| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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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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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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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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| 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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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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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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| 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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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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| White - Off-dry |
2001 Müller-Catoir Haardter Bürgergarten Riesling Spätlese #2134Pfalz more |
2/20/2016 - acyso wrote: 100 pointsThey don't make 'em like they used to (New York City, NY): #09-02. Holy shit. A riesling to end all wines.
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| White - Sparkling |
2002 Pol Roger Champagne Vintage BrutChampagne Blend more |
6/2/2016 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 90 pointsBready and rich on the nose, lemon and tart, chalky. Wicked on the palate with bread and lemon. Big and rough - not as sleek as the BdB, a bit sweet which is fine but a bit brawny for me (damn you Adrian!!!). This might mellow nicely with time, but I'm not certain of it. Nose - 5/6, Palate - 4.5+?/6, Palate - 4.5+?/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 15+?/20.
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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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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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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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1998 Fernando Remírez de Ganuza Rioja ReservaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
6/5/2015 - Sotto325 wrote: 93 pointsA fascinating journey: almost at the crossroads between aged gran Rioja and full bodied dark fruit. Elegant . At 17 years, this bottle will have a definitively different profile in 2-3 years more akin to the older Muga wines. At present,dark garnet showing almost like a young tempranilo. Smoke, serious dark,cherry, bramble fruit galore and a finish that lasts almost a full minute. It straddles old world Rioja style,with fruit extraction of the more modern style. Excellent.
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| White - Fortified |
1865 Gonzalez-Byass Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Coronation 1911Pedro Ximénez more |
11/30/2021 - millej Likes this wine: NRHave I mentioned before that Jay H is one of the most generous people in the history of mankind?
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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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1998 Château MagdelaineSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/3/2017 - acyso wrote: 90 pointsVinetasters: Brown Bag (Skokie, IL): A classically proportioned, if a little ornery, Bordeaux. There's a bit of greenness thanks to the cabernet franc here, but it's very light. The fruit here is a little clamped down, and shows more black than red. It's earthy and dusty, and, as much as I hate to admit as much, Salil was right in saying that this wine was not yet ready. Good, but certainly in need of more time.
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| White - Off-dry |
1996 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling SpätleseMosel Saar Ruwer more |
9/17/2016 - salil wrote: 94 pointsAP #8-97. Brilliant wine. 1996 is not my favorite German vintage, but this is a masterpiece of balance - it has the powerful, almost screechy acidity of '96s, moderate sweetness on a lightweight frame, and yet all the flavours, sweetness, and acidity here come together in a very seamless whole. The aromatics are classic Prüm, still showing some of that sponti funk and sulfur amidst bright florality, stony minerality, apple and citrus flavours, and some maturing lemon cream and smoky notes. There's tremendous depth on the palate and remarkable length. Glad that I have another bottle.
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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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| White - Sparkling |
2002 Pol Roger Champagne Vintage BrutChampagne Blend more |
5/19/2016 - acyso wrote: 90 pointsIn which 20+ year old Nebbiolos were consumed (Chicago, IL): Ex-Premier Cru. How's that for a unicorn? This is a broadly scaled and very large-sized bottle of champagne. The nose actually reminds me a little bit of the smell when I am making bread. The palate is quite chalky, and there's a lot of thick, yeasty richness here. Not my preferred style of champagne, but if it's served a touch colder than average, that gives it just enough lift.
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| White - Off-dry |
2001 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Auslese GoldkapselNahe more |
11/24/2019 - salil wrote: 95 pointsBrilliant. Still quite youthful and vibrant - there's a greenish tinge to the colour and the fruit seems shockingly youthful and fresh, even though there's a lot more savoury and honeyed complexity than I remember from my last bottle 6 years ago. The sweetness has subsided some; it's a more elegant wine now with a remarkable combination of power and that delicate, floating Dönnhoff palate presence. Glad I have one more.
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1998 Domaine de Vallouit Côte-Rôtie Les RoziersSyrah more |
9/6/2018 - salil wrote: 94 pointsBrilliant wine, showing all the notes I want out of classic Côte-Rôtie. Light on its feet but so perfumed and fragrant with layers of meatiness, black olive/briny notes, violets, and higher toned herbal notes all coming together around a core of red fruit. Perhaps it's just a touch lean on the finish where the fruit feels a touch thin and the acidity still sticks out a bit, but the aromatics alone make this a wow experience.
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| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1996 Darting Dürkheimer Fronhof Scheurebe TrockenbeerenauslesePfalz more |
9/5/2016 - acyso wrote: 90 points#32-97, 7.5% abv. From half-litre. Moderate amber colour. The nose is alluring enough, with a fruit-salad of flavours, along with some clear botrytis spice and black tea tones. Without a doubt, the palate is very, very sweet, but there's plenty of acidity, and some more of that interesting black tea character. Despite the crazy acidity here, I can't help but feel this is slightly cloying all the same; the separate components don't seem to be as well-integrated as they should be. The fruit flavours don't seem to be as delineated on the palate either. And for all the concentration and sugar here, this wine just seems... simple. Perhaps I caught this at an awkward time?
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Comment posted by salil:
12/28/2016 9:29:00 AM - Crank it!
Comment posted by salil:
12/13/2016 5:40:00 AM - How is it that the CT average score is 92.4, but you only give it a 70? I think you have a bad palet.
Why are you so biased against Bordeaux wines? You only seem to give Riesling and Burgundy high ratings. I don't think you should score Bordeaux if you don't like it.