5/3/2024 - MasterWis Likes this wine:

Absolutely stunning wine trending towards quince flavours. Start sweet and finishes dry with a killer acidity. Stunning

5/5/2024 - rnihlen@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Fruktigt, smakrikt. Inte strävt.
Bra fyllighet

5/5/2024 - palfr2 wrote:

At Derek's - suffered in comparison of 03 vintage of the same wine ans 99 NSG Boudots from the same producer. In a word a bit dilute and underpowered consideration of terroir and producer quality. Prompted some at the table to mention that 09 was a very abundant crop and speculate that yields for this plot may have been too high. May have been just a subpar bottle. The tell-tale Vosne spices were unfortunateky absent too.

5/5/2024 - BRIAN OK Likes this wine:

코르크를 열때부터 오크향이 났음.
버섯포르치니파스타랑 먹었음
바닐라 향은 느끼지 못했고
과실향은 은은하게 나는데 오픈 30분 이후에 더 많이 남
베리계열 향이 진했는데
오픈 1시간 이후부터 급격히 향을 잃음

5/5/2024 - colinscellar Likes this wine:

Slightly overripe stonefruit fruit with an almost peach cobbler character with the combination of overripe fruit, vanilla and baking spice , and a clotted cream malolactic flavour and texture.
A little past its best given how ripe the fruit was, definitely rich rather than fresh, but in its mature stage it was still lovely with soft cheese.

5/5/2024 - Burgnick wrote:

Floral and fruity with gentle oak treatment. Very expressive and giving but too light for a prem cru.

5/4/2024 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine:

Similar to prior note after double decanting for 3 hrs; outstanding, drink or hold

5/5/2024 - deverett wrote:

Look, I like it and it is a very well made wine but I just can’t get too excited. Made in an old school style it feels, fairly well balanced but a little heavy on the toasty oak. Fruit holding up well and tannins fine and thread the wine nicely. Dark plummy and blackberry fruit, black olives, firm oak. I can’t see it improving but I don’t feel it will fall over in a hurry either. Under cork.

5/3/2024 - jsmorris707 Likes this wine:

Similar to prior notes after PNP

1/21/2024 - christiaanstout wrote:

Nog niet heel spannend, misschien even wachten of decanteren

5/5/2024 - Burgnick wrote:

Not feeling as strongly as other tasters. Decent but definitely great vintage for Cristal.

4/22/2024 - forceberry wrote:

Unlike the multi-regional Rosado Reservado, this new label is 100% Baga only from Bairrada. 11,5% alcohol.

Quite intense, medium-deep salmon-pink color. The nose feels youthful, fresh and precise with aromas of crunchy apples, some leesy tones, a little bit of melon and a hint of zesty citrus fruit. The wine feels dry, racy and slightly linear on the palate with a medium body and bright flavors of fresh red apples, some saline mineral tones, a little bit of crunchy red currant, light citrus fruit nuances and a hint of incisive steely character. The wine feels brisk and structured with its high acidity. The finish is dry, firm and quite acid-driven with a moderately long, palate-cleansing aftertaste of fresh raspberries and crunchy redcurrants, some saline mineral tones, a little bit of ripe lemony citrus fruit, light crunchy notes of apple and a hint of steely minerality.

A tasty and refreshing little rosé with good sense of freshness and intensity. However, the overall feel is a bit linear and anonymous - while wonderfully fresh, the wine lacks the magic of the Rosado Reservado. Unlike its fantastic bigger brother, which has a rather idiosyncratic character of its own, this wine feels more like a, say, Bandol rosé with an extra dose of refreshing acidity. A good rosé in its own right, but nothing out of ordinary. Good value at 21€ for a bottle in the Curia Palace Hotel restaurant.

5/5/2024 - Eike Does not like this wine:

Definetely not the best Vintage of this wine. A bit flat and a lot of acidity. Flowers in the smell, but not in the taste, misses the freshness of other years.

