Another Year, Another Napa (aka Winter in Wineland IV); 1/5/2020-1/11/2020 (Napa/Sonoma California): One of my favorite growers and hard to find the single vineyards with age so Manny gets his mark-up and he totally deserves it. This is a wine that impresses (me, not clear about the others). I preferred it to the '02 DP. It's more of an apple, crisp, smooth, style. Drinking super well. Better than I thought.
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100% pinot noir. Un autre vin prit pour la fête des amoureux! J'avais quelque doute face à ce vin, ayant lu sur certains blogues qu'il pouvait y avoir des notes oxydatives mais il n'en fut rien. Un très beau champagne riche, fin, sur des notes classiques briochés. Bulle très fine, pas trop abondante, avec une bouche qui à du volume mais sans sensation huileuse, cela garde beaucoup de fraicheur. Très bon champagne sur son début de plateau, qui a fait fureur sur le foie gras!
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Not what I was expecting, given the 08 C-T wines, this is quite ripe and not massively structured. Huge ripe nose of cherries (red and maraschino), yeasty, big spice and ginger, red berries, cider. Some apples, minerals. The mousse is soft and the wine is winey and ripe, showing some lemon curds and rind and red berries. Almost sweet. A powerful wine based more on strong flavors than acid and structure. Not as impressive to me as the spectacular 08's, but still excellent. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5-5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 15.5-17/20.
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7/11/2023 - LW31 wrote:
Hmm, not a great showing tonight. A rather burly and gruff wine. Not showing energy and drive his wines usuallh have. Perhaps needs more time?
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1/7/2020 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Another Year, Another Napa (aka Winter in Wineland IV); 1/5/2020-1/11/2020 (Napa/Sonoma California): One of my favorite growers and hard to find the single vineyards with age so Manny gets his mark-up and he totally deserves it. This is a wine that impresses (me, not clear about the others). I preferred it to the '02 DP. It's more of an apple, crisp, smooth, style. Drinking super well. Better than I thought.
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7/7/2017 - gilrbo Likes this wine:
Enjoyed for aperitif with friends, no TN. I think it needed some air to show its full potential, in particular to clean up the nose. Lovely anyway.
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2/18/2017 - Hugo Lanteigne Likes this wine:
100% pinot noir. Un autre vin prit pour la fête des amoureux! J'avais quelque doute face à ce vin, ayant lu sur certains blogues qu'il pouvait y avoir des notes oxydatives mais il n'en fut rien. Un très beau champagne riche, fin, sur des notes classiques briochés. Bulle très fine, pas trop abondante, avec une bouche qui à du volume mais sans sensation huileuse, cela garde beaucoup de fraicheur. Très bon champagne sur son début de plateau, qui a fait fureur sur le foie gras!
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6/6/2016 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine: 92 Points
Not what I was expecting, given the 08 C-T wines, this is quite ripe and not massively structured. Huge ripe nose of cherries (red and maraschino), yeasty, big spice and ginger, red berries, cider. Some apples, minerals. The mousse is soft and the wine is winey and ripe, showing some lemon curds and rind and red berries. Almost sweet. A powerful wine based more on strong flavors than acid and structure. Not as impressive to me as the spectacular 08's, but still excellent. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 4.5-5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1-1.5/2 = 15.5-17/20.
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