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2017 Kumeu River Chardonnay Maté's Vineyard

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4/20/2024 - B Khor wrote: NR

Opened straightaway reminds me of Puligny-Montrachet - big fruits, melon, peach both on nose and palate. Drank side by side to chassagne prem cru - think it was a bit green and not elegant enough. Probably why we pay to drink white burg. Overall a good wine but drinking with a good white burg does not do this wine much favour.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    4/20/2024 3:49:00 PM - Totally agree, they are not comparable for me as well, but the price also supports it. This is now the price of an avg village CM
White - Sparkling

NV Louis Roederer Champagne Brut Premier

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4/15/2024 - Steve Simmons Likes this wine: 92 points

Agree with the sweet attack upfront, but then balances out. Good aromatocs and super easy drinker. Would buy again if found on sale. Not sure how to find disgorgement date but I have had them stored for a few years or so. Just ordered some Collection 244s to compare.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    4/16/2024 12:45:00 PM - Use the LR app, scan the bar code and you will know all details about your bottle
Red

2007 Blankiet Estate Proprietary Red Wine Paradise Hills Vineyard

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3/3/2024 - RED AND BLACK Likes this wine: 92 points

Good wine but not aligned to other Napa I had from around same age. This reminds me a lot of a 2004 Amon-Ra aussie shiraz from Glaetzer that I had not long ago, more than anything else from Napa! Which is odd. Did they use similar techniques? Is there some appassimento done like in Amarone? Don't know, did not feel like a Napa Cab - but a good wine anyway!

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    3/4/2024 1:14:00 AM - Not a lot, like 30 minutes in decanter. Provenance was perfect I assume, as this was bought in bond by a merchant so has been stored in professional cellar since release
White - Sparkling

2008 Taittinger Champagne Brut Millésimé

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2/10/2024 - finewinebuff57 wrote: 91 points

RED and BLACK's recent note sums this up splendidly. Taittinger's Brut Millesime is underrated and in this vintage is really very good.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    2/10/2024 3:03:00 PM - Thank you!
Red

2018 Château Lynch-Bages

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12/8/2023 - blarmston wrote: NR

Not a TN but a question to all of you who know this wine much better than I do.

I'm taking this to a French dinner this evening, and was wondering about decant time?

Some more recent TN's suggest 2 hours, others much longer. There aren't too many recent notes so thats why I'm here.

Any suggestions/thoughts would be appreciated, cheers...

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    12/8/2023 9:53:00 AM - a few years, but in the cellar and closed! don't touch till 2027 at least in my view
White

2010 Talley Vineyards Chardonnay Oliver's Vineyard

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11/11/2023 - RED AND BLACK wrote: flawed

Unlucky with this one, too old to drink unfort. Flat dead wine, abs no acidity or cut, gold colour with sweet taste. Marsala wine almost. From professional storage so I think this wine for this vintage is going to be good for cooking :)

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    12/4/2023 11:56:00 AM - Hey there again, yes I had the unfortunate buy on both the 1996 PM and this one - both are not good anymore. And I like aged chardonnays, but both for different reasons are not worth it in my view
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2017 Domaine Henri Boillot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Mouchère

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12/2/2023 - weezie Likes this wine: 93 points

Very good but this bottle seemed to lack a bit of energy when compared to prior bottles. This was decanted abd I wonder whether it's now at a place where that detracted. Or maybe it was just bottle variation.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    12/2/2023 9:02:00 AM - Over last few months, I have read on CT - and experienced myself - multiple comments on lack of energy for the 2017 white burgundy. Is this a vintage issue?

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    12/2/2023 11:34:00 AM - I did the same, but still haven't moved to 1er crus drinking. I mainly noted some lack of energy this last 6 months for 2017 on the village level wines, which surprised me a bit given how good they have been drinking in the last years...maybe a phase! hope this wont affect early drop in energy on the 1er crus as well...
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1996 Domaine Darviot-Perrin Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Blanchots Dessus

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11/11/2023 - RED AND BLACK wrote: flawed

Unfort this wine is too old now, Marsala wine almost. Was hoping for it to be still alive, but not the case. And the bottle was in immaculate conditions from professional storage, so very likely this is the end

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    11/26/2023 7:45:00 AM - That's right, £50 for the bottle but the wine is meh not good anymore
Red

2001 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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11/1/2023 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 95 points

{Bought on release, #9 of 12, minimal ullage of 2-3 mm, tasted in flight with the 1999; tasting also included the 1989}. Great bottle, great aromatics, full, rich, complex, lots of length; for me the next great vintage of Beaucastel after the 1989/90.

