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• 2016 Mas de Boislauzon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée du Quet

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  4/24/2024 - ERU wrote: 93 Points

  What? What’s that, I said I would hold off on my 2016 CdPs until at least 2025? Here is a truth about me: I often lie to myself. There you have it.
  
  Decanted four hours. Great wine. Nose of black and red, sparkly fruits. Peppercorn! Deep. Palate of freshly ground peppercorns, those red fruits kicking and savory herbs. The heat on the wine is not unnoticeable but also not distracting. I wonder if I became more sensitive to it when I almost had it come out my nose from reacting to perhaps one of the all-time standout lines in a work of history I’ve ever read. Let’s just say it’s not every day one learns of a seminal moment in history that involves a timely horse neigh brought on by an expertly scented hand. I digress.
  
  Now, I really, really am going to wait on my other bottles. Now is the time for patience so that some humdinger-y evolution can happen. This is in that glorious window for which we all aim. Praise Bacchus.
  
  

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• 2000 Château Calon-Ségur

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  4/8/2024 - ERU wrote: 92 Points

  Total Eclipse Wine. Decanted two hours.
  
  Past its peak. A rather fine nose of muted fruit and leather. Palate of faint fruit, leather and soil. Finish was 5 seconds, then gone without a whisper.
  
  Glad to have had this experience. All the heart and toil people put into crafting this light held together with moisture shouldn’t be so negated by someone like me who is passing judgement while I have a day job clicking a mouse and a wondering which past fork in the road I choose unwisely. So, while no <pause> moment for me, I felt lucky and good to have a taste of this.
  
  Also, the Total Eclipse was fucking awesome. The biblical awesome, not the present-day shadow of the word.

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• 2020 Andremily Grenache

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  4/8/2024 - ERU wrote:

  A Total Eclipse Wine. Decanted five hours.
  
  I’ve been struggling with some New World Grenache. Preliminary evidence suggested I perhaps don’t like them too old. Hence my sacrifice of an infant at the altar of the Total Eclipse.
  
  Well, well made wine. Care went into this bottle. And, sigh, not for me. The previous Grenache SQNs I’ve had made me think that the bombastic style into which they so heavily lean was my problem. Andremily isn’t too far off (shouldn’t be shocked, me), but is more restrained. I’ve been going around and around, grasping for the correct language to convey what my issue is. (My lexicon isn’t big—novice here.) I think it’s that there’s no playfulness? No light, bright beam of joy? It’s Grenache made ponderous, and I’m not sure if I’m okay with that.
  
  Score withheld as I do not wish to taint the ratings pool. It’s a good wine, but not in my wheelhouse. I can’t be mad at that.

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