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Red

1995 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots

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3/7/2003 - Eric wrote: 90 points

I brought this to Etta's for dinner with Suzi (mini-crabcakes followed by the spice-rubbed salmon & cornbread pudding). On opening it was dark, brooding and tannic unlike almost any Pinot I have ever tasted. A bit of barnyard seems evident. At first it showed loads of tannin and acid, but the fruit was hiding. With time in the glass (NOTE: Etta's has *really* crappy restaurant glasses. Will Tom Douglas restaurants drive me to BYO glasses?) it starts to open up and expand, lengthening on the palate. Finally by the time the salmon entrees arrived we were dealing with pure MAGIC! The acid gets along SOOOO well with the fat of the salmon, the finish showing power and grace. Deep cherry, powerful and intense on the palate yet very smooth.

One troubing sign is that the finish seemed to tighten up by the end of the meal, but I also think that had to do with a clash with the sweet creme brulee dessert. Gorgeous bottle!

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    3/20/2023 4:57:00 PM - Looking back, I should have waited 15 years on the wine... 1995 Nuits St. George can be awfully firm. The recent CellarTracker notes sound amazing!

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    6/16/2023 4:52:00 PM - Many thanks robwild. The best is still yet to come, so much exciting stuff coming down the pipeline from the now greatly expanded team!

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    9/11/2023 8:51:00 AM - The Squires Board on eRobertParker was the big one at the time. There were numerous others as well.
Red

2018 Alex Foillard Côte de Brouilly

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10/12/2022 - Eric wrote: 90 points

Mmm, lifted, bright, floral nose. The palate is spicy and sleek, "cinnamon red hots" to steal a descriptor from Justin. This does have a very high acid profile and is lean, racy, not an easy wine, and really wants food. Now for me, everything I just wrote is a positive. This is tasty stuff! I will say that when I revisited this there was a bit of a odd lactic note, not off-putting but hard to place.
NOTE: this was a Daily Drinkers selection courtesy of Justin Wells.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    11/10/2022 9:33:00 AM - Yes I totally stole that descriptor from Justin Wells.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    8/8/2023 2:44:00 PM - tward, very interesting. Thanks for the observation!
White

2021 Martin Woods Chardonnay Koosah Vineyard

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7/15/2023 - oldwines Likes this wine: 96 points

All American Chardonnay Tasting (New Jersey, USA): Wow, what a wonderful wine! 5 out of the 10 attendees, including me (all but one of the real wine "aficionados" in the group) called this as the wine of the night! So perfectly balanced. Light lemon yellow with a tinge of green. Beautiful nose of fresh cut white flowers, white peach, pear, and lemony citrus. Palate reflects the nose with an herbal undertone. Superb balance and absolute seamlessness across every aspect of the wine. Delicious, complex and long on the finish. Still very youthful and with tremendous upside, but gorgeous tonight!

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    7/27/2023 2:02:00 PM - Just tasting this at the winery with Evan. Your note really captures this, special wine!
White

2021 Pascal Jolivet Sancerre

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9/28/2022 - chatters wrote: NR

Blind tasting European whites (Taylor's wines, Alexandria): Served Blind
Herbaceous, stalky almost, quite green and ashy over waxy citrus. Medium plus of acidity, plenty of grip, quite citrus and green apple sharpness on the palate as well. Less green in the mouth and it starts to show more generous with time and agitation
French and Sem Sav Blanc blend with the latter the dominant component

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    7/8/2023 2:37:00 PM - Hmm, isn't Sancerre always 100% Sauvignon Blanc?

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    7/8/2023 3:00:00 PM - Well blind tasting is nearly always humiliating, so guessing Semillon/Sauv Blanc blind is a great guess!
Red

1998 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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6/13/2023 - Eric wrote: 89 points

Utterly perfect cork. Long, dark dime on the bottom, not one iota of staining up the side. Perfect storage.

