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• 2005 Château Villars

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  4/23/2024 - wicozani Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Pours a nice fair dark ruby with maybe the slightest amount of bricking. The nose beckons with plum, cocoa, tobacco, herbs and soil. On the palate, wild raspberry joins these notes amidst ample acidity. Quite nice from the PnP, without need for decanting. Have been very satisfied with these inexpensive 2005 Bordeaux reds.

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• 2022 Pine Ridge Vineyards Chenin Blanc Viognier

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  4/5/2024 - wicozani Does not like this wine: 90 Points

  Wow! Pours a light yellow, with the nose beckoning with white flowers, iris, peach and lemon. The same on the palate - the most juicy and tasteful over the past 15 years - with significant minerality amidst the most acidity we've experienced. We've bought this wine in every vintage for the past 15-17 years, and this is the most tasteful and energetic of all we've tasted before. You can't argue with that! Exceptional value here. I keep this on-hand whenever a recipe calls for white wine, especially with chicken or veal marsala recipes.

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• 2018 Carlisle Zinfandel Piner Olivet Ranches Russian River Valley

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  4/2/2024 - wicozani Likes this wine: 92 Points

  PnP and paired with buffalo chili. A dark ruby in the glass, the youthful nose beckons with raspberry, dark cherry, forest floor, and oak spices. An exuberant youthful palate, with very good intensity and concentration along with decent acidity; don't notice the 15% ABV. Still on the young side, may improve yet.

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