4/23/2024 - joshuanage Likes this wine:

This is a monster. A lot of potential, so concentrated, and tannic.
Amazing complexity.
Try again in 5 years ?

4/23/2024 - prasm Likes this wine:

PnP 375 - broken cork, bottom 1/3 pushed into bottle. Appearance: Some cork residue, otherwise clear, deep ruby nearly all the way to the edge with no bricking. Nose: Clean, with developing aromas of cream and dark fruit - blackberry, black raspberry and plum with saddle leather, eucalyptus, and violets - seductive. Palate: Dry, medium acid, medium+ tannin is soft and plush, medium+ body, medium+ intensity, 14.1% abv with developing flavors of blackberry, spice, and tobacco with a long finish.

Balance: Excellent-Outstanding
Length: Outstanding
Intensity: Excellent-Outstanding
Length: Outstanding

A truly exceptional wine still remarkably youthful at 17 years from a 375. Powerful, yet lean at 14.1% abv, this pretty much has it all. Likely near peak, but this has the stuffing to last a decade or more easily. Worth every penny of the $50 paid for it back in 2010.

4/23/2024 - Tosti-Lane Likes this wine:

4/23/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

And a little bit more green and crisp on palate, and nose. And tigher on the palate. Just one village, Vernay, and just one harvest '17, and disgorged in '21. THey own 16 hectares of a single estate. And Champagne this is demeter certified and organic. All about the place and time instead of the black, which is about the creation and craftsman ship. 6 grams, dosage but it feels lower.

4/23/2024 - Double-A wrote:

Currant, smoke, and iodine on the nose. Medium-bodied with dry tannins and a charred currant finish.

2/29/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Clearly the best in the lot, and as good as HM can get. Dense, extracted, expressive. Well advanced maturation, ripe red berries, mokka, chocolate, tobacco, prune. Well structured, complex and with a wonderful length. Can already be enjoyed, but I expect even more in 5 years.

2/29/2024 - CarpeDiem! wrote:

As could be expected for the year, rather underwhelming and diluted. Heavy cedar, floral notes, pivoine, rose. Roast aromas. Don't expect miracles.

4/23/2024 - Double-A Likes this wine:

Fragrant, peachy, floral, and tropical nose. Light-bodied with pleasant flavours and finish.
3/5

2/29/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Dense, though a bit hesitant in the beginning. Tobacco, leather, chocolate. A big potential and enjoyable in about 10-15 years (as usual).

4/23/2024 - MJReb wrote:

Ripe red fruit, still young and primary, one of the very best of its level.

4/23/2024 - AdrianBordone wrote:

Drank with Kat and Elia. Outstanding, as usual.

2/29/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

A pleasant Médoc, well made. Blueberries, vanilla, liquorice, sweet spices, leather, benefiting from a good year. Wait another 3 years.

4/23/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

With some Brioche notes on the nose. They say the oldest or one of the very few Champagne houses that is still family owned. Which gives them allot of access to premier cru and grand cru. They make it the old school way - no malo, it doesn't happen naturally. In the 1950s this changed across the region, but not for them. Lanson, Krug and Salon are the exceptions there. Freshness and crispness but longer aging on the lees is needed to balance that out. So this is 2016 balance vintage and then disgorged '22. And this goes back 1998, bouzy 2003, and then a solera of the black going back 20 years. Long aging for the yeast and bready, and then the spices and layers.

4/23/2024 - Mallards wrote:

This just continues to blow me away. Nearly 14 years old, yet still tasting fruity, earthy and pleasant. Our last bottle, but several 2012s are next.

2/29/2024 - CarpeDiem! wrote:

Very much penalized by its young age, with massive acidity and adstringence, which I can pardon. Red cherries, much wood, nuts, vanilla. Patience, although I don't expect this to ever reach the star vintages!

4/23/2024 - jmcmchi Likes this wine:

12.5% abv, opened four hours, then through vinturi

Soft cherry acidity, restrained tannins, solid qpr

2/28/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

The first 2022. Expressive. Extracted wood aromas, sweet fruit, umami and chocolate. Another pleasant year.

