5/15/2024 - Rune Schwartz Likes this wine:

Good cherries and rosemary herbs. Good structure with good balanced acid and tannins. Straight forward well made Chianti.

5/14/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Concentrated and dense. Still need some time to release the fruit from the tannin wrapping and hit the sweet spot. Give it 2-3 more years of aging and it is going to be amazing wine.

5/15/2024 - T-Dog McWuff wrote:

Well balanced and rounded very well. still in its prime after 10 years good color. went very well with Moroccan lamb

5/14/2024 - winetobealive wrote:

Sélection de Dina pour vins compris : Nez fumé et vert de laurier, buis. Bouche sur la pomme grany . Très bien maintenant

5/14/2024 - winetobealive wrote:

Sélection de Dina pour vins compris : Nez poivré de fruits noirs, pruneau, cendre. Tanins encore forts mais peu de largeur ou profondeur.

5/14/2024 - winetobealive wrote:

Sélection de Dina pour vins compris : Nez doux de guimauve, légèrement petrolé et oxydation. Plutôt en ampleur qu’en longueur. 89

5/14/2024 - winetobealive wrote:

Sélection de Dina pour vins compris : Nez rond et généreux, beurré même. Fin d’acidité et de longueur. Fin d’apogée. 87

5/14/2024 - winetobealive wrote:

Sélection de Dina pour vins compris : droit et salin, petits amers d’agrumes, citron. Peu expressif en bouche au delà de sa verticalité. 88.

1/25/2024 - SuperSomm wrote:

Medium ruby colour. Medium (+) and youthful nose with ripe raspberry, ripe strawberry, pomegranate and violet. Medium taste of raspberry, strawberry, pomegranate, forest floor, wet leaves and potting soil. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Low tannins. Medium body. A very good South African Pinot Noir. Drink now or over the next couple of years. Goes well with duck, mushrooms, pork or veal.

1/24/2024 - SuperSomm wrote:

Medium ruby colour. Medium and developing nose with red cherry, black cherry, dark chocolate, charred wood, mocha and vanilla. Medium taste of red cherry, black cherry, dark chocolate, mocha, charred wood and vanilla. Long and dry finish. Medium acidity. Medium tannins. Full body. A very good Bien Nacido Pinot Noir. Drink now or over the next couple of years. Goes well with duck, poultry or pork.

1/23/2024 - SuperSomm wrote:

Deep ruby colour. Pronounced and developing nose with charred wood, clove and red plum. Pronounced taste of charred wood, clove and red plum. Medium long and dry finish. Medium acidity. High tannins. Full body. a good Napa Valley Merlot that lacks some length and complexity. Drink now or over the next couple of years. Goes well with beef or lamb.

1/22/2024 - SuperSomm wrote:

Pale lemon colour. Medium and youthful nose with mango, honeysuckle, apricot and peach. Pronounced taste of mango, honeysuckle, apricot, peach and lemon. Long and semi-sweet finish. High acidity. Medium body. A very good Riesling Spätlese. Drink now or over the next five years. Goes well with spicy food.

5/14/2024 - FullmetalHendrix Likes this wine:

2021 Teeter Totter Paso Robles Red Blend. Exceptional wine, initial aroma was rich and contained prominent tobacco, then leather as well as spice. Enjoyable and complex, punches above its price point.

5/15/2024 - gnsti wrote:

체리, 산딸기, 시트러스, 미네랄리티,
좋은 산도에 부드럽고 고운 타닌, 미디엄 투 풀바디
화려한 노즈에 대비되는 깨끗한 질감의 팔렛
구조감도 좋고 약빈같지 않네.
하루 지나니 파우더리한 질감에 세련된 매력도.

지금 먹어도 아주 맛있다.

5/14/2024 - PSPatrick wrote:

13.8% ABV. Dark ruby colour. Black currant, cherry, bitter chocolate, light leather, light tobacco, spices, a hint of mint, and balsamic notes, with good acidity, chocolaty tannin, and very good length of the lightly cocoa-bitter finish. Medium- to full-bodied, smoothly textured, and incredibly balanced. The wine kept developing as time passed and started to show best after three hours of aeration. The balance really stood out. A great Cabernet that drinks well. Still, you can get an equally satisfying experience with a good Pauillac at half the price.