5/5/2024 - GiovanniG wrote:

Bevuto a St. Moritiz inverno 2024 - Cena con Sachu e Emma, spettacoloso

5/5/2024 - EdLark Likes this wine:

Soft tannins, plummy and floral aromas with tastes of cherry, raspberry and a hint of oak. Drinking beautifully now but has the legs to carry through.

5/4/2024 - AGELVIS Likes this wine:

Two hour decant. Very deep dark intense ruby magenta color. Stewed plum, blackberry, Oreo cookie, tobacco, and black pepper. Dry, spicy, full bodied palate, with good acidity. Full, satiny tannins on the longish finish.

This is a fun drinker. Comes across a touch overripe, but otherwise it’s your classic Bevan intense Napa CS.

5/5/2024 - SussexSB Likes this wine:

Perfectly enjoyable. Lots of fruit. Great Pessac plumpness. Not the most complicated but was surprised how much pleasure it gave for price.

5/5/2024 - Ozmango Likes this wine:

Little change from January notes. This time matched with pumpkin soup.

5/5/2024 - fanglangzhe Likes this wine:

Disgorged 2023. Green apple, other indistinct white pulp fruits, slight lemon/lime, slight salty mineral. 88-89.

4/22/2024 - forceberry wrote:

A blend of Maria Gomes and Bical from estate vineyards in Bairrada and purchased Encruzado from Dão. Fermented and aged for 12 months in new 300-liter French oak barrels. 13,5% alcohol.

Golden, pale-to-medium-deep straw color. The complex nose feels sweet-toned and slightly evolved with rich, quite buttery aromas of lemon marmalade, some bruised apple, light perfumed floral tones, a little bit of browned butter and sweet toasty oak tones, exotic hints of fresh mango and ripe pineapple and a touch of cantaloupe. The wine feels broad, rich and complex on the palate with a full body and juicy flavors of ripe yellow stone fruits, some creamy oak tones, a little bit of browned butter, light exotic fruit notes of mango and cantaloupe, a hint of saline minerality and a touch of toasty oak spice. The mouthfeel is rich with a slightly viscous texture, yet the high acidity lends the wine great sense of balance, structure and freshness. The finish is long, rich and complex with an intense, slightly sweet-toned aftertaste of buttery and slightly nutty oak, some bruised apple tones, a little bit of ripe nectarine, light steely mineral nuances, exotic fruit hints of mango, cantaloupe and honeydew melon and a touch of tangy salinity.

A rich, complex and quite hedonistic white that feels surprisingly similar to a Viña Tondonia Blanco, only with quite a bit more noticeable oak impact. I was quite surprised how pronounced the new oak characteristics still were, even at the age of almost 8 years. However, it feels like age had helped the wine to develop some tertiary complexity and integrate those oaky tones better with the fruit, so the wine is obviously evolving in the right direction. Despite the evolved tones it feels as though this wine is still on an upward trajectory and will continue to develop and improve for many years more. I'd let the wine age for another handful of years, just to let the oaky tones integrate even more. Good value at 65€ for a bottle in the Curia Palace Hotel restaurant.

5/5/2024 - mvmv2000 Likes this wine:

The wine has a rosy colour. The legs are fast. There is no sediment in the bottle. 5
Aroma is subtle strawberry. 3
It tastes of soft strawberry with a dust/flinty edge, with a hint of citrus/grapefruit on finish. 13
The body is light/medium. The wine has smooth texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity. 6
Likability 3

5/5/2024 - BB_RP wrote:

Very good VFM. Nice crisp wine with decent body

5/4/2024 - McManster Likes this wine:

60% Grenache, 21% Shiraz 19% Mataro (Mourvèdre), from a tricky, low harvest year in the Barossa Valley. Smooth, fruity and strong, forest floor and damp earth notes. Had it with bbq beef, which was a solid pairing.

5/5/2024 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine:

Pure deep red and glossy.
Ripe plums and berries with a lovely crushed herb and spice bouquet.
Silky smooth texture, glides across the palate. Seems weightless, plenty of extremely fine tannins, very fine acidity, a long super smooth finish. Fleshy but not heavy, delicious ripe plum and cassis with a fine seam of dark tar spice. Drinking beautifully, aged ahead of it.

