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White - Sparkling

2000 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut

Champagne Blend more

5/20/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 93 points

Less pronounced than the 1999 but still a very good glass with brioche and apple.

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2016 Joseph Phelps Insignia

Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more

5/19/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 95 points

Out of magnum. Drinking beautifully right now with tons of road in front of it. More refined and balanced than I was anticipating from this wine (which I sometimes find to be a bit too robust and extracted). Loved being able to follow this over the evening.

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White - Sparkling

NV La Rogerie Champagne Grand Cru La Grande Vie

Chardonnay more

5/18/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 93 points

As good as the first bottle. Made me buy more. There is such a vibrancy here with pronounced aromas and taste. Love this.

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White

2019 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art Series

Margaret River more

5/18/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 93 points

Lemon rind, tropical fruit and peach. There is a beautiful level of acidity that balances through this. It showed really well with air (after about 1-2 hours slow ox) and should be even better in a few years time.

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White - Sparkling

NV Egly-Ouriet Champagne Premier Cru Les Vignes de Vrigny

Pinot Meunier more

5/17/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 90 points

Candied nose with a beautifully pronounced colour. My first experience with Egly Ouriet. Very good wine that if anything, seemed a bit shy today. Will hold my other bottles for a bit more time.

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Red

2019 Bruno Giacosa Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore

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5/12/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 91 points

A fine example of a Nebbiolo. Lighter than anticipated but a beautiful expression nonetheless. Very solid restaurant wine.

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Red

2020 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Le Serre Nuove

Bolgheri Red Bordeaux Blend more

5/10/2024 - mfimiani47 wrote: 88 points

Round, rich, fruity and one dimensional. All in all a bit boring and disappointing, particularly for the price.

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White - Sparkling

NV Bollinger Champagne PN AYC18

Pinot Noir more

5/4/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 91 points

Some really love red fruit notes with a silky mouth feel. Quite a lean style but quite nice. Very enjoyable.

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Red

2021 Altos Las Hormigas Malbec Jardin de Hormigas Los Amantes

Valle de Uco more

5/4/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 92 points

Lean but expressive and inviting. If you could describe a wine with the word “elegant” this would be it. I would drink this over the next 2-4 years.

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Red

2018 Cheval des Andes

Vistalba Red Bordeaux Blend more

5/4/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 91 points

Too early. All the stuffings are present but this needs time to build on some of the complexity that comes through in short glimpses.

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Red

2019 Familia Zuccardi Finca Piedra Infinita

Altamira Malbec more

5/4/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 93 points

This wine is juicy but not overly ripe. It’s expressive and grippy with a lovely mouthfeel. It is elegant and intellectual; having you question what Malbec should taste like (this) versus what your preconceived notions of Malbec suggest it will taste like. This is far away from the extracted purple/black fruit bomb you sometimes find for Malbecs.

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Red

2022 G.D. Vajra Langhe Nebbiolo

Langhe DOC more

4/27/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 91 points

Excellent QPR. A perfect weekday wine that can go with just about anything. Delicious.

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Red

2016 Paolo Scavino Barolo Riserva

Nebbiolo more

4/23/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 91 points

Paolo Scavino 2020 Tasting (Vintage Conservatory): This was a rather nice wine, however, when you factor in the price ($560 CAD), there are just so many other baroli I would buy before this.

If i had one critique, it would be that it was just a touch hot on the palate.

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Red

2020 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric dël Fiasc

Nebbiolo more

4/23/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 93 points

Paolo Scavino 2020 Tasting (Vintage Conservatory): Beautiful wine. Almost like a more well-rounded iteration of the Monvigliero this year with quite a bit more complexity. So good!

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Red

2020 Paolo Scavino Barolo Prapò

Nebbiolo more

4/23/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 92 points

Paolo Scavino 2020 Tasting (Vintage Conservatory): 92+ - This was just lovely. The big boy of the lineup so to speak. Serralunga all day with a darker more savoury edge to this barolo. Really great.

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Red

2020 Paolo Scavino Barolo Ravera

Nebbiolo more

4/23/2024 - mfimiani47 wrote: 89 points

Paolo Scavino 2020 Tasting (Vintage Conservatory): There was an almost green pepper -like note that I was picking up. I wasn't as excited about this upon tasting it as I had been in previous years.

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Red

2020 Paolo Scavino Barolo Monvigliero

Nebbiolo more

4/23/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 91 points

Paolo Scavino 2020 Tasting (Vintage Conservatory): To me, this is the wine that always brings me back to this producer. Expressive, floral and peppery. It has character and refinement. Would be happy to have some of these in the cellar.

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Red

2020 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bricco Ambrogio

Nebbiolo more

4/23/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 92 points

Paolo Scavino 2020 Tasting (Vintage Conservatory): The nose was closed but the palate was deep, rich and generous. This wine takes over your entire palate with velvety tannins. Really great and for me, was the surprise of the 2020 Paolo Scavino lineup.

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Red

2020 Paolo Scavino Barolo

Nebbiolo more

4/23/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 90 points

Paolo Scavino 2020 Tasting (Vintage Conservatory): Much more accessible than anticipated. Fresh and fruit-forward. A bit lean and I anticipate that if I tasted this blind, I would think this is a very well-valued langhe nebbiolo.

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Red

2019 The Standish Wine Company Shiraz Lamella

Eden Valley more

4/6/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 94 points

Iron fist in velvet glove. It’s restrained power at its finest. Just got better and better as we gave it more air (drank over 5+ hours). What an incredible wine.

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Red

2020 Château Mangot

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more

4/25/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 92 points

What a wonderful wine. Texturally, the tannins are velvety. The palate is enjoyable now but you can just tell this will continue to exude more and more expression in the years to come. Yum.

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Red

2017 Pian Delle Vigne (Antinori) Brunello di Montalcino

Sangiovese more

4/19/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 91 points

Needs at least 1-1.5 hours to open up before gaining some well-balanced meatiness with classic notes of sour cherry. Good wine.

Very impressed with most 2017 BDMs I have tried.

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White - Sparkling

NV Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grande Réserve

Champagne Blend more

4/13/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 91 points

Racy acidity and mineral driven, as this wine warms up a bit in the glass you start to get some of those bready notes on the finish. Really nice. Quality champagne.

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Red

2019 Tenuta Guado al Tasso (Antinori) Bolgheri Superiore

Red Bordeaux Blend more

4/13/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 94 points

94+. A beautiful wine that hasn’t even started to fully share its story. More cherry and freshness on the palate than I was expecting. This is a wine of refinement and balance not power. After tasting this, I understand why all the wine critics were so gobsmacked by this wine. I now am too.

Decanted for approximately 1 hour and enjoyed over the course of 3 hours at a restaurant.

Will hold my remaining 5 and drink them over the next 5-15 years. Curious to see how this develops. It should do so gracefully.

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Red

2016 I Custodi Etna Ætneus

Etna DOC Nerello Blend, Nerello Mascalese more

4/7/2024 - mfimiani47 Likes this wine: 94 points

94+. What an incredible wine. The nose is incredibly perfumed with strawberries. The mouthfeel is excellent, picking up in intensity with air with the tannins giving it some much needed structure to hold the frame of the fruit. Just lovely.

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