| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2008 Château Calon-SégurSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/17/2024 - P&F Likes this wine: 90 pointsTypical left bank, good but nothing too special. We had a glass and opened something else. I've had better from a "lesser" wine in a good vintage. |
| Red |
2008 Domaine de ChevalierPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/19/2023 - P&F wrote: 90 pointsIt's "correct" and pleasant, above-average but not special Bordeaux. Went well with cap of ribeye. |
| Red |
2009 Château Grand-Puy-LacostePauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/11/2023 - P&F wrote: 92 pointsFine tannins, lovely dark fruit, leather - it could still go some years. |
| White |
2019 AltO de Cantenac Brown BlancBordeaux Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
8/5/2023 - P&F wrote: 90 pointsNeeds a bit of a decant to let some funk blow off, and better at a not-too-cold temperature. With food, it brought the mildest note of honey and good balance. I like it but not enough to buy again. |
| White |
NV Schloss Gobelsburg Tradition Heritage Cuvée 3 JahreKamptal White Blend more |
5/24/2023 - P&F wrote: 89 pointsWell balanced, but I'm not getting the tons of structure referenced in other notes. Stands up to food, somewhat off-dry. Pleasant but I wouldn't buy again. Not my taste. |
| Red |
2019 Shaw and Smith ShirazAdelaide Hills more |
2/27/2023 - P&F wrote: 86 pointsLean and taut - too much so for my taste. I can see a comparison with Northern Rhone, but the acidity is dominant. Maybe it will ease up in the future? The fruit is not compelling enough behind the acidity at this price point for me to want to get more to find out. Raw. |
| White |
2020 Kumeu River Chardonnay Villagemore |
2/24/2023 - P&F wrote: 91 pointsReally very good. Nearly unoaked, if any oak, it seems. Savory. Not complex but fine, especially with food. Balanced. I'd happily have more. |
| White |
2020 Shaw and Smith Chardonnay M3 VineyardAdelaide Hills more |
2/24/2023 - P&F wrote: 90 pointsMy favorite English writer said it best: "Fine but not exciting." A little oaky for me. Flinty nose, savory but not complex palate, short-moderate finish. No need to buy more. If Burgundian, village wine at very best, generic appelation moreso. If $35 is good for your everyday+ wine, here's your bottle. |
| Red |
2007 Domaine de la Charbonnière Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Mourre des PerdrixRed Rhone Blend more |
2/19/2023 - P&F wrote: 90 pointsDrink up if you have them. Still a lovely flavor profile but not very long, and not super complex. Bitter herbs and dark fruit. In my opinion, these are fading. |
| Red |
2007 Domaine de la Charbonnière Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Mourre des PerdrixRed Rhone Blend more |
2/19/2023 - P&F wrote: flawedCork was intact but bottle was a little oxidized. I poured it down the drain. |
| Red |
2005 Château Branaire-DucruSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/22/2023 - P&F wrote: 92 pointsExcellent balance, just entering its drinking window, clearly not young but years to go ahead of it if you want. Excellent nose, good length. Perfect with steak/cognac sauce with tarragon. |
| Red |
2007 Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Secret des SabonRed Rhone Blend more |
1/4/2023 - P&F Does not like this wine: 80 pointsThis might have been great at some point but it's faded. Starting to taste aged, maybe a little port-like, and looks "bricked." We corked it up and opened something else. This is the second bottle with the same impression. |
| White |
2021 DeLille Cellars RoussanneRed Mountain more |
11/2/2022 - P&F wrote: 89 pointsGood - well made - structure and balance - easy drinking with food - but waaaayyyyy overpriced for what it is. 4 of us tasted it side-by-side with a $10 bottle, and all agreed that the similarities were too great to merit paying $30 for it again. |
| Red |
2010 Château Chasse-SpleenMoulis en Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/31/2022 - P&F wrote: NRI like an austere Bordeaux. Too dry for others at the table, somewhat more structure/austere than the 2009. It could be more fruited, and I would not call it complex, but at the $30 or so I paid for it years ago, it's just fine. There is no way this is worth the $76 Vivino has it for now - it's good, basic Bordeaux that won't likely improve. |
| Red |
2009 Château Chasse-SpleenMoulis en Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/31/2022 - P&F wrote: 90 pointsI like an austere Bordeaux. Too dry for others at the table, somewhat more fruity than the 2010 (which has more structure and tannic grip). It could be more fruited, and I would not call it complex, but at the $30 or so I paid for it years ago, it's just fine. |
| White |
2017 Trimbach GewurztraminerAlsace Gewürztraminer more |
6/29/2022 - P&F wrote: 87 pointsMy first wine course, years ago, said that Alsatian wines are different from German ones in that Alsatian ones are “typically bone dry.” That is emphatically not the case here. Semi-sweet, but balanced with good typicity. |
| Red |
2020 Bernard Magrez Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Destinée de Clément VRed Rhone Blend more |
3/26/2022 - P&F Does not like this wine: 83 pointsVegetal nose, poorly fruited palate, short finish. Nothing interesting, lacking typicity. You're paying for the place on the lable. Wouldn't buy again even if I found it in a closeout bin. |
| Red |
2015 Tabarrini Montefalco Sagrantino Colle Grimaldescomore |
1/7/2022 - P&F wrote: 89 pointsRand says, “So you go visit your grandmother and in the bedroom where you’re staying is an old chest of drawers. You open one of those drawers and it emits a dusty, musty, cedar smell.” That is the nose. The palate is overwhelming, The 15.5% alcohol is obvious. We have trouble trying to think about what kind of food it could possibly go with. We are eating chicken, Italian sausage, and hot peppers, and it barely puts a dent in this wine. It competes with food more than compliments it. An alcoholic monster with tannins that are a little bit like chewing on a small piece of tree bark. |
| Red |
2014 Bacalhoa Dão Quinta da Garrida ReservaRed Blend more |
2/14/2021 - P&F wrote: 89 pointsLovely and dry, good every day wine. Takes on nuance with food. |
| Red |
2017 DFJ Vinhos Portada Winemaker's SelectionVinho Regional Lisboa Red Blend more |
2/14/2021 - P&F Does not like this wine: 80 pointsSweet fruit liquor. Plums and raspberries. I don’t usually care for wines to have obvious sweetness, but if you do, this is a good one for you. |
| Red |
2018 Angels Ink Pinot Noir Monterey Countymore |
1/6/2021 - P&F wrote: 89 pointsPerfectly acceptable mid-week pinot at the $15-20 range. |
| White |
2017 François Pinon Vouvray Silex NoirChenin Blanc more |
9/20/2020 - P&F wrote: flawedBadly corked |
| White |
2018 De Wetshof Chardonnay LescaRobertson more |
9/20/2020 - P&F wrote: 90 pointsSomewhere between old world and new. Drinkable on its own, nicer with food. A little steeliness that keeps it exciting and GV. |
| White |
2019 De Wetshof Chardonnay Bon VallonRobertson more |
9/20/2020 - P&F wrote: 87 pointsAs someone else said, it’s good but not great. Tasty, balanced, probably OK to drink on its own, but nothing I would call interesting. Pleasant. |
| White |
2016 Francois Carillon Puligny-MontrachetChardonnay more |
9/7/2020 - P&F Likes this wine: 91 pointsA food wine, good but not great, hints of the “honeyed complexity“ my wine book said I should find. Seems like it could age for another three or so years, doesn’t seem like it has the structure/fruit to go much beyond that. Pleasant enough for now, however. I wouldn’t call it good value at $60 but I guess that’s Burgundy. |
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