5/5/2024 - Jeanda Does not like this wine:

Nez brouillon, robe trouble. Bouche avec un peu de sucre résiduel qui entâche la fraîcheur. Manque de soufre ? Le vin est déjà plat et fatigué.

5/4/2024 - LdnWineSomm Likes this wine:

Excellent work by Felton on this. When people mention the need for a 3hr decant, I don’t disagree.

The nose is tight and wound with potent ripe strawberry, spice box and Szechuan pepper. The palate is layered, complex, with grippy tannin.

I really messed up drinking it this young, drank this one for ‘science’. Really could go easily another 15-25yrs in 75cl. Magnums could be near timeless.

5/5/2024 - BB_RP Likes this wine:

Classic, good quality Gevrey. Will improve with another couple of years to mellow

5/5/2024 - Hilzi Likes this wine:

Beautiful Nebbiolo. Good length, round, floral violet and cherryflavours. Good aftertaste with well integrated acidity and tannins.

5/5/2024 - Rote Kappelle Likes this wine:

The reviews of this vintage are fine but, with one exception, they don't give much sense of whether people actually enjoyed what they had the dread duty of drinking. As Faith No More once sang 'It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it!'

I have enjoyed several bottles of this from my local, usually awful, chain liquor store. Every time I have it, I want to guzzle it and I usually do. If this does not give you a blood curdling erection (or female equivalent, if you are one) and a case of raging desire then one must question whether you need to have someone hold you down and make you listen to Soft Machine's 1968 classic 'Why Are We Sleeping?'. Why, indeed. Wake up, get some wood and guzzle this whilst banging the nearest thing from pillar to post. 'Bella, ciao' should be your musical guide as you finish this wine, especially appropriate for this region.

5/5/2024 - Hilzi wrote:

Nice, well rounded Chardonnay. Good length.

5/4/2024 - Asgeir Pedersen Likes this wine:

First ever Malvasia for me, and this one is from Istria in Croatia.

Golden yellow, hints of apricot, caramel and orange peel, a bit shy at first and if served too chilled.

On the palate; medium to light bodied, again a nice blend of apricot, caramel, orange peel and melon in the background.

The latter part is quite enjoyable to savour, as it slowly builds up, with a spicy and somewhat bitter (astringent) finale.

This is a nicely balanced and quite elegant wine, an aquired taste, one that grew on me as it were. In short, a new and interesting aquaintance, and good value for money.

I would recommend that this wine be given some time to breath, at least one hour. This one being a 2018 vintage, I think it has reached its peak, more or less.

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C'est une première pour moi, ce Malvoisie (Malvasia) originaire d'Istrie en Croatie.

Jaune doré, au nez notes d'abricot, du caramel et d'écorce d'orange, pourtant un peu timide au début et s'il est servi trop frais.

En bouche ; mi-corsé à léger, et là aussi des notes pareil qu'au nez, avec du melon (cantaloup) en arrière-plan.

La dernière partie est assez agréable, car elle se construit lentement, avec une belle finale épicée et quelque peu amère (astringente).

C'est un vin bien équilibré et d'une certaine élégance, un goût acquis on va dire. Bref, une nouvelle connaissance intéressante, et d'un bon rapport qualité/prix.

Je recommanderais d'airer ce vin, au moins une heure. Celui-ci étant un millésime 2018, je pense qu’il a plus ou moins atteint son apogée.

5/5/2024 - smenzies wrote:

Best 1-2 hours post decant .. then softens . Drink next 2 years

5/5/2024 - Eckie wrote:

Just an amazing and very classy Bourgogne Blanc.

5/5/2024 - DrinkerTrev Likes this wine:

The lemon is to the fore once again but liking it this time around. More in the Chablis style this is a great wine when it gets some age. Now a 10 year old Chardonnay. Light lemon and grass nose. Had with roast chicken.

