| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2019 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore OrnellaiaRed Bordeaux Blend more |
5/10/2024 - Gdubya wrote: 94 pointsBriefly Decantered, back in the bottle and drunk over a few hours. Young, has good stuffing and should turn out well. Well made CS, but no real sense of place (sadly). Good though, but probably best left alone for a few years. 93-95 |
| Red |
2014 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de LalandePauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/7/2024 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 94 pointsOver two nights. Svelte with good intensity, dark fruit, some blackberry, faint pencil. Nice wine. I prefer this to the ‘05 and 15 I’ve had in the last couple of years. Possibly some upside as it approaches drinking window. 93-95 |
| Red |
2016 Château Smith Haut LafittePessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/16/2024 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 94 pointsDark fruit, good acidity, felt fresh with good form and nice structure. About 93/95 for me. Will likely improve, but felt somewhat open for business with appropriate air time 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (4) |
| Red |
2009 Château Calon-SégurSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/4/2024 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 93 pointsThis wine seems a little polarising among those I follow on here. |
| Red |
2019 Giacomo Borgogno & Figli BaroloNebbiolo more |
1/21/2024 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 94 pointsNo expansive notes. But nice wine. Glad to have a spare (and should have bought more). 93-95 |
| Red |
2014 Château Calon-SégurSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/7/2024 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 95 pointsRoad testing new Zalto glasses. Initially a Coravin pour, but the cork came out later (which might tell a story) and briefly in a decanter. Nice wine, wonderful nose. Good tension, medium+ bodied, black fruit, tannins feel more resolved. |
| Red |
2012 Cullen Wines Diana MadelineMargaret River Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/12/2023 - Gdubya wrote: 95 pointsSadly my last bottle. Splash decantered and consumed over a couple of hours. Beautiful nose, fine tannin with a touch of graphite. Excellent wine. Bordeaux-esque. Touch and go for 96. |
| Red |
2005 Château Cos d'EstournelSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/5/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 94 pointsDecantered for 20 mins, then back in the bottle for a couple of hours. (Plenty of sediment in the bottle) |
| Red |
2015 Domaine de ChevalierPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/22/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 93 pointsNice wine. Well made and somewhat open for business after a couple of hours in the decanter etc. Black and red fruits, tannins a little AWOL. Enjoyed it, but not blown away. Still 93-94 on this one. Not clear how it improves from here |
| Red |
2005 Château Grand-Puy-LacostePauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/15/2023 - Gdubya wrote: 94 pointsBeautiful nose, soft pliant tannins, creme de cassis. Nice wine, but perhaps I was expecting more from an ‘05? 93-95 |
| Red |
2021 Mount Mary QuintetYarra Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/14/2023 - Gdubya wrote: 94 pointsA slightly bolder expression this time. Perfumed nose and great vigour in the body. Built for a long and interesting ride. 93-95+ |
| Red |
2015 Château La LaguneHaut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/3/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 93 pointsNo notes, but pretty much saw this like the write up from 3 days ago. Could probably stretch an extra point. 92-93+ |
| Red |
2016 Poderi Colla Barbaresco RoncaglieNebbiolo more |
9/2/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 93 pointsIn to a decanter and consumed over a couple of hours. Slightly austere tannins, fruit plays second fiddle. Nice wine, probably best left alone for a couple of years. Something like 92-94 |
| Red |
2018 Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 704 Napa Valleymore |
8/31/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: NRRated highly by some trusted Aussie press. Less so by some of my respected CTers. I don’t know sh1t about Napa, but do know penfolds and cab sav. |
| Red |
2012 Penfolds Bin 389South Australia Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more |
8/13/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 93 pointsAltogether a more cohesive experience now. Felt the Cabernet was more noticeable and the overall wine less volatile. Probably right in the slot for a 750ml, but will definitely go a few more years. 93-94 |
| Red |
2014 Château Léoville Las CasesSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
8/6/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 92 pointsMy first experience with LLC, from the perhaps mixed 2014 vintage. Nowadays it would probably be called “great but heterogeneous” such is the BDX hyperbole these days. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2015 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva MonteficoNebbiolo more |
7/30/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 93 pointsDecantered 2+ hours. Dark in colour, brooding, grippy tannins slightly dominate the fruit/terroir. Nice wine, too young now frankly. Wait 2-3y at least. 93 for now with upside. 93-95 |
| Red |
2010 Château Branaire-DucruSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/23/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 94 pointsDecantered 2+ hours. Black and red current. Elegant wine, in a good spot right now with appropriate air. Something like 94+ 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2015 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/16/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: NR3rd of a six pack. Coravin pour on day one. Decantered the remainder on day 2. Terrific nose, some cassis and blackberry. Was probably better on day one, but this felt a bit more shut down than previous bottles. Possibly needed more air, but will leave the stash alone for a while now. Around 93+ on this showing 9 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2020 Antinori TignanelloToscana IGT SuperTuscan Blend more |
7/9/2023 - Gdubya wrote: 93 pointsPnP from half bottle at a restaurant. Needed time to come round. Not quite at the same level as the ‘19. Nice all the same. Something like 92-94. |
| Red |
2016 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore OrnellaiaRed Bordeaux Blend more |
7/8/2023 - Gdubya wrote: 95 pointsPnP in a restaurant. Wonderfully fragrant nose. Fruit dominant (rather obviously given the age) blackberry, cassis, touch of pencil, very elegant. Very enjoyable experience. Something like 93-95+ for me. Would like to try again in 5 years or so |
| Red |
2019 Antinori TignanelloToscana IGT SuperTuscan Blend more |
7/5/2023 - Gdubya wrote: 95 pointsPnp from a restaurant. Cherry and balsamic notes. Excellent wine, paired well with various cuts of beef. Delicious 94-96+ for me. Will seek out for the cellar |
| Red |
2011 Tenuta San Guido SassicaiaBolgheri Sassicaia Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/4/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 93 pointsSplash decantered and had with food (eggplant parmigiana and eye fillet and Gorgonzola sauce). Not fruit driven, but has a sense of place. Clearly Italian cabsav rather than BDX. Nice, perhaps not spectacular. May have peaked, but don’t have much experience here. Something like 92-94 |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2014 Château d'YquemSauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
6/26/2023 - Gdubya Likes this wine: 95 pointsGolden in colour. Marmalade and candied fruit. Dense, but not heavy or overly sweet. Terrific. 95-96 |
| Red |
2016 Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 407South Australia more |
6/17/2023 - Gdubya wrote: 93 pointsSolid Cabernet. Will be better in 5-10 years. Tastes of South Australia and generic penfolds. Having said that it’s a pretty good wine, glad I have one more. 93-94++ |
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