5/5/2024 - chatters wrote:

From Coravin. Peach, mango, a little citrus, polished oak, butter, a little struck match. Tangy rather than juicy; a little soft in fact, fruit slightly muted, touch of struck match, touch of butter. Okay.

3/29/2024 - evanqian wrote:

from 750ml bottle. dark with brown hue. marmalade, apricot jam, honeysuckle and caramel, with a little nut and crème brûlée, dense texture, sufficient acidity to support a large-scale and balanced structure, good on density and length.

It's a bit oxidised, having some port-like flavours, which is not favoured, however, in a rare chance to taste a 27-year-old d'Yquem, how can I expect freshness, I accept it as a flavour of age.

Alc 13.9%, TA 4.8 g/L, RS 120 g/L

Ap 5/5, Ar 12/15, Palate 18/20, Overall 5+5/10
Total 95/100

NM 93 (Vinous 04/2022)
RH 17.5 (JR 02/2020)
LPB 95 (WA 08/2019)
JM 96 (WS 11/2014)
RP 96 (WA 04/2003)
JS 95 (WS 04/2003)

5/4/2024 - chatters wrote:

I must confess this was a little disappointing - I was expecting ripe but controlled dark fruits, sweet spice, a little vanilla and oak in support. I got sharp(ly adjusted) acidity married to baked and slightly burnt black fruits, red and black liquorice. Chewy tannins and coarse and cumbersome. Disjointed and upsetting.

5/7/2024 - pjhr Likes this wine:

As tasty as the last bottle!

5/7/2024 - Wino from Michigan wrote:

Really good. Not as good as 18

5/8/2024 - CPSchoeff wrote:

A surprise with regard to the other vintages I’ve had of this wine. It typically shows a wild bouquet and a fascinating blend of fruit and floral and spice on both nose and palate.

In contrast this 2015 is a bit of a monolith, and could’ve easily been mistaken for a ripely styled Napa Cab. Vanilla and toasty oak with cassis and a dense core of rounded tannins. Hopefully this is an outlier!

5/8/2024 - CPSchoeff Likes this wine:

Pretty classic in the red fruited syrah notes. Loads of peppercorn and rocks with a bit of smoky stuff. Those moody dark red fruits have plenty of attitude and intrigue. Superb balance, wonderful persistence, and a real delight.

PNP and drinking well right out of the gate.

5/8/2024 - peter.mancell@mfg.com.au Likes this wine:

Not bad now but I think it is losing it. I suspect past its best.

5/8/2024 - Bolognese Diner Likes this wine:

It presents itself with its very intense, dense, and thick ruby red color. The aromas emanating from the glass have the depth of red fruit, especially blackberries and sour cherries, with the intensity and penetrating notes of tertiary scents: leather and tobacco first and foremost. In the mouth, it's a burst of energy and strength from a well-structured body, where the interplay of tannins is prominent but unfolds on a delicate carpet.

si mostra con il suo rosso rubino molto intenso, denso, fitto. I profumi che provengono dal calice hanno la profondità della frutta rossa, su tutti more e amarene, con l’intensità e le note penetranti dei sentori terziari: cuoio e tabacco in primis. In bocca è un sussulto di energia e forza di un corpo ben strutturato, in cui il gioco dei tannini è ben presente ma si dipana su un tappeto delicato

4/6/2024 - thewineengineer wrote:

2006-2008 Nebbiolo Tasting (Bologna): Served double blind.
Last battery, also the least one. It shows a more fine and fresh nose than the modern Sandrone, but it is still so tannic to be enjoyed and obviously less complex than the other ones. Actually the less appreciated of the day IMHO. 88

4/6/2024 - thewineengineer wrote:

2006-2008 Nebbiolo Tasting (Bologna): Served double blind.
Last battery, also the least one. Very tertiary at the beginning, then more typical. In the mouth muscles and tannins. Not my favourite today, only better than 2008 Bricco Sarmassa Brezza. 88-89

5/8/2024 - Bolognese Diner Likes this wine:

A beautiful Saint Emilion that, even in a not particularly favorable vintage, has managed to distinguish itself and bring character and pleasantness. 85% Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc with one year of aging in barrels (20% new). It opens with a significant vegetal note of bell pepper, hay, then expands to make room for fruit - dried plums, cherries under spirits, and damsons. Mineral notes emerge, reminiscent of gunpowder, iron filings, almost rusty, undergrowth, and a lovely mentholated note that lifts the nose. In the mouth, it has completely smoothed tannins, medium acidity and freshness, and a beautiful finish that lingers for about ten seconds.

