quick note: starting to go thru some wines that others tell me I need to. This was arguably the second best Tuscan wine I've ever had (behind a '90 Brunello). Lots of sweet fruit, tannins largely resolved. Just beginning to show secondary flavors. At a great point now but will be a race between more secondary flavors coming thru with the structure falling apart...willing to bet it gets a tad better over the next 1-3 yrs then holds for 5...will never be a profound wine but always at least very good+
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Delivered last week, couldn't wait to try...tremendous mouthfeel and fruit, as big as it is, wonderfully "volnay". Impeccable balance suggests extremely long life...My first '05 premier cru and while expectations were high, this bottle at least met those. Great wine.
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Exihibit A of my "praise for simple wines." Bought a case 4-5 years ago, had 2 stashed away I forgot about. This is all about balance, balance, balance. Cool climate grenache, offering great aromatics. Impeccably pure, clean, and cool. Not a bruiser, but oh so delicious and almost feminine. Will get better for at least 3 years and keep for at least 3-5 after that. But I am sure my last bottle won't last 2 months. Recent wines that showed this level of purity and balance (I know, random comparisons, but among say 100 wines) were the '98 Jamet, '90 Pibarnon, '98 Giacosa Gallina, and '02 Jadot Clos St Jacques - not qualitatively on par with probably any of them, and certainly not the longevity, but similar in their presence.
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4/1/2022 7:48:00 AM - Hi,
I’ve been looking through your cellar on Cellar Tracker and noticed you have some fantastic wines, including Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes-Chambertin - have you considered joining Antica Terra’s Collective?
We offer hard-to-find wines to exclusive members in our waitlisted membership, curating rare bottles of perfect provenance, for sophisticated buyers, and the enrollment window is about to open to allow for a limited number of new members.
Here’s how it works; as a member, our founder and winemaker, Maggie Harrison, hand selects a bottle for you each month and twice a year you will receive twelve or twenty-four bottles delivered to your door with the option of receiving a selection of sparkling, white, rosé and red wines or a selection of exclusively red wines. A few treasures that were tucked into the founding members’ spring boxes include:
2011 Marguet Pere & Fils 'Sapience' Premier Cru, Extra-Brut, Champagne
2002 Nikolaihof Vinothek Riesling, Wachau
2015 Château de Beaucastel, Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc, Cuvée Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Rhône
2018 Comte Armand, Clos des Epeneaux, Monopole, Pommard, Premier Cru
2019 Clos Erasmus Priorat
2010 Giuseppe Quintarelli, Rosso del Bepi, Veneto IGT
Members have direct access to Maggie, the ability to select additional rarities with each shipment, and an exclusive community with a shared quest for rare beauty. We extend exclusive invitations to potential members based on their collection and tastes, and I think you would be a great fit.
If this is of interest to you, shall we set up a time to discuss? Or happy for you to email me directly at daniel@anticaterra.com.
Best,
Daniel (Antica Terra)
1998 San Giusto a Rentennano Percarlo Toscana IGT
6/27/2009 - Les Alpilles wrote: 93 Points
quick note: starting to go thru some wines that others tell me I need to. This was arguably the second best Tuscan wine I've ever had (behind a '90 Brunello). Lots of sweet fruit, tannins largely resolved. Just beginning to show secondary flavors. At a great point now but will be a race between more secondary flavors coming thru with the structure falling apart...willing to bet it gets a tad better over the next 1-3 yrs then holds for 5...will never be a profound wine but always at least very good+
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2005 Bouchard Père et Fils Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets Ancienne Cuvée Carnot
6/18/2007 - Les Alpilles wrote: 94 Points
Delivered last week, couldn't wait to try...tremendous mouthfeel and fruit, as big as it is, wonderfully "volnay". Impeccable balance suggests extremely long life...My first '05 premier cru and while expectations were high, this bottle at least met those. Great wine.
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2000 Domaine de l'Oratoire St Martin Cairanne Cuvée Prestige
1/28/2007 - Les Alpilles wrote: 94 Points
Exihibit A of my "praise for simple wines." Bought a case 4-5 years ago, had 2 stashed away I forgot about. This is all about balance, balance, balance. Cool climate grenache, offering great aromatics. Impeccably pure, clean, and cool. Not a bruiser, but oh so delicious and almost feminine. Will get better for at least 3 years and keep for at least 3-5 after that. But I am sure my last bottle won't last 2 months. Recent wines that showed this level of purity and balance (I know, random comparisons, but among say 100 wines) were the '98 Jamet, '90 Pibarnon, '98 Giacosa Gallina, and '02 Jadot Clos St Jacques - not qualitatively on par with probably any of them, and certainly not the longevity, but similar in their presence.
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