5/22/2024 - MaxM1991 wrote:

Farbe: Goldgelb, eher dunkel für SB
Nase: Stachelbeere, Holunder, aber auch leichte Holztöne
Gaumen: Stachelbeere, Holunder, leichte restsüße?
Gesamt: Solider NZ SB, mit etwas Holz (?), gefühlt leichter Süße und weniger Säure, zum tropischen Klima aber passend

Getrunken in Le Meridien Kota Kinabulu

5/22/2024 - randyjc wrote:

Quite a lovely wine - soft and pretty. Bright red flavors of cherry and a bit of not-quite-yet ripe strawberry. Nice acidity and balance. Very friendly and embracing.

5/9/2024 - timewithwine Likes this wine:

Deep purple at the rim shading to almost black at the core. And yes, it’s opaque. Even though this was double decanted, I’m thinking I drank this too young. The color appears almost as a lacquer. It’s beautiful in the glass. But man, was it ever so good! Black fruits on the nose with complimentary injections of iodine, garrigue, and cigar smoke. The attack is big with black fruits leading the way. All of the other elements appear in a big way. The mouthfeel is big, yet balanced. The finish is tremendously long. This is some of the heaviest, most abundant sediment I have ever seen, and that’s saying something. 14.5% alc. With seared pork chops in balsamic glaze. 05.09.2024. Recommended, leaning to Highly Recommended.

2/6/2024 - Rwsmith5 Likes this wine:

Unique wine from vines untouched by phylloxeras. It needs to be accompanied by hearty meats or cheeses..

5/22/2024 - lvjohn wrote:

Lemony citrus elements, minerals, and a bit of sweetness that balances the acids are things that come to mind. There is no hint of wood in the tasting or the nose. It is well made with no off flavors, harshness, or defects. It reminds me of some early Sauvignon Blancs we tried in the 70's and 80's. Synthetic wine stopper was a bit tough to remove, but that's preferable to too easy. Enjoy now. For the money, it's a fine value.

5/22/2024 - dexterng Does not like this wine:

This wine is a perfect example for teaching.

Upon unscrewing, there is this pronounced aroma of black cherry, some smoke and some green bell pepper. Then after a couple minutes the aroma is all gone! It drops from pronounced to medium - / weak! I guess that is caused by some aroma was pumped into the bottle when bottling. Body is full. Acidity is high with medium Alcohol. Medium + tannins.

Taste is much better with medium intensity of the aromas + some liquorice. Finished is medium -, only because I think there was some tartaric acid added into the wine.

Not balanced. Avoid regardless how cheap it is.

5/22/2024 - vitroman Likes this wine:

Good balance, long finish.

5/22/2024 - UniScrewer Does not like this wine:

Color: pale yellow, almost white
Nose: medium- intensity, wool, moussy
Taste: medium-high alco, low accidity, short aftertaste, mineral. Unbalanced with alcohol being in the front.

5/22/2024 - vinorsk wrote:

Delicious-Rich and balanced wine that is well within it’s drinking window, no signs of fading.

5/21/2024 - eboracum wrote:

This bottle came bearing a 94 point sticker from Luc Maroni. I just don't get it. Like the 2016, there was medium+ body, quite complex red fruit laced with orange peel and spice. However, the texture was soft and the acidity only modest making a slightly soggy impression and there is an after-taste of liquorice and musky perfume which, for me, seemed a bit vulgar. Fair.

5/22/2024 - Pancreatitis wrote:

Pineapple, mineral, hint of beeswax.

5/22/2024 - Beerzebub wrote:

Smells good - orchard fruit, honey and mealy aromas, with some oak influence but not too much, and nice freshness as well as some depth. Fruit comes across even more on the palate, juicy stone fruit and pear, fleshy and full-bodied but lifted by good acidity, tasty. Lacks some poise and precision, but an enjoyable, moreish wine.

5/17/2024 - lockestep Likes this wine:

Standard cab, nothing that stood out either in a positive or negative sense. For a hot year cab it does handle the alcohol well, never came across as harsh at any point in the evening or next day.

5/11/2024 - mattmoy_2000 wrote:

First properly summery day this year and so first time trying a white from LdH. I have had this in my cellar for three years and since my wife was out for the evening and the children tucked up in bed, I took the time to open something that requires my attention.

First thought on opening and pouring a sample: "This smells familiar!" Second thought: "it smells just like old Sauternes".

Obviously this is a bone dry wine, quite the opposite to Sauternes, but it has a very similar nose to the 2002 Rayne-Vigneau I had at New Year. Notes of orange, marmalade, apricot (this less pronounced than on the RV).

Served at cellar temperature, 12.5°C/55°F as recommended in various places, I found that it was really a bit too warm and this made it feel a bit flabby in the mouth. After pouring the first glass I stuck it in the fridge and subsequently poured small measures and allowed them to warm in the glass. The cooling helped the wine to present as more fresh and less flabby. Whilst there is acidity in the wine, there's not really enough to support serving it quite so warm.

