Billy Swan
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2010 San Fereolo Dogliani Superiore
11/8/2022 - Billy Swan wrote:
Fascinating wine. Made from a supposedly lesser grape, 12 years after harvest it still feel young. Fruit is alive, shifting between clear red and darker, acidity is on point and cleansing minerality. But there is more to it than this. It's so very Piemonte with flowery sensation (violets), a feeling of tar in a good way, leather, sotto bosco, and ripe rolling tannins that crash your mouth like waves treat a beach. Lovely and will probably keep at least five years more.
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2014 Georges Descombes Régnié Vieilles Vignes
7/18/2022 - Billy Swan wrote:
Magnificent showing. Silk fruit of the highest quality (mostly red currant and strawberries, but lovely undercurrents of cassis as well), rounded tannins and a bunch of dusty granite. The acidity, think zest from ripe oranges, just sucks you in. Do not make the mistake of thinking this is just easygoing, easily forgotten glouglou. The structure is light but seriously strong. Brilliant Beaujolais.
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2009 Dönnhoff Hermannshöhle Riesling Großes Gewächs
4/25/2022 - Billy Swan wrote:
Quite often wine gets nitpicked to death. Is something lacking? Is it to much? Is it 93 or 94 points? In an attempt to take in everything a wine has on offer can result in seeing a lot of trees but not the forest.
However, Dönnhoffs Hermannshöhle just cruises in and puts on THE show. It manages to present itself without any deviations, it’s completely harmonious and elegant and yet intriguing and complex, giving food for thought. The fruit is lovely, a mix of grape, lime, stonefruit and pineapple. The minerals have a whiff of gunpowder, but also slate and limestone. The driving force is the acidity, it powers everything ahead like an arrow shot from a bow - straight into the blue. Lovely now, will surely hold for quite a few years more.
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