Un bel Saint Emilion che anche in una annata non troppo favorevole ha saputo distinguersi e portare carattere e piacevolezza. Merlot 85% e Cabernet Franc 15% con un affinamento di un anno in barrique (20% nuove). Apre su un vegetale importante di peperone, fieno per poi espandersi e lasciare spazio al frutto, prugne secche, ciliegie sotto spirito e susine. Appaiono poi note minerali di polvere da sparo, limatura di ferro, quasi rugginosa, sottobosco e una bella nota mentolata che eleva il naso. In bocca ha un tannino totalmente levigato, una sapidità e freschezza media e un bel finale che si prolunga per una decina di secondi.

5/8/2024 - CPSchoeff Likes this wine:

A truly enjoyable wine. Complete from start to finish, lively yet full of flavor. Aromas and flavors of black raspberry and stone fruit, some light smoke and spice… tannins mostly resolved now and the tang/tart perception from a couple years ago has rounded out as expected. Elegant, tasty, and fun.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas show a little barbecue meat, bonfire, Asian five spice. With agitation fresh blackcurrant backed by a little plum, touch of farmyard. Juicy, savoury, plentiful drying tannins are relatively silky textured, fruit in the background, needs protein to play nice. Woof.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Blackcurrant over brambles, a little plums, violet, earth, leather, sweet spice, slightly meaty notes here as well as a touch of polished oak; nice nose. Slightly savoury black fruits are juicy on the palate accompany talc textured tannins and a little sweet spice, all persists long. Simple palate. nice though.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Brambles, blackcurrants, earth, leather, sweet spice, a little baked herbs and cranberry underpin these notes, forest floor. In the mouth it's savoury with drying and slightly green tannins that close down the palate, fruit doesn’t really get a look in. Very chewy and touch. Out of whack. Meh

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Fruit tea, brambles, blackcurrant, slight plum, earth, forest floor, a little cigar box, cream, integrated oak. Nice nose (again). Juicy, savoury, non-delineated dark fruits, tannins are mouth coating, slightly drying, touch of leather on the finish, feels a little simple and one dimensional though balanced. Hmm.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Leather, earth, sous bois, Autumn leaves, forest floor, a little bonfire smoke, slightly dried out brambly fruit has a little red berry underpin. Nice nose. Juicy, fleshy, brambly backed by a little raspberry, cranberry, textured and tooled tannic burr persists. Tertiary leather, cedar, a little truffle, very long, belies it's vintage and price point. very good indeed.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas of cream, plums, brambles, baking spices, a little hight toned blackcurrant, biscuit, earth, sous bois with time. In the mouth it's juicy with savoury, slightly bitter, brambly fruit and drying, coarse flour textured tannins that have a leathery underpin. Touch of herbaceous hardness here as well. All travel long. Mmm.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas are initially quite meaty & savoury with pyrazine, pencil shavings, muted and slightly sour red and black fruits, touch of forest floor, leather grows with time joined by some sweaty saddle notes. Slightly dilute on the palate with silky textured drying tannins, meaty notes accompany the muted red and black fruits, medium plus length, slightly disjointed, feels like it is on it's descent. Drink up

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas, a little meaty, tiny touch of tomato leaf, raspberry, brambles, plum, sweet spice, slight forest floor, earth, clay with time. Juicy, fleshy, the fruit has a tiny little bitter tug at the palate, tannins are powdery and in support, finishes savoury, long, nice.

5/7/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Brambles, slight tar, a little liquorice, fresh earth, black tea, touch of mulchy undergrowth and blood with time. The more savoury elements translates to the palate; meaty, touch of yeast extract over non-delineated fleshy fruits, tannins are a background whisper, earthy, leathery notes, mushrooms on the finish. Hmm. Nice but tidy up

5/8/2024 - vvWine.ch wrote:

Sehr typischer Médoc-Duft, viel Cassis, Brombeere, auch grüne Paprika, florale Noten. Saftiger Gaumen, elegant, ausbalanciert, feine Tannine, sehr gute Länge. Bleibt sich selbst treu. Ein sicherer Wert. (En Primeur Tasting April 2024)

5/8/2024 - Bolognese Diner wrote:

Quite disappointing for the little identity it manages to express, the bubble isn't as persistent as you'd like, and ultimately lacks that characteristic that you would attribute to a specific terroir or particularly skilled hand.

