| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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1998 Henri Bonneau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée SpécialeRed Rhone Blend more |
1/14/2017 - beatles Likes this wine: 96 pointsA beast, yes, alcohol, yes, but the richesse is kept in balance with an incredible minerality and bright vibrancy; even at the end of a long Pégau-tasting this stands out as a different animal, something else, somehting grand. |
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2005 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Clos WindsbuhlAlsace more |
12/25/2016 - JeffGMorris Likes this wine: 96 pointsFrom 375ml. Opened at the request of a friend who asked me for an opinion on whether to open one of his last bottles now or hold. I'm not sure I have an answer as I'd say get enough to do both! Definitely the next coming of the 1994, this is starting to shed some of its baby fat and show itself. While still primary in many ways this is beginning to show its own character. While the 1994 changes to dry on the palate entry, this wine hits the front of the palate still sweet and then quickly changes to dry in the mouth. A fascinating wine that will be a pleasure to watch over the next 2 decades. 50+14+14+9+9=96
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| Red |
2005 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave HermitageSyrah more |
11/7/2016 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 91 points15 vintages of Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage, Rouge and Blanc (E&R Wine Shop, Portland OR): Interestingly rich and heavy tobacco notes on the nose. Rich and larger tones than the prior wines, but that tobacco note is just so lovely. Soft soil notes enter the palate first, showing some mild tannins. Rich in texture with fine grained tannins. The flavors on the palate are pretty tight right now... while those tannins in the mouth are fine grained, if you hold this wine on your tongue for 20+ seconds they really begin taking over and pounding your mouth, more so than even the younger wines. Rich acid and massive tannin dial up on the large, rich finish. This is a massive wine. So much structure and beautiful fruit poking through, but it is just so tight. This needs so much more time. It's just so tannic today that it's not as enjoyable as it wants to be. This will be a beautiful, elegant wine, but I think it still needs decades. 91+++
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| White - Off-dry |
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl Vendange TardiveAlsace more |
5/18/2016 - JeffGMorris Likes this wine: 94 pointsDinner with Salil at home. The only thing wrong with this wine was it's placement in the lineup. After 2 dry Rieslings with meats and cheeses we had this before starting to cook dinner. Originally scheduled to have with the semi-spicy Indian dinner where it probably would have shown better. Dark Amber in color as it has been almost from the start showing the heavy botrytis influence ( I believe this has the most residual sugar of the 4 '94 VT Pinot Gris' by a large distance if I remember correctly ). Great apricot and mirabelle flavors mix with the horseradish typical flavor of botrytis and leads into a very long and lingering finish. 50+13+13+9+9=94
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| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2008 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling EisweinNahe more |
5/18/2016 - salil wrote: 97 pointsA crash course in Zind Humbrecht at Jeff and Dena's (Raleigh, NC): Hey, a non-ZH interloper! No surprise that this is astounding - unbelievably light and delicate, yet so powerful with palate-staining intensity. There's no sense of botrytis here - just an array of bright Meyer lemon, candied limes, green apples, and riper tropical fruits with gentle honeyed and floral accents. So bright and focused with tremendous acidity beneath balancing the sweetness, and astounding length. This is incredible.
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| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Rangen de Thann Clos St. Urbain Sélection de Grains NoblesAlsace Grand Cru Gewürztraminer more |
5/18/2016 - salil wrote: 98 pointsA crash course in Zind Humbrecht at Jeff and Dena's (Raleigh, NC): An astounding wine that's massively sweet and laden with botrytis, and still somehow manages to show the clear signature of both the grape and site. The Rangen peaty and smoky fragrance comes through in spades, and beneath all the peat and smoke are layers of ripe lychee, apricot marmalade, honey, and more flamboyant Gewurztraminer spice and florality. Like the '94 Goldert VT that preceded this, it's a high wire act of tremendous sweetness and acidity, and again the balance is impeccable with everything coming together very seamlessly on the palate, and remarkable length.