Somewhat disappointing. Heavy sediment. Lots of dried fruit, fig and raisin. No signs of oxidation but very mature overall. Was hoping for a lot more on this one as it aged.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    6/14/2023 6:38:00 AM - I just wish it was a more positive note…
Red

2016 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée

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4/25/2023 - Eric wrote: 94 points

Just screaming good right now.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    6/3/2023 7:03:00 PM - PnP and consumed over 90 mins.
Red

2019 Mickaël Bourg Cornas Les P'tits Bouts

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5/21/2023 - Eric wrote: NR

ESTG does Cornas and St. Joseph (Newcastle, WA): Mmmmm, dark, tarry, wonderful persistence, just a wonderful wine. Acid is very present, fantastic energy. Wild young Cornas!

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    5/31/2023 8:12:00 PM - I would love to try them side-by-side, but looking at my note from 2018 this was a bit less explosive but also a bit more open and drinking more easily.

    I love this producer!
Red

2019 Jean-Michel Stephan Côte-Rôtie Coteaux de Bassenon

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5/26/2023 - Eric wrote: 93 points

Gorgeous. Red and black fruit. Smoke and perfume. Silk and violets. Intensely aromatic, very fine, subtle tannins. An expression of Syrah that is simultaneously rich and ethereal. Impressive.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    5/26/2023 9:23:00 PM - Nothing really compares to Jamet in terms of the sheer, raw, bloody, just perfectly animal expression of Côte-Rôtie. I have only had a couple of Levet, and they are wonderful, more "coloring inside the lines." Just utterly proper.

    This Jean-Michel Stephan was much more subtle, silky, more red fruit, more Burgundian, just a really unique expression.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    5/26/2023 9:27:00 PM - Jamet, just MMMMM, they are so good. I wish I had more in the cellar. They are gripping every time. Just very different from this wine.
Red

2000 Château Le Bon Pasteur

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5/1/2023 - Eric Likes this wine: 95 points

Opening the first bottle out of an unopened case purchased on release 20 years ago. This is supposed to be the wine dream. I hope it’s good. I don’t find myself drinking as much Bordeaux lately.

Jeff Leve wrote a “drink up” note which made me go “oh shit…”

But this thing is just warming up. Tons of fruit. Plenty of tannin. Very deep and pretty. Great aromatics. It’s a baby still.

Smoke, tobacco, truffle, just explosive on the nose. Fine, fine tannins on a palate that still drips with gorgeous and lithe fruit. Cherry and chocolate. So pure and pretty. Wonderfully long and mineral on the finish.

Fantastic!

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    5/1/2023 7:50:00 PM - I am not worried. This bottle was sheer joy.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    5/1/2023 8:23:00 PM - Many thanks, this was delicious. it was drinking really young but with tons of pleasure. I am certainly going to try and remember to keep drinking these, as tonight's bottle was at a really fun spot.
Red

2000 Château Le Bon Pasteur

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1/29/2023 - Jeff Leve wrote: 92 points

Better on the nose with its truffle, black cherry and chocolate bouquet than on the vibrant, plum, black cherry, earth, spice and coffee bean palate. Soft in texture, but the burgeoning brightness, firmness and spearmint notes detracts a bit from the hoped for opulence in the finish. The wine is dropping fruit. So if you own any, it’s time to drink up as it’s only going to continue fading from here. Drink from 2023-2028.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    5/1/2023 8:20:00 PM - You scared me...

    I had an un-opened case that I purchased on release, so I cracked it tonight. The first bottle was a rockstar, 95 points, YOUNG, two decades ahead.
White - Sparkling

1996 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut

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10/5/2021 - Eric wrote: NR

M&PD Tasting: Italy (Mount Baker, Seattle, WA): No notes, just recording for posterity. OMG, this was insanely delicate and lacy.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    4/10/2023 6:49:00 PM - Had it twice in a year with the same tasting group, I think courtesy of the same person. It is an unreal Champagne.
Red

2007 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro

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4/1/2023 - Eric wrote: 96 points

Sheesh this is gorgeous. Lifted aroma, violet, hint of smoke, palate is mineral and raspberry, so pure and focused. Beautifully sweet and sour with lovely grip. This is a serious wine.
DAY 2 via Coravin. This is just insane. Bumping from 94 to 96. The smoke, the violet, the purity of fruit, the acid, this is just a rollercoaster of intensity and purity. Sheesh, this is a serious wine!

