Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2008 Château Cos d'EstournelSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/16/2021 - LiteItOnFire wrote: 89 points2021 Bordeaux Tasting Trip; 7/12/2021-7/16/2021 (Bordeaux): A tasting in Bordeaux of 71 wines, some of the best I have ever had and others, umm, well were disappointing. If you read the Tasting story (and my grading history) I think it will do a much better job putting this in perspective. |
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2011 Thunevin Mauvais Garçon / Bad BoyBordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/26/2019 - TashNYC wrote: 90 points5/26/2019. 90. Coravin taste to see if we wanted to buy more while on sale for $12 / bottle (with free shipping). Original retail was $30. Better with a few minutes in the glass, as the tannins became stronger, and with bright red fruit, currants, cedar and coffee. (I didn’t get the chocolate of other vintages)
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Red |
2014 Domaine Pavelot (Jean-Marc et Hugues) Savigny-lès-BeaunePinot Noir more |
10/30/2019 - TashNYC wrote: 91 pointsCoravin pours. Lots of red, dark and black fruits - blackberry, blueberry and cherry. Floral, gravel and mineral. Very good with the roast, herbal duck and with the red potatoes with herbs and a touch of duck fat.
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Red |
2013 Palliser Estate Pinot NoirMartinborough more |
5/28/2018 - TashNYC wrote: 92 pointsI am in love with this wine. Notes of tart cherry, currant, raspberry and boysenberry with a lovely nose of herbs, flowers and some spice - and fine tannins on the finish. On its own it drank very “meaty”. It was a great pairing with our Thailand tuna (sashimi and even better with the seared) and with the wild and long-grained rice cooked in chicken broth. Big enough to even pair with lamb.
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2009 Château de Chantegrive GravesRed Bordeaux Blend more |
10/20/2019 - TashNYC wrote: 89 pointsNotes of currant, kirsch, black and red fruit, tobacco, rocks / crunchy gravel. Much better with roast, herbal chicken, but I expected this to be more showy. Perhaps needs more time?
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Red |
2011 Bernard Levet Côte-Rôtie La Chavaroche / La PérolineSyrah more |
10/11/2017 - TashNYC wrote: NRBala had this at Cote Korean BBQ NYC and thought it was terrific. $270 for 1.5 L bottle. |
Red |
2008 Fattoria Le Pupille (Elisabetta Geppetti) Riserva Poggio ValenteMorellino di Scansano Sangiovese more |
8/29/2016 - WineGuyX wrote: flawedNOTE: this bottle has questionable provenance as it was carried by a distributor not known for temperature control. Smelled a little funky (possibly Brett, possibly just a Syrah-type weirdness (there is no Syrah in the blend)) at first, but has devolved into a a stale, oxidized mess. Cooked fruits on the nose and palate. A bit of cherry cough drop as well. I recetly encountered what I thought was an off cooked/oxidized bottle of the 2010 of this wine, but from a different wholesaler. My limited experience with the 2009 and 2011 was very positive, but I will be revisiting them shortly.
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White |
2012 Lis Neris Chardonnay JurosaVenezia Giulia IGT more |
4/11/2017 - TashNYC wrote: 93 pointsDinner with Pamela and Donna in Princeton (Princeton, NJ): I thought this wine was superb. Light but pretty fruit, great acidity and gobs of minerality. It was delicious on its own, as an aperitif, but paired with nothing I tried (and especially not with the apple salsa from Terhune orchards). This was our second taste, as we had a Coravin pour the week before, and the bottle was perfectly preserved.
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Red |
2014 Domaine Lafage NarassaCôtes Catalanes Grenache Blend, Grenache more |
7/2/2017 - AllRed wrote: 90 pointsDecanted about thirty minutes before serving with a supper of grilled venison and charred broccoli. Opaque color. Notes of black fruit dominate, with pepper, plum and licorice undertones. Medium-bodied with abundant tannin and flavors of black fruit and anise with a medicinal/herbal quality too- almost tarragon but not quite. Sweet vanilla in the finish. 89-90 for me, 90 for Domino, and an excellent match for grilled venison with an Asian soy/ginger marinade. Would go quite well with lamb too.
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Comment posted by TashNYC:
7/27/2021 8:02:00 AM - I think the 2008 Cos needs more bottle age (or a 2-3 hour decant ... or drink from a 375 and decant), rather than being not that good. The unfavorable comparisons with 2003, 2009 and 2010 are unquestionably true, but all 3 of those vintages (and especially 2003) are vintages that drank really well early. And are therefore somewhat atypical.
These big tastings (71 wines) are a wonderful way to try wines, but some wines don't show well in that format. I have had wines where it is nothing special at the group tasting, but at home with a long decant and food, some wines are so much better.
I am holding my 2008 Cos for 5+ years more, at least.