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| White - Off-dry |
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Goldert Vendange TardiveAlsace Grand Cru Gewürztraminer more |
5/18/2016 - salil wrote: 97 pointsA crash course in Zind Humbrecht at Jeff and Dena's (Raleigh, NC): Astounding wine that reminds me of some of the HGS-era Catoirs in terms of its sheer complexity and the balance between sweetness and acidity. It's impossible to catalogue all the flavours here - there's all sorts of bright floral and spicy scents, bright lychee and citrus fruits, honey, rosewater, and so much else going on here. Each sip starts out with tremendous sweetness up front, but then the acidity kicks in as well as a more lower-toned, burnished element that comes through on the back end, and it finishes almost savoury with amazing length.
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| White - Off-dry |
1995 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Brand Vendange TardiveAlsace Grand Cru more |
5/18/2016 - salil wrote: 96 pointsA crash course in Zind Humbrecht at Jeff and Dena's (Raleigh, NC): On so many other evenings this would have been the wine of the night or at least the Riesling of the night. Such an incredible wine with immense power and intensity to the ripe apple and citrus fruit flavours, and an array of honeyed, mineral, smoky, and more mature petrol and burnished notes augmenting the bright fruit here. The palate is a total high wire act - massive sweetness buffered by tremendous acidity, and somehow everything's in a perfectly balanced package with tremendous length. Fantastic.
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| White - Off-dry |
1989 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Clos Häuserer Vendange Tardive Premiere TrieAlsace more |
5/18/2016 - salil wrote: 97 pointsA crash course in Zind Humbrecht at Jeff and Dena's (Raleigh, NC): Talk about a unicorn - I had no idea this wine even existed. I was very excited to try it once Jeff told me about it, and it more than lived up to the hype and expectations. There's such an amazing array of flavours here, with sweeter peach, tropical fruit and honeyed notes up front that give way to more savoury earthy, smoky, and quinine notes that emerge on the finish. With air it seems to become more focused and brighter as a high toned citrus zest note emerges, and the earthy and mineral character on the palate becomes more intense. Spectacular.
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| White |
1989 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Rangen de Thann Clos St. UrbainAlsace Grand Cru more |
5/18/2016 - salil wrote: 98 pointsA crash course in Zind Humbrecht at Jeff and Dena's (Raleigh, NC): Astounding wine. The aromatics are so compelling - an array of vivid smoky and peaty flavours reminiscent of an Islay scotch (minus the alcohol/spirity character), and an intense stoniness that suggests this may have come from a rock quarry rather than grapes. A real Soil to Glass Transfer wine. Beneath all the peat, smoke, and minerality is a core of bright pear and Meyer lemon fruit that still feels incredibly fresh and vibrant. There's amazing intensity of flavour on the palate, but at the same time remarkable lightness and focus with a sense of refreshment that makes me keep coming back. Easily one of the best Rieslings I've ever had.
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| White - Off-dry |
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl Vendange TardiveAlsace more |
5/18/2016 - salil wrote: 93 pointsA crash course in Zind Humbrecht at Jeff and Dena's (Raleigh, NC): A blockbuster of a wine that feels more like an SGN than a VT. The complexity here is staggering - it's packed with an array of tropical fruits, sweeter honeyed and apricot marmalade notes, and more savoury earthy, burnished, and smoky flavours. The depth here is remarkable, but it feels a touch heavy on the palate and while the sweetness is very well balanced and never cloying, I did find myself wishing this had the extra jolt of acidity that the other VTs showed.
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| White |
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Clos WindsbuhlAlsace more |
5/18/2016 - salil wrote: 94 pointsA crash course in Zind Humbrecht at Jeff and Dena's (Raleigh, NC): A remarkable contrast with the '89 Rangen - the nose on this suggests something sweeter with bright quince, peach, and light floral notes augmented by more mature savoury and burnished flavours, but the palate is completely dry, though packed with ripe apple and citrus fruit flavours over a base of stone and earthy minerality. It feels totally seamless on the palate, though remarkably different from the Rangen in texture - whereas that's all about cut and focus, this has a softer, almost pillowy feel on the palate. Wonderful wine, though perhaps I didn't give this enough attention with the jawdropping '89 Rangen alongside.
