Mostly Pinot Noir. Red cherry and strawberry showing very fresh fruit with moderate energy and power. Very classically made Pinot Noir Rose Champagne, even if not my personal favorite.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Tasting. Ripe apple aromas and flavors with some lemon and lemon peel coming through on palate as well. Very good energy and acidity coming through on finish.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru
Tasting. From magnum. Fresh and powerful black fruit aromas with background spice. Ripe, large scaled and powerful on palate, also still more fresh than I ever expect from 1995s. Big spice in middle and finish. This will continue to get better going forward.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Tasting. Big red and black cherry aromas. similar flavor profile on palate with background spice and very firm tannins, giving a backward character for now.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Tasting. Very good red fruit aromas with modest spice. Forward red cherry, hints of mushroom, modest spice. Overall good, just didn't show particular Vosne spice or character to me.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
Tasting. Red and black fruit aromas with a lean character. Similar on palate with a bit more spice. Slightly shut down in middle, then more powerful on finish. Lots of potential, but needs time in cellar.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Tasting. Lush and very ripe fruit that is maturing nicely. Black fruit, lots of spice with moderate structure. I'd like a little more acidity, so it's time to drink up in the next few years.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru
Tasting. From magnum. Perfumed nose, charming spice, with plenty of black fruit aromas. Lots of power and black cherry and blackberry on palate, slightly shut down, but the power and density show this wine's obvious fundamental potential.
Tasting. Very rich and ripe, but this came across as more balanced than I recall from approx 5 years ago. Still comes across as fresh and primary to start, then sneaky power and structure come through on long finish.
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Tasting. Incredibly ripe and powerful. This wine has lots of everything but seemed far more backward than I remember from before, but those times it might have gotten more air. This needs at least another decade to really shows its best.
Tasting. From magnum. Massive black fruit aromas and flavors with some black pepper and liqueur. Plenty of prominent oak today, but this has great extract and density, so expect it will be an incredibly interesting wine once it settles down a little more.
1949 Pommery Champagne Flawed
France, Champagne
Oxidized
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1999 Deutz Champagne Cuvée William Deutz Rosé
France, Champagne
Mostly Pinot Noir. Red cherry and strawberry showing very fresh fruit with moderate energy and power. Very classically made Pinot Noir Rose Champagne, even if not my personal favorite.
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2010 Domaine Dublère Corton-Charlemagne 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Tasting. Ripe apple aromas and flavors with some lemon and lemon peel coming through on palate as well. Very good energy and acidity coming through on finish.
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1995 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Musigny Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru
Tasting. From magnum. Fresh and powerful black fruit aromas with background spice. Ripe, large scaled and powerful on palate, also still more fresh than I ever expect from 1995s. Big spice in middle and finish. This will continue to get better going forward.
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2010 Maison Albert Bichot Echezeaux Domaine du Clos Frantin 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Tasting. Big red and black cherry aromas. similar flavor profile on palate with background spice and very firm tannins, giving a backward character for now.
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1995 Denis Mugneret Père et Fils Richebourg 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Tasting. Very good red fruit aromas with modest spice. Forward red cherry, hints of mushroom, modest spice. Overall good, just didn't show particular Vosne spice or character to me.
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2000 Domaine Anne Gros Clos Vougeot Le Grand Maupertui Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Came across as reductive, tough to assess. Rather simple throughout.
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2008 Domaine Bruno Clair Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
Tasting. Red and black fruit aromas with a lean character. Similar on palate with a bit more spice. Slightly shut down in middle, then more powerful on finish. Lots of potential, but needs time in cellar.
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1997 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Brûlées 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Tasting. Lush and very ripe fruit that is maturing nicely. Black fruit, lots of spice with moderate structure. I'd like a little more acidity, so it's time to drink up in the next few years.
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1999 Mongeard-Mugneret Grands-Echezeaux
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru
Tasting. Horsey aromas that didn't come across as pristine. Big fruit to start but too tart on finish. Off bottle?
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2005 Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru
Tasting. From magnum. Perfumed nose, charming spice, with plenty of black fruit aromas. Lots of power and black cherry and blackberry on palate, slightly shut down, but the power and density show this wine's obvious fundamental potential.
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1999 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle 88 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Tasting. Black and dense start. Overall good, just slightly short and simple.
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1981 Château Haut-Brion 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Tasting. Earth aromas with tobacco and mushroom. Moderate length and power, but drinking very nicely right now.
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2000 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis 92 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Tasting. Very rich and ripe, but this came across as more balanced than I recall from approx 5 years ago. Still comes across as fresh and primary to start, then sneaky power and structure come through on long finish.
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1975 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle 87 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Tasting. Horsey, barnyard character. This bottle at least was well past its peak.
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2000 Henri Bonneau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve des Célestins
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Tasting. Incredibly ripe and powerful. This wine has lots of everything but seemed far more backward than I remember from before, but those times it might have gotten more air. This needs at least another decade to really shows its best.
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1991 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Gravelly Meadow
USA, California, Napa Valley, Diamond Mountain
Tasting. Black current and some cassis aromas. Still a bit backward, giving a simple character overall. Hard to really understand completely.
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2005 Harlan Estate
USA, California, Napa Valley
Tasting. From magnum. Massive black fruit aromas and flavors with some black pepper and liqueur. Plenty of prominent oak today, but this has great extract and density, so expect it will be an incredibly interesting wine once it settles down a little more.
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