5/14/2024 - llink wrote:

Decanted for 2 hours. Fourth of six purchased on release. Lovely, deep nose of lemons and gunflint. Ripe palate, orchard fruit and spice with a medium weight texture and a long juicy finish. This is great, it could benefit from more complexity on the palate but for $38 on release I can’t expect much more.

5/14/2024 - 831900_ Likes this wine:

Full of tension: dark fruits with some light berries at the end of the palate; pushing the edges of fullness but pulling itself back in; some velvet from the tannin but some dryness, too. Seems early to make a call about this wine, but it is very good.

5/14/2024 - D Davies NZ wrote:

Lovely at cellar temperature. Elegant, delicate and definite gruner :)

5/14/2024 - 831900_ Likes this wine:

Light red in color & shimmering in the light. Beautiful bright red raspberry on the nose, well balanced and super bright, with just a touch of ripeness and a bit weighty on the backend. Very good, and easy to drink without food.

5/14/2024 - David Meddings wrote:

Dark garnet. High toned cherry profile with some sandalwood spice. This was my last bottle of these and I was surprised to find it still had a fine tannic line 18 years post vintage. Body was a bit under what I would like. Balanced and medium length.

Decent but I prefer a fuller expression and I found the tone a bit screechy.

5/14/2024 - merryberry Likes this wine:

Somewhat dark magenta. Dried grass, raspberry, and earth nose. Medium bodied, cranberries, dirty cherries, dry herbs, supportive tannins, tar, and a medium+ finish. Very nice and a good value.

1/21/2024 - SuperSomm wrote:

Pale gold colour. Small and lively bubbles. Medium (-) and developing nose with ripe yellow apples, ripe lemon, toast, biscuit and wet stone. Medium taste of ripe yellow apples, lemon, toast, biscuit and wet stone. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium body. A very good Blanc de Blanc Champagne. Drink in five to ten years. Goes well as an aperitif, or with shellfish.

5/15/2024 - mikita77 Likes this wine:

Eight years after tasting my first bottle. Not much has changed. No signs of tiredness, but at the same time there is nothing lush and generous about 96 Montrose. It is a bit stiff, with all the qualities of a bery good mature bordeaux. Like great lovemaking, but without the love.

1/20/2024 - SuperSomm wrote:

Medium ruby colour. Medium (+) and developing nose with red cherry, ripe raspberry, charred wood, chocolate, forest floor and violet. Medium (+) taste of red cherry, ripe raspberry, charred wood, chocolate, dark chocolate, forest floor and wet leaves. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium tannins. Medium body. A very good Beaune Premier Cru from a fantastic vintage. Drink now or over the next ten years. Goes well with duck, mushrooms, pork, poultry or veal.

5/14/2024 - watcheslover Likes this wine:

97-99

5/14/2024 - Takao wrote:

Tasted blind. Med lemon color. Pronounced aromas of orange marmalade, honey, fresh and dried mango, pineapple, smoke, flint, ripe/candied lemon. Dry, sharp, high acidity, medium body, medium alcohol, long finish. Will age. Shocked by the price, given how good this wine is. Rieslings from other regions have been some of the best QPR wines in the sub-$20 range for me, but I’m adding Austria to the list. Stylistically pretty ripe and aromatic, while keeping its signature piercing acidity. Really tasty stuff. 93+

5/14/2024 - watcheslover Likes this wine:

Really great wine but personally i prefere the 2016 more sensual

5/14/2024 - watcheslover Likes this wine:

The perfect example of what a great St-Emilion should be in a legendary year. Power, smoothness, sensuality and infinite length. A firework! We can start drinking it.

5/14/2024 - watcheslover Likes this wine:

97-99

5/14/2024 - Gnome wrote:

This was nice. Yes, tannins, but a big expressive nose on open. Rich, mouth filling fruit and a very long finish. Very nice now, but will leave other bottles resting for a while.

5/14/2024 - watcheslover Likes this wine:

Fabulous, the best wine of Corse ever tasted

5/14/2024 - wabi47 wrote:

complex nose; a bit softer than i recall, but lovely as always

5/14/2024 - notasfarwest wrote:

What a stunner - one of the best Marie Courtin bottlings I’ve had. Rich, mineral, toasty yellow fruit with just a hint of oxidation and age starting to show. I’ve always been told to let these wines breathe and come to temp for the best enjoyment, and while that certainly didn’t hurt this round, this bottle was on fire from the get. Delicious!

5/14/2024 - Kentw wrote:

A nice and easy drinking Crémant. Good QPR. This bottle was not a sharp or acidic as the last one. Much more balanced and refreshing.

