| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
1991 Changyu Cabernet Sauvignon Dry Red WineYantai more |
5/28/2020 - HKdrinker Likes this wine: 92 pointsBought in China 5+ years ago - the most expensive wine in the duty free shop at ~Yuan500 if I recall correctly. Given its age and lack of any meaningful provenance, expectations were modest. However, the wine surprised on the upside. Elegant nose, soft tannins with plenty of fruit still intact. Good balance and nice, long finish. Very pleasing wine to drink. Only held back by the complexity that marks a truly distinguished wine yet so much more refined than a VDT. Given this wine was produced in China in 1991 it's truly astonishing. I only wish I had bought a case! The winemaker should be proud of his/her achievements. |
| White |
2011 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon BlancMarlborough more |
11/8/2019 - HKdrinker wrote: 90 pointsTo echo JVIZ's comment 30 months, on this SB is still drinking nicely. The grassiness has gone and it is now showing notes of vanilla and gooseberry. To be critical, perhaps a little lacking in complexity |
| Red |
1997 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore OrnellaiaRed Bordeaux Blend more |
5/12/2018 - HKdrinker Likes this wine: 98 pointsPulled three glasses by Coravin and left the wine to breathe for 45 minutes. Modest pencil lead nose. Soft velvety tannins followed by gorgeous layers of fruit. Long finish. Wine doesn't get much better than this. |
| Red |
2008 Dalla Valle Cabernet SauvignonOakville more |
4/11/2015 - HKdrinker wrote: 95 pointsDecanted for 2 hours. Drunk alongside a Dominus 2004 and it compared very favorably with more character and layers of fruit. Very smooth and long elegant finish. Classy stuff! |
| Red |
2000 Bodega Numanthia Toro NumanthiaTinta de Toro, Tempranillo more |
12/14/2013 - HKdrinker wrote: 93 pointsFor maximum pleasure, this wine must be double decanted (allowing 10-15minutes between each decant to allow the sediment to settle) before drinking to remove the sediment. If the wine is not double decanted then the wine shuts down and loses its expression. There is an excellent article on jancisrobinson.com titled "How and why to decant" written by Ferran Centelles which explains the science behind the how and why but suffice it to say that it's about the sediment consuming and reacting with dissolved oxygen in the wine. I note some disappointment amongst writers and this might be a possible explanation. At its best, this is a beautiful, powerful but well balanced wine. |
| Red |
1999 Lucien Le Moine Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Saint GeorgesPinot Noir more |
6/12/2012 - HKdrinker wrote: 93 pointsI'm not a great burgundy aficianado but this was one of the most enjoyable burgundies I have drunk for a while. Restrained nose but on the tongue it was well balanced and smooth with long lasting layers of delicate fruit rolling off the tongue. Surpried that it receives a lowly 88 points from BH- I have marked it 5 points higher. |
| Red |
2003 Torbreck Shiraz The StruieBarossa more |
6/10/2012 - HKdrinker wrote: 95 pointsThis was a single bottle given some years ago but stored in the wine fridge. The nose is powerful; strong cassis and vanilla flavours. Likewise the taste is equally powerful and true to the nose with long cassis and vanilla extract flavours that linger on the tongue. Seems to be in its prime just now. Great stuff if you like full bodied powerful wines! |
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