| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2021 Campo Viejo Tempranillo Riojamore |
5/2/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NRSame as prior, in most respects. Perhaps a bit better (less bitter), though possibly the 2022 Vintage. (Not rated again, to limit influence.) |
| Red |
2020 Bastioni della Rocca Leggero Appassimento Puglia IGTRed Blend more |
4/26/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NRTried a small remaining amount, from yesterday's bottle (re-sealed with plastic closure and left out on counter). It had opened-up a bit more, with less tannins, but overall similar notes. Perhaps a bit more flabby. Would give the same rating: 78 (not done to prevent over-influencing score). (Without food and with good company.) |
| Red |
2020 Bastioni della Rocca Leggero Appassimento Puglia IGTRed Blend more |
4/25/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: 78 pointsQuite nice and easy drinking, with typical red fruit notes. Some black fruit and notes of spice, perhaps a bit of caramel and coffee. Moderate body and a moderate finish. It's good and easy to like, but not very complex and a bit flabby. Still, it has a very good QPR. |
| Red |
NV Rashi Joyvin RedItaly Red Blend more |
4/22/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: 74 pointsSurprisingly good for a cheap Kosher wine, especially one that is also Kosher for Passover and despite its also being Mevushal. Light, fizzy, fruity, and quite sweet. More a different beverage, than comparable to a wine, however. Easy to drink, especially at only 5.5% alcohol. A delightful alternative, in these circumstances! |
| Red |
2021 Leaning Post Wines Pinot Noir The FiftyNiagara Peninsula VQA more |
4/10/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: 75 pointsReasonably good, with some typicity. Lacking in concentration and finish. (Consumed over dinner, with excellent company.) |
| Red |
2022 Conte di Castelvecchio Montepulciano d'Abruzzomore |
3/27/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: 75 pointsRed fruit aroma and taste. Fairly pleasant, but without any complexity nor anything remarkable. Lacking in concentration and texture, with a short–moderate finish. (Consumed quickly and in a plastic cup. With excellent company.) |
| Red |
2021 Fontanafredda Langhe Nebbiolo EbbioLanghe DOC more |
3/20/2024 - Mandamus wrote: 73 pointsOkay, but really nothing special. (At dinner, with good company.) |
| Red |
2010 Vieux Château Champs de Mars StacieCastillon Côtes de Bordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/9/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NRAgain tasting from the same bottle, opened this past Tuesday. Now, four days later, it is noticeably worse. (This bottle from this past Tuesday afternoon, with around half left; was re-corked since initial consumption, having been open but left still save a few small pours, for around 3 hours; it was kept mostly in a 4 °C fridge; kept sealed, but no preservative gas ever used.) |
| Red |
2010 Vieux Château Champs de Mars StacieCastillon Côtes de Bordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/7/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NRSimilar to before. (This bottle from this past Tuesday afternoon, with around half left; was re-corked since initial consumption, having been open but left still save a few small pours, for around 3 hours; kept mostly in a 4 °C fridge; kept sealed, but no preservative gas ever used.) |
| Red |
2010 Vieux Château Champs de Mars StacieCastillon Côtes de Bordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/5/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NRSame notes as before (though a new bottle, from the same restaurant). |
| Rosé |
NV Woodbridge White ZinfandelCalifornia Zinfandel Blend, Zinfandel more |
2/29/2024 - Mandamus wrote: 71 pointsOkay. Certainly nothing special. (Over dinner, with excellent company.) |
| Red |
2020 Domaines André Aubert Coteaux du Tricastin Le DevoyGrenache Blend, Grenache more |
2/18/2024 - Mandamus Does not like this wine: 68 pointsNot very good. Some fruity notes, with a modicum of spice. Quite tannic (medium–plus), without much else to offer. Medium acid, fairly low complexity, and a short finish. (One glass consumed over a couple hours, with various food, and good company.) |
| Red |
2010 Vieux Château Champs de Mars StacieCastillon Côtes de Bordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/17/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: 93 pointsAn excellent and interesting Bordeaux. It had complex notes of primary fruits (cherry, black fruits, dried fruit) transitioning into tertiary notes (pleasant barnyard, various oak, with complex spices, and some additional hard to discern flavour). |
| Red - Fortified |
NV Taylor (Fladgate) Porto 20 Year Old TawnyPort Blend more |
