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2018 Samsara Pinot Noir Lotus
5/12/2024 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 92 Points
Ripe strawberries, ripe red cherries, fresh tarragon, pine needles, dirt, fresh mushrooms and fresh cracked black pepper on the nose. High intensity of aromas, and smells super concentrated. The palate shows flavors of dust, leather, juniper berries, dried thyme, paprika and tobacco, all atop the same concentrated red fruits from the nose. Finishes, however, with a burst of the ripe black cherries. Medium + intensity of flavors. Texturally rounded, and quite complex.
Medium body with medium + acid and medium lingering tannins. This is a lovely, interesting SRH PN that is really in the top echelon for that category. It's still developing, and while it's pleasurable to drink right now, I do think it will improve with 2-3 more years in the bottle.
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2018 J-M Seleque Champagne Premier Cru Soliste Chardonnay Pierry Les Tartières et Les Porgeons
5/12/2024 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 93 Points
Honeysuckle, ripe apricot, ripe papaya, ripe mango, anise and fennel fronds on the nose. Medium + intensity of aromas. The palate keeps the honeysuckle and stone fruit, adding flavors of chalk, over ripe golden apples, pie crust and toasted hazlenuts. Finishes with a whisp of bitterness. Medium + intensity of flavors. Texturally pretty linear.
Medium + body, medium + acid. Developing. Definitely recommend holding this for 3-5 more years, and it could likely go longer than that as well. I think it would also benefit from decanting if you open it now. Great pairing with fried octopus.
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2020 Tenuta di Nozzole Chianti Classico Riserva
5/11/2024 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dirt, dust, old wood, fresh portabella mushrooms lead the nose, underneath which are aromas of ripe red cherries and red carnbarries. Medium intensity of aromas at this age. Doesn't smell THAT oak-driven for CCR. The palate is more intense, and more primary. It shows flavors of ripe red raspberry, ripe red cherry, new leather and dust with a medium + intensity of flavors. A tad tightly wound at this stage; but showing signs that it will unravel in a great way in the next few years.
Medium + acid with big medium + tannins that probably did a lot to drive the intensity of flavors. Developing. Recommend holding this for at least 2-3 more years. I really like how subtle the oak is on this. Even at this young age, it made a good pairing with ragu Bolognese.
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