| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2006 Colgin CariadNapa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/13/2016 - swp3 wrote: NRStill tightly wound, but showing promise. Too much back end grip with tannins bitter and rough. Needs more integration, but if it comes together it will be special. Enjoyable and classy now and way better than I'm accustomed to drinking. 5 years may do the trick. Check in again in 2021... |
| Red |
2007 Brewer-Clifton Pinot Noir AmpelosSta. Rita Hills more |
8/22/2016 - swp3 wrote: NROur experience of this was a complete surprise tonight. Was braced for a high alcohol, stewy mess given the vintage and too much time past?, but this was a wonderful surprise. Yes, it's a little hot, but there's good acid back bone, some interesting, black cherry/dried cherry flavors with a lift of red cherry and even bitter citrus notes. All that with pretty Asian spice and cola and long, silky finish. I haven't written a wine note in probably 6 months, but this deserved one. Best BC experience in a long time. |
| Red |
2007 Kistler Pinot Noir Cuvée Elizabeth Bodega HeadlandsSonoma Coast more |
12/6/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRPast it's prime... muddled, stewed and hot. Maybe a bad bottle and will try the remaining one tonight. Perfectly stored since release, but not drinking well. We dumped it down the sink after a couple of hours of hoping something would changed. |
| White |
2000 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis Grand Cru Les PreusesChardonnay more |
7/30/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRSee prior note. Barely drinkable. Too bad. |
| Red |
2000 Le Petit ChevalSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/15/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRfirst bottle corked. second bottle perfect drinking really well, and no rush here. |
| White |
2000 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de TonnerreChardonnay more |
5/13/2015 - swp3 Does not like this wine: NRWeeknight with LP. Oxidized. Not as extreme as the 2000 Dauvissats, but undrinkable. |
| White |
2002 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de TonnerreChardonnay more |
5/13/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRweeknight with LP. Integrated but bright. Drinking perfectly. |
| White |
2000 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis Grand Cru Les PreusesChardonnay more |
5/11/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRAt the very outer edge of advanced. Moderate to heavy oxidation. Too bad because there's still a ton of depth and length and minerality and good secondary flavors. |
| White |
2000 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis Grand Cru Les PreusesChardonnay more |
5/11/2015 - swp3 wrote: flawedcompletely gone. brown-tinged and completely oxidized |
| Red |
2001 Baldeschi Montepulciano Marche IGTmore |
5/6/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRSecond try last night with L and similar to prior experience: overripe and oxidized with some funky, meaty flavors lurking beneath. Didn't finish the glass. Swing and a miss. |
| Red |
2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/19/2015 - swp3 wrote: flawedquality issues with these BPW '07 CDPs continue. is this heat damage? i'd venture that the vintage was just impossibly ripe and the wines have turned into oxidized mess, but that's not evident from the notes of others. this was pretty much undrinkable. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2007 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/19/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRFirst of these 2007 CDPs from BPW that doesn't smell of oxidized, stewed fruits. Nose leads with earth, smoke and herbs followed by ripe red and dark fruit. Concentrated and long, but with structure. Runs a little hot, but really enjoyable overall. |
| Red |
2007 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/17/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRhorrendously ripe and pruney. maybe a flawed bottle, but no the first time I've run into this with '07 CDP. wondering if these were heat damaged in transit somehow. |
| Red |
2009 Rhys Pinot Noir Skyline VineyardSanta Cruz Mountains more |
4/11/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRfantastic, sweet, floral aromatics anchored by lavender and earth. sweet flavors of red fruits and lush texture up front that give way to a dark core, and a raw, tannic roughness. there's a fun paradox here of obviousness, pureness and transparency set alongside something unyielding, hidden and unresolved. hints of profound balance and tension, but it will take time. |
| Red |
2005 Pax Syrah Lauterbach HillRussian River Valley more |
4/11/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRThis really, really needed air to show itself, and it is fantastic. Fruit-forward with appealing lushness, but there's so much balance and counterweight too. Rises into smokey, flinty notes with bright acidity and chewy soft tannins. It doesn't dazzle with mulifaceted depth, but there's plenty to contemplate and enjoy. Can't emphasize enough what a few hours of air did for this. In a great spot now, but no rush to drink. |
| Red |
2005 Lewis Cellars Alec's BlendNapa Valley Syrah Blend, Syrah more |
4/10/2015 - swp3 wrote: flawedFlawed. Ethyl Acetate / nail polish. Undrinkable. |
| White |
2012 Maison de Montille Chablis 1er Cru Montée de TonnerreChardonnay more |
4/5/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRClean, balanced and restrained but not especially interesting. Not a great value at $50 or $60. |
| Red |
2001 Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux MontsPinot Noir more |
4/4/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRThought this was great. Surprisingly forward vs what I expected from the notes. Deep dark fruit, but bright aromatics and overall well integrated. Big tannic presence on the back end. Delicious now, but hold? |
| Red |
2007 Clos du Mont-Olivet Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Cuvée du PapetRed Rhone Blend more |
3/31/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRBright, fresh and well delineated flavors, in spite of the ridiculous concentration and ripeness. Finishes hot and chewy with lingering wood notes. Not my favorite, but maybe it integrates better and settles down with time. LP enjoyed more than me. Try again in 2020? |
| Red |
2005 Carlisle Zinfandel Sonoma Countymore |
2/21/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRImpressive that this is 10 years old and drinking so well. Just a hint of oxidative flavors but not the least bit flabby and the core of red and dark fruits suprisingly integrated and delicious. These Carlisle zins definitely improve with age and are a breed apart--and this an entry level bottle at $23. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Pierre Péters Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Sans DosageChardonnay more |
1/25/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRlight yeasty nose and lemon dominate. one dimensional and lean, but clean flavors and a fine bead. turns a little green and puckery on the finish. Disgorged July 2014. At $30 this would be pretty appealing as a light aperitif, but it was probably more than that. |
| Red |
1998 Château Pavie DecesseSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/24/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRabsolutely singing. no rush, but this is in a great place and fresh and bright and just a little chewy. structure, fruit, penetration, complexity and nuance. whole package. |
| Red |
1997 Château de PressacSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/24/2015 - swp3 wrote: NRlike a glass of porcini broth. funky mature flavors ending on a metallic note. med fine tannins and some acid give strucutre, but it's not exactly integrated. |
| Red |
2012 Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas Granit 30Syrah more |
11/30/2014 - swp3 Likes this wine: NRDark fruit, smoke, black pepper. A little too much green-olive, vegetal tinge around the edges, but that integrates with a little time? Satisfying combo of linear, precise flavors, ripeness and grip. |
| Red |
2007 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de mon AïeulGrenache more |
11/16/2014 - swp3 Does not like this wine: NRVirtually indistinguishable from generic vintage port. Another reviewer wrote something akin to that and it's dead-on. Or cheap Amarone. Opened a bottle last night and didn't finish bc it tasted so overripe and oxidized and hot. Alongside a Saxum Broken Bones, which seemed restrained by comparison. Leftovers were even worse today, so opened a second bottle straight from the cellar, assuming a flaw in #1. Same experience. No bueno. |
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