| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2014 Château d'YquemSauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
5/6/2024 - JLCFan Likes this wine: 94 pointsDelicious, bright acidity and nice tropical notes. It has a liveliness of fruit that sets it apart from its lessers. Intense while still being balanced, really impressive. |
| White |
2020 Domaine Coffinet-Duvernay Chassagne-Montrachet Les Blanchots DessousChardonnay more |
5/5/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 90 pointsNice nutty almond brioche nose. Resonant with more ripe citrus verging on tropical notes; bursting with fruit. Nice body and a resonant finish. I respect this wine, but I’m not spending $100 retail on it. |
| Red |
2022 Michel Guignier Morgon Vieilles VignesGamay more |
5/5/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 88 pointsQuite peppery and cherry-fruited. Hint of barnyard. Medium bodied, powdery tannins, nice acidity. Not as special as other producers, but plenty drinkable. |
| White |
2019 Domaine des Baumard SavennièresChenin Blanc more |
5/5/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 87 pointsNice aromas of melon and flint. Lacks power and resonance, although it doesn’t seem too hot. |
| Red |
2018 Hubert Lignier Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les BlanchardsPinot Noir more |
5/6/2024 - JLCFan wrote: NRContinues to be enormous, with dark plum fruit and a forbidding, alcoholic structure, although perhaps it’s lost a bit of immediacy. I won’t be touching my other three bottles for many years, although where it goes from here I don’t know. |
| White |
1986 Dr. H Thanisch Berncasteler Doctor Riesling KabinettMosel Saar Ruwer more |
5/3/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 94 pointsVery honeyed on the nose, featuring vanilla, butterscotch and a hint of mustiness. On the palate, nearly all the sweetness is gone, but there's still a fair amount of fruit - a kind of remembrance of orchard fruit. This has become admirably herbal and deliciously savory. The finish is oxidative and reminiscent of sherry, although it's not as lengthy as it could be. Perhaps most impressively, there is still an undeniable sense of power and freshness, with tingly acidity still pervading. Delicious. |
| Red |
1970 Château Lynch-BagesPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/26/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 94 pointsAbsolutely cracking bottle, obviously tertiary but still alive with plenty of sweet red fruit, cigar wrapper and mushroom. Still has structure, too. Nothing is mind boggling but this is delicious. Top neck fill (impressive!) |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Moët & Chandon Champagne Brut ImpérialChampagne Blend more |
4/21/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 88 pointsPretty good. The bar. Rich apple and some degree of Leesy spice. |
| White |
2020 Quinta de Soalheiro Alvarinho Soalheiro ReservaVinho Verde more |
4/20/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 88 pointsBriny lemon. Quite powerful citrus. Nice minerality and not quite too hot. Finished warm, medium length. Enjoyable. Ample. |
| Red |
2020 Ridge Zinfandel Benito DusiPaso Robles more |
4/13/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 90 pointsPowerful notes of plum fruit, American oak, peppery spice and loamy earth. I love the structure here, especially the acidic lift, even if a bit of alcoholic heat peaks through on the finish. Seems to have definitely entered a less exuberant, more sullen phase than it was a year ago, but still excellent. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2009 Château GuiraudSauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
4/7/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 92 pointsBurnt sugar, toffee, preserved apricot. Luciously sweet, but there’s quite a bit of smoky flintiness as well. The fruit is not as delineated as it could be. Impressive viscous texture, thick, almost gelatinous. Not out of balance, but it’s top-heavy and I’d love a little more acidity. Long finish centered on honey and dried orange peel. Some alcoholic heat does peak out. |
| White |
2019 Domaine Weinbach Riesling Cuvée ThéoAlsace more |
4/6/2024 - JLCFan Likes this wine: 91 pointsQuite ripe and very juicy in its white fruit character, with nice freshness, although still dry. Minty herbaceousness, a bit of slate and wax. Oily in texture and not quite laser like. |
| Red |
2019 Domaine Matrot Blagny 1er Cru La Pièce-sous-le-Bois RougePinot Noir more |
3/30/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 93 pointsWild strawberry, mint, high acid and tannin. A beaut. Acidity is just a bit high, but can be enjoyed now. |
| Red |
2018 Hubert Lignier Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les BlanchardsPinot Noir more |
