| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2021 The Foundry GrenacheCoastal Region more |
4/19/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRYeah man! This is good - light but with some grip and gritty notes that give it some real "palate-cleansing" twangs. Cherry, black fruit and a long finish of strawberry and violets. Impressive for the price of £15 |
| Red |
2019 Bodegas Alejandro Fernández Ribera del Duero Tinto Pesquera ReservaTempranillo more |
4/13/2024 - pjaines Likes this wine: NRBack in the day at the start of my wine journey I embraced Ribera del Duero wines great enthusiasm. Despite my palate moving to the more austere end of the wine spectrum Ribera del Duero has always been my go-to "ripe wine". This wine is why - it has all the hallmarks of the black fruit and density and ripeness but without any heavy boozy overt sweetness. Classic cherry and strawberry notes layered over black darkness with a nose-tingling whack of aromas that lead to tangy and axotic spices on the finish. Great stuff. |
| Red |
2019 Château de Chamilly Mercurey Clos la PerrierePinot Noir more |
3/31/2024 - pjaines Likes this wine: NROne of those "oh, this is why I drunk Pinot from Burgundy" bottles. Lifted cherries, soft entry on the palate but with that texture and "je ne sais quoi" that just doesn't seem to exist anywhere else. As it unfurls there is much more meat and density with a grippy finish. That is my afternoon sorted! |
| Red |
2020 Clai Refošk BaracijaZapadna Istra more |
3/31/2024 - pjaines Likes this wine: NROoh, hello! Notes of crushed black olives, neck snapping acidity and layers of violets and strawberry. Lovely minerality on the finish. Taut. Dark and no flab here. |
| Red |
2017 Domaine de Pallus Chinon Les Pensées de PallusCabernet Franc more |
3/29/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRImagine a world where you dont have to feel gutted at missing out on top quality Burgundy because you can't afford it - even the modest stuff. Come to the Loire - come and drink wines like this - come and bask in the cool waters of tight red berries infused with a peppercorn crunch and fine grained tannins at 10% of the price of a 1er Cru burg. Some meaty depth going on here but never overtaking the high toned notes of tannins, acidity and food-friendly balance. |
| Red |
2021 Lukas van Loggerenberg Cabernet Franc BretonCoastal Region more |
3/23/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRThis is all Loire-esque pleasure of green peppers and raspy tannins - imagine being licked by 20 cats. No screechy end notes here though - there is enough depth to provide some bass notes. Really really impressive. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2021 Domaine Etienne Pochon Crozes-HermitageSyrah more |
3/22/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRDialled down to 6 on the spinal-tap-ometer, this is Syrah with a bit of cut and drive. A little bitter on the finish but there is decent enough punchy red fruits here to get you through your plateau de fromage without ruining your life. |
| Red |
2018 Rocca di Montegrossi Geremia Toscana IGTRed Bordeaux Blend more |
3/1/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRWoah! This is quite a gnarly beast at the moment but underneath all that deep, chewy textured fruit are the most wonderful tannins and acidity that snaps this back - like a snarling big dog that has had its leash pulled firmly. Come back in 10 years. With the tannins and acidity I'd say this will grow into a glorious wine. |
| White |
2022 Grosset Riesling Springvale Clare Valleymore |
3/1/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRTaut, lean on the palate with crystal purity of fruit. There is a nice bass-note underneath that one can imagine really fleshing out this wine as it matures. Will be quite wonderful in 5-10 years. |
| Red |
2018 Château PuygueraudFrancs Côtes de Bordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/1/2024 - pjaines Likes this wine: NRAn absolute knock out wine for £15 - this has the great combination of black fruit, fresh acidity and fine tannins that give it a lift over and above what you'd expect for this price. There is a plushness to the finish that is neither cloying or heavy. Impressive. |
| Red |
2017 Father John Pinot Noir BoonvilleMendocino more |
2/8/2024 - pjaines Likes this wine: NRVery impressive, light bodied / coloured wine with lacy light tannins and a whispy aromatic feel to air. It is more about the air and spaces than density and mass. Anti-mass. Would love to see this in 10 years to see what feral little beast it has turned into. |
| White |
2022 Jérémie Huchet Muscadet Le Chemin des PrièresMelon de Bourgogne more |
1/21/2024 - pjaines Likes this wine: NRIn these times of inflated prices in Burgundy one could just look west to the Loire for their seashell and minerality fix at prices that are basically bonkers-cheap for the quality. Another lovely wine from Huchet - this is like a muscadet that has grown up with the nice children - all elegance and finesse and nice manners. The undertown of Melon de Bourgogne is there with a slightly mealy, chewy layer but then the citrus and minerality cuts through. It has a very much 1er-Cru vibe about it. Huzzah for Muscadet - huzzah x 2 for single plot Muscadet. |