4/23/2024 - Nikdej Does not like this wine:

Simple, sleek and short. Entry level, then better grab something cheaper from Esk Valley

4/23/2024 - honest bob wrote:

From 75cl, perfect cork, P+P and decanted straight out of the fridge—a big mistake. First 90 minutes: new oak, old oak and more new oak; closed and squeaky-textured. It finally opened up at near-room temperature, after 2 hours in the carafe. Lemon curd, liquorice, a complex, gently emollient texture, less acidity than expected. Very fine indeed. Needs air and (despite the 12-14C recommendation on the back label) serving at roughly 15-17C. Probably better in 5 years time.

2/27/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Pleasant, mature. Raspberry, licorice, chocolate in the nose. Medium bodied, expressive on the palate, dominated by sweet, matured berries, chocolate, licorice, toast and animal aroma. Drink now and over the coming year

4/23/2024 - wiscgrad wrote:

fantastic zin. tons of dark red fruit. smooth tannins. a bit pricey, but very well made and drinking wonderfully right now

4/23/2024 - Nikdej wrote:

Peach, lemon, grapefruit, smoky, mineral in the nose. Very dry, sharp and salty. Pretty interesting middle.

4/21/2024 - JohnRachelWine Likes this wine:

Color: dark, brick red, touch of orange/brown edges
Nose: earth, cherry, menthol, tar
Palate: cherry, red fruit, big black pepper, oak
Mouthfeel: soft, juicy start, big spicy tannic finish

Drinking very nicely right now but probably just past it’s prime

2/24/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Pleasant white CdP, with melon, peach, honey, vanilla, butter notes and a subtle citric frame. However a bit overwhelmed by our fried salmon.

4/23/2024 - Nikdej Likes this wine:

I'm a fan of this. Sea air! Lots of citrus, salty, nice wine.

4/23/2024 - vinus_operandi Likes this wine:

gave the glass air for over an hour. wine softened up considerably showing rose and tar on the nose. beautiful cherry fruit with just a hint of bitter almond on the finish. a great langhe nebbiolo but not quite as wonderful as the 2021. great depth of fruit from not necessarily all younger vines. love the line-up of wines from cavallotto. can't wait to taste the 2021 baroli this is top of class as far as langhe nebbiolo goes!

2/24/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Well structured and balanced Sancerre, featuring peach, quince, pears and good minerality. Works well with our fried salmon.

4/23/2024 - GerardoGV Likes this wine:

Deep ruby. Oak. Chocolate. Vanilla. Leather. Red bell pepper. Pepper. Spices. Full body. Polished, round yet firm tannins and a persistent long finish. A beautiful Ribera del Duero.

4/23/2024 - Nikdej Does not like this wine:

I'm not blown away by it, sharp aftertaste.

2/22/2024 - CarpeDiem! wrote:

Dense and expressive, but still rough on the palate. Red berries (notably cherries) liquorice, leather and roast aromas. A minimum of 5 years ageing required.

4/23/2024 - Nikdej wrote:

Floral nose, peach, lime, pleasant wine, a bit sweet

2/22/2024 - CarpeDiem! wrote:

Will never replace the famous "All in one", which was marvelous. Sarva is edgy and heavy acidity. Coffee, roast aromas. Heavy tanins to be sorted over another 3-5 years.

4/23/2024 - TheManFromIronbark Likes this wine:

Great acid, smooth vanilla integration from the wood together with wonderful limey fruit. Very tight structure and good length of palate. A truly great Chardonnay.

4/23/2024 - gboue wrote:

Could not find

2/22/2024 - CarpeDiem! wrote:

Intense but balanced. Blueberries, cassis, garrigue. Needs another 3 years.

4/23/2024 - Yuchen Likes this wine:

开瓶即巅峰
颜色还是比较清透的，但喝着却是集中度很高的
第一口就感觉完全不用醒
华丽的花果香，一点点山楂
整体极为柔和，单宁很弱
finish的时候有微弱的spicy

两小时开始往下走，变的还挺快
喝的时候很爽
但回头想想是不是缺了点结构，这酒能放么

2/22/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Nice Burgundy aromas, well structured. Phenolic, sweet spices, leather, sousbois. Can already be enjoyed.

