| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2012 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRFrom a magnum donated from the Latour cellars. This was really good, outperforming the vintage. Some lead pencil and cassis smells. It had meat and earth complexity. It was glossy in the mouth, with lovely balance and smooth tannins. It finished with bright acid tang and length to burn. |
| Red |
2014 Yalumba Cabernet Sauvignon The MenziesCoonawarra more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRCassis and tobacco with some sweet spice. Mid-weight and beautifully balanced. Fresh and minty closure. |
| Red |
1982 Château La ConseillantePomerol Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRA magnum from the Yalumba museum cellar. Quite leathery on the nose. Some plum and violets too. It is sweet, opulent and deep, and has something agricultural that just distracts a little. |
| Red |
1985 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero ÚnicoTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRA touch of volatility gives the nose punch and lift. There are ripe berry fruits and sweet vanillin spice. It is very complex and intense. Tannins are quite round yet supportive. It has great presence and persistence. |
| Red |
1985 Tenuta San Guido SassicaiaVino da Tavola Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRBottles from the Yalumba museum cellar. I’ve been fortunate enough to have had this legendary wine several times, but not for a long time. It is still powering on, with the purest core of intense cassis fruit. It has some tar and bitter chocolate and purple flower notes. It is supple and succulent, deep and long. Acid balance is perfect, and it is such a vital wine. |
| Red |
1985 Antinori TignanelloToscana IGT SuperTuscan Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRA magnum donated from the Antinori cellars. This was still very fresh and dense. Beautiful cherry fruit. Some pipe tobacco and earth. Complex and detailed and very long. Superb! |
| Red |
1964 Penfolds Bin 389South Australia Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRFrom the Yalumba museum cellar and re-corked at the Penfolds clinic in 2016. An engaging nose of seaweed, cedar, mint, and leather. There’s light meatiness to the flavour profile and some chocolate and a sprig of mint. Structural elements have all but folded neatly into the wine. A lovely drink. |
| Red |
1974 Yalumba FDR1AEden Valley Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRA very good wine from a very difficult vintage. This is 60% Cabernet and 40% Shiraz from the Barossa. It has some truffle and cedar along with Indian spice notes. There’s gentle vinous sweetness and bitter fruit freshness. It is balanced and energetic. |
| Red |
1986 Lindeman's Shiraz - Cabernet Limestone Ridge VineyardCoonawarra Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRSome berry fruits. Elegant and fine. There’s tobacco and earth development. It is relatively lean through the mid-palate and finishes with tart berry crunch. |
| Red |
2004 Yalumba The SignatureBarossa Valley Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRDelicious raspberry and blackberry fruits. A sprig of mint and some milk chocolate development. Tannins have softened but bright acidity gives the wine focus and energy. Nice balance and very tasty at this juncture. |
| Red |
2014 Yalumba The CaleySouth Australia Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRThis was like a vinous mint slice. It had beautiful cassis fruit as well. It is a glossy wine, of character and polish. Tannins are ripe and it has plenty of drive. |
| Red |
2005 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Hommage á Etienne Guigal La PòmmiereSyrah more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRA magnum donated from the Guigal cellars. Fruit came off La Pòmmiere, the first vineyard Etienne worked at the age of 14. The wine spent 36 months in two new oak barrels. It has never been commercially released and is offered at charity auctions to raise funds for good causes. The wine is inky and powerful. There are black fruits a plenty and a strong ironstone character. It has light florals and some wood spice. It is deep and chewy, finishing with chalky grip and possessing incredible length of flavour. |
| Red |
2009 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Ermitage Cuvée CathelinHermitage Syrah more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRA touch of animale to the nose along with plenty of earth. There are bacon fat notes and some wild herbs and other plant matter. It has berry fruit sweetness and wonderful presence and volume. It is rich and layered and the long finish is supported by sinewy tannins. |
| Red |
2009 Henschke Shiraz Hill of GraceEden Valley more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRBottles donated from the Henschke cellars. Complex aromatics of wild sage and other herbs, smoke, cassis, blueberry and violets. The palate is supple and accessible, yet so deep and detailed. It has wonderful texture and build and the finish fans out and closes with fruit and menthol. |
| Red |
2009 Yalumba Shiraz The OctaviusBarossa Valley more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRRemarkably youthful and purple of colour. Quite a smoky nose, with some tar and menthol too. There are luscious, dark fruits at its core and some earthy nuance at the extremities. The finish is chewy and there’s bright acidity. |
| Red |
2014 Yalumba Shiraz The OctaviusBarossa Valley more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRPerfectly ripe and juicy blood plum fruit. It is loaded with spice and has excellent fruit intensity. Tannins are ripe and the wine has a creamy feel. Length is imposing. |
| Red |
1985 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La TâcheLa Tâche Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRBottles from the Yalumba museum cellar. Gently fading. Plenty of beef stock and Hoisin. Elegant and lacy. Sweet and vinous. Some earth, rose petals and spice. Builds slowly and is still engaging and ethereal. |
| Red |
1999 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La TâcheLa Tâche Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRFrom bottles out of the Yalumba museum cellar. The first bottle was brilliant, the second was even better. Still almost primary, with its core of intense cherry fruit. There’s sandalwood, aniseed, Hoisin and rose petals with air. It is velvety but oh so powerful and balance is exquisite. The finish drives on and expands. Quite simply, one of the greatest wines ever made. |
| Red |
1995 Domaine Dujac Clos de la RocheClos de la Roche Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRFrom a magnum donated from the Dujac cellars. This was in terrific nick. A beautiful nose of red and black fruits, sandalwood and dried flowers. There is a wealth of fruit here, slowly emerging from behind the wine’s ample structure. It was a wine of exquisite perfume and still had plenty of grip from its tea leaf-like tannins. |
| Red |
1999 Château Rayas Châteauneuf-du-Pape ReserveGrenache more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRSourced from the Europvin library, this looked like it had been re-corked at some stage. It was simply wonderful. It had an incredible perfume of violets, pine needles, lavender, raspberry and spiced plum. It was full and rich and layered. There was a gentle meatiness and the wine possessed real latent power. It had so much volume and was silky and expansive. |
| Red |
1999 Yalumba Grenache Tricentenary Vines Tri-Centenary VineyardBarossa Valley more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRThe first vintage for Yalumba off this special plot planted in 1889. A whiff of smoke and plenty of intense raspberry fruit. There’s a hint of menthol too. It is deep, rich and powerful and is still very fresh. |
| Red |
2009 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRIn a nice place right now. Generous of red berry fruits. Some licorice and spice too. Full and fleshy, very ripe. Some pepper and grip to the finish. |
| Red |
2010 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La CrauRed Rhone Blend more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRRipe raisin fruits, chocolate and pepper. Rich, heady and powerful. Good depth and structure. |
| White |
1999 Bonneau du Martray Corton-CharlemagneCorton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRFrom a magnum donated from the Bonneau du Martray cellars. There’s a touch of honey development to the aroma. It has ripe peach and citrus fruit flavours. Theer’s some flesh and decent mineral cut. It is linear and very long. |
| White |
2004 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti MontrachetMontrachet Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
4/17/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote: NRRichly fruited. White peach and apricot on the nose and in the mouth. Loads of spice and plenty of mineral. Creamy and layered, explosive and deep. There’s some flint to the incredibly long finish. |
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