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Wine Type
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Vintage
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Variety
Locale
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Red
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2015 Domaine Follin-Arbelet Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru Clos du Chapitre
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 2 hrs
-dark red purple minimal clearing
-low key red/black fruit earthy faint wood
-med/med+ acidity provides a focused backbone to the med weight quite concentrated earthy black cherry with a bit of tar, med/med+ tannins give a mildly rustic feel
-very good quality, still a little tightly wound
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Red
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2016 Domaine Robert Chevillon Bourgogne
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 2 hrs and day 2
-med dark red mild clearing
-cassis black cherry; less expressive on day 2
-med acidity, med weight ripe cassis black cherry stony iron minerality, somewhat austere chalky med tannins and a whisper of wood on the reasonably long finish; more depth of ripe dark fruit on day 2 - delicious
-drinking very well now, killer quality for a Bourgogne - could be a NSG village or even a lower end 1er cru
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White
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2010 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis 1er Cru La Forest
Chardonnay more
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Tasted over 2 hrs
-translucent light-med gold
-mild funk brown spice subtle waxy lanolin
-med acidity, med weight substantial depth and viscosity lemon oil brown spice strong minerality on the finish
-squarely on its mature plateau, maybe picked up some heft in the past few years
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Red
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2004 Faiveley Mazis-Chambertin
Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 3 hrs
-med red mild bricking
-funky savory Gevrey earth sous bois black pepper
-med acidity, med/med- weight lively savory Gevrey earthy spice saline with a little bit of oak on the finish along with some mildly dried out tannins of the vintage
-very enjoyable and exactly what I would expect from the vintage, producer and site, on its mature plateau
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Red
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2007 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Red Rhone Blend more
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Tasted over 1.5 hrs, from 375 mL
-med dark red no bricking
-heady fig spicy fruitcake warm kirsch plum
-med- acidity, big thick unctuous almost syrupy molasses fig plum faint hints of maturity and long burnt caramel somewhat warm finish with med- tannins
-wow, there is a lot there and even in this format still has some years ahead of it, this is one of the few '07 CdPs in my opinion that has lived up to its hype in that it isn't ridiculously hot roasted or grossly imbalanced, while I still prefer cooler vintage old school CdP this is an '07 I can enjoy; really has evolved positively since the last time tasted 7 years ago
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Red
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2020 Michel Sarrazin et Fils Givry Sous la Roche
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 1.5 hrs, suboptimal glassware
-dark red purple
-lovely primary pinot fruit and a bit of barrel spice
-med/med- acidity just enough to provide some cut, med weight lovely spicy purple fruit and a bit of oak, ripe med tannins
-not a lot of complexity and quite primary but open generous and very pretty and delicious
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White
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2019 Producteurs Plaimont Saint-Mont Les cepages preserves
White Blend more
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Tasted from suboptimal glassware. 60% gros manseng, 25% petit courbu, 15% arrufiac
-translucent light yellow
-honeyed sweet
-med/med+ acidity adds a poke to the med- weight honeyed almost demi-sec sweet, waxy finishes dry
-decent
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Red
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2006 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays
Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 4 hrs
-med red mild bricking
-cherry earth spice sweet sous bois
-med/med+ acidity, med/med- weight faded cherry earth spice with a bit of creamy oak remnant blended with the med/med- chalky tannins on the finish, starts to fade by 4 hrs
-fully mature drinking nicely now
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Red
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2009 Domaine Dujac Chambolle-Musigny
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 3 hrs
-nearly semi-translucent med red
-ripe red fruits stem funk spice mature note and some oak
-med acidity, med weight ripe red-black fruit turning the corner into sweet sous bois territory faint medicinal note and finishes with a bit of creamy oak blended into the chewy med/med- tannins
-stylish in an Old World fashion
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Red
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2014 Domaine La Millière Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
Red Rhone Blend more
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Tasted over 2 hrs, bottle from secondary market
-med dark red purple
-juicy grenache vinyl
-med acidity, med weight juicy purple grenache fruit iodine earthy saline sous bois with still med thick tannins
-drinking well now fully mature, with my limited experience tasting this producer I've been impressed with the value it provides - this is refreshingly classic without the oppressive heat that has plagued many CdPs in the past decade
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White
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2019 Copain Chardonnay Tidal Break
Sonoma Coast
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Tasted over 3 hrs
-translucent light gold
-buttery
-med/med+ acidity, med/med- weight crisp orchard fruit, prominent oak
-a crisp wine with nice cut that is marred by a little too much oak, seems like it is trying to be a generic oaky Napa chard rather than the Copains of old
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Red
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2021 Arnot-Roberts California Red
Red Bordeaux Blend more
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Tasted over 2 hrs
-dark red purple minimal edge clearing
-low-key cassis
-med acidity, med weight earthy softly fruited cassis enveloped by a pillow of med+ chalky chewy tannins
-no idea why I thought this would be ready to drink but figured I'd give it a try ahead of the offering of the next vintage, structured and unadorned, and in need of at least 3-5 years to shed some tannins
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White
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2017 Denis Race Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons
Chardonnay more
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Tasted over 4 hrs
-translucent light gold-green
-initial reduction funk blows off then lemony wet stone