5/14/2024 - joraesque wrote:

Notes of pineapple. Could use more acid. 13% ABV.

5/14/2024 - joraesque wrote:

Just a tad heavy. 13.5% ABV.
88-89

5/14/2024 - signotim wrote:

Ripe style. Very tasty and easy to enjoy. Would never be confused with classic red burgundy, but I like it.

5/14/2024 - scorbett Likes this wine:

Soft, subtle, earthy sangio. A great food wine.

5/14/2024 - GarthWA Likes this wine:

Enjoyed this white!

5/14/2024 - grapenomad wrote:

Pale garnet in the glass. With some decant this opens up abit, but the wine is definitely not overly complex (which was slightly underwhelming) - notes of crunchy cherry, raspberry, damp carpet, violets. Good fruit offering on the palate, but structurally the wine feels somewhat thin, where the acidity and tannins lag behind the fruit and alcohol. Medium finish.

5/14/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine:

Really quite nice. Strong ruby, fine balance and structure, and pure, piquant cherry. Wish I had bought more, as I paid $25 for this years ago. 5-11-17-8: 91/100.

5/14/2024 - dead puddle wrote:

pnp, on my own, served at 14°C in gabriel glass, nose of blackcurrent juice, old wardrobe, blue ink pot and a hint of leather. Rich and promising. palate is different and surpring; fresh, fruity and noble

5/14/2024 - jpcart Likes this wine:

Nicely done. Crisp acidity, tropical fruit on the nose, and more texture than a typical SB. It is still SB and so in my opinion has a ceiling, but for the price it is an absolute steal. Much much better closer to room temperature, when chilled it is harder to see through the acid.

5/14/2024 - evjoh Likes this wine:

The nose is filled with sour citrus, spring flowers, and minerals. The bottle age is starting to throw in some riper, sweeter fruit aromas. The palate is a touch oily which is necessary to counter the intense acidity. Needs an hour long decant now. This is a really beautiful wine that inspires me to explore their other cuvées.

5/7/2024 - thesternowl wrote:

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2022 Sketch pours a bright straw color with medium viscosity. On the nose, the wine is youthful with fascination notes of white and yellow flowers, nettles, lemon, strawberry, orange pith, hot steel, wet stone, and oh the minerals! On the palate, the wine is dry with high acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is so long and ever so saline. This was my first bottle of Sketch (finally!) which has been a bit of a unicorn wine for me. I’ve long had a deep respect for Raul Pérez but this wine has confirmed a special place reserved in my heart for him. They say once bitten… Drink now through 2039.

5/14/2024 - KingsleyZissou Likes this wine:

Very nice new world Viognier from Mt Harlan’s chalky soil — apparently gleaned from some of the original imported vines to California.

Carries a classic perfumed nose of jasmine, citrus blossom, baked apple, mandarin orange, clotted cream, gravel and light spice elements.

Palate shows fleshy full-bodied weight with a nice counter-balance of brisk acidity.

Great, if not as immediately compelling and vibrant as Condrieu.

5/14/2024 - VincentMorey Likes this wine:

A very powerful but too young Tribut Montmains 2019. Despite the fact many say this is a former Forest parcel adjacent or near / part of the Vincent Dauvissat one, this wine is a very opposing style to Dauvissat’s. This could use a longer decant and if drinking pop and pour, it is very austere with very high acidity, strong bitter and preserved lemon and pith flavors, unlike the Dauvissat Forest of the same vintage that has more almond paste flowers and balanced fruit. However with that said it pairs nicely with fatty briney oysters, and seafood with cream sauce, grilled noble and dry aged grilled fish (with richer sauces) fairly easily and mellows out a little. The wine didn’t budge a whole lot within 2 hours. Can age 8 to 10 years easily. Hold if you have them.

5/14/2024 - mayfield Likes this wine:

This is a lovely wine that's still just a little young. Began to open on the 2nd night and is really singing on the 3rd. I'm not that familiar with Barthod but this is a darker-fruited style of Chambolle. Fruit is pure and deep. Lovely juice. This wine has the structure to be decanted and if I had another bottle I would do that, but it will continue to improve for at least 5 more years.

5/14/2024 - aquacongas wrote:

not blind, at the winery
Over his peak, but still drinkable. 92

5/14/2024 - aquacongas wrote:

not blind
Still vivid, good example for 1992