Opaque core with garnet rim, sediment; vegetal, dark berry, plum, tobacco, tar, plastic; dark cherry on the palate, chocolate, ash, tobacco, sweet fruit, cedar, Italian in a way, dark fruit, silky, red fruit, lower acid, modern; fooled again; this needs some time to shed the qualities that detract from its terroir, try again in 3 years.
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Dark crimson core with larger light crimson rim, bricking; soy, dried leaves, sour cranberry, pomegranate, walnut, very Veneto; alcohol is strong, fruit and flavors are fading a bit, tastes aged; surprised how young this is and how much younger it should be drinking.
Very dark core with dull red rim; black pepper, violets, tapenade, animal, granite, very Northern Northern Rhone; silky and soft, tangy acid in an olive brine sort of way; tasty ready now.
Sexy crimson, see through, copper rim; sexy nose of cinnamon, roses, cherry, some Slavonian oak, sandalwood; tannic palate, sandalwood continues, red cherry, fresh; classic Nebbiolo, cru really stands out and soft '05 vintage is non existent in this bottle, a brick house of a wine that is nice now but will probably improve over the next 10 years or more.
See through crimson with pale rim; roses, sweet, young, sweet cherry, Nebbiolo, elegant, medium tannin, sexy and young; not really showing what it has today but give this a few more years and it will really be deep deliciously elegant Barolo.
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Darker garnet core with bricking; leather, red currant, green pepper, gravel, Bretty, still good tannin, red fruit; this bottle was not showing it today.
Dark core with light maroon rim; vegetal, soil, loamy, cigar, leather, currant; soft tannin, dark fruit, cigar, luxuriously fat, slight grit on the finish made some say this was corked but I disagreed; good.
See through red core with thin pink rim; really reductive, brand new, sweet strawberry, watermelon, white rock; silky palate, sweet red fruit, light and elegant; thought Volnay; very good.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
See through crimson core with onion skin rim; sweet sexy nose, some oak, sweet dried cherry and strawberry, cedar, cinnamon, Red Hots, powerful yet understated, great mid palate, awesome, spice; delicious but very young.
See through maroon; sexy, reductive, vanilla, bread dough, light red fruit, confected, richer cherry; sexy palate, fatter, tasty, sweet vanilla; modern and heavier than I normally like which made this fairly hedonistic.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
See through maroon with pale rim; bright cherry on the nose with some vanilla, watermelon, bright, sexy; palate is much of the same, acidic; delicious infanticide- yum.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru
Darker see through maroon; watermelon, dark sour cherry, sweet and sour, very new and reductive; palate is primary and powerful, sour cherry, good bit of tannin; imposing wine that needs lots of time to reveal some complexity.
2012 Saint Cosme Crozes-Hermitage
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage
Delicious; pure red cherry, violets, vanilla, plum, elegant and beautiful.
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2009 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de Thalabert
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage
Opaque core with garnet rim, sediment; vegetal, dark berry, plum, tobacco, tar, plastic; dark cherry on the palate, chocolate, ash, tobacco, sweet fruit, cedar, Italian in a way, dark fruit, silky, red fruit, lower acid, modern; fooled again; this needs some time to shed the qualities that detract from its terroir, try again in 3 years.
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2004 Vignale Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Dark crimson core with larger light crimson rim, bricking; soy, dried leaves, sour cranberry, pomegranate, walnut, very Veneto; alcohol is strong, fruit and flavors are fading a bit, tastes aged; surprised how young this is and how much younger it should be drinking.
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2007 Saint Cosme Côte-Rôtie
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Very dark core with dull red rim; black pepper, violets, tapenade, animal, granite, very Northern Northern Rhone; silky and soft, tangy acid in an olive brine sort of way; tasty ready now.
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2005 Andrea Oberto Barolo Vigneto Brunate
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Sexy crimson, see through, copper rim; sexy nose of cinnamon, roses, cherry, some Slavonian oak, sandalwood; tannic palate, sandalwood continues, red cherry, fresh; classic Nebbiolo, cru really stands out and soft '05 vintage is non existent in this bottle, a brick house of a wine that is nice now but will probably improve over the next 10 years or more.
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2005 Château Marquis de Terme
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Dark core with garnet rim; mushroom, salami, cigar, cedar, sandalwood; soft sexy tannins, great fresh berry fruit, blackberry, currant, spice; delicious.
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2009 Pecchenino Barolo Le Coste
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
See through crimson with pale rim; roses, sweet, young, sweet cherry, Nebbiolo, elegant, medium tannin, sexy and young; not really showing what it has today but give this a few more years and it will really be deep deliciously elegant Barolo.
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1998 Château Figeac
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Darker garnet core with bricking; leather, red currant, green pepper, gravel, Bretty, still good tannin, red fruit; this bottle was not showing it today.
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1998 Tenuta Guado al Tasso (Antinori) Bolgheri Superiore
Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri, Bolgheri Superiore
Dull garnet to crimson rim; Bordeaux nose, vegetal, stony, red currant, pine, cigar, cedar, easy tannin, smooth, short finish; ready now.
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2006 Domaine Follin-Arbelet Corton
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
See through reddish maroon; sweet confected strawberry, sulfur, volcanic?; simpler palate; not a fan.
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2005 Château Talbot
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Dark core with light maroon rim; vegetal, soil, loamy, cigar, leather, currant; soft tannin, dark fruit, cigar, luxuriously fat, slight grit on the finish made some say this was corked but I disagreed; good.
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2010 Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne-Romanée
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée
See through red core with thin pink rim; really reductive, brand new, sweet strawberry, watermelon, white rock; silky palate, sweet red fruit, light and elegant; thought Volnay; very good.
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2008 Fattoria Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
See through crimson core with onion skin rim; sweet sexy nose, some oak, sweet dried cherry and strawberry, cedar, cinnamon, Red Hots, powerful yet understated, great mid palate, awesome, spice; delicious but very young.
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2006 Giuseppe Quintarelli Primofiore Veneto IGT Flawed
Italy, Veneto, Veneto IGT
Corked
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2009 Domaine Joseph Roty Marsannay Ouzeloy
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay
See through maroon; sexy, reductive, vanilla, bread dough, light red fruit, confected, richer cherry; sexy palate, fatter, tasty, sweet vanilla; modern and heavier than I normally like which made this fairly hedonistic.
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