| Red |
2020 Nicolas Perrault Maranges 1er Cru Le Clos des LoyèresPinot Noir more |
1/20/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRRipe pinot but is it Burgundy? I have no idea anymore. Soft tannins, and while it avoids the crappy-NZ-pinot-Cola-sweet palate it does lack the drive and acidity and focus of a good Burg. It is pretty and there is calmness on the palate but....... is this what I really want from my Burgundy? |
| White |
2021 Vergelegen Chardonnay ReserveStellenbosch more |
1/20/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRBig, bold, ripe, buttery. To be fair there is some freshness on the finish as well, but certainly serve this as cold as you can. My face is bright red after half a glass - certainly one for the more enthusiastic oak-fan. |
| Red |
2013 Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne-RomanéePinot Noir more |
1/20/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRAnd here is the Burgundy experience in a single bottle; the flush of expectation; a good producer; 10 years in bottle; 60 quid dropped; what can possibly go wrong? |
| Red |
2019 Château Grand MayneSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/20/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRSometimes on just has to forget the wine nerd narrative (yes, its too young, yes, it will be better in 10 years, yes, yes yes I know) but damn it, once in a while a nice round, plump Bordeaux can be a think of beauty. |
| White |
2021 Hatzidakis Winery Assyrtiko SkitaliSantorini more |
1/19/2024 - pjaines wrote: NRThis is like being stroked by a some gnarled animal that you are not quite sure if it will lick you or bite your face off. |
| Red |
2017 Domaine de Pallus Chinon Les Pensées de PallusCabernet Franc more |
12/11/2023 - pjaines Likes this wine: NRA stunning Chinon straight out of the bottle. This is a heady mixture of crushed rocks and red/black fruit infused with cashmere-soft tannins. No green elements here, but instead a refined pepperyness that elevates this into something quite wonderful. |
| White |
2022 Freie Weingärtner Wachau / Domäne Wachau Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Weissenkirchenmore |
11/5/2023 - pjaines wrote: NRVibrant lime and wet slate. Good density without ever being shrill. Excellent value. |
| White |
2020 Digioia-Royer Bourgogne BlancChardonnay more |
10/28/2023 - pjaines Likes this wine: NRBanging quality for the price - it is a Schrödinger wine - rch but not-rich at the same time. On the nose there is a cool sea breeze quality that is almost "ice cold Muscadet" and the palate slips between the not-too-rich and not-to-austere Golidlocks zone. |
| White |
2019 Domaine Leflaive Pouilly-FuisséChardonnay more |
10/11/2023 - pjaines wrote: NRDeep gold colour - at first a bit worrying but this straightened its collar and buttoned up its shirt and ended up with a more correct structure. Lemon rind, butter notes but a streak of acidity. A bit rich for my palate but in and of itself it was impressive. Needs food and pontification. |
| Red |
2018 Bodegas Beronia Rioja ReservaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
9/28/2023 - pjaines wrote: NRDry and gritty - how I imagine a dried out corpse would smell after 80 years in a Victorian wooden chest of drawers in an old house. |
| Red |
2013 Pierre et Jean Baptiste Lebreuil Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les SerpentièresPinot Noir more |
5/31/2023 - pjaines Likes this wine: NROne of those yes/no/yes/maybe....give it 30 minutes kind of wines. Initial note on the nose was wet dog and cork taint.... 30 mins later this has blown off and now we have mature red fruit with lots of stink. Lovely stuff with a streak of acidity. 30 quid well spent. These little Burg hits - you have to make the most of them. |
| Red |
2017 Bodegas Valduero Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León Finca AzayaTempranillo more |
5/20/2023 - pjaines wrote: NRWell Decanter magazine gave this 97 points. I guess it was 90 points for the oak and 7 points for the sugar. Big fat boozy. A classic tasting wine - as in a wine that will stand out at a tasting (and get 97 slutty points) but is not a wine that will age or give much actual pleasure. |
| Red |
2021 Lukas van Loggerenberg SyrahCoastal Region more |
5/19/2023 - pjaines Likes this wine: NROxygen is the friend here. And time. And a big bloody glass. Oxygen + 2 hours + Riedel = a wine that develops something beautiful and elegant. At first high acidity and high toned ( still beautiful) but then everything just unfurls into something more elegant and deeper with a cool, damp forest floor vibe yet still tightly restrained. Excellent. |
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