| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| Red |
2009 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti EchezeauxEchezeaux Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/16/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 97 pointsHeidi's Group: Oh My! (St. Genevieve, Mpls, MN): Medium dark red color with a 6mm transition. Slow-O for 4 hours. Drank a glass over 2 hours. This has a absolute wow nose. The nose is immensely aromatic with so much complexity and perfume to the spice and dried herbs; cool mint, dark cherry, orange peel, dried coriander, underbrush, with some medicinal herbal and mineral notes. The palate really takes hold over 20 minutes, opening up and showing the pristine red fruits with more subtle darker fruited nuances. Although I think it is the spice, herb and also the forest floor with that purity that really delineates this; though the caressing mouthfeel does as well. Bouyant minerals and depth with soft tannins that lifts the palate on a high toned lengthy finish. Gorgeous bottle, thanks Siggy. 97 to 97+pts. |
| White |
2014 Paul Pernot et ses Fils Bâtard-MontrachetBâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
4/16/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 94 pointsHeidi's Group: Oh My! (St. Genevieve, Mpls, MN): Light medium gold color. Drank a glass over 2 hours. It's been about 3 years since we last had this. Tonight's bottle shows the evolution nicely as this takes on more weight and richness now. Dense, full bodied and round, juicy fruits, orange and more citrus, touches of pineapple, subtle lemon cream, honeyed, loads of oyster shell and ocean minerality. Clearly shows it grand cru power and class. Excellent, and maybe even better in it's brighter youth? Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White |
2014 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru ClavoillonChardonnay more |
4/16/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 95 pointsHeidi's Group: Oh My! (St. Genevieve, Mpls, MN): Light gold color. Drank a glass over 2 hours. This was right on point tonight. A spendid example of what I adore in classically made white burgundy. There is such a deft had at work here; measured, precise, and beautifully manicured. This is the picture of refinement and harmony, a masterful crystalline latticework of minerality, crisp and bright; Meyer lemon, nectarine, and tangerine fruit. This is ultra focused with tension and energy, cool lemon, subtle gunflint, tangerine panna cotta and a cool limestone finish. Great showing. 95+ to 96pts. |
| White - Sparkling |
2002 Dom Pérignon Champagne P2Champagne Blend more |
4/16/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 98 pointsHeidi's Group: Oh My! (St. Genevieve, Mpls, MN): Light plus golden color. Drank a glass over an hour plus. My first experience with the '02 P2, but the regular '02 has been a long time favorite. So it was fun to finally get a chance to try this before my bottles arrive. Explosive and ultrafine bubbles and mousse, meet you from the start and signal the sublime elegance that is to come. Wow, simply beautiful and showing the class and complexity of the extended time on the lees. Caramel, flan, creamy and subtle, pastry crust, pear and mirabelle plum; long and contemplative, almond tart, fine lemon, brioche, toasty, stony minerality, texturally grand! This was a revelation tonight, though not so unexpected. I look forward to drinking this side by side with the '04 P2 and watch the stars align. Blissfully good. |
| White - Sparkling |
2012 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
4/16/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 95 pointsHeidi's Group: Oh My! (St. Genevieve, Mpls, MN): Light gold color. Drank a glass over an hour next to the '02 Dom P2. This was the third time having the '12 including at Taittinger last Fall. This continues to be in that vibrant and fresh mode with plenty of electricity and cut. I fully expect this to evolve even further over the next few years, but it is inspiring now and hard to keep one's hands off when given the opportunity to experience it. Tons of fresh air, tart apple, Anjou pear, toast, tart, great freshness and cut, very bright, green apple peel, very invigorating. 95+(+)pts. |
| Red |
2014 Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon 1882Rutherford more |
4/14/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 91 pointsVery dark red color, 1mm clear edge. PNP, drank a couple glasses over 3 hours. 75% CS, 15% CF, 5% M, 5% PV. Ripe nose with black currants, raspberry, and wild cherry, with some woodsy notes, coarse ground tobacco and underbrush. The palate is medium-full bodied, satiny with tart black currants, dried tobacco leaf, dried earth, dusty minerality, tart cherry with fine tannins. Probably at peak. |
| White |
2021 Walter Hansel Winery Chardonnay EstateRussian River Valley more |
4/14/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 91 pointsLight gold color. Drank a glass over an hour. This was showing more oak today than I recall from the first bottle. Youthful, cedarbox, vanilla, ripe fruits, ripe pear, ripe pineapple with a sweet fruit essence on the nose and palate. Viscous and tangy with more citrus on the back end that buoys the flashy tropical fruits and oak. Not a wallflower, but well made and should integrate nicely over another 2 years. 91(+)pts. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Charles Heidsieck Champagne Brut RéserveChampagne Blend more |
