| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2001 Marchesi Mazzei Chianti Classico FonterutoliChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
7/5/2008 - cousteau wrote: 90 pointsEvolved a lot since the last bottle. Surprised by the difference. Rounded cherry, complex and smooth. |
| Red |
2003 Rosenblum Cellars Zinfandel Monte Rosso VineyardSonoma Valley more |
11/3/2007 - cousteau wrote: 92 pointsFull of nice ripe fruit with a spicy cover. |
| Red |
2001 Abadia Retuerta Selección Especial Sardon de DueroVino de la Tierra de Castilla y León Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
11/2/2007 - cousteau wrote: 92 pointsConsistent with last note. |
| Red |
2004 Unión de Viticultores Riojanos Rioja Don RománTempranillo more |
9/9/2007 - cousteau wrote: 89 pointsOne of the best QPR so far this year. Nose and mouth showing vanila, caramel cherries. Good overall balance with nice fruit and acidity. Nice finish too. Unbeatable for daily consumption at the price level. I guess the vintage is to blame and should be aware of other vinatges that might not carry these qualities. Will try to taste other vintages to check. |
| White |
2006 Tamaya ChardonnayLimarí Valley more |
8/25/2007 - cousteau wrote: 86 pointsWe needed something to go along with the fresh oysters we picked up and this seemed like a good candidate for a crisp and mineral local chardonnay. It didn`t actually disapoint us, but didn`t show as much freshness as we would like. Just an ok regular chardonnay. |
| Red |
2003 Emiliana Syrah Reserva EspecialColchagua Valley more |
8/25/2007 - cousteau wrote: 91 pointsDark rubi purple color but not as dark as the usual syrah fruit bomb. Nose is very intense showing great amount of ripe fruit but not over the top. A tabaco note blends quite nicely with the fruit giving it a slight elegance. The mouth shows a full body with good complexity, balance and nice mouthfeel. The finish is amazingly long and even leaves a honey note alongside the fruit. Very good QPR, paid only$18 on the jumbo supermarket in Santiago-Chile.91+ (I believe it will get better with some more age - 1/2 years). |
| Red |
2004 Viña Santa Rita Cabernet Sauvignon Medalla Real Reserva Especial Single EstateMaipo Valley more |
8/25/2007 - cousteau wrote: 88 pointsTrue to it`s region with the nice red fruit showing upfront and some green pepper and mint notes. Balanced and rounded but lacking complexity and depth. |
| Red |
2001 Viña Almaviva S.A. Almaviva EPUPuente Alto Red Bordeaux Blend more |
8/25/2007 - cousteau wrote: 89 pointsThis is definitely a very good bottle of wine but I found it quite characterless. Could be from France, Italy, anywhere and I´m not very fond of this lack of tipicity. |
| Red |
2003 Carmen Cabernet Sauvignon Tolten Coleccion Privada Predio Los TilosMaipo Valley more |
8/24/2007 - cousteau wrote: 90 pointsGreat Qpr. Nose shows very nice cherries, raspberries mixed with a eucaliptus note and some underlying green pepper. Mouth is very well rounded, balanced and velvety in texture. Nice long finish. Interesting that we drank this at a much higher than usual temperature (due to the very cold weather in the chilean winter) and it tasted very good. Afterwards I tried it at a normal temperature and wrote the note. |
| Red |
2004 Falesco VitianoUmbria SuperTuscan Blend more |
8/5/2007 - cousteau wrote: 89 pointsA little more age has rounded it nicely and it's showing better than last year. Perfect with pizza. |
| Red |
2003 Château PuycarpinBordeaux Supérieur Red Bordeaux Blend more |
8/3/2007 - cousteau wrote: 88 pointsNice bordeaux, no flaws but didn´t change my wine life in any sense. Gift. |
| Red |
2001 Klein Constantia MarlbrookRed Bordeaux Blend more |
8/3/2007 - cousteau wrote: 90 pointsVery nice dark chocolate, coffee and plums. Quite like the Veenwooden Classic. |
| Red |
1998 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Ardanza ReservaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
8/3/2007 - cousteau wrote: 92 pointsVery true to it´s region. Cherries ands lot´s of vanila on nose and palate, silky, deep and long lasting. |
| Red - Fortified |
2003 J.W. Burmester Porto VintagePort Blend more |
8/3/2007 - cousteau wrote: 90 pointsAlready showing some good evolution from last time. Viscous and bright fruit everywhere. Still has plenty of potential to evolve. |
