4/18/2024 - SimonDong wrote:

91-92. dry red fruit, high acid, floral, very young but drinks well.

4/18/2024 - Tao wrote:

A complete package, I'm particularly impressed by its ripe, jam-packed black fruits, a great finish! Please read my previous notes, thank you!

4/18/2024 - despore Likes this wine:

4/18/2024 - Odedis.Wine.reviews wrote:

A simple but very drinkable sparkling wine from Italy.

Very aromatic nose of white flowers with citrus notes.

Medium bodied with medium acidity, and medium sized bubbles.

A touch of RS on the palate with citrus, limes, light grapefruits, bitter herbs and minerals.

Short finish with limes and light almonds.

Easy drinking and good for parties.

11% alcohol by volume.

87 Points.

4/17/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine:

Soave & Brunello (Anima e Cuore): Magnificent purity of red fruit, swept up by coffee, rich plum, cinnamon. A touch off-dry, sweet and smooth initially on the palate before a wave of big chewy tannins join the party. It feels painfully young and I'd love this with another decade's age - but it spurred a good conversation around what exactly you do with a wine of such massive scale, 16.5% alcohol and noticeable residual sugar. Our best guess was cheese, but it's certainly not something which is going to work its way into regular rotation.

4/17/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine:

Soave & Brunello (Anima e Cuore): I've had a few of these over the years and it's always hit the spot- gorgeous - very much resolved and ready, but it'll stay at this plateau for a while. Spiced cherry and raspberry, baked earth, rose and crunchy autumn leaves. A subtle hint of bretty animal goodness. It has a louche self-confidence - relaxed about the fact it's a stunner. Cherry on the palate, framed by food-friendly acid and smooth, fine but present tannins, a touch of chew on the finish.

4/16/2024 - chablis28 wrote:

Heidi's Crew at St Geneive Minneapolis "quarterly". CV,KB,LI,SS,CS&DD. Tonight was outstanding & so much so, the group voted to meet monthly going fwd. StG's menu tonight screamed Burgundy so that didn't hurt. Well, this reminds a bit of James Garner's reaction, playing a former President in the movie My Fellow Americans where he boards Airforce One again to attend a funeral for some dignitary at the behest of the sitting President and quips "Hello baby, daddy's home!" as he eyes his old captain's chair reserved for the president. What a wonderful glass of wine tonight. Looking back, I compared drinking this with a long ago 96 LaTache in my head and found this every bit as magical tonight. For this mere mortal this lived up to its exalted status among the best Burgundy has to offer. Purity of fruit, finesse, silky mouthfeel. Truly sumptuous palate and an even more compelling nose with roses & spice galore along with hints of emerging forest floor notes. Yes, this will likely hit even great hights with age but man this was a major head turner tonight. Even in the same flight with a wonderful '10 Rousseau Ruchottes Chambertin "Clos Ruchottes" this found a way to separate itself and inspire awe. Thankyou Siggy!! BTW, I highly recommend My Fellow Americans if you'd like to laugh about politics for a change. Garner & Jack Lemon were among the DRC of comedic actors of their time.

4/17/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine:

Soave & Brunello (Anima e Cuore): Sweet, high-toned, floral - a sense of delicacy that, upon decanting, made me second guess whether the bottle had a slight flaw. But it turns out the lack of chunky assertive ripeness is the intention, and it's all the better for it. Lavender and rose notes, a gentle oak spice lifts the nose. Medium bodied with a sweet, inviting fruit profile - some grip and the bones to develop for some time.

4/17/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine:

Soave & Brunello (Anima e Cuore): Herbal and high toned with a pastille character: smooth fruit, aromatic, saturated red and purple. Quite compact still - it feels young - with a sweet, fruity, slightly simple palate. A dusting of fine, grippy tannins see out a long finish.

4/17/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine:

Soave & Brunello (Anima e Cuore): Sweet fruit, herbal spice, dry tobacco, meaty and pulpy. This has an aromatic and flavour profile lots of people round the table really enjoyed, but it didn't quite resonate with me. Cherry and blackcurrant, sweet and slightly one-dimensional for me on the palate. Tannins are smooth and it's not fully tertiary yet but on its way - a couple of years and it may have come through its current identity crisis.

4/17/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine:

Soave & Brunello (Anima e Cuore): I find Le Ragnaie's style a high-wire act that can be stunning in some vintages, disappointing in others. Unfortunately this falls into the latter category and I don't think the torrid vintage has done it any favours. Surprisingly tertiary and developed for a young wine- quite austere with notes of boot polish, baked earth/ terracotta, fruit a little lacking. I found a roughness, grip, rusticity to the palate - slightly unrefined, which is the opposite of what this estate tends to aim for.

