4/24/2024 - Wineriesling wrote:

Very nice typical champagner with great brioche notes!

4/24/2024 - Somm Enchanted Evening Likes this wine:

Pretty pale lemon color. Soft flowers and apples/pears on the nose. Medium acidity, supple mouth feel, lemon zest and then big apple finish, with a slight touch of minerality. Not one for the decades, but a pleasant sipper that won’t break the bank.

4/20/2024 - Wineriesling wrote:

Very nice fresh but still complex white wine.

4/24/2024 - handsupgor Likes this wine:

It is mind-blowing, showing very concentrated yellow fruits, crisp acidity. The sweetness just keep lifting the floral, peachy notes on nose and palate. Still very youthful, long long way to go

4/24/2024 - Tgood wrote:

NV - mousse and bead of cremant but not champagne of course - fairly deep yellow gold - apples, pears, fermented straw, rather concentrated, flavors and aromas expected from the Jura. High value in the genre of cremant especially if Jura fruit suits your tastes.

4/24/2024 - Wineriesling wrote:

Very nice GV, still fresh but more complex after 5 years, nice golden color with exotic fruit notes, aromas of honey and ananas.

4/13/2024 - Pichoo Likes this wine:

Un blanc italien de qualité qui a merveilleusement accompagné une entrée de saumon fumé. Beaucoup de profondeur.

4/24/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Cream brulee. But its still got acid on the palate.

4/13/2024 - Pichoo wrote:

Quel vin que ce toscan! Jamais il ne déçoit et il vieillit tellement bien. Ce 2011 était un nectar des Dieux, carafé 2 heures et dégusté en accompagnement d'un champvallon à l'agneau. Menoum!!

4/24/2024 - jmcmchi Likes this wine:

Bone dry, high acidity, mineral over sharp green apples, attractive.

Closer to a Saar riesling than traditional Rheingau

4/6/2024 - Pichoo Likes this wine:

AHHH, que voilà un PN à mon goût. Du fruit, certes, mais avec de la personnalité laissant en bouche un réel sentiment de satisfaction.

4/24/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

So rich and succulent and cinnamon toast on the front, crisp on the palate.

4/24/2024 - dkstar1 wrote:

This had to be flawed. Too much of an oxidized flavor (and aroma) though the color looked sound. If it wasn't flawed, this style of Chablis is not to my liking.

4/24/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Vanilla and cream on the nose. Lemon curd and good richness across the palate. Delightful, powerful.

4/24/2024 - Livonietisr Likes this wine:

Aromas of cherry, raspberry, spice, vanilla, tobacco. Wine is dry, full bodied with medium+ acidity and fine tannins. Taste of cherry, plum, vanilla, oak. Long finish. Well done.

4/24/2024 - Pichoo Likes this wine:

Bon PN sans être transcendant mais on l'a préféré au Vignoble Guillaume pris peu de temps avant.

4/24/2024 - jmcmchi wrote:

Pale crimson, softish tannins, a bit innocuous

4/14/2024 - MN Wine Junkie Likes this wine:

I believe this wine received about a 2 hour Slo-O.

This was in a blind line up of some very prestigious 2019 Napa reds (and one 2016 thrown in), specifically:

2019 MacDonald
2019 Kinsman Eades La Voleuse Du Chagrin
2019 Kinsman Eades Anjea Sleeping Lady Vineyard
2019 Colgin Tychson Hill
2019 Realm Absurd
2019 Scarecrow
2019 Harlan
2019 Myriad Elysian
2019 La Pelle Res
2019 Magnificent 7
2019 Cliff Lede Songbook
2016 Colgin Tychson Hill

2016 Colgin Tychson Hill - I believe this wine benefitted from the additional three years of bottle age. My notes were the wine was elegant, silky and easy to drink. It was fruit forward (red and dark) and balanced. Seemed slightly angular at this stage and will definitely benefit from some additional age. Solid 96 today (out of 98) but should gain points with more age.

4/24/2024 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Smelling great and beautiful this year. Really crisp on the palate and tightly nit. Great vivacity.

4/24/2024 - lltl2021 Likes this wine:

Good, but not interesting. Mainly ripe red fruit, A little bit hot (not surprising given 15.8 alcohol). Slightly sweet.

4/24/2024 - VoVo Likes this wine:

Lovely. Bright. Complex. A great companion to many foods.

4/12/2024 - Ernestas Likes this wine:

The densest and most concentrated Amarone I’ve tried, but so is the monumental tannic structure. They green harvest twice, takes 6-7 vines to make a single bottle. Blend of 55% Corvina, 15% Rondinella, 15% Croatina, 10% Oseleta & 5% Corvinone, 70-90 days of drying, 24 months in new US oak. Explosive intensity of kirsch, chocolate, liquorice, roasted herbal, prunes, potpourri, cigar box. Full body, dense and opulent but lighter than 2016, explosive and multidimensional, mid light acidity, sandy high grip tannins.

4/21/2024 - rocknroller wrote:

Small glass. Hi toned, perky yeast notes, green fruits, chalk, fleshy green herbs, tart lemon, taught. Good.

