Squirreljam
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2004 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau
10/1/2023 - Squirreljam Likes this wine:
Well, CT tells me my last TN on this was 2011 so 12 years later …(SpongeBob narrator voice😆)
Surprisingly light on its feet, really nice but not overly expressive nose, balanced and smooth palate with hints of dark chocolate, black cherry on start and finish (but not fruity finish). Garrigue seems to have faded into background, bit of eucalyptus. It’s not young but it’s really enjoyable. Still a bit (but minor) tannic “grip”. Good example of midrange (upper mid realistically for non wine geeks) aged wine.
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2004 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro
9/18/2023 - Squirreljam wrote: flawed
Like some previous notes, I’ve found variability in these - but the one I just had was excellent. (Side note - I agree other vintages haven’t lived up to Garagiste hype (what does?😆), but lol the 04 has for me). Just shy of 19, it had a rich nose, smooth palate - and a lot of sediment. Really beautiful lapsang souchong nose, rich earthy palate, smooth, without the notably tart acidity I get in some other years of this. For me, good to go but will hang for a while.
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1997 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino Poggio alle Mura
7/5/2023 - Squirreljam wrote:
Hmm, this was great. Someone else in here said they could just repeat old TN; I agree, in my case from january 2006. It was "extremely smooth" back then, now it's extremely-er smooth-er! Licorice, black cherry and mouthfeel of dark chocolate. This may have been early in the modern single vineyard brunello evolution and got some takes (pans) that it was made for young drinking; well, maybe so, but 26 years ain't chump change and this has aged very well. Wish I had more, CT says a bottle left, but seems to have disappeared sometime in the last 17 years.
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