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1990 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes
10/14/2021 - cfrances33 wrote: flawed
Corked. A shame, as the underlying material was clearly excellent.
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1957 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands-Echezeaux
3/31/2021 - cfrances33 wrote:
Served in a GlasVin Universal. Fruit / 1009 hPa.
A bottle graciously shared by a friend with a solid 7-8cm of ullage. Alarming, but the wine was clear and bright, and thus some hope it may yet be alive. A dark clear ruby with a garnet/bricked rim. The nose initially was slightly maderized and stewed, but it immediately began to lift after 5-10 minutes. Over the next two hours, it opened brilliantly in the glass, shedding the maderization, and revealing a core of fruit with dried cherries and figs, sous bois, and cedarwood spice. Undeniably alive, and it continued to undulated into different layers of complexity by the last sip. A real privilege to try and for it to be relatively sound given the ullage condition. A true testament to the enigma that is wine... how was this bottle still alive, let along how was it at its best 2+ hours after opening? Astonishing.
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2013 Pierre Gonon Ardèche Les Iles Feray
3/9/2021 - cfrances33 wrote: 88 Points
Served in a JRxRB Universal. Root / 1020 hPa
Clear garnet and purplish red. Nose is crushed black peppercorn, black currant, and some olive brine. A fair amount of reduction and initially a whiff of Brett. The palate is fairly light and direct - purple fruit, salty black olives, bay leaves. Rather short and high acid, this did fill out with air, but shows the vintage as a higher acid and lighter wine.
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