| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White |
2012 Maison de Montille Chablis 1er Cru Montée de TonnerreChardonnay more |
4/5/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRClean, balanced and restrained but not especially interesting. Not a great value at $50 or $60. |
| Red |
2012 Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas Granit 30Syrah more |
11/30/2014 - swp3 Likes this wine: NRDark fruit, smoke, black pepper. A little too much green-olive, vegetal tinge around the edges, but that integrates with a little time? Satisfying combo of linear, precise flavors, ripeness and grip. |
| White |
2009 Agharta Wines CataclysmNorth Coast White Rhone Blend more |
4/7/2013 - swp3 wrote: NRNotes below are spot-on. Great complexity and weight, but never cloying. Impressive and totally enjoyable. |
| Red |
2009 Rhys Pinot Noir Skyline VineyardSanta Cruz Mountains more |
4/11/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRfantastic, sweet, floral aromatics anchored by lavender and earth. sweet flavors of red fruits and lush texture up front that give way to a dark core, and a raw, tannic roughness. there's a fun paradox here of obviousness, pureness and transparency set alongside something unyielding, hidden and unresolved. hints of profound balance and tension, but it will take time. |
| Red |
2008 Alban Vineyards Grenache Alban Estate VineyardEdna Valley more |
10/19/2014 - swp3 wrote: NRDrank alongside a 07 Domaine de la Janasse Cuvée Chaupin. The styles were surprisingly incongruous, and the Alban suffered from it. Alban came off as fruit candy, green wood and alcohol. Even though the Janasse was in modern style, it was a clash that left me wanting a dimmer switch for the Alban, plus something earthy or herbaceous to anchor the the whole thing. Weird, surprising experience, bc the Alban's been such a treat in the past-packed with flavor, but never so woody and out of balance. |
| Red |
2008 DuMOL Pinot Noir FinnRussian River Valley more |
4/7/2013 - swp3 wrote: NRBig, ripe and generously oaked. It's also beautifully complicated if you keep an open mind. The cough-syrup criticism has merit, but it's also an easy, clichéd criticism of this style. Delicious beverage and a great rendition of this style. |
| Red |
2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/19/2015 - swp3 wrote: flawedquality issues with these BPW '07 CDPs continue. is this heat damage? i'd venture that the vintage was just impossibly ripe and the wines have turned into oxidized mess, but that's not evident from the notes of others. this was pretty much undrinkable. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2007 Sojourn Pinot Noir Gap's Crown Vineyard Sonoma Coastmore |
3/21/2009 - swp3 wrote: 91 pointsTriggs over for dinner. Opened 4 X 2007 Pinots: August West Graham, Sojourn Gap's Crown, Breggo Savoy, Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast. All decanted and breathed for a few hours. |
| Red |
2007 Sineann Pinot Noir SchindlerWillamette Valley more |
10/19/2008 - swp3 wrote: 91 pointsLike the 07 Resonance, this has smoke and leather aromas I haven't encountered with Sineann. More fruit than Resonance with cherry dominant (vs cranberry/citrus). Firm structure. Tannins pretty chewy. Overall my favorite of the 07 Sineann Pinots so far. Packed full and tight. Long, vanilla spice finish. And then more chewing... Should be excellent in 2-3 years. |
| Red |
2007 Melville Pinot Noir Estate Verna'sSanta Barbara County more |
3/1/2009 - swp3 wrote: 91 pointsSuper surpised by this. Balanced and ripe, leaning towards red fruits. Good combo of assertive savory and sweet pinot aromatics (lavendar/black tea/baking spice). A little stemmy at first, it opens and broadens with an hour's decant. Great value. At this stage, much prefer Verna's over Estate, which seems heavy and dull by comparison. |
| Red |
2007 Melville Pinot Noir EstateSta. Rita Hills more |
3/1/2009 - swp3 wrote: 87 pointsSweet grapey, blackberry/cherry juice with a bitter, tannic finish. Clunky and heavy now. But there's purity too, and this will be a lot better in two years. |
| Red |
2007 Sineann Pinot Noir LachiniWillamette Valley more |
10/14/2008 - swp3 wrote: NRI've come around on this a bit. First glass last night had grapey, violet candy aromas, and flavors were thin and sweet. It had a barrel sample attributes and disjointed qualites. I actually hated it, thinking it was unfinished, with manipulated ripeness. After a night in the fridge and a couple hours to warm up, it's changing. Dramatically. Now it has weight and depth and texture. Don't touch again for at least 6 months. Huge potential, and I notice my notes on 05 Lachinin have same complaint about the candied aromas. Sort of wild strawberries in a glass. Time to try an '05 again and see how these evolve. |
| Red |
2007 August West Pinot Noir Rosella's VineyardSanta Lucia Highlands more |
4/1/2009 - swp3 wrote: 93 pointsThis was impressive tonight. I think showing better than the Graham (which I found grapey and primary with a too sharp mid-palate). Rosella's is full of vanilla, citrus, cherry/berry and floral flavors, plus just a touch of skunk/earth to give it some aromatic tension. Super soft, creamy mouth-feel. Fruit-first, low acidity, but with some tannic structure around which it will develop for a year or two. Prudish, austerity-lover steer clear! This one's pretty, curvy and articulate, which means it'll only anger and intimidate you... |