-med+ acidity shows up as a gentle poke on the finish that also features a sweet note, med- weight citrus minerality
-drinking well now with an interesting tangy sweetness, stylistically reminds me of Tribut with a touch more elegance
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Red
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2017 Domaine Pierre Guillemot Bourgogne
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 3 hrs
-semi-translucent red-violet
-candied red currant
-med acidity, med-/light weight bright simple slightly tangy and fading red fruit with a touch of spice and minerality
-pleasant light weight Bourgogne, drinking well though on the verge of tiring out
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Red
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2011 Joseph Drouhin Fixin 1er Cru Clos de la Perrière
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 2 hrs, bottle from secondary market
-nearly semi-translucent med red mild bricking
-all about subtlety - wet stone faint dried red fruit kissed with a vaguely smoky herbal note and gentle sweet sous bois
-med acidity gives just enough focus and tang, med weight texturally has an enveloping diffuse creamy soft earthiness, initial bright candied strawberry fades a bit with air, slightly charred sweet oak on the finish contributes to the med tannins
-first time tasting this Cru, red-fruited on mature plateau no hurry overall quite nice with good aromatic complexity but the oak is one notch too high for this vintage because the soft creaminess it imparts comes at the price of obscuring some of the underlying terroir
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Red
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2009 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée
Red Rhone Blend more
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Tasted over 2 hrs
-dark red minimal clearing
-expressive fig spicecake black olive licorice molasses vinyl sous bois
-med acidity, med/med+ weight ripe fig spicecake black olive sitting on a bed of dusty earth, a little bit of heat appears with the med/med+ chalky tannins
-great complexity, this is drinking beautifully now on its mature plateau, better than a bottle tasted just a few months ago
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Rosé
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2022 Arnot-Roberts Rosé
California
Rosé Blend more
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First rosé of the year. Translucent light pink-orange. Fragrant herbal melon. Not as precise as this sometimes is, with less acidity but more heft and softly textured. Some faded melon and salinity.
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White
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2014 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis 1er Cru La Forest
Chardonnay more
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Tasted over 3 hrs
-translucent light-med gold
-matchstick funk partially blows off, sea breeze
-med+ acidity leads to intensely sappy mineral reduction buffered by a rather generous mid-palate
-very good though at this point not much better than the village Chablis, maybe it will open up and unleash some complexity in the next few years
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Red
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2014 Domaine Parent Pommard 1er Cru Les Argillières
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 2 hrs
-med dark red mild clearing
-sweet ripe fruit oak
-med acidity, med weight faded earthy ripe red and black fruit, med/med+ tannins dominated by oak that is a notch or two too prominent
-OK but oak obscures the underlying material; first time tasting this producer
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Red
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2009 Copain Syrah Brosseau Vineyard
Chalone
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Tasted over 2 hrs
-dark red purple minimal clearing stains the glass
-juicy dark berry with a whiff of savory
-med acidity, med weight earthy dark berry faint licorice, med fine chalky tannins
-quite lovely right now and while the fruit has somewhat faded there is still plenty of structure and mid-palate sap to think it might become more interesting if it picks up mature notes
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White
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2012 Domaine Luneau-Papin Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Terre de Pierre Butte de la Roche
Melon de Bourgogne more
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Tasted over 2 hrs
-translucent light/med gold
-heady lees-y
-med gentle acidity, med/med- weight tangy shell surrounds complex brown spice lees-y faint oak, good length
-very good with some early mature notes but by no means tired, a bit more complex than Pepiere's Briords
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Red
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2008 Domaine Maume Mazis-Chambertin
Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 3 hrs
-nearly semi-translucent dark red purple minimal bricking
-red currant sauvage
-med acidity, med/med- weight vibrant gum drop cinnamon spice red fruit Gevrey spice some noticeable oak, med/med- tannins
-very good though less aromatic and savory than most prior vintages and the last bottle a few years ago; handling the acidity better than the prior bottle, lacking some depth, probably nearing its plateau
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Red
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2005 Bruno Desaunay-Bissey Echezeaux Vieilles Vignes
Echezeaux Grand Cru
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 3 hrs
-med dark red minimal clearing
-low-key subtle dark fruit mild funk
-med acidity, med weight sulking minimally expressive dark fruit with an iron saline spine, med tannins
-not bad but falling short of expectations as this is nearly devoid of any defining characteristics
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Red
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2011 Domaine Bruno Clavelier Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Brûlées Vieilles Vignes
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 2 hrs
-semi-translucent med red
-faint floral
-med+ acidity, light weight almost non-existent mid-palate has just some tart red fruit and apple peel residue on the finish with med tannins
-this is unusually thin and acidic even beyond what I would expect for the vintage and this producer, I'll give this the benefit of the doubt and suspect it is an off bottle
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Red
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2006 Bruno Desaunay-Bissey Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Rouges Vieilles Vignes
Pinot Noir more
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Tasted over 2 hrs; bottle from secondary market
-nearly semi-translucent med red, minimal bricking
-fresh red berry faint rhubarb orange spice
-med/med+ acidity frames the finish nicely, med/med- weight a bit hollowed out sweet red fruit remnants and some sous bois, saline note and med/med- tannins adorn the finish
-good complexity with lively but not harsh acids, lacks some depth but this is quite nice and drinking well now in early maturity
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