5/5/2024 - conviction buy wrote:

Pop and poured, medium ruby with a murky hue. Enticing aroma of bright red fruits, a little bit stemmy. Dusty on palate, more acidic upfront, dry tannin with medium fruit lingering. Too stringent for my taste and also too pointed though there is decent after taste lingering. Typical of biodynamic?

5/5/2024 - Aleks Che Likes this wine:

Drink now

5/5/2024 - Rote Kappelle Likes this wine:

Klugi Wine's review nails the characters of this wine and they accord with other, professional reviews of this vintage of this wine. One thing I might be able to add to the reviews is that the tannins are a true beauty in this wine. They are that mysterious thing, fully ripe tannins, where the bitter is, of course there, but under that is sweetness and nuttiness and they verge on being the star of the show, not the surly understudy.

Cotta is the Sottimano family's oldest vineyard and the vines average 50- 70 years. As with most of the Neive sub-region, Cotta produces wine that is closer to Barolo in structure and attitude.

I think the combination of maker, cru and the wonderful 2019 vintage has produced a wine that offers pleasure now, but that will evolve and improve over the years and I expect this vintage will vie with 2016 for 'vintage of the decade' status. It is a competition I look forward to judging, hopefully with more wisdom than Paris.

5/5/2024 - dharrison93 Likes this wine:

From 750ml PnP with friends over casual Saturday dinner.

Brilliant. Mature + at a peak, showcasing the finest attributes of the extraordinary '82 vintage.
Deep resonant nose of black, blue, and red berries on a mocha cigar box stage.

If a date, this was Playboy meets Penthouse at a Harvard social.

Years of brilliance left, but don't wait to indulge your fantasies

5/5/2024 - Jim starbuck wrote:

Nothing exciting but solid for price.

5/5/2024 - Jeanda Does not like this wine:

Bouteille ouverte plusieurs heures en avance. Nez timide mêlant notes encore fruitées et notes tertiaires. Boisé bien intégré. La bouche a de jolis tanins soyeux mais manque considérablement de chaire et de profondeur. Creux, ennuyeux et court, trop court ! À revoir...

5/3/2024 - MasterWis Likes this wine:

Very big wine (bottle in perfect condition).
Nothing much to say except everything is there. Tasted blind, and it absolutely delivered.
A wow wine

5/3/2024 - MasterWis Likes this wine:

What a wine. Completely firing. Very complex, intense, long. A really complete wine with a “wow ok” factor from sniff to finish

5/5/2024 - fpg Likes this wine:

Mineralic, refreshing. lemon, salt, basil, white chocolate chip.

4/28/2024 - TheGreenFrog Likes this wine:

A magnum. Wonderful freshness with deep and full flavour. Fabulous wine.

5/3/2024 - MasterWis wrote:

Needs breathing, aggressive on the early mid palate, quite intense. Good length but struggling to identify what it is.

5/3/2024 - MasterWis Does not like this wine:

Past its prime. Trying to say something but in a way stuck and not expressing itself.

5/5/2024 - SimonDong wrote:

97+ great wine

5/5/2024 - HWG99 wrote:

A fun wine. Fermentation in the bottle, cloudy with bubbles at first… lemon cherry jam on the nose, sour sparkling blueberry on the palate.. bitter tannin finishing. Once the bubbles and the structure settled after 2 hours in the glass.. it became less carbonated on the structure and more like a red wine juice. The finishing was light.

5/3/2024 - MasterWis Likes this wine:

Bot in perfect condition. Extremely surprising. Beautiful tertiary notes, the Cabernet well identifiable. Nice bitterness. Not very long, very nice effort regardless on this off vintage

5/5/2024 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine:

One of purchase from Aldi for £10.99 in early 2024. Bright red fruits and ground pepper on the nose. With air the faintest hint of pomegranate and a little grated milk chocolate. Palate is taut with suggestions of clove, a little smoke too. Tannins still need time but are on the way to resolving. Great accompaniment to lamb from the Black Pig in Deal.