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Wine	Like It	Don't Like
2005 Sadie Family Columella	Yes
2011 Henri Boillot Chambertin	Yes
2004 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Romanée St. Vivant	Yes
2003 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Charmes-Chambertin	Yes
2016 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières	Yes
2008 Joseph Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge	Yes
2000 Rene Rostaing Côte-Rôtie Côte Blonde	Yes
2012 Domaine de la Vougeraie Musigny	Yes
2006 Domaine Jean-Claude Bachelet et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Blanchots Dessus	Yes
2020 Domaine du Clos des Fées 100 Phrases pour Eventails	Yes

2005 Sadie Family Columella
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4/22/2024 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 95 Points
Served blind: easy to call the best northern Rhone: so
Much barnyard and classic old world flavours, would not have thought South African. A dead ringer for the best hermitage. From YH at Kingyu
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1996 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
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4/19/2024 - _water.into.wine_ wrote:
Excellent condition. Spicy nose. Medium to full bodied. Drinking beautifully. From Julian
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2011 Henri Boillot Chambertin
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2/26/2024 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 93 Points
This was a pop and pour. And with hindsight, didn’t do justice to what is an excellent wine. Serious amounts of spice and oak on the nose, likely from 100% new oak, and with a lot of size and structure. There’s fruit present but a bit masked for now. There is no doubt this is very serious wine of high quality, but either needs lots of air, or more cellar time. I cannot wait to follow this over time.
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EMAZurich says:

5/6/2014 4:51:00 AM - Hi Catenac Brown, I saw your comment/question on HBL 2010 and I thought my experieces with these wines may be helpful for you. Generally I start to open right bank bordeaux with 8 years of age, left banks with 10 years. I like them most between 12 and 18 years of age. But all this depends also on the vintage... Coming back to yur wine I think HBL made a very dense and extracted (not overextracted), classic Paulliac with high acidity and tannin in 2010. This wine will need time. So appling the general rule mentioned before I would say to open the first ones 2022 just for having a first glance... It's obviously a matter of personal taste, but either you open them young and fruity (what works out very well for 2009 bdx, not for 2010) or you need to be patient. Hope this helps... best regards from Zurich, Edgar
_water.into.wine_ says:

1/2/2014 4:03:00 AM - Thanks Mike! I'm new to all this too so still trying to figure out when, and what, to drink! I managed to get three bottles so may try my first in 2015 and see how it goes. Enjoy the world of wine!
Mike's wines says:

1/2/2014 3:39:00 AM - O.....reviews indicate 2014-2024. I am new to this and will not wait very long. I went back to the wine shop and someone had bought all of the Il Boro...though I was later able to find two more bottles. I will open one in late 2014 and another in late 2015. This was a very unique wine for me. Regards.