| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2011 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la MaréchalePinot Noir more |
8/17/2023 - Theamateurwinesnob Likes this wine: NRQuick notes while drinking with a friend. Opened and let slow ox for an hour. The color had some nice bricking. On the nose, dried red fruit, pomegranate, floral, baking spice, and mushrooms. No greenness of the 2011 vintage detected. |
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2013 Rhys Pinot Noir Alpine VineyardSanta Cruz Mountains more |
4/9/2023 - gharter Likes this wine: 90 pointsNot sure what to think about this bottle. opens with a beautiful aroma of strawberry, cherry, spice, forest floor, clove. medium bodied with similar flavors, leading to a near nothing finish. Its there and its gone. The tannins seem to have resolved, but left nothing behind. Hoping this is an off bottle and not what to expect in my last 3 bottles.
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2020 Ridge Monte BelloSanta Cruz Mountains Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/25/2023 - ledocq Likes this wine: NRIf you are interested enough in California cabernets to drink Monte Bello, you probably know the 2020 growing season took place under a lot of smoke. Ridge's promo materials don't mention this much, and so, for science, I opened a .375 to see what's going on under the hood. Headline: I think we're okay.
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2015 Arnot-Roberts Pinot Noir Clary RanchSonoma Coast more |
6/25/2021 - yaCellar wrote: flawedI’ve got the visible bricking others noted. Very funky nose, esp for Pinot. Some juicy fruit at the end akin to carbonic. Palette feels imploded, a pile of unappreciable rubble. My bottle tastes like it’s 40 years past prime.
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2019 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Eastside Road NeighborsRussian River Valley more |
10/28/2021 - mike1234 wrote: NRSemi opaque medium cherry color, hints of cola and an earth element on the nose, medium body, a little watery and somewhat flat tasting, also a little flat tasting on the finish. Maybe I didn't let the bottles sit long enough after receiving them
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2018 Scarlett Wines Cabernet SauvignonRutherford more |
10/27/2021 - TastesGoodToMe Likes this wine: 91 pointsI had this wine first last November and it was tight, but it felt like with some time it would improve. My next bottle of this was a disaster (I did not rate) as like almost all my other 2018's it went on lock down. So I was so excited to FINALLY have a 2018 Napa Cab that is coming back around. I have be reluctant to open too many '18's at all since they have all been so closed. However, this bottle was great! Deep and dark red and black fruits. Fine integrated tannins. And medium finish. This bottle gives me great hope for the rest of the 2018 vintage (of which I have a lot!).
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2016 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon EstateSanta Cruz Mountains more |
6/1/2021 - wineguy1968 Likes this wine: NRTart is a good descriptor for this wine. High acid but a very interesting floral characteristic. If tasted blind i might mistake it for left bank. I didn’t find it as tanic as others but did feel acid level was high. Drank with a ribeye on memorial day, wrapping up bottle on day 2. Nice wine, but you definitely need to like this more restrained old world style, this is not flamboyant fruit forward CA blend, more mineral, earth , acid with a gritty medium plus finish. Well made wine!
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2017 Scarlett Wines Cabernet SauvignonRutherford more |
2/9/2021 - WagesOfZin wrote: 94 pointsdecanted for 2 hours prior to consumption
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2012 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
10/31/2020 - ChopperWine Likes this wine: 90 pointsGood. Not great. I stand by my note from January, 2019. -- "I would be lying if I stated that this was a blockbuster of a vintage from Clos des Papes. It is not. Very earthy. Smooth in one-dimensional wrote someone below, and I would agree. I would also venture to guess that it is in its proper drinking window at this time. For those who know Clos des Papes, there really is not much point in mentioning the obvious characteristics other than to say it probably doesn't have a long life ahead, but certainly has a few more years with which one could lay it down."
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2014 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Williams Selyem Estate VineyardRussian River Valley more |
10/20/2020 - Redteeth wrote: NRThis was very nice and appears to have several years life remaining. however, I'm not sure the Quality/rPice Ratio makes sense in comparison to other PNs on the market.
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2010 Mount Eden Vineyards Cabernet SauvignonSanta Cruz Mountains more |
4/14/2020 - wineoracle Likes this wine: 92 pointsOak, dark fruit on the nose medium to full bodied with substantial fruit and considerable unresolved tannins. I’m going to wait a few more years before trying another. Overall it was quite enjoyable but I feel this will be very good in the future.
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2014 Sea Smoke Pinot Noir SouthingSta. Rita Hills more |
8/27/2019 - Kjyoung80 Does not like this wine: 77 pointsNot good at all, something we run in to from time to time with this wine.
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2013 Rhys Chardonnay Horseshoe VineyardSanta Cruz Mountains more |
4/2/2019 - SCosgrove wrote: 89 pointsMy cork was wet through, not sure what happened. Tasted bitter on open but smoothed out. Waiting til tomorrow to do final judgement.
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2015 Walter Hansel Winery Pinot Noir The Three RowsRussian River Valley more |
12/5/2018 - jpmo Likes this wine: 94 pointsWe’ve been long-time fans of Walter Hansel wines, and really like The Three Rows - just can’t get enough of this great juice. Impressed a new friend with The Three Rows tonight. He made sure to take a photo of the label so he wouldn’t forget the wine. The Three Rows is more approachable now versus some of the other WH 2015 Pinots. Drinking well now but will no doubt get even better with more cellar time.
