Ran-Dom-Perignon

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• 2008 Romano Dal Forno Valpolicella Superiore Vigneto di Monte Lodoletta

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  3/15/2022 - Ran-Dom-Perignon wrote: 90 Points

  Oak, baking spices, ripe bilberries, dark juicy cherries and a minor cassis notes on the nose. High intensity.
  
  Extremely high concentration, massive tannins, acids high enough to balance out the fruit from going to the sweet side. Alcohol level isn't as high as it usually is in this type of wines. Long aftertaste.
  
  Everything in this wine is yuuuuuge... maybe even too much. But still in a way it's all in control. At 14 years of age, no evidence of evolving so no need to put this in your cellar if you don't have room for over 1000 bottles. Might be at it's best somewhere around 30 years of age. At the moment it doesn't give up much else than fruit, oak and yuuuuugeness.

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• 2012 Clos Triguedina Cahors Probus

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  8/9/2021 - Ran-Dom-Perignon wrote: 88 Points

  At first the nose is mostly a spectrum of oak notes of different levels of toast of the barrels. There is some blackcurrants, dark cherries and bilberries in the background. Quite meh... On the palate the wine is much more interesting as it's not jammy although some sweetness is in the fruit, the tannins are very grippy and there's a decent amount of acids too. Flavours follow the nose quite well except for the bilberry tone is stronger on the palate. The nose made me anticipate more of a heavier body but it ends up being leaner than expected. Still not a light wine in any way. I'll give this wine an extra + for not being too high in alcohol.
  
  After one hour in the decanter the wine begins to balance out, nose isn't so much dominated by the evident oak. Palate gets a bit sweeter and adds a nice nectarine peel to the aftertaste.
  
  After three hours the palate integrates even more and some salty liquorice gets added to the palate.
  
  If this would've been a blind tasting, I probably would've guessed everything from modern bdx to super tuscan to stellenbosch cab. This has more of a rustic structure than some of the aforementioned. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad wine quality wise, it's just lacking persona and character.

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• 2018 Envinate Ribeira Sacra Lousas Viña de Aldea

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  12/18/2020 - Ran-Dom-Perignon Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Medium body with enough concentration to fill up the frame. Vivacious acidity and quite mild tannic structure gives some balance. Some lift and brett on the nose with blackberries and some blackcurrant, red cherries, some baking spices, fresh figs, leaves and earth. Palate gives up that raspberry, blackcurrant, cherry, some leafy green thing (probably some whole bunch thing), stone bramble etc... Very clean palate, maybe something saline in the end. Great stuff. Energetic and complex while being fresh and easy on the wallet.

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