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White - Sparkling

2009 Agrapart Champagne Grand Cru Minéral Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

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1/19/2023 - acyso wrote: 90 points

Dinner at Hermosa (Chicago, IL): Very good for Agrapart -- I like the wines more in ripe vintages because they tend to fill out more and this bottle bears that out. Definitely still a very lean style, but there's more fruit and breadth on the palate, coupled with that lean acid cut. I do like the intensity of the chalky finish here.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    1/20/2023 8:05:00 AM - I have heard Pascal Agrapart quoted that Mineral is more of a refreshing Spring and Summer wine, with the weight of Avizoise for Fall and Winter,
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2017 Shiba Wichern Pinot Noir Lewman

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12/6/2021 - EMichels wrote: 90 points

On opening this was tight, thin, lacking expression, and just plain unenjoyable; I was surprised as over the next five hours it continued to improve to the point where my last glass showed nice fruit with excellent transparency and a great finish; Nice but needs lots of air time

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    12/8/2021 7:28:00 AM - I am holding my 2017s till 2025.
Red

2015 Kelley Fox Wines Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard Star of Bethlehem Flower Block

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10/31/2021 - Empirate wrote: NR

Clean cherry/raspberry. uncomplex and well enjoyed but not understanding the glowing reviews on this wine. Fan of the producer. wonder whether the screw cap is an issue?

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    11/1/2021 4:36:00 AM - Seems to be shut down like many Oregon 2015s made with stems. Will be interesting when the closed phase ends.
White - Sparkling

2012 Agrapart Champagne Grand Cru Vénus Brut Nature Blanc de Blancs

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10/3/2021 - englishman's claret wrote: 95 points

Venus seems to take a long time to come around, but it’s pretty thrilling stuff. We recently had a bottle of this served right after popping and this example, for comparison, was decanted 2 hours. I found the nose reasonably quiet, but the palate is simply bursting with life - Meyer lemon, cream, brioche, lime, mineral. Such energy and length. I become more of an Agrapart fan with every bottle. Probably best to hold the 12 Venus longer.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    10/3/2021 7:33:00 AM - Thank you for the note. I had a 2010 mineral a week ago that was lovely and young. I am hopeful the top Agraparts will offer a long life of enjoyment. There was nice availability of the 12-14’s during the time of the plague as restaurants didn’t take their allocations.
Red

1998 Vieux Château Certan

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8/28/2021 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine: NR

Weekend in Westport; 8/25/2021-8/29/2021 (Westport, CT): This was one of the wines I was most excited to try especially because we have a few of them and are currently aging them. Needs a lot more years. We opened and decanted and drank over the course of a few hours. It's very tight but there's a lot to like there. Right now high tannins and some red fruits and yet still just generally tight. Give it a lot more time.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    8/29/2021 5:50:00 PM - Thank you for the check in. The 95’s are lovely.
Red

2008 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Les Greffieux

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8/6/2021 - BLam Likes this wine: 93 points

My first taste on this wine and blindly tasting it was more Burgundylike than Ermitage. Decanted for one hour, bright ruby color, nose of floral, fruits, minerals, light body (probably for this 08’ cool vintage) and spicy after taste. Surprisingly we did not feel the high alcohol content. A very juicy and comfortable wine in summer time.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    8/18/2021 8:17:00 AM - Thank you for the update. How long-lived do you think 2008 will be? I was thinking of starting to drink mine at age 15 instead of 20.
Red

2017 Hundred Suns Pinot Noir Sequitur Vineyard

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8/8/2021 - hckschr40 Likes this wine: 92 points

Nose of red berries and cherries, with cedar and flint.

This has attained more of a familiar WV Pinot profile since a tasting at the winery in 2019. Back then it was candied fruit, now it is more red cherries and spice, with some darker Marionberry. The carbonic/amphora question seems to have a favorable answer.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    8/9/2021 12:02:00 PM - That is good to hear.
White - Sparkling

2008 Agrapart Champagne Grand Cru Minéral Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut

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11/27/2020 - brooklynguy wrote: NR

Not at the level of previous bottles. Does Champagne go through a dumb phase? In any case, this wine was perfectly fine, but not much better. And I've had it at least three times in the past and been blown away each time. On this occasion the wine never fully opened although open for 10 hours. Delicate aromas of citrus fruit, toast, some vanillin. Inarticulate though, without detail or pungency. The wine feels focused and has energy, but seems like it's middle section was removed. My take is that I caught it in an in-between phase in it's life, or that this bottle was imperfect. Who knows...