| Red |
2007 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/19/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRFirst of these 2007 CDPs from BPW that doesn't smell of oxidized, stewed fruits. Nose leads with earth, smoke and herbs followed by ripe red and dark fruit. Concentrated and long, but with structure. Runs a little hot, but really enjoyable overall. |
| Red |
2007 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de mon AïeulGrenache more |
11/16/2014 - swp3 Does not like this wine: NRVirtually indistinguishable from generic vintage port. Another reviewer wrote something akin to that and it's dead-on. Or cheap Amarone. Opened a bottle last night and didn't finish bc it tasted so overripe and oxidized and hot. Alongside a Saxum Broken Bones, which seemed restrained by comparison. Leftovers were even worse today, so opened a second bottle straight from the cellar, assuming a flaw in #1. Same experience. No bueno. |
| Red |
2007 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/17/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRhorrendously ripe and pruney. maybe a flawed bottle, but no the first time I've run into this with '07 CDP. wondering if these were heat damaged in transit somehow. |
| Red |
2007 August West Pinot Noir Graham Family VineyardRussian River Valley more |
3/21/2009 - swp3 wrote: 89 pointsTriggs over for dinner. Opened 4 X 2007 Pinots: August West Graham, Sojourn Gap's Crown, Breggo Savoy, Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast. All decanted and breathed for a few hours. |
| Red |
2007 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir ÉquinoxeWillamette Valley more |
3/13/2009 - swp3 wrote: NRRestrained and balanced. Its weakeness will be lack of depth, but overall this will integrate and become very good. Try again spring 2010. |
| Red |
2007 Clos du Mont-Olivet Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Cuvée du PapetRed Rhone Blend more |
3/31/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRBright, fresh and well delineated flavors, in spite of the ridiculous concentration and ripeness. Finishes hot and chewy with lingering wood notes. Not my favorite, but maybe it integrates better and settles down with time. LP enjoyed more than me. Try again in 2020? |
| Red |
2007 Rhys Alesia Pinot Noir Sonoma Coastmore |
8/13/2012 - swp3 wrote: NRWill benefit from at least 2-3 years bottle age, probably more. Or vigorously decant. Great aromatics, depth and structure, but it's astringent and has some hard edges right now. Still, this has big potential, which you can tell will be realized. The 91-point scores aren't getting it. It's actually an unusually good bottle of Pinot and a great value. |
| Red |
2007 Breggo Cellars Pinot Noir Savoy VineyardAnderson Valley more |
3/21/2009 - swp3 wrote: 93 pointsTriggs over for dinner. Opened 4 X 2007 Pinots: August West Graham, Sojourn Gap's Crown, Breggo Savoy, Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast. All decanted and breathed for a few hours. |
| Red |
2007 Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir Melville VineyardSta. Rita Hills more |
5/26/2009 - swp3 wrote: 93 pointsOutrageous surprise. Just finished a bottle of '07 BC Zotovich and carelessly proclaimed it exceptionally open-knit for a BC wine. This bottle is equally (more?) forward, with even more pronounced floral and spice aromatics, minus the prune hints of Zotovich. |
| Red |
2007 Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir Zotovich VineyardSta. Rita Hills more |
5/26/2009 - swp3 wrote: 91 pointsBased on last year's experience tasting all the BC Pinot's, and this year's tasting only this one (maybe one other?) I'm going to venture a careless prcolamation that Zotovich drinks well earlier than all the rest. It lacks the astringent, briary grip of the other vineyards in the lineup. It's fleshier and more open. This '07 has raisiny hints, which might really detract in a year or two, but right now these hints are in check and there's lots of orange, apricot, tea, anise and clove flavors working in tandem with this ripeness. Unconventional Pinot for sure, but full of interesting aromatics and harmonious. Super enjoyable right now with a short decant. |
| Red |
2007 Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir AmpelosSta. Rita Hills more |
8/22/2016 - swp3 wrote: NROur experience of this was a complete surprise tonight. Was braced for a high alcohol, stewy mess given the vintage and too much time past?, but this was a wonderful surprise. Yes, it's a little hot, but there's good acid back bone, some interesting, black cherry/dried cherry flavors with a lift of red cherry and even bitter citrus notes. All that with pretty Asian spice and cola and long, silky finish. I haven't written a wine note in probably 6 months, but this deserved one. Best BC experience in a long time. |
| Red |
2007 Sea Smoke Pinot Noir SouthingSta. Rita Hills more |
12/21/2009 - swp3 wrote: flawedUndrinkable. No clues in its appearance but the nose of prune, latex paint and burnt rubber leaves little doubt. Hopefully not a widespread problem. Will try another one in a few weeks. |
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