| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White - Sparkling |
1989 J. Lassalle Champagne Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
5/16/2010 - salil wrote: 79 pointsFrom magnum, but feels a bit tired and over the hill with the flavours lacking precision and freshness - there's a baked quality to the apple/peach flavours here, with faintly oxidative notes on the back end and this finishes a little short. |
| Red |
1990 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée RéservéeRed Rhone Blend more |
5/16/2010 - salil wrote: 94 pointsFantastic stuff, starting out with an amazing aromatic profile that combines all sorts of developed leathery, earthy and herbal elements with mature red fruits; silken-textured in the mouth with tannins fully resolved and a sense of great balance and elegance. |
| Red |
1999 Eric Texier HermitageSyrah more |
5/16/2010 - salil wrote: flawedCorked. |
| Red |
1998 Best's Great Western Shiraz Bin No 0more |
5/16/2010 - salil wrote: 91 pointsReally good stuff; rich and intense with plummy fruit, dark chocolate, leather and minty notes combining together seamlessly. With some air the flavours brighten and the aromatics gain a sweet cookie dough-like element, though this stays very well balanced throughout, showing a sense of polish and grace that I find too rarely among other Aussie Shiraz. |
| White - Off-dry |
2006 Zilliken (Forstmeister Geltz) Saarburger Rausch Riesling SpätleseMosel Saar Ruwer more |
5/16/2010 - salil wrote: 85 pointsBargain Beerenauslese here, packed with ripe mango, pineapple and other tropical fruit flavours mingled with honey, spices and other botrytis elements. Very rich and round though a little soft; more acidity would be very welcome here to keep this tasting more like Riesling rather than something bordering on tropical fruit juice. |
| White - Off-dry |
2007 Kerpen Graacher Domprobst Riesling Auslese *Mosel Saar Ruwer more |
5/14/2010 - salil wrote: 90 pointsA rare sight; starred young Auslese that's not crammed with botrytis and actually quite food-friendly! Pretty floral and orchard fruit aromatics, rich in the mouth with bright apple and strawberry flavours and very subtle honeyed notes beneath; there's nice acidity keeping it fresh and lively and the finish is all green and red apples. |
| Red |
2007 Edmunds St. John That Old Black MagicEl Dorado County Red Rhone Blend more |
5/14/2010 - salil wrote: 91 pointsPretty much in line with what Rieslingfan said. Pure red and dark fruits, earth and herbs, elegant and fresh. Yum. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1997 Château de Fesles BonnezeauxChenin Blanc more |
5/12/2010 - salil wrote: 91 pointsDelicious stuff; dominated by caramel, spicy and honeyed botrytised flavours over quince, mandarin orange and tropical fruits, viscous and full bodied - though remarkably well balanced for a wine of this richness and sweetness with really good acidity and serious length. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2005 Carmes de RieussecSauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
5/12/2010 - salil wrote: 90 pointsNot as heavy and sweet as I find a lot of young Sauternes to be; bright floral and honeyed aromas lead into a palate full of ripe tropical fruits and apricots drenched in honey and spices, but it's well balanced with decent acids keeping the sweetness from being overwhelming and giving the flavours a nice sense of freshness. |
| Red |
1995 Château Latour à PomerolRed Bordeaux Blend more |
5/12/2010 - salil wrote: 86 pointsStriking aromatics; very fresh, high-toned and green - reminiscent of a Loire Cab Franc with intense herbal flavours and a touch of green pepper over cassis and dark fruits. Medium weight in the mouth, though a little austere with the fruit reticent and the greenness and acidity dominating, finishing long but tart. |
| Red |
1999 Roagna Barolo La Rocca e La PiraNebbiolo more |
5/12/2010 - salil wrote: 90 pointsLovely aromatics; full of black cherry and other dark fruited flavours over tar, earth and faint floral elements. Still very young and primary in the mouth with youthful fruit, few hints of development and a firm tannic and acid spine suggesting there's still a lot of time ahead here. |
| Red |
2004 Agricola Punica BarruaIsola dei Nuraghi IGT Carignan Blend, Carignan more |
5/12/2010 - salil wrote: 70 pointsServed blind; this comes across as a fairly generic international-styled wine with oaky accents around ripe dark fruits, fairly low in acid with a soft, heavy mouthfeel. Boring. |
| Red |
2007 Pierre Gonon St. JosephSyrah more |
5/12/2010 - salil wrote: 91 pointsA little tight and unyielding at first, but this opens out with a little patience to show incredibly vibrant, fresh flavours of freshly cracked black pepper over dark fruits with a meaty element that emerges and becomes more prevalent with time. There's a sense of real purity and elegance to the flavours here; it's incredibly young now but hard to keep away from. |
| Red |
1995 Noël Verset CornasSyrah more |