Ridiculously underpriced in the secondary market.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    11/2/2023 12:59:00 PM - No wine is underpriced nowadays unfort :(
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2019 Double Diamond (Schrader) Cabernet Sauvignon

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9/8/2023 - Alexander Smith Likes this wine: 93 points

This is soft, elegant and a refinered Napa Cabernet. Aromas of dark Fred fruit, espresso, baking spices, dusty earth and dark chocolate. The palate is refined and elegant and shows a bouquet of dark red fruit wrapped around soft milky chocolate earthy savoury notes and a velvety, spicy mid palate, there is a little heat on the finish yet this will integrate nicely over the next year or two. Majority of the grapes are from To Kalon, younger vines with 50% new oak and 50% 1 year old Schrader barrels. For $120 cad I suppose this is as good as you will get in terms of QPR from Oakville. Tasted blind I doubt I would have picked Oakville, this felt like it needed a little more structure less Al%, but overall a good Napa Oakville Cabernet. Not sure I would have picked it as No.1 of WS Top 100. Decanted for 1 hour prior, this is drinking well now and I would not recommend to keep this more than 5-10 years.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    9/9/2023 3:10:00 AM - I was reading comments about the decision to make this n1 of the year. They give this 94 points, but it's the QPR point they stress to say this is their n1 wine
Red

2009 La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva 904

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7/5/2023 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 91 points

First bottle of this from a recent auction lot. Pnp'd for our new friends to a weird, sour/rotting vegetable note coming from the bottle. Not corked. After a few minutes this was replaced by a decidedly stemmy/weedy green sagey nose. Color in the glass was still quite strong, maybe a medium garnet color and zero bricking. The palate was more forgiving than the nose and could be drunk after an hour, but you really didn't want to! This bottle took all of 5-6 hours in the decanter to finally blow off its funkiness and shine on both nose and palate. It was very resolved, balanced and enjoyable at that point. Red fruited, earthy, and aged just right. Bordered on a 92 for me as it drank and felt like a nicely aged Bdx in a way. Definitely an 'old school' type of Rioja. Not sure though where the upper 90's score from WA comes in? Maybe this was an off bottle and my other 2 will perform even better?

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    7/6/2023 2:54:00 PM - Luis Gutiérrez from WA covers the region and it's like Suckling, so deduct 4-5 points from his ratings as they are always too high for reality
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NV Egly-Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Brut

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2/11/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 points

From Ambonnay, Bouzy and Verzenay, 70% Pinot Noir and 30% Chardonnay, base vintage 2017 (50%), vin de réserve 2016 (30%) and 2015 (20%), fermented in barrel with indigenous yeasts, bottled unfiltered, 50 months sur lattes, disgorged September 2022, dosage 2 gr/l. Muscular and concentrated but elegant and tightly wound at the same time, steely acidity and enormous minerally energy, citrus and pear on the nose, with bready notes and a hint of white nuts; excellent length, hint of honey. Very impressive, great tension. At restaurant Parlotte, Amsterdam, NL.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    2/12/2023 3:37:00 AM - Thanks for note! Do you know the difference between this bottling Grand Cru and the one named Tradition?
Red

2012 Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Don Melchor

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12/4/2022 - RED AND BLACK wrote: 92 points

Day2. This is better tonight. There was more balance on palate. Still bordeaux style but not convinced by it. Can we say not too typical of Chile / trying hard to emulate French bordeaux? Maybe but any way a decent wine but not for its price, just go buy better bordeaux directly for less. QPR is bad

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    12/4/2022 3:00:00 PM - Sounds like a great test. I haven't opened yet 2012 bordeaux but I have read many positive notes on say Pontet Canet or Rauzan Segla to say a couple and their price is lower than this Don Melchor 2012...
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NV Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Grand Cellier Brut

