This wine was not as big and ripe as I would have expected for a 2020 vintage, relative to a 2020 Clos de la Roilette we had recently.
Got red fruit and charcoal on the nose with some smoke. Palate was an explosion of citrus with lots of smoke. The wine is obviously still young and has not put on lots of complexity, but it's an excellent wine.
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Marzipan, marzipan and more marzipan, followed by passion fruit and candied orange peels on the nose. The palate had honeycombs, citrus and the candied oranges made an encore. There is a waxines to the wine that gives it a very long finish.
My only two complaints are I was not paring the wine with blue cheese, and we only had a half bottle. This is drinking great and looking forward to seeing how it develops.
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This wine really came alive when paired with food. Nose had iodine, black currant and maybe a little black pepper. Palate had a little tar and funk to it, and the tannins are still strong giving it a very long finish.
2020 Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py
4/21/2024 - SlapTheBag wrote:
This wine was not as big and ripe as I would have expected for a 2020 vintage, relative to a 2020 Clos de la Roilette we had recently.
Got red fruit and charcoal on the nose with some smoke. Palate was an explosion of citrus with lots of smoke. The wine is obviously still young and has not put on lots of complexity, but it's an excellent wine.
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2005 Château Climens
4/20/2024 - SlapTheBag wrote:
Marzipan, marzipan and more marzipan, followed by passion fruit and candied orange peels on the nose. The palate had honeycombs, citrus and the candied oranges made an encore. There is a waxines to the wine that gives it a very long finish.
My only two complaints are I was not paring the wine with blue cheese, and we only had a half bottle. This is drinking great and looking forward to seeing how it develops.
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1996 Château Léoville Barton
2/25/2024 - SlapTheBag wrote:
This wine really came alive when paired with food. Nose had iodine, black currant and maybe a little black pepper. Palate had a little tar and funk to it, and the tannins are still strong giving it a very long finish.
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