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    4/1/2023 10:36:00 PM - Posted a comment on the wrong wine. (Assumed you would be commenting on Reynvaan...)

    I have only had a handful of Terra di Lavoro. These are utterly unique. Austere. And impressive. 2007 is still quite early...

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    4/2/2023 7:58:00 PM - Wow, I finished the bottle tonight. This is nuts, just unreal how pure and intense.
Red

1996 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Villero di Castiglione Falletto

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8/7/2022 - Eric wrote: NR

Piemonte at Madison Park How to Cook a Wolf (Seattle, WA, USA): Lots of VA. Wowza, this has LOTS of structure! Mmm, air really serves this one well. This is endlessly deep and focused and continually improved throughout the night.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    3/31/2023 2:10:00 PM - Enjoy!
Red

2003 Château Margaux

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3/19/2023 - Eric wrote: NR

Haut-Brion and Margaux courtesy of Mark Taylor; 3/18/2023-3/19/2023 (Atlanta, GA): Mmm, smells like the 1990 at first. Delicious, spicy cedar, although texturally this is fairly dry. Again, delicious. I enjoyed this one a lot.

My 3rd and the group 3rd. Guessed as 1998.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    3/20/2023 7:53:00 AM - Indeed, Mark Taylor is amazingly generous.
Red

2000 Château Margaux

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3/19/2023 - Eric wrote: NR

Haut-Brion and Margaux courtesy of Mark Taylor; 3/18/2023-3/19/2023 (Atlanta, GA): Mmm, graphite, cedar, total aromatic fireworks, saddle leather. OMG, the palate is lovely, silky, red fruit.

My 2nd favorite wine and the group second. Guessed as the 2001.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    3/20/2023 4:05:00 AM - As I recall all of the 2000 and later wines each day were decanted roughly 3 hours.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    3/20/2023 4:23:00 AM - Really no hurry on that one bottle. The older wines were so much more compelling. I would wait until at least age 30.
Red

2007 Château Haut-Brion

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3/18/2023 - Eric wrote: NR

Haut-Brion and Margaux courtesy of Mark Taylor; 3/18/2023-3/19/2023 (Atlanta, GA): Super closed, some tobacco. Hot vintage with a whiff of alcohol showing at first? Coffee, midweight, firm, nothing sexy, just HB straight down the fairway.

My #6 and the group #2. Guessed as 2002.

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    3/19/2023 10:12:00 AM - My impressions on this one are a bit contradictory. I recall definitely noticing a little alcohol at first, but it became less noticeable. Mostly the wine was just very, very closed for me. Although the group as a whole (2 dozen tasters) really liked it a great deal. It just never spoke to me. I guessed 2002 in the end, less because of the alcohol, but having never tasted 2002 and knowing the reputation of that vintage as "classic but understated" thought that perhaps this might be that. Once the vintage was revealed, I think the core issue was that the wine was just quite closed.

    BTW, the actual 2002 was very lovely!
Red

2001 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon 25th Anniversary SunSpot Vineyard

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7/12/2022 - Bosbevok wrote: 100 points

Now I’m biased because Shafer HSS and Sunspot are my favourite wines. I’ve tasted a lot of wine since I started in 1993 and this could be the finest I have ever had. Still looks dark and brooding in the glass. Huge nose on opening this magnum. Lots of cedar and baking chocolate wafts from the glass. Melted liquorice and red fruit compote follow on the bouquet. Lovely mouthfeel almost hedonistic in texture, I probably only smelt for the first 20 minutes. Monumental in the mouth as black and red dessert fruits explode. Turns quickly to a flinty and cigar like older world taste style. The wine initially tricked me into believing it was younger than it was, quickly hitting me with its classic personality. Brilliant meshing if constituents into equilibrium like Picasso would do. This was more an experience than a glass of wine. Bravo!

  • Comment posted by Eric:

    3/18/2023 6:57:00 AM - Just had this wine at a tasting last night, and I totally agree. It really is quite fantastic, as quintessential an example of Napa Cab as I can think of. Super purity and intensity but not at all heavy.

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