| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2020 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Les GrézeauxCabernet Franc more |
3/24/2023 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 pointsNose of beautiful deep fruits - blackberry and raspberry and blueberry. Ripe but well balanced and not overdone at all. Part jammy part crystalline - some purple spices and dark florals - just a touch of bell pepper behind that which adds a dimension and complexity. With some swirling and air there are hints of earthy funk - a kind a sauvage and some Barnyard and stems. The palate starts with the sweet fruit. Just beautiful, spices and violets. In the back is some earth and funk. Fruit is ripe but the wine is crisp and lively and beautiful. Finish shows hints of savory and pyrazines behind the fruit. Great focus throughout. How is this possible for $24??? Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5-5.5/6, Finish - 5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 16.5-17.5/20. |
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2019 Château Pape ClémentPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/28/2022 - Keith Levenberg Does not like this wine: 85 pointsWe have here the Bernard Magrez Chateau Pape-Clement (Bernard Magrez, Proprietaire), which has Bernard Magrez's signature on it in four places between the front and back label, plus an extra bonus photograph of a dapper sport-coated Bernard Magrez next to a bio blurb of the Pope for whom the chateau is named, briefly leaving the unsettling impression that Bernard Magrez was a 14th century Pope. The wine itself was equally unconvincing. I have tried very hard to like the modern-day Pape Clements and I think I'm done trying. The late '90s were impressive, then in the aughts they went over the top, then in the 'teens they appeared to moderate a little, but without getting to the point of being impressive again. This one is somewhere between the second and third zone. It's got a roasted quality that seems to combine barrel toast and Graves-signature scorched earth. The fruit is rich enough for balance but muddled, blurry. I am sorry. No more Bernard Magrez for me.
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| White - Off-dry |
2014 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling SpätleseMosel Saar Ruwer more |
3/29/2016 - acyso wrote: 93 points2014 Joh. Jos. Prüm (Chicago, IL): #21-15, 7% abv. Easily my favourite of the Spätlesen. This had everything in good balance. There's a little bit of pineapple Gummibärchen here on the nose. This shows a touch more ripeness than the BB Spätlese on the palate, but with a lot more added complexity from a tinge of fresh green herbs. The acidity here feels a lot more integrated and less "tacked onto" the wine than the BB, and I prefer this to the WS for the added herbal elements.
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| Fruit/Vegetable Wine |
2014 Eric Bordelet Poiré GranitNormandy Pear more |
8/31/2016 - acyso wrote: 95 pointsNot much to add to my previous notes -- this is just as delicious as before. Essence of pear, with fresh acidity and a touch of minerality. Great stuff.
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| White |
2013 Alzinger Riesling Smaragd LoibenbergWachau more |
2/17/2017 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 pointsRieslingfeier 207 Seminar:"Different Strokes for Different Slopes: Germany and Austria" (Craft Restaurant (Private Dining Room), New York, NY): Beautiful nose - big, some creaminess. Ripe and perfect with peach fruit, spice, almond cream. The palate shows the ripe peach, florals, honeysuckle - more burly, saline, and broth elements come out towards the end - tangerine, peel, lime and stones on the finish. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17/20.
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| Red |
2013 Château Pape ClémentPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/27/2016 - acyso wrote: 70 pointsUGC 2016 (Chicago, IL): More barrel than grape, one wonders if the grapes were an inadvertent addition.
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| White - Off-dry |
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese feinherb Ur Alte RebenMosel Saar Ruwer more |
11/7/2014 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 94 pointsAs Lord Flashheart says, "WOOF! ... I like it firm and fruity!" Massive aromas of peach, red apple, brown spice - nutmeg and allspice, stones and minerals, spicy chili peppers. This manages to be huge and yet really clear and focused. There's also a nice herbal thing that comes out, and some of that ZS sweet-sour. The Feinherb shows more on the palate - this is huge on the palate (but still focused), with so much flavor that you keep expecting more RS, but it doesn't come. You end up with something that feels like a linear superposition of a Mosel Spatlese and a Wachau Smaragd. Flavors of red apple, peach, peach pit, stones, steel, chili peppers, sweet&sour, herbs. So much concentration that it almost feels like a fruit and chili pepper gelee. I get cognitive dissonance since the palate is so thick and powerful, yet not that sweet at all, and it also is very lively and energetic. When you swallow, the finish of peach, bitter peach pit and stones really explodes and occupies the mouth for quite a while. Impressive, but needs a decade. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5-5.5/6, Finish - 5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17-17.5/20.