4/17/2024 - merryberry Likes this wine:

Ruddy magenta. Crushed raspberry and earth nose. Medium bodied, cranberries, tart cherries, soft tannins, good acid, and a long finish. Good with food.

4/9/2024 - ChDonath Likes this wine:

Pleasant new discovery here...

Opens up with moderately intense fruit on the bouquet.

From a narrow glas pure raspberries with some bitter finish like raspberry seeds.

From a pinot noir glas more creamy more voluptuous raspberry with hints of vanilla (only 8% of the champagne is aged in oak).

In both cases very precise (dosage 3.5g/L) and zesty dry and fresh at the same time.
Lime and chalk are buried underneath the raspberry.

Nice very present acidity yet not completely overpowering.

On the next day

Develops nicely, bouquet shows notes of apple too now, but still mostly crisp raspberry flavor.

Very broad yet super precise 2013 vintage with a nice long acidity.

4/17/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine:

Soave & Brunello (Anima e Cuore): This wine closely matches how I think of the '15 Brunello vintage at this point in its evolution. Fruit-forward with fresh oak, figgy and ripe. Violet, cherry jam on the nose. On returning to the glass some eucalyptus and a herbal complexity starts to emerge. A touch of bitterness alongside ripe red fruit on the palate, lots of ripe tannin and decent length on the finish. This is a big, friendly vintage which wants to please- really appealing and on this showing will benefit from 5 years or so

4/18/2024 - Barolo Raymond wrote:

Indeed still improving since last TN - becoming more elegant and integrated, totally seducing.
Aromas of stewed red fruit and distant barnyard. Savory with red-fruit attack, Dry, mdium-medium(+) acidity, medium fine tannins, medium alcohol (@13% abv) and body. Palate comprises cherry, strawberry, caramel and earth notes leading seducing finish.

4/17/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine:

Soave & Brunello (Anima e Cuore): Intense and immediately appealing - grapefruit, smoke, expensive French oak, floral tones and oyster shell. It's quite exotic, with lime and mandarin. Broad, textural and juicy on the palate but it's clean and flowing - some chalky grip at the end, tempered by bright acidity. Not sure how I'd get on with a full bottle but I liked this as the most 'La Rocca-y' of a vertical, and as a full bore style you may as well enjoy it when it's big, young and full of life.

4/17/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine:

Soave & Brunello (Anima e Cuore): Smoky lime, relatively subdued at first, with something slightly meaty and leathery on the nose. A rubbery tertiary quality too. With air this starts expressing sweet oranges, a ripe and pithy note. Smooth on the palate with acceptable acidity - appealing texture and finishes a little bitter and chewy. This was interesting and drinkable and, as a fellow taster mentioned, ticks many of the boxes of a big, ripe white Burg (or Macon) albeit in its very own style

9/11/2023 - forceberry wrote:

100% Savagnin made with purchased old-vine fruit from an organically farmed vineyard. Fermented spontaneously, aged for 24 to 36 months (depending on the source) in old 500-liter demi-muids. Bottled unfined, unfiltered and without any SO2. 14,5% alcohol.

There's quite a bit of sediment in the wine: the first pour or two are clear straw yellow, but the pours are quite cloudy, more reminiscent of pineapple juice - I heartily recommend to let the bottle stand upright and then decant it carefully. The nose is ripe yet sharp with subtly funky yet not particularly wild aromas of fresh Granny Smith apple, some saline oceanic tones, a little bit of leesy yeast, light sweet peachy notes, a hint of oxidative nuttiness, a touch of lifted eucalyptus character and a whiff of creamy oak. The wine feels ripe, concentrated and pretty structured on the palate with a full body and intense flavors of saline minerality, some juicy nectarine tones, a little bit of caramel, light funky nuances, a hint of oxidative nuttiness and a touch of fresh pineapple. The high alcohol lends some heat to the palate and the quite high acidity keeps the wine firm and structured. The lengthy finish is lively, concentrated and somewhat hot with an intense and slightly sweet-toned aftertaste of fresh pineapple, some nectarine, a little bit of honeyed richness, light funky tones, a hint of saline minerality and a touch of creaminess.

I was surprised how big and ripe this wine was - probably more ripe and concentrated than any other nego Ganevat white I've tasted. You can taste that the ripeness in the sweet-toned fruit flavors, high alcohol and sense of concentration, but true to the classic Jura Savagnin style, the wine is at the same time surprisingly fresh and balanced with an unmistakable streak of saline minerality that seems to be the hallmark of Jura's whites. Although I prefer the leaner, less opulent style of Ganevat whites, this is still a pretty enjoyable effort - as long as one makes sure to decant the bottle! The flavors do get muddled a bit once the wine starts to get cloudy.