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7/2/2022 - bacchus wrote: 92 points

shared with pat at selkirk manor. celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary. paired with florida stone crab. this bottle was purchased in 2013 based upon a favorable review at that time. i have never been able to confirm disgorgement date. was hanging on to this bottle beyond recommended drinking range waiting for a special occasion. the wine proved to be in sound condition. tiny, persistent bubbles. steel like precision. not much yeastiness. nice combination of floral and green apple aromas. generous acid backbone. all in balance. would buy again.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    11/27/2022 9:39:00 AM - Disgorgement date on front label above the "750ml" - need the bottle to see this - like a stamp with no ink. In a bottle I had not long ago disgorged 2018 I had that info on the back label, but this may be just more recent bottles

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    11/29/2022 12:07:00 PM - I'd go the European order, so month then year, though that sounds about right based on your comment re history of bottle. Glad it helped, I found a Vinous review for a bottle disg Nov 2011, says based on 2009 with reserves from 2008 and 2007. So assume your bottle may be similar
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2016 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia

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10/15/2022 - Harley1199 wrote: NR

P'Aquí P'Allá; 10/7/2022-10/17/2022 (Alicante y Madrid - España): By the glass from a single bottle. International style that seeks excellence hiding terroir. Waves of macerated black berries with cherries in liqueur and a slightly menthol note. Delicious combination that unfortunately is not followed in the mouth where we discover a wine with too much extraction, insufficient central acidity to address such a structure, resulting in an imbalance that only time can harmonize. I will not wait and I doubt it will repeat here. Serious doubts about my 03 Sassicaia.

Por copas de una única botella. Estilo internacional que busca la excelencia ocultando el terruño. Oleadas de bayas negras maceradas junto a cerezas en licor con una nota ligeramente mentolada. Deliciosa combinación que por desgracia no es seguida en boca donde descubrimos un vino con demasiada extracción, una insuficiente acidez central para abordar semejante estructura, dando lugar a un desequilibrio que sólo el tiempo puede armonizar. No pienso esperar y dudo que vuelva a repetir aquí. Serías dudas acerca mi 03 Sassicaia.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    10/16/2022 3:02:00 AM - Thanks for note, can you help explain the link to the 03 Sassicaia at the end of the note?

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    10/16/2022 6:52:00 AM - Agreed! v funny
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2009 Château Duhart-Milon

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6/26/2022 - napasoutherner Likes this wine: 95 points

Really enjoy this wine and great to know that it’s part of Lafitte family. Dark forest floor, Tobacco and spice. This was just a wonderful wine and a great price point for a French Bordeaux. Medium finish

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    6/26/2022 3:22:00 PM - It's Lafite family, not Lafitte to be precise
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2017 Domaine Ghislaine Barthod Chambolle-Musigny

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6/23/2022 - Joe Gabagool wrote: NR

This went up against a 2017 Levet Chavaroche and the levet blew it out of the water. The barthod was very one deminisonal and boring. Zero complexity and super bright cherry notes. Paid $115 and felt like I got robbed. I've had regional bottlings in the last few months at half the price that smoked this bottle. Oh well.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    6/24/2022 4:00:00 AM - I feel for you guys in the US, when I see crazy prices you pay for French / European wines. This I paid £45 and agree $115 is just non-sense never buy again it will never be worth it

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    6/24/2022 11:59:00 AM - Agree on drinking window, this 2017 should not be touched till 2024. I have had this of 2013 and for £40ish I agree it's a buy, but for $115 no way, just look at other 1er crus of less famous producers who know what they are doing and you will be happier.

    The ageing of the various cru levels makes sense, decent village should drink from yr7 to yr12, 1er yr8/9 to yr20, GC from 12yr plus
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2002 Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Cuvée Rare

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6/4/2022 - fcxj wrote: 88 points

Oxidative style, not my thing.

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    6/10/2022 11:07:00 AM - As an experienced drinker, if this style is not for you, what is the champagne you like and which one you suggest trying? Thanks

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    6/11/2022 10:25:00 AM - Ok, I make it more precise then. In the affordable space.

    David, I did read the notes, narrowed to champagne and ordered by score, but rarity and price of wines reviewed make them impossible to find or to buy today unless you are billionaire. Hence my direct question for some insights

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    6/11/2022 11:26:00 AM - Thanks David! Luckily I bought the first you say in the last few years, will look for the other 3 growers now as I haven't heard of them yet, so keen to try! Thanks!

  • Comment posted by RED AND BLACK:

    6/12/2022 2:54:00 AM - Thank you, I have some Orizeaux of Chartogne-Taillet, and it is priced very decently for now. And thus will look to try other wines from this house. I would love to try Salon but out of my budget for now...

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