4/12/2024 - Ernestas Likes this wine:

The densest and most concentrated Amarone I’ve tried, no doubt in that, but so is the monumental tannic structure. They green harvest twice, takes 6-7 vines to make a single bottle. Blend of 60% Corvina, 20% Rondinella, 10% Croatina and 10% Oseleta, 70-90 days of drying, 24 months in new 50% FR, 50% US oak. Explosive intensity aroma of dried violet petals, kirsch, potpourri, sweet tobacco, leather, soy sauce. Full body, dense & concentrated, oaky, high tight & firm tannins, explosive depth, endless finish.

3/9/2024 - Pichoo Likes this wine:

Excellent vin blanc italien tout en fraîcheur mais avec de la personnalité. Pas trop d'agrume pour une fois, contrairement à la nouvelle vague!

4/12/2024 - Ernestas Likes this wine:

One of a kind Valpolicella Superiore where most Amarones falling behind for its power, concentration & most importantly balance. Blend of 70% Corvina, 20% Rondinella, 5% Croatina & 5% Oseleta which were dried for 25-45 days, aged in new 70% FR and 30% US barrels for 24 months. Intense aroma of kirsch, licorice, leather, chocolate, prunes, herbs, tar. Full body, concentrated but more restrained than their Amarone. Flavours of dried fruit dipped in chocolate, rum then spiced and smoked, high tannins, long finish.

4/21/2024 - rocknroller wrote:

Ultra-pale greenish gold color. Small glass. Tart, bright, lemon, geat acid, limestone, chiseled and crisp. Drank like an Extra Brut. Very nice.

4/24/2024 - jdrosen Does not like this wine:

Too sweet.

4/23/2024 - AllRed wrote:

Light youthful color with a abundance of dried stone fruit and floral elements in the bouquet. Lovely and elegant. Typical viognier richness on the palate along with white peach, apple and mineral flavors. Well-balanced. A terrific example of the variety.

4/24/2024 - Tay JR wrote:

First thing that hit me on the nose was that coconut note that I found in this year's Passetoutgrain from Lan Seqqua, but more muted here. I'm pretty sure there's new oak here, as with the Lan Seqqua, and that's in part what's producing this particular note. Having said this, I do wonder what kind of oak is being used here, because it tastes neither American nor French. I know there are producers in Japan that use Hungarian oak but in my experience that's even less intrusive than the former two types.

Now, on to the palate - first thing that hit me here was the acidity. I suppose it's not unusual that merlot from Mikasa in Hokkaido would have a ton more acidity than, say, the right bank but even then this was pushing it. Teetering on the edge of being balanced. At 12% ABV, I'm guessing the grapes weren't quite fully ripe and the tannins do feel a little green/stalky.

There's also a bitter, graphite finish that points towards Bordeaux and a surprising amount of intensity and concentration. The vines are 19 years old and some of the oldest vinifera I've heard of for this area.

Overall a perplexing wine, but fascinating to study. Almost makes me wonder if this is the profile people are referring to when they say that "Bordeaux used to be 12% ABV".

4/24/2024 - rocknroller wrote:

Back where you belong old friend. After a couple disappointing bottles, this was showing ripe red apple, spicecake, toast and good energy.

4/24/2024 - BurgundySimon Likes this wine:

Nose: Butter, stone fruit and some flinty minerals.

Palate: Stone fruit, lemon rind, hint of tropical fruit, flinty minerals and butter. Medium plus acidity and long almond finish.

It feels on the classical side in terms of wood usage, the butter and mouthfeel are quite full. But it has some great acidity to keep it in check. There is some nice flinty minerality as well, but it is still on the lighter side not reductive. Enjoyable and complex wine no complaints here.

4/24/2024 - Southkevin2 Likes this wine:

Lovely light dolcetto

1/11/2024 - Gian Likes this wine:

lovely champagne

4/22/2024 - David Paris (dbp) wrote:

Last bottle of a case for me, and first bottle in 5 years. The wine is still fully intact an tasting similarly to as it has for the last decade. Still plenty of tannins and acid holding it all together, but the fruit has began to fade to the background and the acid is not as vibrant as it once was. All the horseyness is still present, as you may expect, though. So since the fruit and acid faded, it's not nearly as interesting or integrated as it was in its youth.

4/24/2024 - domco wrote:

Well balanced, interesting and quite tasty. Lighter than it looks but still more mid-weight overall. Nice fruit, some spice and just enough earthy notes to make interesting without going over the top.

4/23/2024 - cubswinws Likes this wine:

This is really in its sweet spot at the moment. Deep red with plush spicy smoky note.