On top of the Sauternesque nose, there's a noticeable rancio note, and potentially even a bit of VA. There's an almost meaty depth to the rich and voluptuous nose, very similar to the fat of the Iberico served alongside it, an acorn nuttiness, but nowhere near as strong as in an oloroso. There's even a bit of fresh almond there too.

Currently tasting 42h after opening and no noticeable change in presentation apart from perhaps a slight increase in the oxidative notes and a slight decrease in the sauterniness. Saving some more for a subsequent day as CT notes indicated further improvement after a few days.

Served with gazpacho, Iberico, Iberico bruschette, Manchego semicurado (sheep), tomatoes and the best Spanish EVOO I could get my hands on, plus a documentary about the Spanish Civil War.

5/22/2024 - LB88 wrote:

Initially this was a little funky but blew off and developed over the evening. Rich, balanced with apricots and pineapples. Could be a touch more concentrated and longer finish

5/21/2024 - Macman77 wrote:

The nose was more expressive than the taste

5/22/2024 - LB88 wrote:

Beautiful evolved secondary nose of violets and truffles. Initially was a little weak on the palate but gained more with air. Gorgeous and ready

5/21/2024 - afields wrote:

Pretty mediocre, drank with chicken Caesar salad and was passable but had no interest in finishing the bottle after the meal.

2/24/2024 - CCris6537 Likes this wine:

Medium ruby, pleasant aroma of violets, blueberries, black cherries, cranberries, black pepper, sweet spices, vanilla, and cream. This wine is sweet in the mouth, the body is bright, with balanced acidity and elegant tannins, nice aftertaste.

5/22/2024 - maaike2 wrote:

Completely alive. Beautiful nutmeg besides cherry, round, enormous length. Perhaps a little Lack of power . Great performance.

3/10/2024 - CCris6537 wrote:

Medium ruby, with dried prunes, cranberries, strawberries, blackberries, vanilla, and cream. No obvious tertiary aromas, also no bottle aging flavors in the mouth. Medium plus acidity and tannins blends softly and harmoniously with the fruity flavor. The complexity and concentration are not as expected, and the aftertaste is slightly bitter.

5/22/2024 - Raage wrote:

Du haut de ses 9 ans, il déploie un nez confit, solaire, mûr, marqué par son millésime et … une pointe boisée.
En bouche, des arômes de mûre pour le confit , voire de framboises confiturée, de kirsch, d’iris et d’épices apportent plus de complexité; ça morgonne un peu mais avec un texture moins serrée qu’un Morgon, plus fine, presque élégante même. Joli terroir.
Pas regoûté ce domaine depuis, c’était leur 2ème millésime à l’époque (je crois).
89/90

5/18/2024 - lockestep Likes this wine:

This bottle took a while to open up. Astringent at first, about two hours in it finally emerged into a rounded mouthfeel with quite nice fruits on the palate. Not long or complex, but a sturdy bottle. Just give it a long wait or decant.

3/16/2024 - CCris6537 wrote:

Medium ruby, with plum, black currant, red cherry, violet, vanilla, and chocolate. The texture is balanced and soft, with medium concentration and complexity.

5/22/2024 - Jeznuz wrote:

It tastes like raspberry, gooseberry and blueberry.

5/22/2024 - wineton.mee wrote:

The fresh pour was very nice and the first few minutes probably was the best for me, as it does have that mellow, rustic and well integrated oaky nose. Then the Brett took over and it became very distracting. Loads of barnyard and horse poop. Palate was correct but I felt the wine is fading, with high pitched acidity overtaking the fruits.

5/22/2024 - epiphany Likes this wine:

Excellent.

3/27/2024 - CCris6537 wrote:

Bottled on April 8, 2019, disgorged on June 15, 2022. Pale yellow, pear, apricot, apple, grass, sourdough bread, sourdough. On the palate, this wine is simple, the alkaline feeling is obvious, and it feels like drinking sparkling water. The concentration and complexity are medium.

5/22/2024 - wineton.mee wrote:

Darkish wine that is very Vogue but lacking that seductive violet nose that I also identify with Vogue. This rendition of CM has a touch of green, evident oak, dark cherry, and rather persistent tannins. Definitely not the best I’ve seen from them, and is rather average as far as Chambolle goes.

5/22/2024 - maaike2 wrote:

Elegant, some earthiness, beautiful acids, well balanced. Very good wine.

5/22/2024 - winesnout Likes this wine:

Bottle nr. 5 from a case of six. Shows age on the rim, ripe ruby, some bricking. Intense flavors of ripe plum, some cherry, followed by rosemary, cedar and cigar box aromas. Smooth and sweet mouthfeel, definitely mature but has that special sangiovese freshness that I love in Tuscan wines. From a very warm year. Will have my last bottle soon with a steak.

5/22/2024 - omnior wrote:

No

5/22/2024 - Odedis.Wine.reviews Does not like this wine:

Very pale reddish in color.