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| Red |
1989 Gaja Barolo SperssNebbiolo more |
5/15/2016 - Bordeaux_Jon wrote: flawedFrom a half bottle. I think this was off, but I'm not sure. The nose was dominated by what I think is an oxidized soy sauce aroma. I've smelled it a lot in old Barolos and you might called it mushrooms or truffles if you are generous. There were other features, oak, vanilla, and maybe balsamic vinegar. Others like it more. The palate was a bit weak and acidic though.
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| White - Off-dry |
2001 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling AusleseMosel Saar Ruwer more |
4/21/2016 - salil wrote: 95 pointsMonumental Auslese. So painfully young, yet so complex - though this was double-decanted several hours before dinner, and then a third time afterwards. Despite the decants, a whiff of sulfur and sponti yeast funk still lingers on the nose, but beneath that there's an array of classic Mosel fruit flavours over a slate/stony mineral base, with the savoury and mineral flavours only getting more intense and vivid with air. The balance and length here are spectacular, and I'm glad I have a lot more in the cellar. This is already spectacular now, but I can't begin to imagine what this may turn into with a couple more decades (at least)!
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| White |
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling BrandAlsace Grand Cru more |
3/28/2016 - LW31 wrote: 88 pointsBottle was correct (and perfectly stored since release) but a bit further advanced at this stage than it should be. Dark honey color. Wonderful texture and viscosity and classic petrol nose, but mid-palate was short and finish was unexciting. Not bad but not what this wine should be.
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| White |
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Rangen de Thann Clos St. UrbainAlsace Grand Cru more |
3/18/2016 - salil wrote: 97 pointsMostly-Riesling jeeb with Jeff and Dena Morris visiting NYC (Royal Seafood, NYC): This is spectacular. A powerhouse of a Riesling - almost bone dry with incredibly fresh, vibrant pear and lemon fruit at the core, augmented by an array of stony, saline, smoke, and peaty flavours - almost reminiscent of some Islay single malts (minus the spirity notes). There's remarkable power and intensity to the flavours, yet it feels remarkably light and finessed on the palate, never heavy nor austere as I find with so many dry Rieslings. Amazing wine.
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| Red |
2008 Lillian Winery SyrahSanta Barbara County more |
1/30/2016 - hanasowner wrote: 90 pointsPop and pour from magnum...muted nose that opened up after an hour or so...some charred meat and dark fruit off the nose, but very short on the smooth finish...a "crowd pleaser" wine for sure, but nothing extraordinary.
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| Red |
1999 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave HermitageSyrah more |
1/27/2016 - Papies wrote: 97 pointsBlind tasted with no decanting.
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2001 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Erdener Treppchen Riesling Auslese **Mosel Saar Ruwer more |
1/23/2016 - Rieslingfan wrote: NROh my gosh is this good. Vibrant fruit with a coating of vanilla infused honey that just goes on forever. It has the richness of Auslese, but no trace of heaviness. It is just a haunting, ethereal goodness. There is still tons of time for this wine to develop, but it is so delicious now!
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| Red |
1999 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave HermitageSyrah more |
12/31/2015 - beachbum Likes this wine: 95 pointsthis note is from a well stored one owner bottle. paired with a tardieu-laurent CR of the same vintage. Still 5 (or 10) years away from peak, but beautiful to drink. The hermitage was awesome, it was tightly furled with blasts of cherry and super clean black fruit. but what I could not get away from was the underlying granite that gave the structure along with the texture - pure silk. Was like sucking on the Canadian Shield. This will be an epic bottle someday, the others voted for the CR, which was more mature, tonight.
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| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1994 Zind-Humbrecht Tokay Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal Sélection de Grains NoblesAlsace more |
12/30/2015 - renapen Does not like this wine: NRWine was corked. ruined
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Comment posted by JeffGMorris:
1/26/2017 8:44:00 AM - I'm thinking of opening one soon. Do you recommend time in a decanter?