4/23/2024 - townjbc Likes this wine:

90? Yes! I absolutely love this wine. Bone dry classic Muscadet that is great value.

4/23/2024 - Yuchen wrote:

真的是性价比超高的一瓶酒
酒体稍偏金黄
轻微的柠檬
整体油润，且酸度极其在线

是一支很愉悦且性价比很高的酒！

2/22/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Still fresh and young, balancing dark berries, liquorice, herbal tones, tobacco and roast aromas. Consider waiting another 2 years though to fully develop.

4/23/2024 - fernandezsanandres@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Tasted on a dinner with Ming Fang in Madrid.

Magnificent wine, only 120 bottles made in 2020.

Classic Meursault style, opulent yet incredibly elegant. Very precise and center on the fruit, not reduction, a very pure style that reminds me of Arnoud Ente's wines. Still a bit young of course and lots of aging potential.

Mr Ming takes good care of corks and bottling in order to avoid and prevent premox, really interesting wine and winey, will be in everyone's mouth sooner rather than later.

4/23/2024 - Yuchen Likes this wine:

Ruby and clear
闻起来超级香，草莓山楂，皮革，一层层的迸发出来
同时也有些Smoky
微弱的臭味，但闻起来比pp的香波甚至更为优雅
集中度超级高，酸度中高

开瓶极硬，丹宁很强，颗粒感很强
有一点点的unami

慢慢出现一些vanilla，但丹宁依然很强
不知道丹宁和山楂都很强的酒放些年会怎样

一个半小时后臭味基本没了，丹宁依然在线

2/21/2024 - CarpeDiem! wrote:

Delicate, fresh and well structured, with the typical white Burgundy aromas (flint stone, honey, nuts, butter), but minerality clearly starting to fade. Time to drink up!

2/17/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Exactly where you want this wine to be. Noble cask, leather, caramel, chocolate, tobacco, toast, roast aromas. A pleasure! Drink now and over the coming 3-4 years.

2/16/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Again a step forward since last year. Medium to full bodied, well balanced, featuring mature cassis and blackberries, roast notes, mokka, pepper, leather. No hurry, and another one or two years waiting warranted.

4/23/2024 - Marc wrote:

Dense, tannic, and modern. Opulent fruit, and a nose that references balsamic vinegar, mushrooms, green olives, cedar, and plums. Currently in a monolithic stage of development. Impressive for its power and very firm structure. This is absolutely built for the long hall, although my impression is that it will always remain tannic. Feels like new world fruit with an almost Barolo level of drying tannins. I will give this at least five years to see how the wine develops. Certainly outstanding, but not ready, and feels like an unusual amalgamation of styles. 93+

2/15/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Ohh yess, more of that! A perfectly matured, super-typical Julien. Generous, mature fruit, cigar box and sweet spices in the nose. Perfect balance, elegant and very present, lush tertiary aromas, of tobacco, chocolate, sweet spices, tea, supported by a long, harmonic finish. Go for it, now or over the next 3-5 years.

2/15/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Last had two years ago, and nicely maturing. We gave it a hard time, confronting it with a Léoville Poyferré 2001. Although the excellent Léoville clearly dominated, the Rubin did very well. Intense bouquet of mature, dark berries, cigar box, leather, plum, chocolate, sweet spices. Full bodied on the palate, elegant, dense, yet with lots of finesse and balance. Complex, combining generous, sweet fruit, toast, noble cask notes, chocolate, plum, liquorice, port, tobacco and menthol. Can be enjoyed now, over a decade.

2/13/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

Another last bottle of a lot that often disappointed, but eventually "got there", confirming my recommendation to give the bottle some time to improve. Very typical Rhône expression, medium bodied, with cassis, liquorice, tea, garrigue in the lead. Drink now.

2/11/2024 - CarpeDiem! Likes this wine:

As a nice evolution, my last bottle scores best of the lot, as the wine gained intensity and complexity. Mature dark berry nose, with some pepper, menthol and liquorice. Medium bodied, with dark fruit, toast, plum, pepper, garrigue, chocolate. Well structured and balanced.