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2008 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile
3/16/2021 - Billigan Likes this wine: 93 Points
What a powerhouse Riesling! Loads of lemon custard, key lime pie, fresh pears, something floral, and a whiff of kerosene. On the palate, just beaucoup dry extract, sea salt, and lime, with a lovely tension between the rich citrus fruit and intense acidity and minerality that just shellacked my palate. With so much packed in here, this has miles to go, but it’s already a compelling (if a bit aggressive) youngster that will only improve with age.
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2001 Château Suduiraut
2/9/2021 - Billigan Likes this wine: 96 Points
Enjoyed it over five(!) nights with my wife. A wine of great intensity, with all the aromas and flavors of Sauternes packed in, creating a feeling of density and complexity with every sniff or sip. Heady smells of ripe apricot, orange marmalade, toffee, vanilla, and a bit of Xmas cake spice. Incredible weight on the palate, just coating every nook and cranny with marmalade sweetness but undergirded with an equally powerful acidity that stands up ably to the mass of ripe fruit. An absolute knockout with the stuffing to last another several decades and still probably the best value from this justifiably legendary vintage.
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2018 Envinate Taganan
2/9/2021 - Billigan Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lovely aromas of orange peel, hazelnut, and sea spray. Bracing salinity and good texture from the obvious skin contact but perhaps lacking a little weight or heft you'd expect. That said, it made a dynamite pairing with grilled fish and grilled shrimp tacos..
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