France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie
Entirely different wine from the 2010 I tried the other year. This is much more elegant and less in your face yeasty. Fresh and simple and excellent as aperitif or with oysters.
The bottle was just opened before being poured so perhaps with some more hours in a decanter this would have been a different experience. Strict, classic, cherry driven, decent if tight nose, was actually better on its own than with the food, although balanced and not lacking in scidity.
Italy, Trentino Alto-Adige / Veneto, Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
Lovely, cab franc dominated nose, green and pure and elegant. Went very well with the piece de la resistance of the evening; the foie gras/truffle/brioche stuffed whole chicken.
Wild and funky and very nice. Had much stronger legs than some other etna nerello mascalese that I have tasted. More structure - in a way expressing the nebbiolo like characteristics more than the pinot noir side (these two varietals seems to pop up often enough with these etna reds as comparators).
2012 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie 85 Points
France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie
Entirely different wine from the 2010 I tried the other year. This is much more elegant and less in your face yeasty. Fresh and simple and excellent as aperitif or with oysters.
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2009 Domaine Rolet Arbois Tradition Rouge 87 Points
France, Jura, Arbois
Light, fine, has some energy and even a little grip. Not overy complex but fine.
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1996 Oddero Barolo 87 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
The bottle was just opened before being poured so perhaps with some more hours in a decanter this would have been a different experience. Strict, classic, cherry driven, decent if tight nose, was actually better on its own than with the food, although balanced and not lacking in scidity.
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2003 San Leonardo San Leonardo 90 Points
Italy, Trentino Alto-Adige / Veneto, Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
Lovely, cab franc dominated nose, green and pure and elegant. Went very well with the piece de la resistance of the evening; the foie gras/truffle/brioche stuffed whole chicken.
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2011 Graci Etna Rosso 88 Points
Italy, Sicily, Etna DOC
Wild and funky and very nice. Had much stronger legs than some other etna nerello mascalese that I have tasted. More structure - in a way expressing the nebbiolo like characteristics more than the pinot noir side (these two varietals seems to pop up often enough with these etna reds as comparators).
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