5/12/2010 - salil wrote: 92 pointsStarts out with a faintly musty scent that had me worried about cork taint, but that cleared with some air. Really outstanding stuff, combining earth, pork, olive, herbal and saline flavours seamlessly on a frame that's very elegant and silken-textured with the tannins almost completely resolved. |
| White |
2002 Michel Colin-Deléger et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les VergersChardonnay more |
5/12/2010 - salil wrote: 77 pointsNot quite premoxed, but this seems to be on the way - there's some ripe white fruit accented by smoky and earthy elements, but it's marred by an underlying oxidative element that becomes stronger with a little air in the glass, lacking precision or clarity. |
| White |
2009 Domaine de L'Idylle Vin de Savoie CruetJacquère more |
5/12/2010 - salil wrote: 88 pointsStarts out with a lovely Chablis-like scent that has barely a hint of fruit, just an intense oyster shell minerality and seawater aromas; in the mouth it's very light on its feet though slightly austere with fresh pear and cucumber flavours over a bed of minerals, finishing a little short and tart though. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Jacques Selosse InitialChampagne Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
5/12/2010 - salil wrote: 92 pointsFaintly oxidative aromatics of fresh bread, butterscotch, baked apple and toasted nuts but in the mouth it's incredibly fresh, streamlined and elegant with bright effervescence, rich white fruited and baked apple flavours over minerals and yeasty elements with really good acidity keeping it very precise. Lovely. |
| White - Off-dry |
2001 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling SpätleseMosel Saar Ruwer more |
5/11/2010 - salil wrote: 93 pointsTons of sulfur initially, but it clears with some time to reveal fresh white fruited and apple flavours accented with slate, flowers and the start of developing smoky notes. The mouthfeel here is incredible, very polished and silken-textured but so light it seems to almost float in the mouth with the '01 acidity giving it fantastic precision and length. Stunning wine. |
| White - Off-dry |
2008 Müller-Catoir Haardter Herzog Rieslaner SpätlesePfalz more |
5/11/2010 - salil wrote: 93 pointsA powerhouse; huge floral and tropical fruited aromas leading into a palate that's full of intensely sweet berries and honey up front, turning tarter and more herbal at the back end with bright citrus and lemongrass flavours cutting through the sweetness and incredible length. |
| White - Off-dry |
2008 Schäfer-Fröhlich Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling SpätleseNahe more |
5/10/2010 - salil wrote: 92 pointsReally impressive; fresh floral and mineral aromas leading into a palate full of vivid, bright fruit with really nice acids balancing the sweetness here. |
| Red |
1988 Edmunds St. John Zinfandel AmaroneseNapa Valley more |
5/8/2010 - salil wrote: NRMucho ESJ (Croton on Hudson, NY): Bleh. Toffee and raisins, volatile, with some air shows strange cabbage-like aromas while finishing with a blast of heat from the 15.5% alcohol. |
| Red |
1997 Edmunds St. John Syrah Durell VineyardSonoma County more |
5/8/2010 - salil wrote: 90 pointsMucho ESJ (Croton on Hudson, NY): In a really nice place right now with a more lifted floral aromatic element than the '99 or '94, bright red and dark fruit mingling with meaty and leathery notes on an elegant, middleweight frame. There's just a touch of astringency at the back end, this doesn't have quite the same seamlessness as the other two vintages but still really delicious. |
| Red |
1999 Edmunds St. John Syrah Durell VineyardSonoma County more |
5/8/2010 - salil wrote: 92 pointsMucho ESJ (Croton on Hudson, NY): Made of the same material as the fantastic '94 but richer and more primary; the fruit's much deeper and more dominant here with less emphasis on the meaty/leathery/non-fruit elements. This is a lot more tannic with an almost gritty texture on the back end that gives it a Cornas-like rustic element, still delicious stuff that'll only get better (if the '94 is any indication). |
| Red |
1994 Edmunds St. John Syrah Durell VineyardSonoma County more |
5/8/2010 - salil wrote: 92 pointsMucho ESJ (Croton on Hudson, NY): Wild stuff; fantastic aromatics combining fresh brambly fruits, herbs and spices with developed leathery and savoury earthy elements. Beautifully balanced in the mouth; medium weight with a lightness of touch and a finessed, incredibly silken texture, finishing long and meaty. |
| Red |
2008 Edmunds St. John Syrah Cuvée Fairbairn Fairbairn RanchMendocino County more |
5/8/2010 - salil wrote: 88 pointsMucho ESJ (Croton on Hudson, NY): Really nice aromatics; smoky, meaty and brightly fruited with touches of earth and spice, though on the palate it's not quite as expressive as it is on the nose. There's still really delicious bright red and dark fruit conveyed with a lightness of touch and a savoury meaty finish, but this just needs a lot more time. |
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