| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2017 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée RéservéeRed Rhone Blend more |
7/23/2022 - aero Likes this wine: NRSecond note (first note Jan 8, 2021 still holds true). PnP in 2022 it's so disjointed and anemic, but opening 6-8 hours ahead is enough to drink today. Comes together beautifully, more of a classic CdP profile than I can recall from Pegau this decade. Doesn't yet have the complexity of 4-5+ yrs cellaring but this is doing well in its youth. Pegau Rsv 2015 and 2016 have a long ways to go by comparison. 92-93 |
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2013 Tenuta Caparzo Brunello di MontalcinoSangiovese more |
7/15/2022 - aero wrote: NR(375ml) Absolutely needs 3+ hours of air to gain weight. Pretty anemic on opening but impressive bulking with aeration. My previous note from April 2021 still rings true (91pt).
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2015 Château FonplégadeSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/6/2022 - tedcholl Likes this wine: 93 pointsBought 2 bottles 3 years ago and tried the first bottle 3 years ago. Didn't like it much. Opened this one, not expecting much and it knocked me over it was so good. My bad for drinking the first one so young. So smooth, balanced, luscious, and elegant. Great intensity of flavors and complexity. Complimentary and well integrated oak, blackberry, tobacco, cassis, and red fruit. Just ordered 4 bottles of the 2016.
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2015 Château Feytit ClinetPomerol Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/30/2021 - ptepper wrote: flawedThis has brettanomyces. Nobody else talked about it. It isn’t a total Brett bomb, still drinkable. But I’m not getting the other attributes from previous notes. Just easy drinking Bordeaux with Brett as focus.
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2012 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino Our 40th HarvestSangiovese more |
12/23/2020 - aero wrote: 89 pointsNo formal notes - modern, lighter-weight BdM. Needed hours of air to gain weight. Lacks interest and gravitas, but do sense it will pick it up with years of time -- 2024 onward perhaps. 89-90
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2014 Dorcich Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Bello RoadSanta Cruz Mountains more |
5/22/2020 - aero Likes this wine: 92 pointsFull body, modern style. Attractively ripe and juicy fruit, nearing hedonistic, but without barrel spice and oak carrying it away. Expressive nose and palate. Earth, herbs, and minerality are proper secondaries to the fruit. Finish is swelling and long, and without a couple hours of air it's quite intense.
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2009 Clos Saron Syrah "Heart of Stone"Sierra Foothills more |
11/23/2017 - aero Likes this wine: 92 pointsPnP immediately the nose and palate are rich, nearing opulent. Dark and earthy, with uplifted berries you can feel between your teeth. Firm structure. Complex. 2009 seems an expressive vintage for Clos Saron. Ready to drink today (with air) and into the 2030s. Ended up purchasing a case. Highly recommended.
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2012 Château de l'Ou Syrah Secret de SchistesCôtes Catalanes more |
3/22/2016 - kbcadeponei wrote: 93 pointsLuxurious style, with an aromatic profile that flirts with the New World style, the 2012 Secret de Schistes greets us with its undeniable flavor keeping a serious posture when confronted with such intensity. Predominance of chocolate liqueur, licorice, cassis, cherry and some spices, in a full and robust wine, of structural harmony and involving exuberance. 93
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| Red |
NV Marietta Cellars Old Vine Red Lot Number 64California Red Blend more |
12/7/2016 - aero wrote: NRBought while looking for good value $10-15 daily drinkers. This isn't a QPR king, but it drinks to me as if the people who made it honestly take care with the tools at their disposal.
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Comment posted by aero:
8/5/2022 2:57:00 PM - Great point. Could certainly outlive '15 & '16, but it's also more ready than they are today - particularly 2016. Coates' Law be damned.