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2002 Three Dog Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
5/10/2023 - aero wrote:
Medium bodied, traditional styling, high quality but weakening natural cork.
Third bottle in 6 years. With my mind's eye I can pick on this wine in little ways: linear nose, slightly bitter mid-palate, medium finish... but my hedonistic flesh wants two more cases. Now. Every sip has me holding up the glass up to light mouthing "wow".
This style is a rarity: truly racy acidity paired with full ripeness in a CS. That combination brings out a pure, bright, translucent red currant quality that has been wholesale lost to bigger, fatter Cabernets for many decades. Especially since around 2000 when fruit-forward Napa Cabs took over the hearts and minds of consumers worldwide.
If any Intel founders are reading this, please keep releasing vintages. This is a potential cult wine; an off-beat treasure.
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2013 Alexandre Bain Pouilly-Fumé La Levée
5/5/2023 - aero Likes this wine: 92 Points
Medium bodied, producer-unique styling, high quality natural cork.
Take Nicolas Joly Clos de Bergerie and orient in a way that you could gulp a whole bottle in 20 minutes. Some wooly Chenin Blanc-like tones alongside a hint of residual sugar. Viscerally appealing, despite my usually avoiding both those things. Graham cracker, pie crust, lemon zest. It's like a glass of warming yourself by the fire.
Technical 91, pleasure 93+. Peaking now, but good until 2028-2030 or so.
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2018 Halcon Vineyards Mourvèdre
4/30/2023 - aero Likes this wine: 91 Points
Medium bodied, traditional styling, good quality natural cork.
A bit "natty" tasting for the first 60 minutes, and then intensity and expansiveness ramp up: this is easily in the wheelhouse of classic CdP profile. Wide swath of red berries, wet brick clay, purple flowers, carbonic acid. Followed over 3 days, stayed fairly consistent. No rush to drink.
Perhaps my third favorite Halcon bottling, behind Elevacion and Alturas -- now wishing I had been stocking up on their Mourvèdre previously. 91-92
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