4/17/2024 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine:

Soave & Brunello (Anima e Cuore): For my preferences this is on the downslope- it has certainly shed some of its youthful exuberance - smoky and mineral, clarity to the pulpy peach fruit and gains a touch of richness with air. A rubbery tertiary quality - which seems to be a characteristic of La Rocca irrespective of age - comes to the fore here. It just lacks a little energy the flamboyance that's kind of the point of this cuvee for me.

4/15/2024 - Raage Likes this wine:

(Au domaine)
Le pinot sur le fruit, fin et léger, pur et élégant, digeste. Autant « Auguste » doit s’attendre autant les Crays se goutera dès cet été.
90+

3/29/2024 - ChDonath Likes this wine:

So checking on how this one developed after almost four years.

Fairly clear is a much less clean cherry impact at first.
But on the other hand side the wine is also more approachable.
The slightly overdone oak note from some years ago is already less pronounced.

Acidity surprisingly is quite active and more intense than last time (probably burried underneath the oak).

On the other hand side rather simple at the moment with a long aftertaste though.

Second day…

Now mostly clean red currant, drinks more smoothly, acidity still well present.
Some slighty floury apple extract at this phase as aftertaste.

But drinks easily now...

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

Mmm, quite reserved, mineral, nose is alluring, licorice, smoke, really lovely, taut, cherry, pepper, energetic, mineral, restrained, reserved, just wonderful.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre, co-ferment, waits on Mourvedre ripeness to harvest so end up with very ripe Grenache. Very peppery and bright, lifted, fresh, quite seamless, silky, concentrated, dusty, spicy, really lovely garrigue, mineral. Guigasse and Pignan sites.

3/23/2024 - rosuoter Likes this wine:

PnP. Natural cork closure. Dark red core with slightly garnet rim. Very inviting and lovely on the nose showing lots of ripe dark cherries intertwined with notes of muskus and vanilla spice, there is also a tad of earthiness and reduction at the back. The same profile on the palate, a bit less ripe fruit though, it also feels a bit tightened up. Quite structured with long expansive finish. Needs more cellar time, excellent potential.

3/23/2024 - ChDonath Likes this wine:

dg 03/2023

Starts with a subtle apple note and shows fine gentle bubbles.
Dosage is very well balanced and allows for an excellent and precise expression of the fruit and terroir.
Fruity, fresh, lime with hints of chalk...

With a bit time

still an mostly apple driven bouquet with hints of raspberry.

Very crunchy punchy acidity with some dry extract in the mid palate.
Fairly decent long aftertaste and acidity lingers on.

The dry apple extract notes here a spoiling the profile a bit but otherwise tremendous intensity.

On the next day

Extreme intensity is somewhat gone but also the distracting dry extract notes.

Now its a very clean, nicely dense apple style champagne.

4/18/2024 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

Very fresh under Diam. The fruit aromas and flavours are ripe, with notes of peach and mango. There's a flinty/stony note too. It has some honeysuckle and is full and creamy. Acidity is modest but the wine is fresh.

4/18/2024 - LukesVather Likes this wine:

Still much too young, quite closed, but you can taste already the depth and greatness that this wine will bring. Next bottle check in at least 5 years.

4/18/2024 - moxielady wrote:

Bright Fruit, Mineral, slightly acidic, Vigorous bubbles

4/15/2024 - Raage Likes this wine:

(Au domaine)
M’a semblé assez mûr, solaire, gourmand a souhait et tout en rondeur fraîche et minérale. C’est le vin d’été et de bbq de « luxe », glouglou élégant et parfumé, fruité-floral qui séduit a chaque gorgée.
Cela devient un peu cher cependant, mais… c’est bon!
Hâte de gouter 2023 parait-il splendide sur la petite fraise!

4/17/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine:

Option for t 2024 Malbec World Day was t formidable Malbec Argentino (v21, 14% ABV) from Alejandro Vigil & Catena Zapata - proudly well-crafted f old vines at high elevation in Mendoza & far, far away f t typical cheap-murky stuff that this grape for me represents. Dark red, darker core, purple reflections. Nose brimes w heavily concentrated dark fruit f pop, black- & blueberries, plums, violets, tad of vanilla & barrel spice, leading to a fresh, fruit-driven & sweet-silky & vital palate, knock-out, 2m juicy close!

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

80% Grenache, 20% Syrah, later harvest in early October. Mmm, cherry, mineral, quite fresh, garrigue, good energy, concentration is there, chewy but not too much. Very pure.

