Mix of red and black fruit on opening, then the wine quickly heads into savory and earthy flavors. Meaty olive and tobacco leaf, then wet dirt and burnt tobacco. A very nice bottle at or just past peak maturity. Enjoyable.
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This is drinking beautifully right now. It’s very aromatic with a mix of garrigue, Black olive tapenade, some cherry fruit but mostly secondary characteristics at this point. There is a sweetness like the Grenache fruit on the first sip and then it gets more savory. Would not have guessed this is 85% Mourvèdre. The tannins are almost resolved. It still tastes quite fresh. Great bottle at a great place to drink now. No real rush but if you have this it is worth opening one now.
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Pear and hazelnut, nice acidity, finishes with a green apple tartness and a rocky, saline mineral undernote. 12.5% abv in a Napa Valley Chardonnay. Really nice. Drinking well now but I think it can age too.
1/26/2013 12:48:00 PM - Marc what date do you have for that Bouchard 04? I thought this was an '02 that I brought, but I could be mistaken. I transcribed this off scrap paper notes accumulated from years past. I thought it was the 02. Anyways, keep in mind my tolerance for oak is much higher than yours, so view my note through that prism.
1/15/2013 10:51:00 AM - I confess, I'm really disorganized. Only got the gumption to sign up here in Dec 2012. Entering some of my old notes of more notable wines and tastings only now. I should have a better handle of what I have, but I need to set aside some time to do it. Maybe I'll get there.
11/28/2012 10:34:00 AM - Hi Mard d - Thanks for the note on the Roagna - I am of the mindset that I'd rather drink early than young. I think now, given the vintage, is a good time to drink. It is dropping it's fruit but the tannins are huge so it can hang on but I would hate to wait. I lived in Piedmont for the past three months and was lucky enough to try an amazing spectrum of wines dating to the 80s. A lot of wines were dead; no fruit but the tannins were still pretty intense so I am leery about aging wine for really long periods of time. Vigna Rinoda is such a beautiful site and there truly is something special about those wines. I am also pretty sure Roagna no longer farms that site, as the winemaker Tomasso Canale passed away and Davide Rosso of Giovanni Rosso bequeathed the vineyard (distant uncle or some weird thing) so maybe you do want to hold on for sentimental value. In my opinion, Roagna made some of the best wines in 2003 from an otherwise mediocre vintage. All my other 03s are falling apart. Hope that helps and sorry that was so long winded.
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Jack O'Briend
1989 Couly-Dutheil Chinon Clos de l'Olive
2/5/2019 - marc d wrote:
Mix of red and black fruit on opening, then the wine quickly heads into savory and earthy flavors. Meaty olive and tobacco leaf, then wet dirt and burnt tobacco. A very nice bottle at or just past peak maturity. Enjoyable.
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2005 Domaine de Terrebrune Bandol Terroir du Trias
8/22/2018 - marc d wrote:
This is drinking beautifully right now. It’s very aromatic with a mix of garrigue, Black olive tapenade, some cherry fruit but mostly secondary characteristics at this point. There is a sweetness like the Grenache fruit on the first sip and then it gets more savory. Would not have guessed this is 85% Mourvèdre. The tannins are almost resolved. It still tastes quite fresh. Great bottle at a great place to drink now. No real rush but if you have this it is worth opening one now.
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2015 Arnot-Roberts Chardonnay Watson Ranch
8/1/2018 - marc d wrote:
Pear and hazelnut, nice acidity, finishes with a green apple tartness and a rocky, saline mineral undernote. 12.5% abv in a Napa Valley Chardonnay.
Really nice. Drinking well now but I think it can age too.
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