Pop and pour. Aromatic density off the charts. At first a bit tight with chiseled tannins, but then the wine opened up softened. Palate profile is clearly cabernet: leafy (but not in a bad way), black & red fruits, bit of blood orange. Really complex and elegant
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This wine should be in its prime drinking according to Northern Rhone critic gurus. Medium body. Profile dominated by herbal and blood orange tones. Rather unimpressive showing - for my personal taste a disappointment (especially in view of the price tag).
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Magenta color. Wine smells like fig, prune, plum, smoke, mint, eucalypthus. Palate: garrigue, black olive, meaty and game. Full body with a smooth texture, very long finish and high acidity.
If I would have to pick a movie character to personify this wine this would be godzilla. A paradoxal wine - while the dimensions are biblical there is also remarkable symetry and balance to it.
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1995 Château Lafite Rothschild
3/8/2024 - LDA ZH CH Likes this wine: 96 Points
Pop and pour. Aromatic density off the charts. At first a bit tight with chiseled tannins, but then the wine opened up softened. Palate profile is clearly cabernet: leafy (but not in a bad way), black & red fruits, bit of blood orange. Really complex and elegant
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2012 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Turque
2/27/2024 - LDA ZH CH wrote: 92 Points
This wine should be in its prime drinking according to Northern Rhone critic gurus. Medium body. Profile dominated by herbal and blood orange tones. Rather unimpressive showing - for my personal taste a disappointment (especially in view of the price tag).
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2014 The Standish Wine Company Shiraz The Standish
12/30/2023 - LDA ZH CH Likes this wine: 95 Points
Magenta color. Wine smells like fig, prune, plum, smoke, mint, eucalypthus. Palate: garrigue, black olive, meaty and game. Full body with a smooth texture, very long finish and high acidity.
If I would have to pick a movie character to personify this wine this would be godzilla. A paradoxal wine - while the dimensions are biblical there is also remarkable symetry and balance to it.
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