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2010 Vieux Château Certan La Gravette de CertanPomerol Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/8/2018 - ledocq Likes this wine: NRHeat damage. Maybe. (There's a mixed case of stuff I'm worried about that I'm tasting my way through.) But the wine is so incredibly well made it's also fighting back. Never had anything like that before - the symptom early in the night was a finish that was bitter, sort of a port-like addition to tannins that end with an ashy nuisance. Yet I'm still drinking it because the rest of the experience is so damned good. Three hours later, the finish has receded into pure sweetness -- it's resolved into something quite good (if maybe slightly advanced?). Clearly meant to last for years and years and with that Pomerol mystery intact. EDIT: Day two, it's like nothing bad ever happened to this wine. It didn't have the depth of the grand vin (I've only had the 2004 but it was a stop-people-in-the-street-and-tell-them kind of wine) but it's really darned good.
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2010 Domaine du Vieux Lazaret Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
11/15/2018 - JimTaft Likes this wine: 93 pointsLet's be clear, this is an entry level CdP so comparisons should be more like how much better it is than a great Vacqueyras or similar, not how it compares to for exampe a 2010 Vieux Telegraph. Am awarding a 93 score mostly as compensation for some ill deserved poor marks previously delivered.
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2012 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
10/30/2018 - Motz wrote: 95 pointsFrom a half. Having tasted this nearly three years back, and while in the entirely agreeable company of three other wines scored 92, 94, and 95 points, none of which I fully agreed with, scoring them 90, 92-93, and 92 respectively, and wanting to calibrate this assessment, I decided to pull the cork on this. Besides, it had been high on my 'check in on' list. :-).
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2013 Ridge Monte BelloSanta Cruz Mountains Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/2/2018 - klaus3974 Likes this wine: 91 pointsWe decanted for only 30 minutes. Wine was quite closed. Good structure and balance. Blackberries, cassis and sweet tobacco. My first Monte Bello. I expected far more given price and reviews. A wine to revisit no before 5 or 10 years.
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2015 Rhys Pinot Noir Anderson Valleymore |
11/3/2018 - blaine Likes this wine: 92 pointsCork was saturated halfway up. I’m now officially troubled by occasional Rhys cork problems, now identified in two different vintages by me (13 is other), unexpected given commitment to quality from this producer. As for this wine, very good! More open for business than I expected, possibly due to evolution from cork, though others note this is drinking well right now. Light on its feet for a 15, medium bodied, juicy acidity, balanced fruit. Nice finish. Great bottle, but I won’t wait too long on my other given another taster mentioned a corked bottle. Bad timing as I got the fall offer this week, but we love Rhys and will probably go long again.
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2013 Rhys Chardonnay Horseshoe VineyardSanta Cruz Mountains more |
8/13/2018 - desertdoc wrote: flawedPoking around the cellar and I came across this bottle which had the dreaded signs of seepage as well as obviously protruding cork. Well, gotta check it out. Cork was soaked, of course. At first, I was optimistic as the wine had a beautiful color. But when I tasted it—nope, oxidized. Bummer. Not sure what happened as my others looked fine.
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2011 Robert Keenan Winery Zinfandel Napa Valleymore |
5/21/2018 - K&J Likes this wine: 90 pointsSat on this for 3 1/2 years. In reading the other reviews, I can say that the wine must have settled down because it was enjoyable, especially after letting it breath for an hour.
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2013 Ridge Monte BelloSanta Cruz Mountains Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/14/2017 - wineappellation Likes this wine: 97 pointsSlox ox 3 hours. Deep ruby, pronounce and complex aroma of violet, earth, blackberry, toast, dark chocolate, graphite, sweet spices, well integrating oak. Supreme balance on palate, sharp acidity, rich texture, palate filling ripe sweet tannins, focus and concentrated mid palate of blackberry and blackcherry, sandalwood, graphite, cedar wood, clove, nutmeg. Delicious lengthy finish. So delicious now already, will easily age for two decades.
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2010 Calera Pinot Noir 35th Anniversary Ryan VineyardMount Harlan more |
12/16/2017 - Decanting fool Likes this wine: NRI broke my general rule for Calera Pinot : Hold as long as possible! Because these wines can develop with age into mystical experience.
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2013 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Hirsch VineyardSonoma Coast more |
11/6/2017 - WineGalDT wrote: 94 pointsA little disappointed with this one. I rated it 88 points, which I think is generous. Not much on the nose, not as complex as I would have expected. Wondering if I should have decanted it. Will revisit the wine tomorrow and update these notes if appropriate. First time I have been disappointed with a W-S pinot,
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2011 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Rochioli Riverblock VineyardRussian River Valley more |
3/7/2017 - wineguy1968 Likes this wine: 90 pointsSo I've been watching the comments on this wine for a while. I'm always fascinated when I see such a wide range in ratings. Even the pro reviews on this wine go from 87-93. Now that I've opened it I get why. This has an appealing nose of primary red fruit, vanilla and caramel. that big fruit profile continues on the pallet with juicy strawberry and cherry. while I agree it's lacking some acid it's not completely devoid of acid on the finish which does close with medium length of mouth coating fruit. What I do see lacking, especially at this price point is, mineral and general complexity. It's a pretty wine and very enjoyable to drink, but wines similar to this can be had at 1/2 the cost or less. Just a miss on this vintage as Rochioli is generally a high quality site. Drink now
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Comment posted by wineguy1968:
8/18/2023 10:07:00 PM - not sure if you drank it at 55/ after you returned, but I've found burgundies tend to close up a bit if consumed at cellar temp. I usually let mine warm up a bit, 60-65 to get more out of them. that said it is possible it oxidized. 4 hours is fast but I've seen it happen with older wines. 'vacc vin' is a cheap and handy way to slow oxidation. I use it to help slow oxidation if Im not going to consume the whole bottle.