| Red |
1997 Travaglini Gattinara Tre VigneNebbiolo more |
8/3/2007 - cousteau wrote: 90 pointsConsistant with last bottle, a little better on the nose. |
| Red |
2003 Pinord Penedès Clos de Torribas CrianzaTempranillo more |
7/21/2007 - cousteau wrote: 86 pointsQuite like the 2001, much better than the 02 but lacks the better fruit the 01 showed. Same character with an oxidized style, light body and good acidity.easy drinking. |
| Red - Fortified |
2003 Familia Zuccardi Malbec MalamadoMaipú more |
7/21/2007 - cousteau wrote: 88 pointsVery enjoyable on a cool night. tastes like a "new world" port. Lot's of candied red fruit, very sweet and quite hot. Very nice sweet, toasted finish. |
| Red |
2004 Atalayas de Golban Ribera del DueroTempranillo more |
7/21/2007 - cousteau wrote: 90 pointsConsistent with last bottle. |
| Red |
1998 Penfolds Bin 389South Australia Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more |
6/30/2007 - cousteau wrote: 91 pointsDark and deep. Nose starts showing some vanila from the american oak then opens up with some dark cherries, black currants and even some cassis. Still very powerful, lush and velvety mouthfeel. Balanced with very fine cheewy tannins and good acidity. Great finish. Left some for the second day, let's see what happens, I believe it will open up more and show better. |
| White - Sparkling |
1992 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom PérignonChampagne Blend more |
6/17/2007 - cousteau wrote: 90 pointsGolden brownish color. Nose showing toasted bread with melted butter and almonds. On the mouth it dleivers baked apples and a nutty taste too. Nice overall balance but not very crisp, more of a decadent style of champagne. |
| Red |
2001 Farnese Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane Opis Reservamore |
6/16/2007 - cousteau wrote: 89 pointsLiked it a lot for it's category. Nose doesn't show much, but what a good pair for food this is. High acidity, good fruit, structure is good enough to give it a firm backbone but very well rounded. Doesn't "kill" the food like many of the modern styled wines. Complex and round finish. |
| Red |
2003 Encosta do Guadiana Alentejo Herdade Paço do Conde ReservaRed Blend more |
6/10/2007 - cousteau wrote: 93 pointsThis second bottle is already showing better than the first one I opened last year. The oak is much better integrated at this point and there's no excessive alcohol as before. Great nose of blueberries, blackberries and raspberries, the spicy note is still there. Very good balance and mouthfeel. I believe it still has more room to evolve and will probably get even better than now. |
| White |
2004 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon BlancMarlborough more |
6/7/2007 - cousteau wrote: 89 pointsConsistent with the last note, still showing great. |
| Red |
2004 Les Cailloux du Paradis RacinesVin de Table Français Red Blend more |
6/7/2007 - cousteau wrote: 89 pointsVery different style of wine. This is the absolute polarity for the extracted fruit bombs that we're seeing all over the place, nothing against them, I admit enjoying them quite a bit also. But this is something worth trying, it is very light, extremely subtle and elegant. Very refined aromas showing some tobaco, a subtle perfumy red fruit and a complex mineral/earthy note underneath it all. You can drink a full bottle in less than an hour and you won't feel any effect from the alcohol (12,2%). On the mouth it shows very fresh acidity, a light body but a perfect balance, this goes very well with food. It seems that this biodynamic practice is able to express the vineyard very profoundly. Tough to rate, so I rated it simply based on a perception of pleasure comparable to other styles. |
| Red |
2003 Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico Cultus BoniChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
6/3/2007 - cousteau wrote: 88 pointsDark rubi purple color, quite closed nose only showing some muted berries. Very young and firm in character, dry tannins, very high acidity, got a give it time and it will probabley get much better than what's showing at this point. |
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