2/17/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NRSame as previous. Current bottle was half-full for over 6 months. Little to no noticeable change having tried it again over the past couple of days. (Rating suppressed—see other reviews; done to prevent my multiple notes on this bottle overly influencing reviews.) Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2020 Vigneti del Salento Primitivo di Manduria Zollamore |
2/16/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: 83 pointsQuite nice, with prominent aroma and taste of red fruit, black fruits, and slight vanilla. Medium complexity and body. Short–moderate finish. (With food and good company.) |
| Spirits |
NV Rémy Martin Cognac XOUgni Blanc, Trebbiano more |
2/15/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: 90 pointsA very nice Cognac. While not compared to anything else, this was better than Courvoisier, to my recollection. Quite smooth, with little alcohol burn. Nicely aromatic and tastes as usually described (like other XOs, but without any excessive wood notes). The finish is quite long, but relatively weak for a spirit. (The 2024 300th Anniversary release blend. At a Rémy Martin tasting event, with some select pairing snacks.) |
| Red |
2016 Allegrini La Poja Veronese IGTCorvina more |
2/10/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: 90 pointsQuite nice indeed. Pleasant fruity aroma, with some complexity. Lots of black fruit notes, with some spice, and a modicum of enjoyable barnyard notes. Medium length, with a good finish. Medium-plus complexity and body. Low–medium tannins. Seemed quite ready to drink in my view, though could likely improve further. (Poured into a decanter, via Coravin, then into a large wine glass. Consumed after some further aeration, over a nice steak dinner, with company.) |
| Red |
2017 Fontanafredda BaroloNebbiolo more |
2/4/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NRSimilar to before. Now finished the previously Coravined bottle (almost 7 months since initial tap; see prior review)—still did not seem to have had any negative impact. Improved somewhat over the course of an hour, as it aired and warmed. Also tasted after a leftover amount was left out in its glass, at room temperature for around 16 hours: it was fairly sour, with a touch of vinegar, lacking in body, and too flawed to drink. (First consumed with exceptional company and then alone the day after, as described. Rating suppressed—see other reviews; done to prevent my multiple notes on this bottle overly influencing reviews.) |
| Red |
2017 Brigaldara Amarone della ValpolicellaCorvina Blend, Corvina more |
2/3/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: 89 pointsQuite nice, with moderate complexity. Red and black fruits, with hints of spice. Moderate-plus body and medium length. (Enjoyed from a half-bottle, over a steak dinner, with exceptional company.) |
| White |
2023 Two Oceans Sauvignon BlancWestern Cape more |
1/25/2024 - Mandamus Does not like this wine: 65 pointsHigh aroma and taste of fruit. Very one note. Really not very good. |
| Red |
2017 Fontanafredda BaroloNebbiolo more |
1/20/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NRSimilar to before. Coravin does not seem to have had any negative impact. Could likely have benefited from decanting. Improved somewhat over the course of an hour, as it aired and warmed. (Mostly correctly stored, mostly at 13°C. Tasted via Coravin, around 16–20°C, without aeration nor any food; second Coravin for this bottle, 6 months elapsed.) (Rating suppressed—see other reviews; done to prevent my multiple notes on this bottle overly influencing reviews.) |
| Red |
2019 Cesari Ripasso della Valpolicella Superiore BosanCorvina Blend, Corvina more |
1/17/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: 78 pointsQuite nice. A bit flabby, however. Decent length. (Consumed as a half-bottle, over dinner, with excellent company.) |
| Sake |
NV Hakutsuru Sayuri NigoriHyōgo Rice more |
1/8/2024 - Mandamus wrote: flawedTasted after being forgotten about, opened in the fridge, for over 3 months. Surprisingly still drinkable, through has lost most intensity of aroma and flavour. Quite muted, but main notes still present. Does taste a bit odd, perhaps mostly texturally. |
| Red |
2021 Campo Viejo Tempranillo Riojamore |
1/6/2024 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NRSame as prior, in all respects. (Not rated again, to limit influence.) |
| Red |
2013 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon H3Horse Heaven Hills more |
12/9/2023 - Mandamus Likes this wine: NRNice and fruity, with a medium finish. Seems well past its prime, however, tasting a bit weak and quite flabby. (Would perhaps be 74 Points.) |
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