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Bell's French Tasting
Bell's Wine Shop, Washington DC
Tasted Friday, April 23, 2010 by Matt T with 620 views
Flight 1 (5 Notes)
Flight 2 (6 Notes)
2008 Domaine Berthet-Rayne Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc 90 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Really liked this wine. Great balance. Soft and full with floral and tropical fruit notes and a long finish.
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2008 Domaine Berthet-Rayne Côtes du Rhône 87 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône
Interesting style. Really grippy with notes of meat and soil. I thought this was fun and a really good value at about $13.
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2008 Domaine Berthet-Rayne Châteauneuf-du-Pape 87 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Smooth tannins with raspberry and cherry notes. High acidity and a bit light on the finish. Tastes a bit diluted.
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2006 Domaine Berthet-Rayne Cairanne 86 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Cairanne
Tart berry flavors. Almost fruit-tarts here with lots of acid. Every wine in this line-up of Berthet-Rayne is amazingly different in style.
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2007 Domaine Berthet-Rayne Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilli en Fût de Chêne 91 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Nice layer of fruit. Still quite tannic. This is not nearly ready yet, but it has quite a bit of potential. Lush raspberries and cherry on the long finish.
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2005 Domaine Berthet-Rayne Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Cadiac 93 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
My wine of the tasting. Wonderful fragrance. An elegant, smooth chateauneuf with great balance and a nice finish of dark berry. This may need a few more years to hit peak.
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Flight 3 (5 Notes)
2007 Alphonse Mellot Côtes de la Charité Blanc Les Pénitents 88 Points
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Côtes de la Charité
A bit of pee and grass on the nose. Nice mix of chardonnay butter and minerals to this wine. Decent finish.
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2007 Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Edmond 87 Points
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre
Soft. Soapy, glycerine note and some other light, floral notes. Very interesting and complex, but did not appeal to my palate.
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2006 Alphonse Mellot Côtes de la Charité Les Pénitents 90 Points
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Côtes de la Charité
Really enjoyed this. Smooth and deep with dark berry notes. A very popular wine at the tasting.
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2007 Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Rouge La Moussière
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre Rouge
Hard to evaluate this wine because I got a pretty small pour, but it did not appeal to me. Very much closed down with a pretty hot finish. I would probably pass.
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2005 Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Rouge Génération XIX 88 Points
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre Rouge
Strong metallic notes. Closed. Again, difficult to evaluate this because of a small pour, but I would probably pass at about $100 per bottle. Not nearly ready to drink in any case.
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Flight 4 (8 Notes)
2008 Domaine François Mikulski Chardonnay Bourgogne Blanc 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Lots of tropical fruit flavors. High acidity. Nice effort.
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2007 Domaine François Mikulski Meursault 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Nutty, buttery and complex. Nice acidic balance. A terrific wine.
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2008 Domaine François Mikulski Meursault 1er Cru Les Poruzots 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Smooth with tart acidity. This seemed like it has good potential, but I preferred the 2007 Meursault at this stage.
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2007 Nicolas Rossignol Bourgogne 84 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Did not care for this. Pretty thin with some green notes.
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2006 Nicolas Rossignol Bourgogne Cuvée L'Héritière 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Very good. Tart cherry. Smooth. Seems like a really nice food wine.
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2007 Nicolas Rossignol Pommard 1er Cru Les Chanlins 86 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
Earthy and light with some mushroom notes. Not my preferred style, but this will appeal to some people.
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2007 Nicolas Rossignol Volnay
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay
Pretty closed for business in my mind. Perhaps my palate was shot at this point, but I did not get too much fruit here. Good balance, but tough to evaluate. Other people seemed to like it. Maybe 87-89 points?
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2007 Nicolas Rossignol Volnay 1er Cru Les Chevrets 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Full bodied. A deep red color. Round and leaning on the ripe side. Very pleasing.
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2008 Mader Pinot Blanc 83 Points
France, Alsace
I did not really care for this. A simple, but very austere wine with very high acidity.
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2008 Mader Riesling 86 Points
France, Alsace
Smooth, with high acidity and mineral elements. Not a trace of sweetness here.
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2005 Mader Riesling Rosacker 86 Points
France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru
A little disappointing for the grand cru wine from this estate. Very high acid. Delicate with some mineral notes.
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2008 Mader Pinot Gris 89 Points
France, Alsace
A nice balance of sweetness and acidity. Good structure. Prefer this to the rieslings from this producer.
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2008 Mader Gewurztraminer 89 Points
France, Alsace
Very floral. Smooth and soft with slightly more restrained acidity and a little more sugar than some of the other wines from this producer.
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