France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune
Yellow green; creamy nose, faint vegetal, apple, grain, green tea; a touch of butter on the palate, very acidic and mineral driven on back end, lemon resonates; this bottle was more pent up and not showing its best- needed some air to coax it out but I would prefer another year or two of bottle age.
Dark though see through maroon core with dull rim, shows some age; strong nose of cooked raspberry, very spicy, warm rock, nickel, black pepper, slight vegetal, strawberry; bright fruit on the palate, good acid, very interesting flavors, medicinal red fruit; very good.
Darker core with bricking rim; compost, warm earth, tobacco, currant, stank, meat, Christmas spice, classic Bordeaux; some coffee on the palate, grainy tannin, youthful yet open and drinking well, good structure, green pepper, generous yet hard at the same time.
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Coteaux du Languedoc Saint-Drézéry
Very dark core with reddish purple rim; brick dust, warm stone, bitter chocolate, sweet, roasted dark berry, bitter note, violets; very tannic on the palate, sweet, fig, good nobility but not as complex as the nose.
Semi-translucent dark crimson core with light rim; velvety nose of vanilla, a touch of sulfur, sweaty, coffee, and red apple skin; lighter body, velvety though tannins come in more on the finish, sharp red fruit; pretty decent though it tastes nothing like Sangio; could be a bit better with some more bottle age.
Semi-translucent deep rose crimson; sandalwood, medicinal cherry, green pepper, iron, warm, vanilla, licorice, acetaldehyde; dense and richer palate, softened with time but still grainy tannin, almost some sweetness, dark cherry, ripe, lower acid.
Dark ruby purple to rim; Bandaid, raspberry, pepper, stone, nickel, warming; smooth texture, tart berry, some leather and Brett though still manageable, sour plum; hopefully this bottle was slightly off.
2012 Bodegas Carrau Chardonnay de Reserva
Uruguay, Rivera, Cerro Chapeu
Yellow color; a bit of butter, white flower, honey, candy cane, apple and poached pear; decent acid, lighter body; overall fairly bland.
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2011 Charles Francois & Fils Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Les Vignes de Deffend
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune
Yellow green; creamy nose, faint vegetal, apple, grain, green tea; a touch of butter on the palate, very acidic and mineral driven on back end, lemon resonates; this bottle was more pent up and not showing its best- needed some air to coax it out but I would prefer another year or two of bottle age.
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2007 Jagini Zagersdorf
Austria, Burgenland
Dark though see through maroon core with dull rim, shows some age; strong nose of cooked raspberry, very spicy, warm rock, nickel, black pepper, slight vegetal, strawberry; bright fruit on the palate, good acid, very interesting flavors, medicinal red fruit; very good.
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2005 Château Latour-Martillac
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Darker core with bricking rim; compost, warm earth, tobacco, currant, stank, meat, Christmas spice, classic Bordeaux; some coffee on the palate, grainy tannin, youthful yet open and drinking well, good structure, green pepper, generous yet hard at the same time.
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2009 Château Puech-Haut Coteaux du Languedoc Saint-Drézéry Bosc Negre
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Coteaux du Languedoc Saint-Drézéry
Very dark core with reddish purple rim; brick dust, warm stone, bitter chocolate, sweet, roasted dark berry, bitter note, violets; very tannic on the palate, sweet, fig, good nobility but not as complex as the nose.
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2009 Frogtown Sangiovese Kritzer Reserve
USA, Georgia, Lumpkin County
Semi-translucent dark crimson core with light rim; velvety nose of vanilla, a touch of sulfur, sweaty, coffee, and red apple skin; lighter body, velvety though tannins come in more on the finish, sharp red fruit; pretty decent though it tastes nothing like Sangio; could be a bit better with some more bottle age.
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2005 Ridge Grenache Lytton Estate
USA, California, Sonoma County, Dry Creek Valley
Semi-translucent deep rose crimson; sandalwood, medicinal cherry, green pepper, iron, warm, vanilla, licorice, acetaldehyde; dense and richer palate, softened with time but still grainy tannin, almost some sweetness, dark cherry, ripe, lower acid.
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2011 J.L. Chave Sélection Crozes-Hermitage Silène
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage
Dark ruby purple to rim; Bandaid, raspberry, pepper, stone, nickel, warming; smooth texture, tart berry, some leather and Brett though still manageable, sour plum; hopefully this bottle was slightly off.
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