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  • 2017 Maison Pierre Brisset Volnay 1er Cru Santenots

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    3/13/2024 - Venice Al Likes this wine: 92 Points

    Decanted 60 minutes. Pale ruby and semi- translucent.
    Medium body, medium plus acidity, medium age appropriate tannins
    Lifted, precise and pretty. Medium red sweet and tart cherries, red berries, pretty florals, playdough, some baking spice, and granite minerality. Long cherry and stoney finish. Should continue to improve, but 17 and decant drinks well. Wish I had a case!

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  • 2015 Réyane et Pascal Bouley Volnay 1er Cru Les Grands Champs

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    1/24/2024 - Venice Al Likes this wine: 90 Points

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    Deep Ruby with maroon- purple hues.
    Medium + tannins, medium acid, medium plus body and still mostly primary.
    Dark cherries, florals, anise, limestone minerals, bitter dark chocolate, baking spices, road tar, and faint smoke on the reasonably long finish. Just shy of too ripe. 90

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  • NV Fetzer Premium Red

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    1/15/2024 - Venice Al wrote:

    Football game called for domestic. Decided to try something unusual. No vintage on label or bottle. From perfect known provenance and guessing 1973-75. Labeled as blend- seems like cab with maybe some cab franc and/ or zin added. From Mendocino and labeled as 12% alcohol. Look at that perfect cork! Surprisingly deep color - still in the dark ruby range with some browning towards dark garnet. Tannins resolved. Medium acidity. Medium full bodied and the fruit is still there.

    Smoke, tobacco, leather, dark currant, black raspberry, fig, chocolate, earth and sea minerals.

    While not the most elegant, this wine is quite good and remarkable given its humble origins. California wines from this period are fascinating, generally well made, heavily leaning on the old world and when the less than stellar cellar practices don’t impart an intolerable amount of funk or flaw, a very pleasurable drinking experience.

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  • James Kim says:

    5/18/2020 7:25:00 PM - Thanks for the heads up on the 15 Brice Pinot. Really appreciate your input. That's great to hear that the wine is drinking well. Will have to put it the queue. Cheers!

  • James Kim says:

    11/8/2019 9:00:00 AM - Thanks for your comment on Juwel's Alsheimer Spatburgunder. Interesting about how the wine changes with air. Have another bottle or so and will hold for at least 5 years, maybe 10, and see if these can indeed age.

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