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    6/19/2021 8:12:00 AM - John Gilman has held the view that champagne goes through dumb or closed stages. With good growers, such as Agrapart, the aging curve is something that there is not an established view. I suspect it will be somewhere between white burgundy cru’s and the higher doses from big houses.
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2019 Kelley Fox Wines Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard

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6/13/2021 - Motz wrote: 93 points

Light, suave, and polished. Silky textures, no edges, bordering on seductive. Off-the-chain charm. Not an extended ager, though a few years of rest will do it no harm.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    6/14/2021 8:27:00 AM - My 2013's are still gaining weight and complexity.
Red

2010 Château Latour à Pomerol

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6/12/2021 - GlenviewGSW Likes this wine: 93 points

Nose of plums and cassis with vanilla notes. Medium to high alcohol on nose. Dark purple in glass with slight clear rim. This is a pretty big wine for a left bank wine but has lots of juicy black and blue fruits. Finish is a little short at this post in time.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    6/13/2021 4:45:00 PM - Pomerol is on the right
Red

2014 Bernard Faurie Hermitage Greffieux-Bessards

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5/25/2021 - Andice wrote: 91 points

Hermitage really needs 15 years to show. Nose is totally closed with reductive notes. Good quality tannins that are ripe and round. Very persistent length. Blackcurrant pastille notes. Assessing just based on the aging material now, limited enjoyment but very well built

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    5/25/2021 7:39:00 AM - I hear "wait 20 years" advice from some with more experience than I on Faurie
Red

2018 Château L'Eglise-Clinet

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3/9/2021 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 points

With a serious depth of color, this hedonistic thrill ride opens with an aromatic display of truffle, flowers, dark chocolate, herbs, black cherries and plum. Plush, opulent, rich and with the texture of silk and velvet, the wine coats your palate with layers of fresh, sensuous, perfectly ripe fruits, chocolate and truffle. This full-bodied wine is only going to get better with age. If you can wait a decade, this will be even better. The wine blends 90% Merlot with 10% Cabernet Franc

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    5/10/2021 8:03:00 AM - Would love to hear you thoughts on how L'Eglise Clinet doing the malo in tank will extend the aging curve? I see mid '90s LEC tasting notes that the wine benefits from decanter time. My suspicion is that good LEC vintages need 20 years and great ones 25+
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2015 Kelley Fox Wines Pinot Noir Momtazi Vineyard

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2/16/2021 - OregonLoafer Likes this wine: NR

Muted on day one, even after several hours of air, this opened up on day two a lot.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    2/16/2021 11:51:00 AM - The 2015 Oregon Pinot Noirs seem to be going through a shutdown phase

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    2/16/2021 2:03:00 PM - Marcus Goodfellow agrees on the shutdown. https://goodfellowfamilycellars.com/vintages/tag/2015
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2015 Big Table Farm Pinot Noir Earth

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1/27/2021 - Michigan Mostberg Does not like this wine: 86 points

After 2 distinctive, expressive and inspired experiences in the interim, this regressive bottle is best described by my April 2019 notes. Stoich and lacking palate fruit, blackberry only appears on the grippy, almost drying finish. Fearing the fate of 4 btls and 1 magnum remaining.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    1/28/2021 1:37:00 PM - Do you think it is just shut down/going through a closed time? I have seen it with some other 2015 Oregon Pinots.
Red

2015 Kelley Fox Wines Pinot Noir Momtazi Vineyard

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12/30/2020 - Diane (LI) wrote: NR

It has put on weight since last tasted in April. The nose is floral and berries. The palate is juicy and light bodied but has richness. Licorice, berries, and spice. Utterly delicious.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    12/30/2020 4:00:00 PM - Good to hear. I am trying to hold out a bit longer on Kelley’s Momtazi wines.
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2015 Big Table Farm Pinot Noir Cattrall Brothers Vineyard

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10/8/2020 - Michigan Mostberg Does not like this wine: 86 points