Dry on the palate with mild complexity.

Light to medium in body with medium plus acidity.

Showing light strawberries, pomegranates, light wood, vegetables and spices.

Tangy short finish with soft tannins and tangy raspberries.

Balanced and easy drinking.

Good by itself or with food.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

87 Points.

$20.

3/28/2024 - CCris6537 Likes this wine:

Pale ruby, nose with hawthorn, red plums, sour cherries, strawberries, raspberries, licorice, spices, and cream. It has high acidity in the mouth, soft and smooth tannins, elegant style.

3/30/2024 - CCris6537 Likes this wine:

Pale ruby, ripe blackberries and blueberries, stewed plums, stewed cherries, baking spices, chocolate, and caramel, high ripeness, high alcohol content, concentrated body, high acidity, and soft tannins.

5/22/2024 - Raywilliams420 Likes this wine:

4 hours of air in the bottle. I normally jump right into this wine but wanted to try something diff. Style has pretty good structure an semi soft tannins but not as bold as it was when I would pop in pour I don’t think the way I approached this wine this time was best Still good but not how I remember when I pop n pour this wine. 91 the way it is currently. 92 when it First was opened.

5/22/2024 - winesnout wrote:

A lovely Carruades from a big year. Still youthful, lots of cherries and plums, some pencil shavings, roasted herbs and licorice. Silky tannins and elegant. Given that I paid Euro 32 when I bought it as future in 2002, it was a steal in hindsight. Definitely no need to rush, but at a beautiful drinking level now.

5/22/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

Already expressive, with complex aromatics of smoky mineral, ripe apple and pear, honeysuckle and chamomile. The palate has flesh and is unctuous through the mid. There's some hazelnut cream and great saline mineral detail to the finish. It is long.

5/22/2024 - GDa202 wrote:

Dried out cork and very stewed prunes in port flavour. Sad.

4/1/2024 - CCris6537 wrote:

Medium gold, pineapple, passion fruit, apricot, orange, honey, cream, relatively round in the mouth, medium acidity.

5/14/2024 - astroman Likes this wine:

Oxidative initially but blew away revealing lovely floral and guava aromas, dense on the palate with vinous like character, full dense body, high acidity and long finish.

5/14/2024 - astroman Likes this wine:

Blend of 3 cep ages, PN, C, M, 3 villages, Ecueil, Sac, Villers aux Noeuds, 3 years, 2017,2018 and 2019. Like this better than the previous bottle I had, salmon like in colour, lovely aromas of yellow flower with good depth, lively acidity, lovely intense palate. Excellent QPR

4/10/2024 - CCris6537 Likes this wine:

Pale yellow, apple, pear, lemon, sea salt, minerals. The wine is round with medium acidity, good concentration, high quality aftertaste.

5/14/2024 - astroman wrote:

V04 which points to base 2004, oxidative, nutty with vibrant acidity, excellent precision, high body with excellent finish.

5/22/2024 - maaike2 wrote:

Blind, side to side with the 1998. Both vintages were dominate by premature aging aspects, lots of earthiness, tobacco, freshness seemed gone in the 1998, in the 2000 obvious spiciness. Both lacked fruit. For me they both were a bit disappointing, the 2000 clear winner. perhaps they show more in 10-20 years? I doubt, but who knows.....

5/22/2024 - maaike2 wrote:

Blind, side to side with the 1998. Both vintages were dominate by premature aging aspects, lots of earthiness, tobacco, freshness seemed gone in the 1998, in the 2000 obvious spiciness. Both lacked fruit. For me they both were a bit disappointing, the 2000 clear winner. perhaps they show more in 10-20 years? I doubt, but who knows.....

5/20/2024 - Jens DT Likes this wine:

Hos Willi og Laura. Godt glas til prisen. Stald og frugt. Fin balance. Køb alt hvad der er råd til😍

5/16/2024 - Jens DT wrote:

Drak med far og Mussi. Ok duft. Smagen for sød til mig. Havde ikke lyst til mere end et glas🤷🏼‍♂️

5/22/2024 - L-C. wrote:

No formal note: Poached dark fruit, juicy, satin like texture, medium body, very good concentration, but also sufficient freshness. Good length. Overall very good, fruit-driven wine with sufficient depth to keep it interesting; really fun to drink.

5/22/2024 - Raywilliams420 Likes this wine:

Interesting nose sweet with a lil bit of funk This is a smell I’ve never smelled in a wine. Wine is a bit past semi sweet. Kind of soft tannins. Earthy cherry flavored. spice on the back end and initially but kind of fades after five seconds an comes back 15 seconds later. Finish lingers on an on. Not my fav cdp but definitely drinkable. This wine sat in the bottle exposed to air for 6 hours I Removed some of the wine initially an let it chill out until trying This is bit hard to fullly describe but it is definitely terroir driven Could possibly get a higher score if this wine starts to integrate with itself better over time.