3/30/2024 - JLCFan wrote: NRHeavy, big, almost clumsy. Dense, heavy tannins, decent acidity. Redolent with plum fruit. Wild and a bit feral with sous bois notes. Certainly powerful and quite hot. Needs time. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Philipponnat Champagne Royale Réserve BrutChampagne Blend more |
3/30/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 88 pointsGreen apple, quince and pastry. Almost a touch of sweetness. Rich and heavy, this feels higher dosage. A little plain, but there is nothing out of place here. |
| Red |
2017 Fratelli Alessandria Barolo del Comune di VerdunoNebbiolo more |
3/30/2024 - JLCFan Likes this wine: 90 pointsDried strawberry nose. Excellent, restrained cherry fruit, bay leaf, herbs, powdery tannins and a hit of soil and chalk. Medium bodied, still very young. Excellent balance. |
| Red |
2020 Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon EstateSanta Cruz Mountains more |
3/29/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 87 pointsPopcorn toast note I also noticed in the 2020 Estate chardonnay. Bright red fruit, lighter in depth, but still features some nice herbal aromatics. Gritty tannins with bright acidity. Quite frankly, a touch shrill. There is definitely some iodine on the finish, kind of like a Laphroaig. I'm not confident enough in my ability to avoid psychological bias to say this is definitively tainted, but I definitely enjoyed the '19 more, although this is still quite good. |
| Red |
2020 La Grange Tiphaine Côt Vieilles VignesTouraine-Amboise more |
3/23/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 94 pointsInitially very funky and reduced on opening, an hour or so in the bottle revealed an incredibly joyous wine bursting with super pure strawberry fruit, bramble and a strong line of maritime salinity. The structure is impressive, almost painfully tannic but with a great punch of countervailing acidity. I would give this one a bit more time to relax the tannins but, no doubt, this is delicious and should have the wherewithal to age. |
| White |
2020 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Vin de France Petit BlancAligoté more |
3/23/2024 - JLCFan Likes this wine: 92 pointsThis is delicious. Quite yeasty and toasty, and quite malolactic, but nice freshness and an enjoyable strain of lemon fruit. |
| White |
2021 Weingut Willi Bründlmayer Riesling 1ÖTW SteinmasslKamptal more |
3/9/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 95 pointsReductive on opening, blew off (mostly) with time. A touch muted aromatically, featuring austere citrus fruit. Palate is salty and citrusy, obviously very young and primary, but the structure is the star. Rippling, stabbing, toe-curling, enamel stripping, shiver-inducing super severe acidity. Lacks a degree of pixelation and detail, but the electricity of this wine is simply beyond belief. This is glorious! |
| Red |
2020 Ridge Merlot EstateSanta Cruz Mountains more |
3/16/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 93 pointsRestrained blackberry fruit and milk chocolate with a nice mineral edge and a lasting finish. American oak and coarse tannins balanced by lively acidity. Medium-bodied and light on its feet, I love the lift here. Super primary. Smoke taint? Not convinced it’s there. Think it requires a lot more bottle age to integrate the oak. |
| White |
2022 Von Schubert Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg Riesling Großes GewächsMosel Saar Ruwer more |
3/9/2024 - JLCFan Likes this wine: 95 pointsA touch riper than many 2021s I've tried, with aromas closer to stone than orchard fruit. Beautiful floral notes as well, and a touch of slate. Grander on the palate; this starts out rather overtly fruity but a sheer wall of incredible minerality soon unfurls; really intense limestone notes, unlikely anything I've tried before. Heavy-to-medium bodied, the acidity here is more broadsword than scalpel. A very baroque, grand-scaled Riesling that pulsates with intensity. |
| White - Sparkling |
2017 Under The Wire Sparkling Chardonnay ChuyMoon Mountain District more |
3/3/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 85 pointsAutolytic, but otherwise aromatically mute. You can tell the fruit is on the riper side, but otherwise there isn't a great deal of minerality, complexity or lift. Perhaps there was something wrong with this bottle, relative to the experiences below. Either way, I’m not a buyer when Laherte BdB Brut Nature is roughly the same price. |
| White |
2021 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Roche RouléeAlsace more |
3/3/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 88 pointsWhite fruit with a touch of minerality. Medium-bodied and light on its feet in a way that speaks of Pinot Grigio. Lacks a touch of complexity. |
| Red |
2022 G.D. Vajra Barbera d'Albamore |
3/3/2024 - JLCFan wrote: 86 pointsExaggerated plum fruit dominates. Certainly ripe. A touch more acidity than tannin gives this an ungainliness. I preferred the cooler, more red-fruited 2021. |
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