4/15/2024 - Raage wrote:

(Chambolle)
Sympathique pinot sur le fruit, plutôt élégant en structure et sans lourdeur solaire (parfois 2019) grâce au terroirs acidulés de la commune. Griotte épicée, sous-bois, voilà un Chassagne gourmand et accessible, assez simple avouons-le, mais séducteur.

2/13/2024 - Raage wrote:

Plutot bien aimé ce 21 flanqué d’une belle tension, le petit coté chardo à terroir, assez riche, patiné par le boisé dans un style très classique. Fleurs blanches, notes patissières, fines épices, l’ensemble est un rien flatteur mais si typiquement bourguignon. Sans surprise, doté d’un équilibre appréciable (merci 2021)
En comparaison je n’ai pas du tout apprécié le 2022, plus artificiel, au fruité etrange et sudiste, au boisé excentrique …

3/20/2024 - ChDonath wrote:

87-88

a bit artificial at first, slightly candied

With a bit of time gooseberry notes are most prominent followed by some vanilla.

There is also something subtle vegetal on the aftertaste.
Bubbles are medium in size yet slightly harsh.

Tolerable for 20€ but probably worth less.

4/18/2024 - Pop somm Likes this wine:

10-Year-Old good wine on PNP, short finish, flat acidity on initial taste and middle fruit, but no lingering flavor on first sip. The middle has an equal cab and syrah presence.. Will revisit tomorrow, but clear edge is turning bricky, I think it's reached its drink by date.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

90% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre. Big cherry, punchy, fresh, really juicy, very much on the fruit, but finishes nicely mineral, dusty, pine, garrigue. Really restrained in a good way, polished, pure, so nice, drinkable, measured.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre. Mmmm, really approachable, some chewiness, clean, pepper.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

80% Grenache and 20% Syrah "inside the walls." Super cherry, fresh, punchy, nice energy, a bit of structure, really friendly and approachable.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

50% Grenache with the rest Syrah, Mourvedre, Carignane and Cinsault. Meh, a little flat? Clean, garrigue, not much happening.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Roussanne. Smaller oak barrels. Ahh, much more mineral, quite fresh, white peach, spicy, clove.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

50% stainless and 50% demi-muid, 4 mos in demi, 100% Pink Clairette, spice and clove, lots of pear.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

Floral and flinty, peach, tangerine, really nice flint, Bourbolenc and Pink Clairette for freshness, achieves that quite well. 100% stainless.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

Massive blind tasting flub. Lots of dried fruit and prune, tar, grilled/meaty notes. I thought that was Syrah, but it was actually the 20% Mourvedre. Super plush, spicy, "Asian spice" per Josh Raynolds, quite an intense wine that still is quite primary.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

85-90% Grenache that are all in the 110-120 year old range. 5% each Cinsaut, Syrah and Counoise all from Les Trois Sources area on yellow, sandy soils. Just 1500 bottles per year. OMG, big, powerful, explosive, structured, about 50% whole cluster, but nothing green, really masculine, so much white pepper, raspberry and LICORICE.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

No Syrah, 20% Mourvedre. A little roasted, wow, chewy, powerful, quite explosive, raspberry, earthy, tannin is OFF THE CHARTS, pine, white pepper, this is all about the imposing structure.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

Yellow, sandy soils. 5% Syrah but lots of Counoise, 5-10% to bring more freshness to the Grenache. Very peppery, punchy entry, quite a sweet and pure core, very structured palate, grippy, chewy.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

Floral, baking spice, touch of stem, soil, juicy, vibrant yet surprisingly structured. 65% Grenache and 15% Syrah and then a blend. Lots of pepper, garrigue, bramble with green elements.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

65% Grenache, 20% Syrah, with Mourvedre, Counoise, and Cinsault at 5% each. Carbonic maceration, very clear smoky Syrah on the nose, moves to a super juicy, fresh, cherry, crunchy and approachable wine. Really a nice addition to the portfolio.

4/17/2024 - Eric wrote:

Grenache Blanc 35%, Clairette 30%, Roussanne 10%, Marsanne, Bourbolenc and Viognier. Lots of floral character, oily, very Viognier, a ric and intense wine, really aromatically explosive, spicy, clove, with a "kerosene" aspect.

4/18/2024 - perrez Likes this wine:

already very accessible and fun to drink
if tasted blind it could have been a Prüm at first sight
typical Mosel stinky at the beginning, clearing up with time. pineapple and mango in the background
very mineralic on the 2nd day
was a bit sceptical at the beginning as it was a bit too easy for its price tag, but shows up some potential therefore i am good with it