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| Red |
2012 QuintessaRutherford Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/7/2016 - acyso wrote: 60 pointsRite of Spring at Chevalier Wines (Chicago, IL): Pretty much everything wrong with modern Napa cabernet can be found in this bottle. Overly sweet, overly oaked, overripe, and just plain overdone. Identifiable as modern red wine only. A triumph over varietal and terroir. "Uncle!"
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| Red |
2012 Guillaume Gilles CornasSyrah more |
10/2/2015 - Seth Rosenberg wrote: 93 pointsNose of dark/sweet fruit - violets, plums, dark berries, vanilla, stones. Good fruit on the palate with stones, spices, florals, dusty tannins, plums and more stones. This is excellent young N Rhone. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 5+/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 16-17/20.
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| Red |
2011 Pierre Gonon St. JosephSyrah more |
3/19/2016 - blanquito wrote: 91 pointsPrimary and fruity right now, but open, aromatic and delicious. A little spicy, a little gamey, with lots of brightness to go with surprisingly good depth. No crime to open now, but this has improved/deepened since my last go, so I plan to give this another 5 years before the next. Today 91-92 pts.
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| White - Off-dry |
2011 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese AuctionMosel Saar Ruwer more |
6/3/2016 - acyso wrote: 93 points#14-12, 7% abv. The nose on this has a whole ton of sponti on it. There's a slight hint of the things to come, but it's mostly muted at the moment. The palate, on the other hand, is chock full of sweet and juicy white fruit, but of a really sweet disposition. There's a lot of slate on this wine as well, and the sponti actually shows a bit on the palate as well. This lacks a lot of the acidic drive that I want in riesling (not to say this is a low-acid wine!), and is more of a creamy, fleshy, and full-bodied expression of Spätlese. Nevertheless, quite good.
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| Red |
2010 Aubert Pinot Noir UV VineyardSonoma Coast more |
9/11/2016 - acyso wrote: 60 pointsDomaine Chicago party: Laughably bad wine, of the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 kind. If I put a sticker that says "pinot noir" on a can of Cherry Coke, that doesn't turn the Cherry Coke to pinot noir. Though it might turn it into Aubert.
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| Red |
2010 Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella ClassicoCorvina Blend, Corvina more |
5/3/2016 - indiscriminate palate wrote: NRTar, dried flowers, dried fruit and plums. Very chocolaty palate; quite rich. Also, quite disjointed right now; soft tannin. Not sure where this is going.
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| Red |
2009 Château AngélusSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/14/2014 - acyso wrote: 70 pointsAngelus and Daugay Tasting at Binny's (Chicago, IL): Very big nose, with lots of ripe fruit notes. The palate is massive, with lots of sweet fruit. No acidity whatsoever and really heavy oak use. Spoof wine.
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| White |
2008 Weingut von Othegraven Kanzemer Altenberg Riesling KabinettMosel Saar Ruwer more |
2/9/2015 - salil wrote: 92 pointsAnother outstanding bottle of this. Consistent with previous experiences - still very youthful and fresh with green apple and lime fruit up front, turning more saline and stony on the back end, and so incredibly light and precise. The acidity here is remarkably intense, and it's hard to put the level of sheer refreshment here into words. Fantastic Kabinett.
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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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| Red |
2007 Clos Rougeard (Foucault) Saumur-Champigny Les PoyeuxCabernet Franc more |
3/9/2016 - acyso wrote: 93 pointsJason comes to town (Chicago, IL): Holy green, Batman! This is green. Super green. I mean, really, really green. Like smelling the sap from some raw stems green. But since it's cabernet and not pinot, that's not a huge deal, though I could easily see this becoming offputting to those who are more accustomed to Californian jam. The palate is soft, elegant, and floral, with a wispy lightness to it. Demure and shy, but showing its charms all the same. The palate shows some red fruit, and the green doesn't manifest as prominently there as it does on the nose. A superb example of cabernet.