Abbastanza deludente per la poca identità che riesce ad esprimere, le bolla non è persistenza quanto vorresti ed alla fine non ha quella caratteristica che riconduci ad un territorio o ad una mano particolarmente illuminata

5/8/2024 - Bolognese Diner wrote:

Intense and complex, woodland strawberries, elderflower, currant. Bread dough, acetone. Hard, fresh, and quite savory, with a fairly persistent balance. Needs a bit more bottle aging, but ready. 89-91

Intenso e complesso, fragole di bosco, fiore di sambuco, ribes. Panificazione, acetone. Duro fresco e abbastanza sapido, equilibrio abbastanza persistente. Manca ancora un pochino di bottiglia, pronto. 89-91

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Again more red then black hued fruit initially, plums, strawberry over blackcurrant & bramble, a little almost poached rhubarb note, some cream, vanilla, with time the blackcurrant grows on the nose. That rhubarb note translates to the palate joining the blackcurrant fruit, tannins are slightly chalky, coarse, with a touch of astringency, all travels long. Okay.

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas of ripe red fruit and earth, with agitation a touch of mocha, blackcurrant, sweet spice joins cedar, savoury, a little hard; again red fruit, plentiful chewy tannins close tings down a little it's a touch astringent as well. Meh.

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Slightly oxidised caramel, earth, leather, red over black fruit, plums over currants, a little forest floor/sous bois, with time in glass black fruit gains the ascendancy with some pyrazine. Juicy, fleshy, drying tannins are talc textured but in support of the softly fleshed red and black fruits, a little leather, mushroom and earthiness in support. Nice.

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Pretty blue and black fruit, plums currant, berry, sweet spice, touch of cedar, slightly jubey. Ooh, slightly more red hued on the palate, berries, plums with a blackcurrant in the background, woody though softly textured tannins, complete the picture, funky, savoury, slightly meaty with fresh herbs. Hmm

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas, a little fresh blackcurrant with a touch of jubey fruit lozenge, a little minty herbaceous note that grows with time, freshly tilled earth. The herbaceous note is more present on the palate, the fruit more fresh/wild, tannins are drying do not dominate. Mmm, simple surprisingly long. Okay.

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Ashy herbaceousness joined by tomato leaf, a little red fruit and biscuit behind this, with time a burnt toast note. Plenty of drying tannins, a little unripe blackcurrant accompanies those herbaceous notes. One for the pot!

5/6/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Dusty black over red fruit; currant, a little red plum, cedar, leather, a touch of forest floor, graphite, pyrazine, slight blood with time. Juicy, fleshy, savoury dark hued fruits, cedar/leathery tannins grip the palate, fruit persists, finishes long assisted by non-intrusive alcohol warmth with a little creamy note. Yum

5/7/2024 - larsth wrote:

First bottle of a case bought on release. Expressive elegant pinot nose with red and black fruits. Power and tension combined. In its early drinking window as tertiary aromas have not emerged yet but still very good now.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Wet forest, brambly black fruits, touch of undergrowth, baking spice, distant bonfire, with time a little sweet fruit lozenge and blackcurrant. Juicy, fleshy, generous, a lake of black hued fruit is paddled affectionately by oaken oars, gentle black tea rasp to the tannins, long. Lovely.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Baked black fruits are non-delineated, a little lifted almost volatile note, in the background, some raspberry, strawberry notes, cedar and baked earth, slight red liquorice, touch of cranberry fruit tea. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, baked black fruits, slightly woody tannins are coarse but integrated, touch of liquorice, dried herbs on the medium plus length on the finish. Hmm

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Brambles, blackcurrant, sweet spice, nutmeg, clove, forest floor, cedar, leather, wet earth, a little dried herbs, touch of pyrazine,. In the mouth slightly sour black fruits, that pyrazine note noticeable on the palate, leather, tannins are drying, slightly coarse and, like the 1994, sit apart from the wine. Okay

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Bramble, blackcurrant, forest floor, wet undergrowth, autumn berries, leather, slight bonfire, cedar, slight farmyard and a touch of rot, mushroom here as well. The palate is a reflection of the nose, surprisingly fruit sweet considering age and vintage, tannins are drying, slightly coarse and slightly apart from the fruit and flavours, not integrated though it does not detract. Nice.