4/24/2024 - markjanes wrote:

very light color with no red hues, a very fine mousse. on the nose very chalky chardonnay in nature, ripe chablis kind of nose. low to moderate lees... very little background funk, quite clean. on the palate high acids, some creaminess on the midpalate, finishes quite dry and clean, low alcohol. balanced wine with good length, very good intensity, ok complexity. wine has a ton of finesse, a very fine texture, and expresses cool climate, not champagne sparkler very well. i really liked this... don't think you would mistake it for champagne (not earthy/autolytic enough)... don't think you'd call it new world chamnpagne method sparkler either (lacks that phenolic fast malic acid drop too warm thing). drink now and over the next couple years. clean, focused, cool climate, chalky chard sparkler.

4/15/2024 - Tay JR wrote:

I'm not sure what to make of this...

I first had this wine last year in Hokkaido and absolutely loved it. At that time I did feel like there was a slight 'coconutiness' that I found absolutely enthralling.

This particular vintage appears to have taken that 'coconutiness' and pushed it over the edge.

The bones of the great wine are here - nice juicy acidity, good concentration of fruit, well-integrated tannins, and aromatic complexity from the blend of pinot and zweigelt - but I just couldn't get over the odd, resinous, hickory oak chip vibe that persisted even three days after popping this open.

Maybe this is a wine made to age, or maybe I got a faulty bottle, but either ways I couldn't bring myself to like this.

4/23/2024 - cubswinws Likes this wine:

Really outstanding. Touch of oak on opening but within an hour all well integrated. Dark fruit and lush blackberry notes. Sadly my last bottle.

4/24/2024 - alpakwang Likes this wine:

great wine, full bodied with notes of spice and rich fruitiness but balanced on the palette

4/24/2024 - winepog wrote:

Drinking very well. A lot of wines on the table, so that meant this got to warm up a bit. It met the test of being good as it warmed as well as good when served up cold. Cheers!

4/24/2024 - winepog wrote:

A lot of competition on the table, and this was very good, but not great. I think there is a lot of exuberance in CT over this wine, but I don't think it is right for me. Cheers!

4/24/2024 - afields wrote:

One note fruit and overly sweet. Not worth it even for bargain price.

4/24/2024 - JES85 Likes this wine:

Delicious. Bone dry and mineraly. Didnt take long to open up

4/24/2024 - junjay Likes this wine:

On the nose, rich round and sweet dried cherries, figs and plums, with some wild strawberries and what I imagine a boysenberry to smell like (basically something between blackberry and raspberry?). Lovely liquorice, tobacco, clove and a touch of leather and cedar add complexity, as well as dried herbs something that smells like a particularly floral tea.

Similar notes in the mouth (though the fruit takes on a much figgier quality, in an enjoyable way), with a finish that far outlasts the temptation to have another sip. I really loved this.

I saved a little in the fridge but couldn't get to it the next day, and sadly on day 3 this had lost a lot of it's joy. NB some sediment snuck into that last glass too!

4/24/2024 - NMWineLovers Likes this wine:

This wine has held up well beyond the suggested drinking window.

4/24/2024 - wahoo70 wrote:

Spicy, peppery fruit forward nose, with a touch of sweet oak; soft, tangy, fruit forward in the mouth, with more of that spicy, peppery cab franc influence leading into a nice fruity, peppery finish, balanced by smooth tannins. An easy-drinking sipper, and even better with the right food - it went really well with wife's Mexican-style cheesy chicken, beans and rice dish.

4/24/2024 - huse wrote:

Expressive Sauvignon Blanc, sourced from the steep gravelly soils around the Mockhof estate (located at an altitude of 500 meters in the Eisack Valley, South Tyrol). Color: pale green-yellow with silver reflections. Nose: convincing bouquet with pronounced aromas of elderberry, peach, grapefruit, dried herbs and a hint of flint. On the palate: a well-balanced medium-bodied wine dominated by lush gooseberry and citrus fruit and supported by a crisp acid structure. Finish: persistent herbaceous aftertaste with an agreeable touch of bitterness. Food pairing: an ideal partner for all kinds of fish and asparagus dishes. Drinking window: now–2026.

Expressieve Sauvignon Blanc, geteeld op de steile kiezelbodems van het wijngoed Mockhof (gelegen op 500 meter hoogte in het Eisacktal, Zuid-Tirol). Kleur: bleek groengeel met zilveren schakeringen. Neus: overtuigend bouquet met uitgesproken aroma's van vlierbes, perzik, pompelmoes, gedroogde kruiden en een vleugje vuursteen. In de mond: een evenwichtige middelkrachtige wijn gedomineerd door weelderig stekelbes- en citrusfruit en geschraagd door een pittige aciditeitsstructuur. Finale: persistente kruidige afdronk met een aangename bittertoets. Food pairing: een ideale partner voor allerlei vis- en aspergegerechten. Optimaal drinkgenot: nu–2026.

4/24/2024 - markjanes wrote:

extremely deep color, ruby to purple rim. on the nose, earthy and slighty rustic classic bordeaux aromas of cab and merlot. on the palate high acids, moderate midpalate depth, tannins are integrating and present, moderate alcohol. wine has balance, good length, very good intensity. there is finesse, a really fine tecture, excellent expression of place. this bottle felt a bit more evolved than the last one... certainly in the drinking window with a couple hours in the decanter. very nice wine.