| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| Red |
2014 Domaine Laurent Roumier Clos VougeotClos Vougeot Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 91 pointsMedium ruby red color. Just a tiny taste of this. Nice, showing well, good minerality, deep red fruit. I'll look to see this again with a bigger pour in the future. |
| Red |
2011 Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir Maresh VineyardDundee Hills more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsMedium red color. PNP, from magnum; drank a glass over an hour. No detailed notes, still drinking well with cool red and darker fruits, earth, and spices. 92+pts. |
| White |
2017 La Chablisienne Chablis 1er Cru Montée de TonnerreChardonnay more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 94 pointsLight gold color. Drank a glass olus over an hour plus. Boy there was something about this bottle today. It was shining brightly with classic Chablis character, purity and focus. Maybe it knew it needed to deliver for Dave's big day. I don't know, but it delivered and it was quintesscential Chablis. One of the best La Chablsienne's I've had. Love the 17's. |
| Red |
2009 Château Duhart-MilonPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: NRMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red/purple color. Unknown prep. Drank a glass over a hour. Last had 18 months ago. This came at the end of a long line of wines. For me it showed its youth with a green edginess, but there's a lot of juicy, sweet ripe berries in here. It didn't stand out tonight for whatever reason. Gut impression this evening was 91, but context matters, so no offical score tonight. |
| Red |
2003 Château Léoville PoyferréSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 94 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red/purple color. Slow-O for 5 hours and then splash double decanted; drank a small glass over 75 minutes. Four and a half years since last tasted. The air served this well. There's a powerful nose; earthy, funk, potpourri, black cherry, cassis, dried earth, lifted, dried herbs. The palate is full bodied, concentrated and layered with blackberry liqueur, ripe blackberry, juicy fruits, nice acid, very sleek and caressing, earth, funk, and quite long. The air served this very well. Impressive. 94+ to 95(+)pts. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (4) |
| Red |
2003 Château Pape ClémentPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 93 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color. Slow-O for 5 hours; drank a small glass over an hour plus. Classic scorched earth nose, blackberry, violets, farmyard, and cassis. The palate is dense with ripe black fruits, blackberries, cassis, creosote, gravel, and plum. Delicious. |
| Red |
2000 Château Léoville BartonSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 94 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): VEry dark red/purple color. PNP, (back up bottle); drank a small glass over an hour plus. Last tasted this 4 years ago. Wow, impressive, gorgeous nose, perfumed, floral, damp and susltry, deep red fruits, leather, pencil, very long and velvety with an awesome inner beauty. Love LB, loved this, and that was with no air. 94(+)pts . Strong upside still. |
| Red |
2000 Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 90 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red plus color. Unknown prep; drank a small glass over an hour plus. High toned palate, blackberry liqueur, dense, woodsy, sharp, tobacco leaf, firm tannins with some heat noted. Where's it going? Not sure. |
| Red |
2000 Château TalbotSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color. One hour double decant; drank a small glass over an hour. Last had this about 2 years ago. The nose starts off with notes of rosin, then cassis, and damp forest floor. The palate is full, deep with cassis, green wood, firm gritty tannins and a some earth. Solid, youthful, not a lot of movement over 2 years. |
| Red |
2005 Château MonbousquetSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: NRMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red/purple color. PNP, followed a glass over an hour. Holy cow, last had this 11 years ago. Tonight's impression was a bit dampened by it being a PNP backup bottle for a corked '85 Kirwan. More air would certainly have helped here tonight. This was even bigger tha the '00 served alongside it. Very similar in profile however with a ton of scorched earth, dense and burly, cedar, dark, dark berries, and firm dry tannins. Score reserved, gut impression 89/90pts. |
| Red |
2000 Château MonbousquetSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 91 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color, 2mm clear edge. Drank a small glass over 90 minutes. The nose is savory, cassis with leather ahd more ripe dark fruits. On the palate this comes off big, intense, blackberry, plum, blue fruits, firm tannins, minerals, scorched earth and dried wood. This still felt youthful, but also in a bigger style. 91(+)pts. |
| Red |
1996 Château KirwanMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 93 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red/purple color. Unknown prep - I think PNP. Drank a small glass over 90 minutes. Had this last 5 years ago. Showing nicely with scorched earth on the nose, an elixir of cassis, earthy, cinnamon and purple flowers. The palate shows the scorched earth too, cassis, dark raspberry, huckleberry, nice sllek tannins and subtle complimentary wood notes. Very good and a step up from the last showing; 93+pts. |
| Red |
1995 Château Cos d'EstournelSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 94 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color. Double decanted for 1.5 hours. Drank a small glass over 45 minutes. Gorgeous and oozing deep dark berries, black berry, black raspberry, cigar, earth, perfumed, dried wood spice; and adding cassis, plum and lacquer on the full bodied frame. This showed very well tonight and bodes well for the 95's to be coming into their own, hopefully. Anticipating even more to come, 94(+)pts. |
| Red |
1989 Château OlivierPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Very dark red color with a 3mm clear edge. Drank a small glass over 90 minutes. This was lovely; showing graphite, damp earth, red cherry, red berries, gravel, touches of cassis, good purity, medium bodied with lingering tannins. This was in a nice place and showing enough structure to keep this going another 10 years. |