Super astringent dark cherry, herbaceous and drying. Consistent with previous bottles, yet even more extreme since last tasted. Seems like stemminess and whole-cluster fermentation has bitten this wine in the butt. Don't even think of drinking this without food. At least for tonight, a disappointing wine from a bulletproof producer.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    11/7/2020 6:53:00 AM - Thank you for the note. I have had a few 2015 Oregon Pinot Noirs that are in a closed or shut down stage. Personally, and based since I prefer aged wines, I would not give up. With the big table style of some whole clusters, unfiltered and unfined, and Cattrall own rooted vines, should produce wines that add complexity with age if well cellared.
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2016 Kelley Fox Wines Pinot Noir Momtazi Vineyard "Tir"

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10/27/2020 - Nutty08 wrote: 91 points

Fresh off the truck. On the ripe side, dark colored. Subtle
forest notes on the nose. Palate is rather underwhelming given the color and ripeness—seemingly less acidic and structured than 17/18–which makes it seem a bit watery and hollow on mid-palate. Seemed to freshen up up with air. The only ‘16 I recall having from Kelly Fox. Favor the more structured’17/18’s at this point.
Better on night 2 with whole cluster notes adding a nice dimension of spiciness on the palate. Aromatics popped a little better. I was probably too hard on this on day one. Give it some air—though the expression is still unique compared to more recent vintages.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    10/29/2020 3:14:00 AM - Good to hear it was better on day 2. I have had the same thing happen with some 2015 star of Bethlehem that felt closed or shut down when first opened.
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2016 Big Table Farm Pinot Noir Cattrall Brothers Vineyard

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4/30/2020 - Michigan Mostberg Likes this wine: 91 points

Piercing clove with white pepper and green tobacco. Vibrant tart cherry and pomegranate palate, maybe showing some orange. Medium-bodied and acidic with a sleek, long finish. Extreme and awkward at this point, but still quite appealing and promising.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    8/6/2020 2:20:00 PM - I plan on following Burghounds advice and not touching it until after 2025.
White

2018 Walter Scott Chardonnay Seven Springs Vineyard

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7/21/2020 - William Kelley Likes this wine: NR

The 2018 Chardonnay Seven Springs Vineyard is showing beautifully out of the gates, bursting from the glass with notes of fresh pear, white peach and grapefruit oil, complemented by a lovely framing of wheat toast and almond. Medium to full-bodied, elegantly fleshy and incisive, its pretty core of fruit is inherently generous but also tightly wound, structured around racy acids and chalky extract.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    7/25/2020 4:58:00 AM - How do you suspect the WS Seven Springs (and Freedom Hill) will age?
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2005 Beaux Frères Pinot Noir Beaux Frères Vineyard

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4/26/2020 - DougLee wrote: 93 points

First sampling of this since purchase 13 years ago. Darker ruby. Nose of raspberry, brambly soil, violets, soothing blue fruits. A core of beautifully ripe but mature black cherry fruit girded by a fine-grained array of savory soil and iron on the palate. Freshening acidity and moderated tannin leading to a long finish of deepening black raspberry fruit, satin, spice, and iron particles. Exceedingly satisfying, a great showing.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    4/28/2020 6:40:00 PM - Nice review. Especially for someone drinks a lot of burgundy and is not a score inflator. Where do you think it is in its drinking cycle? I have a well stored case and it is my wedding year.
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2015 Kelley Fox Wines Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard Star of Bethlehem Flower Block

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2/1/2020 - SeaSea Likes this wine: NR

Had over two nights. First night was slightly in a dumb or closed phase. Light color, strawberry and cherry red fruits. After a night in the fridge, opened up, gained some weight, lively and lovely wine, that ethereal KF magic. Really intrigued to watch this age.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    2/2/2020 7:03:00 AM - Yes. I have a few cases so will back off for a year or two. Was going in earlier as John Gillman said start drinking 2019 VS 2022 for the 15 red barn blocks.

  • Comment posted by SeaSea:

    2/2/2020 10:14:00 AM - For more obscure up and coming try Hundred Suns (their upcoming breaker vineyard should not be missed), Shiba Wichern, (super value for the craft if you order DTC), Trathen Hall. and of course Goodfellow, Crowley, Evesham Wood and Arterberry Maresh are all low key thoughtful makers that are loved on Berserkers. Have recently heard good things about Hazelfern. Avalon and Vinopolis are great wine shops to sign up for their newsletters and just hear what they have to say. I support smaller makers, as long as they are more thoughtful makers and not so high alcohol.

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