5/7/2024 - Xavier Auerbach wrote:

A private dinner (Restaurant Bennie's, Amsterdam, NL): Organic viticulture, in conversion to biodynamic, 15 months in foudres and French oak, 14% ABV. Delightful black cherry fruit, liquorous but fresh, violets and roses, palpable stony grip, good weight but avoids excessive ripeness, spicy slate, silky texture, gently grippy tannins covered in flesh, concentrated but transparent, generous and rounded but with a clear and precise expression, youthfully tight and dry finish, very good length.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Blood, graphite, fresh blackcurrant, leather, sweet spice, slightly lifted notes, confected raspberry in the background with some herbaceous elements showing almost rosemary, in the mouth the fresh black fruits are slightly sour, graphite, leather, a little mushroom in support, tannins are a woody rasp across the palate; like tongue kissing Pinocchio's cat. It's all rather oddly present.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Little bit of cellar stink, red berry and cherry, touch of bramble, wet earth, mulchy leaves, mushroom, slight cedar and cigar box, leather, savoury spice. Super juicy - medium plus intensity acidity without being sharp, those red fruits underpinned by bramble are a little closed out; an impression reinforced by the coarse flour textured tannins. Lovely, smashable.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. From half bottle. Medium minus intensity aromas of plums, sweet spice, a little blackcurrant, touch of alcohol prickle, almost a marzipan quality. In the mouth It has savoury plums and brambles, a little blackcurrant, slight bitterness, tannins are woody with a little vanilla, though quite silky textured, raw silk. Medium plus length. Okay

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Earth, blood, very slight farmyard, brambles, leather, cigar box, cedar, sweet spice, Autumn copse, nice mature nose. On the palate red and black fruits are slightly dried out but still offer some vibrancy. Touch of blood, leathery tannins are chamois soft, simple, long, charming.

5/3/2024 - chatters wrote:

Coravin fun - Bordeaux (My place, Burwood): From Coravin. Slightly leaky cork. Clove, slight menthol/camphor notes, red berries, sweet spice, sous box, a little almost orange peel, dried flowers, touch of cherry, blood. Red hued fruit but with fruit sweet core, fleshy and surprisingly generous, tannins are a silky whisper on the mid palate. All carries long aided by a touch of non-intrusive alcohol warmth. Okay.

5/6/2024 - gilrbo Likes this wine:

PnP, then drunk over three evenings.
Cork is a diam 10, which seems to do its job very well. The wine color is light yellow with green hues. It looks very young. Also the nose gives the impression of a young wine: not much on the fruit anymore, but a classic Cote de Beaune, with no sign of evolution yet. Quite tight on the palate, but it relaxed and became more enjoyable on day 2, after a day in the fridge. A very nice Puligny and absolutely no hurry for the remaining bottles.

5/7/2024 - Xavier Auerbach wrote:

A private dinner (Restaurant Bennie's, Amsterdam, NL): Organic and biodynamic viticulture. Made with 100% Moscatel de Chipiona from "El Camino del Puerto" from "Pago Abulagar" (0.7 ha), 15 months in French oak, 14% ABV, 1550 bottles produced. Rich Muscat aromas and rich and ripe fruit, the nose not unlike a fortified Rhône Muscat, quite dry and refreshing on the palate, good freshness and lots of chalky energy, clear and pure expression, nice fleshy weight, attractive bitters and yeasty complexity, convincing and expansive finish. Excellent and interesting.

5/6/2024 - isbjoern wrote:

Again a lovely bottle. Drinking perfectly now and impressive richness for the vintage and price. Classy Riesling stonefruits, lemony and some green apple, high acidity balanced by a hint of residual sugar. - 90 points

5/8/2024 - Ltim BE Likes this wine:

Lovely open fresh and full of energy. Love it.

5/8/2024 - Ozmango Likes this wine:

Still dark red, bordering on black. Bouquet still delivers ripe berry fruit esters. Sadly, falls on its face in the palate, all soft and smooth with little tannin. Quaffer status confirmed.

5/8/2024 - Odedis.Wine.reviews wrote:

Lemon in color.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with mild complexity. Crisp and refreshing.

Showing grapefruits, limes, minerals and spices.

Tangy and a little bitter for me.

Vernaccia grapes are from 35 year old vines. Aged for 12 months in stainless steel vats.

87 Points.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

5/8/2024 - bluewhales23 wrote:

가성비 최고. 데일리 와인으로 이만한 와인이 없다. 맛있고 산뜻하다.