| Red |
1975 Château TalbotSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Dark red color with a 12mm bricked margin. PNP, with a disintegrating fully saturated cork. Drank a small glass over 90 minutes. The palate is the blissful star here. Sublime mature Bordeaux, pretty red fruits, iron, minerals, medium bodied, with a grace and soul about it that improved over an hour. The nose was a somewhat different story; starting off with red fruits, iodine and iron, sauvage, but an overbering vegetal element that lingers on but is nowhere to be found on the palate. The nose continues to improve over time actually, the purity of the fruit expresses itself better and there is little potpourri perfume that emerges while the vegetal notes disapate significantly, though not entirely. Still, a pretty aged claret that I thoroughly enjoyed. |
| White |
2013 Rivers-Marie Chardonnay B. Thieriot VineyardSonoma Coast more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 91 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Light gold color. Drank a small glass over 45 minutes. Five years since last tasting this. Buttery nose, baked pear, hint of orange peel. On the palate there is pear, slightly tropical, very creamy, lush texture though somewhat acidic with some unresolved wood on the back end. Based on my previous note, I have to assume that this is on the down slope. |
| White |
2018 Château Climens AsphodèleBordeaux Sémillon more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Pale gold color. Drank a small glass over an hour. Truly impressive again. Very bright on the nose and palate. The nose shimmers with sea breeze, lemon and lemon blossom, very fresh. The palate brings Meyer lemon, tangerine, light bodied yet driven, stone and a slightly tropical edge. Loved it. |
| Rosé - Sparkling |
NV Hugues Godmé Champagne Grand Cru Brut RoséChampagne Blend more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 91 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Ultra pale pink color. Drank a small glass over 30 minutes. Elegant, cherry, white apple flesh, yeasty, delicate red berries, apple peel finish. Very nice, maybe not quite as impressive as a bottle a couple years ago. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Jose Dhondt Champagne Grand Cru Grande Reserve Blanc de BlancsChardonnay more |
4/30/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 90 pointsMonthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2013 and Older (Capitalle Grille, Mpls, MN): Light gold color. Drank a small glass over 30 minutes. Yeast, apple pie and lemon zest on the nose. The palate is brisk, lemon zest, citrus, grapefruit, woodsy with a somewhat angular finish. |
| Red |
2012 St. Innocent Pinot Noir Vitae Springs VineyardWillamette Valley more |
4/29/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsMedium dark red color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 2 hours. The nose displays fine ground tobacco up front, a vast array of dried loamy earth, aromatic dried spices, deep red fruits, cherry, strawberry-rhubarb, so divinely earthy, with hints of cacao. The palate shows the same deep, tart cherry and strawberry-rhubarb with a dose of raspberry and spicy underbrush, tobacco, medium bodied, savory with a medium finish. Really good stuff. 92+pts. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Champagne Le Mesnil Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
4/23/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 91 pointsLight gold color. Drank a glass plus over 75 minutes. Another nice showing, very similar to the last bottle. Bright green melon and apple on the nose and palate, more stone and some lighter chalk, nice texture, panna cotta character, clean. 91+pts. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1988 Château ClimensBarsac Sémillon more |
4/22/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 95 pointsPearl Dinner by Don Saunders (Doc's Hall, St. Louis Park, MN): Dark gold color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. So bright, gorgeous Mandarin orange, apricot, honeycomb, ginger, tropical, orange spiced creme brulee, racy, long and exciting. Uber-classy, loved it! |
| Red |
1985 Château Léoville Las CasesSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/22/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 96 pointsPearl Dinner by Don Saunders (Doc's Hall, St. Louis Park, MN): Very dark red color. Double decanted for 20 minutes and flitered. Drank a glass plus over an hour plus. This was everything I'd hoped for. Showing a wonderfully again, perfumed with a pristine vein of cassis on the nose with a red raspberry underpin, filled with leath and pencil, damp forest notes, crushed violets, and dried cigar and wood spices. The palate is everything the nose promises, soft and caressing, medium full bodied, with a classic elegance and suave style that gives this that featherweight impression, plush cassis and red berries, the earth leather and pencil melding perfectly together with minerals and spice. Very long and blissful. No rush, these will reward you. 96+pts. . |
| Red |
2014 Maison Pierre Brisset Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Combe aux MoinesPinot Noir more |
4/22/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsPearl Dinner by Don Saunders (Doc's Hall, St. Louis Park, MN): Medium red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour plus. Opens slowly in glass and starts to reveal itself. Youthful, cherry, red currants with hints of rhubarb, touches of mocha, tart with powdery tannins on a medium frame. A little fuzzy character and a sweet cherry note comes later on the nose. This does look to have some nice purity, and what we need is a bit more time to see it fully realized. Promising - 91+ to 92pts. |
| White |
2019 Reynvaan Family Vineyards Grenache BlancWalla Walla Valley more |
4/22/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 88 pointsPearl Dinner by Don Saunders (Doc's Hall, St. Louis Park, MN): Pale gold color. Followed a glass over an hour plus. Reticent nose, a little fume blanc like; waxy, citrus, hints of peach and fusil, flinty minerality. |
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