4/14/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsOpened this out on the deck with my parents and sister visiting. First group venture on the deck this year on a beautiful , though breezy day. This drank nicely and was prett consistent with my recent notes. |
| White |
2018 Do Ferreiro Albariño Rías Baixas Cepas Vellasmore |
4/13/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 95 pointsBright light gold color. Drank a couple glasses over 2 hours. This was flat out stunning. I was mesmerized from the first sip. The nose is packed with a sublimely complex melange of fruits that constantly make you contemplate what you just percieved only to find yourelf then 2 or 3 fruits down the line. Fresh peach, lychee, mirvelle plum, acacia flowers, Tropical fruits, Meyer lemon, and lime with ocean air and white stones on the effusive nose. The palate brims with energy, bright and crisp with tantalaizing fruits and great cut. The same fruit drives through the palate, adding orange peel, pretty ocean minerality and more subtle brine. This just goes on and on too. This paired great with our Blue Point oysters and Halbut en Papillote tonight. Absolutely fabulous! We had a touch left today, and I think it was even better if that's possible. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Pierre Callot Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
4/13/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 91 pointsLight gold color. Drank 2 glasses over an hour plus. All Grand Cru fruit from Avize, Cramant, and Chouilly with a low dosage. The nose is yeasty, baked apple, pear and biscuit, fairly fresh with a little air. The palate shows red apple, spiced apple crisp, ginger, biscuit, honey and nutmeg. Maybe not the most elegant, but solid, and a great value for GC grower bubbles. Although I liked it more than my wife did. 91+ for me/90 for her. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2010 Château Coutet BarsacSémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
4/12/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 94 pointsWine Lunch (Gary's Place, Hudson, WI): Light-medium shimmering gold color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. Fresh, youthful nose, with lychee, tangerine, creamy, bright, nectarine, pineapple and floral notes with oh so sublte wisps of spice. The palate is crystalline in purity and superbly balanced to the bright acid and fruit alongside the well masked sweetness here. The fruit is tropical and lively with a creainess and mouth watering aspect that is so refreshing in these "young" Sauternes. Loved it, so nice in the early window. 94(+)pts. |
| Red |
2012 The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Willamette Valleymore |
4/12/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsWine Lunch (Gary's Place, Hudson, WI): Medium red color. Drank a glass over 3 hours. Very pretty dried forest fllor notes on the nose, dried earth and dark berries. The palate was medium plus bodied reflecting the ripeness of the vintage; stainy texture, dark cherry, with cool red berries, underbrush and dried earth. This took on more depth and nuance over the 3 hours. |
| Red |
2012 Beaux Frères Pinot Noir Beaux Frères VineyardRibbon Ridge more |
4/12/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsWine Lunch (Gary's Place, Hudson, WI): Medium-dark red color. Drank a glass plus over 3 hours. this starts you off with fine dried spices, pencil, red currants, and spiced black cherry. This has a medium body, very tangy and the palate shows more pretty red berries with some of the spiced cherry on the back end and more sublte dark fruits. Very nice, though I long for another level from this. Maybe still has a little upside? 92+pts. |
| Red |
2008 Domaine du Château de Chorey (Germain) Corton-BressandesCorton Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/12/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 91 pointsWine Lunch (Gary's Place, Hudson, WI): Medium murky red color. Drank a glass plus over 3 hours. I liked this more at the start. As it first opened it had some reduction, plenty of funk, cherry, iron and blood and earthiness. The longer it was in glass, the reduction become more angular and one dimensional, and obscured the pretty cherry fruit and minerality. Medium full bodied, fine tannins, ready to go. 91+ to 92pts. |
| White |
2012 Domaine Serene Chardonnay Recolte Grand CruDundee Hills more |
4/12/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsWine Lunch (Gary's Place, Hudson, WI): Medium gold color. Drank a glass plus over 3 hours. Offering a distinct contrast to the '13 Bouchard Perrieres in terms of richness and body, this deeply layered and full bodied wine shows plenty of character and complexity. More mature now, I don't think I would push these much further for my taste. A little reductive, orange, orange cream and spiced orange peel, moderate spicebox, rich and honeyed on the nose. the palate is full and more round, reductive, ripe emon, orange cream, spice orange peel, honey, toffee, vanillin, spicy and a little bit angular on the back end. Drink up, 92+pts. |
