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2012 Peter Michael Chardonnay Point Rouge
12/23/2014 - edwilley3 wrote: 100 Points
Unqualified 100 point rating. This vintage of the PR is a stunning wine teeming with an unctuous bouquet of fruit (no lack of Wente and Dijon clone) in a succulent mid-palate, following a glorious nose jam packed with fruit blossoms and other white flowers. The balance and finish are impeccable, showing a perfect seamless structure and concluding with that mouthwatering effect (despite the high fruit sucrosite) characteristic of a perfectly poised wine with appropriate acid levels. This could be only 1 wine and a wine of this type could come only from Sonoma and from the school of winemaking embodied by Helen Turley. I've also had the Mon Plaisir, Ma Belle-Fille, La Carriere, and Belle Cote from this vintage. They are all excellent wines, but the Point Rouge stands head and shoulders above even the Ma Belle-Fille, which is a beautiful and well-crafted wine. If you drink this decanted and at room temperature, the 2012 Point Rouge will be among the best white wines you've ever tried. It will be a poignant wine experience. If you are on the list and actually bought this, you will have a hard time keeping your hands off the 2nd or 3rd bottle. Whether or not you like Helen Turley, this homage to her is quite an achievement for Mr. Morlet. Well done!
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2010 Chalk Hill Estate Red
12/23/2014 - edwilley3 wrote: 92 Points
Rating at 92 but this really fits at 91.5 now because it's really not ready to drink. Potential to reach 93 based on this tasting. La Cave d'Argent described the wine perfectly. If you give this some air you will be rewarded with sweet tannins with a nice structure (as I think of it) of medium acid and graceful earthiness that keeps it from being a simple pleaser without a long shelf life. Once the fruits and light florals came out to play, the olive tones faded into the background mix. I'm not sure that I understand the blend, but it seems to work. I am not sure that a touch more Petite Verdot wouldn't be a better choice than the Carmenere. But I digress. Better than the 2007 vintage at least as I recall from last Christmas.
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2005 Château Lascombes
6/16/2014 - edwilley3 Likes this wine: 93 Points
First bottle consumed since Christmas 2013. Decanted over 6 hours; threw only moderate sediment. The wine really started to open up after 5 hours, showcasing a lovely bouquet of fruits (more red and blue than black) backed up up subtle smokiness and a line of savoriness (salt, a touch of meatiness, etc.) that made this wine scream for a something robustly flavored with herbs such as lamb. (I say "robust", not "bold" or "spice".) Tannins after hour 6 were quite silky, although after just a couple of hours in the decanter a person would have missed the boat on this wine completely, including finding the tannins needing more time to resolve. What impressed me more is that this wine really enters elegantly and grows continually through the mid palate and into the finish. It's undoubtedly a modern Bordeaux but it also exhibits very fine balance and a structure that while not quite seamless is very well done, provided one decants. Honestly, before it got to 6 hours I found that the palate did not meet the expectations created by the nose. I expect a long life ahead. Feel free to drink some now if you are prepared to decant, but by all means try to hold back a number of bottles.
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