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| Red |
2007 Alban Vineyards Syrah Reva Alban Estate VineyardEdna Valley more |
8/9/2017 - MikeATL Does not like this wine: 78 pointsMore gooptastic than the 2005, remarkably intense, cloying, and viscous Luden's cough drop fruit with an unfortunately long finish, I find it distinctly unpleasant as each sip elicits an involuntary, visceral wince. It is still very primary and youthful, though, so it at least has that going for it.
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| Red |
2005 Château PavieSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/29/2015 - acyso wrote: 60 pointsAnnual Comparative Bordeaux Tasting (2000/2005) (Chicago, IL): ...along comes this disgusting concoction. This is an amorphous, shapeless blob, raised in >100% new oak, probably hitting something like 15% abv (I didn't care to check), tasting like it has 20 g/L of residual sugar, and made from sun-baked grapes. This wine is a parody of itself.
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| Red |
2005 Château Cos d'EstournelSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/3/2015 - acyso wrote: 83 pointsHDH holiday tasting (Chicago, IL): A very unconvincing showing today. Completely closed. Huge and massive, with absolutely nothing pleasurable on the palate. Give it 20 years and pray that the emperor is clothed.
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| Red |
2005 Château LascombesMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/12/2016 - acyso wrote: 70 pointsThe Rotating Dinners, I.7: 2005 Bordeaux Blends (Chicago, IL): Served double-blind (but it was known this was a 2005 Bordeaux blend). To properly describe this wine, I have replaced all the adjectives in my original tasting note with "oaky": Oaky and oaky, oaky and over-oaked. Oaky and oaky, an oaky bruiser of a wine. An oaky, heavy-oaked wine. I guessed oaky Bordeaux. So now that it's clear how idiotic things are when there's only oak everywhere, here's the original note: dark and leathery; dense and over-extracted. Heavy and anonymous, a real bruiser of a wine. An uninspiring heavy-handed wine. I guessed modern Bordeaux.
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| Red |
2003 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/4/2016 - Nanda wrote: 94 pointsSlow oxed for 6 hours and consumed over the next 3-4 hours. Gorgeous aromatics of cassis, pencil lead, bell pepper, tobacco leaf, and cigar ash. So much good stuff going on. On the palate the fruit is round but by no means hot/roasted. Good lift and precision from medium acid. The tannins are suave early in the night but more brawny and biting with time. Great precision and complexity here. Will be better with 5-10 years. Who says '03 BDX from 'modern' producers can't age?
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| Red |
2003 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/27/2016 - salil wrote: 91 pointsI've had a few bottles of 2003 Bordeaux recently that have defied the stereotype of '03s being clumsy, jammy, and overripe, and this is another to add to the list. It's certainly a ripe wine with plenty of plummy and dark berried fruit at its core, but there's also a savoury earthiness beneath, and a bright herbal, eucalyptus-like note on the nose that adds a fresh, high toned edge to the aromatics. The palate is very well balanced with enough acidity to give it a sense of lightness and freshness on the palate, and a long, savoury finish. Very impressive.
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| White - Off-dry |
2003 Dönnhoff Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Auslese GoldkapselNahe more |
6/7/2015 - salil wrote: 94 pointsLeo's Blind Tasting Group - June '15 edition (Amali, NYC): Damn, this is incredible. An array of bright fruit ranging from more exotic mandarin orange and red fruited flavours to tarter lime and Meyer lemon notes, augmented by gentle honeyed, floral, and mineral notes. The palate comes across incredibly polished and glossy with a tinge of creaminess to the flavours, but there's remarkable acidity beneath that keeps it very bright and fresh throughout, with each sip inviting another. Stunning wine, though with ages to go. From 750 ml - though after this showing, I might reach for one of my half bottles soon...
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Comment posted by salil:
3/27/2023 6:06:00 PM - your bad palet is getting better.