| White |
2013 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault 1er Cru Les PerrièresChardonnay more |
4/12/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 94 pointsWine Lunch (Gary's Place, Hudson, WI): Light medium gold color. Drank a glass plus over 3 hours. This has really fresh nose with lifted stone fruit, pear, fine dry stone minerals, Meyer lemon, and butterscotch. The bright palate strike me a medium plus bodied, citrus up front, lemon peel, peach, stone, amid good intensity and mouth watering acid and dry extract. Very nice indeed and smack dad in my wheelhouse; I wish I had a couple more these now. |
| Rosé - Sparkling |
NV Laurent-Perrier Champagne Cuvée Rosé BrutPinot Noir more |
4/12/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 93 pointsWine Lunch (Gary's Place, Hudson, WI): Medium plus sockeye salmon color. Drank a glass over an hour. Strawberry, sea spray, rising dough, almond liqueur, candied cherry, allspice, river stones, elegant and classy. This was a little warmer than ideal which had some impact. |
| White - Sparkling |
2006 Pol Roger Champagne Vintage BrutChampagne Blend more |
4/12/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 94 pointsWine Lunch (Gary's Place, Hudson, WI): Light gold color. Drank a glass over 40 minutes. This was quite reminescent of a bottle from magnum a year ago. Lovely toast, almond, roasted filberts, golden apple, ripe, lemon, chalk, and subtle red frut. Broad and vinous 93+ to 94pts. |
| White - Off-dry |
2007 Müller-Catoir Haardter Bürgergarten Riesling SpätlesePfalz more |
4/7/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 93 pointsDon & The Shrimpheads (Craig & Nita's Place): Medium gold color. Drank a small glass to cap off the evening and a surprise dessert. Fusil, bold, peach, mango, tart with hints of citrus, tangy. 92+ to 93pts. |
| Red |
1966 Château BeychevelleSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/7/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 93 pointsDon & The Shrimpheads (Craig & Nita's Place): Dark red color with an 8mm bricked transition. Low neck fill, splash double decanted and filtered with cheese cloth. Drank a glass over an hour. I thought this bottle showed very well. Pencil with a perfume of red fruits, leather and more leather; cassis, damp forest floor and dried mushroom. The palate expands on the leather, earth with cherry, followed by dark berry fruits with hints of cassis and blue fruit with pencil on the back end. 92+ to 93pts. |
| Red |
1966 Château BeychevelleSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/7/2024 - rocknroller wrote: NRDon & The Shrimpheads (Craig & Nita's Place): This bottle had a top shoulder fill with a saturated cork and signs of seepage. Splash double decanted for sediment. The color wasn;t bad, but unfortunately, this just came off somewhat madeirized and not anywhere near where it should be. |
| Red |
1978 Château BeychevelleSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/7/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 92 pointsDon & The Shrimpheads (Craig & Nita's Place): Dark red color with a 7mm bricked edge. Slow-O for 90 minutes. This had a nice texture to it, pencil, cassis, lots of dried earth, peat, cherry, rustic with rustic tannins and a full bodied palate. Started wonky, but turned out well. 92 to 92+pts. |
| Red |
2010 Faiveley Mazis-ChambertinMazis-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/7/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 94 pointsDon & The Shrimpheads (Craig & Nita's Place): Dark red plus color with a 7mm transition to clear. PNP, drank a glass over 90 minutes. Captivating leather flows from the nose, saddle, funk, cherry, Asian spices, damp earth and fine ground pencil. The palate shows cool cherry notes, red currants, cherry cough drops, leather, funk and spice with a medium full bodied frame. Really nice, 94+pts. |
| Red |
2008 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes-ChambertinRuchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/7/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 96 pointsDon & The Shrimpheads (Craig & Nita's Place): Medium dark red plus color. Drank a glass over 90 minutes. Decanted for 3hrs prior to diner & slow-oxed for another 2+ hrs. same bottle as Chablis28. I love this nose with high toned and lifted intensity and perfume, red cherry, rose petals, bay leaf, dried rose potpourri, leather, iron and hints of anise. The palate is shows this pure cherry up front, medium plus in body, with a clinging soft mouth coating texture, on top of the melange of mineral notes and floral essence. This was wonderful. |
| White |
2012 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis Grand Cru Les PreusesChardonnay more |
4/7/2024 - rocknroller wrote: 94 pointsDon & The Shrimpheads (Craig & Nita's Place): Light gold color. Drank a glass over an hour plus in mini vertical of '05, '10, and '12. Also delicious, with a more tropical bend, is the flamboyant 2012. More juicy on the palate, with Mandarin orange out front, nectarine, and a hint of tropical fruit followed by some mouthwatering tropical fruits, pretty mineral notes. This is rounder, but still showing plenty of acidity, and it's very classy. 94+ to maybe 95pts. |
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