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2016 Château Tronquoy-Lalande
1/29/2023 - vegasoenophile wrote:
Chalk it up to having tasted through a bunch of new Bordeaux and readying a steak for dinner...
Deep crimson in the glass. The aromas are redolent of plum and stones. The nose is rife also with blue and blackberry skins, hints of mossy forest floor and some cedar and sandalwood.
It approached the palate more with a fist than an open hand. The approach is powerful and dark. It has some intense tannin but they're polished and round. Crunchy blue and black fruits like plum, berry, Mission fig and woody allspice and clove with an interesting zing of dried tarragon and basil. The acidity is mellow so the tannins remain intense and drying on the palate. It leads into a nice finish ending on black plum and some savoriness.
Much more a food wine than a casual sipper. Looking forward to how it goes with a grass-fed filet with Oscar topping since it's crab season. Bon appetit!
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2019 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre
1/5/2022 - vegasoenophile Likes this wine: 92 Points
I haven’t done a tasting note in quite some time, aside from those for work. This is a really lovely wine. Opens nicely after some time in the glass. Lively and juicy with citrus aromas with a briny, chalky quality and stone fruits and fresh white flowers. Just enough ripeness to make the fruit nice and luscious on the palate with citrus and white peach and a McIntosh apple sweetness. Nice mouthfeel to balance out the acid tension. Should age beautifully for a good 5+ years. Wish I had more. I agree with their recommendation to serve at cellar temp and not “fridge cold”.
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2013 Lobo Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Wulff Vineyards
6/2/2021 - vegasoenophile Likes this wine: 94 Points
Full disclosure, I work for the brand. Revisiting past vintages since I started. As of today, the aromas have an interesting interplay of light and dark. Brigh red fruits are balanced by a darker, dusty note. Red and black currant, drying lavender, violet, plum and an iron/graphite note with a savory, umami edge. Dense and dark on the palate, it leads with cassis and plum, lifted on the mid-palate by red currant and pomegranate notes. Fine-grained tannins are somewhat reminiscent of "Rutherford dust" adding a nice minerality to the fruit. Elegant and finessed, it has plenty of power and structure to continue a nice ascent for a decade or more. I am finding these wines really show their beauty after about 5 years.
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