovely ruby color in the glass. First impression in the mouth was the distinctive and pleasurable viscosity. There was a palate coating weight and smoothness to the wine which, at the risk of sounding like a real bs artist, I want to describe as "molten silk", although there was nothing at all hot or angular or sharp to it. Enough acidity to deliver red fruit flavors, and fully integrated tannins on the finish. Another unusual (for me) reaction: At no point did I want to aggressively "swish" the wine around inside my mouth to further open it up. I just wanted it to lay there while I enjoyed it. Also bears noting that I drank the bottle over three nights, vacuvin-ing and returning to the cellar each evening, and the wine was as enjoyable on Tuesday as it was on Sunday. No score or grade because I have no basis on which to compare this to other CdPs. But I can say that after drinking this wine I will be significantly more likely to seek out more CdP.
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White |
2008 Gaia NótiosPeloponnisos White Blend more |
9/12/2009 - awinestory wrote: 79 pointstranslucent ruby with purple
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White |
2008 Hoddles Creek ChardonnayYarra Valley more |
3/6/2010 - rednick@internode.on.net wrote: NRObvious buttery oak offering nice texture - still has the fruit and acid to balance this though - will improve over the medium term
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Comment posted by AlexGarner:
11/3/2022 5:30:00 PM - Thanks for that Vinophilo, but just because lots of people do a thing, doesn't mean that thing is correct. Your logically fallacious argument is referred to as "argumentum ad populum" - claiming a truth or affirming something is good because the majority thinks so.
The reality is that your position is that "you just have to believe" and I can understand why you would say that, because there is absolutely no evidence that there is any scientific basis that biodynamics could work. The scientific method is the best tool we have for understanding the world we live in and biodynamics fails these tests.
Also, the straw man argument you put forward about making wines with "mega-purple or other yuck" doesn't make any sense. You're making out like it's a false dichotomy of that stuff or biodynamics, and winemaking is so much more that those two extremes, as I'm sure you well know, and I feel you know how intellectually dishonest your argument is.
Please feel free to show me how biodynamics could plausibly work, but until then, my position stands and your points make me even more sure that biodynamics is all - as I said - "mumbo-jumbo".
As I said in my tasting notes, it it highly plausible that people practising biodynamics are showing some sort of attention-to-detail in caring for the vineyard, but to ascribe that to angels to fairies or biodynamics is unjustified.