Beautiful expressive bouquet. On the palate some petrol, minerals and soft yellow fruits as well as good citrus acidity. Concentrated and also elegant. Great length. Already beautifully mature.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Beautiful and elegant bouquet. Firm amount of acidity and oak. Minerals. Many layers. Concentrated and very well balanced. Not a bit too old. Great and complex wine.
Beautiful soft tropical fruits, soft elegant acidity, and quite much oak which imho still has to integrate a bit more. Full bodied and great length. Great wine.
Great bouquet to sniff for hours. In the mouth extremely tasty and concentrated with a beautiful dose of oak. Not bone dry, but certainly good acidity. The aftertaste goes on and on. A truly great pleasure to drink this impressive wine.
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Blood, iron and a bit toast in the bouquet. On the palate black as well as red fruits and some spiciness. Some earthy impressions as well. Soft and mature, but the tannin still offers a pleasant bite.
Beautiful bouquet with just a touch of barnyard and smoky oak. Beautiful juice in the mouth. Very well balance between the sweetness, acidity and bitterness. Concentrated, harmonious and tasteful and a long finish. Ready now and a future of several years.
Beautiful classical mature Bordeaux bouquet. The color is not very deep. On the palate red as well as black fruits, some lead pencil, paprika and a firm dose of oak, acidity and bitterness. The wine is mature and gives the impression there is room for more years, but if I look at my previous notes and scores I wonder if it is already on the way down. Nevertheless a great wine.
Creamy and luxurious bouquet. A lot of sweetness and very ripe mainly black fruits. Firm dose of oak. Some eucalyptus. Full bodied, modern and complex wine with elegance as well. See also previous note.
Spicy bouquet. Firm amount of sweetness from very ripe fruits. Well dosed oak and very juicy. Soft tannin and friendly bitterness. Because of the friendliness I guessed this wine was from the south of Portugal. Ready now, no hurry.
Luxurious oak, some caramel and coconut in the bouquet. On the palate soft spiciness, a hint of sweetness and beautiful acidity. Very complex and elegant. A great example of a beautiful Gaja wine.
Very youthful color. Very juicy wine with a lot of sweetness, some paprika, eucalyptus and soft tannin. Lacks a little luxury and elegance for a higher score, but this surely is a great wine. Already a great pleasure, but no problem keeping this for a few more years.
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
A mouth full! A lot of sweetness balanced by beautiful acidity. Some eucalyptus. Ripe black fruits. Soft tannin. Concentrated. Complex and elegant as well. Beautiful wine! Already a great pleasure. Why wait?
A mouth full! Ripe black fruits, a lot of sweetness and also good acidity. Soft tannin. A blockbuster, but with a lot of elegance and a very long finish. Really a great bottle of wine already.
Tasted from magnum and the wine was a complete surprise. Although completely mature of course and with a firm amount of acidity, the wine was still a pleasure to drink and not completely over the hill as you would expect of this vintage. Impressive! Nevertheless I will not score it.
NV Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Rosé 90 Points
France, Champagne
Very soft and mild. Very pleasant rosé Champagne.
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2009 Nitida Sauvignon Blanc Cape Winemakers Guild Decorus 89 Points
South Africa, Coastal Region, Tygerberg, Durbanville
Harmonious wine with yellow fruits, fresh citrus acidity, a bit spicy and a little bitterness in the finish. Full bodied.
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2006 Dönnhoff Hermannshöhle Riesling Großes Gewächs 94 Points
Germany, Nahe
Beautiful expressive bouquet. On the palate some petrol, minerals and soft yellow fruits as well as good citrus acidity. Concentrated and also elegant. Great length. Already beautifully mature.
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2007 Prager Riesling Smaragd Klaus 91 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
A lot of tropical fruits in this concentrated wine and great length. Different from German Riesing, but certainly a great wine.
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1998 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Beautiful and elegant bouquet. Firm amount of acidity and oak. Minerals. Many layers. Concentrated and very well balanced. Not a bit too old. Great and complex wine.
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2004 Masciarelli Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Marina Cvetić 92 Points
Italy, Abruzzi, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo
Beautiful soft tropical fruits, soft elegant acidity, and quite much oak which imho still has to integrate a bit more. Full bodied and great length. Great wine.
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2007 Pahlmeyer Chardonnay Sonoma Coast 95 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Great bouquet to sniff for hours. In the mouth extremely tasty and concentrated with a beautiful dose of oak. Not bone dry, but certainly good acidity. The aftertaste goes on and on. A truly great pleasure to drink this impressive wine.
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1998 Château La Nerthe Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée des Cadettes 91 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Blood, iron and a bit toast in the bouquet. On the palate black as well as red fruits and some spiciness. Some earthy impressions as well. Soft and mature, but the tannin still offers a pleasant bite.
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2001 Viña Almaviva S.A. Almaviva 93 Points
Chile, Maipo Valley, Puente Alto
Beautiful bouquet with just a touch of barnyard and smoky oak. Beautiful juice in the mouth. Very well balance between the sweetness, acidity and bitterness. Concentrated, harmonious and tasteful and a long finish. Ready now and a future of several years.
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2001 Vergelegen Cabernet Sauvignon Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Reserve 93 Points
South Africa, Coastal Region, Stellenbosch
Not so many notes. Very juicy wine with paprika and some spiciness. Tasted blind the first impression was right bank Bdx. The wine is mature now.
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1995 Château L'Evangile 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Beautiful classical mature Bordeaux bouquet. The color is not very deep. On the palate red as well as black fruits, some lead pencil, paprika and a firm dose of oak, acidity and bitterness. The wine is mature and gives the impression there is room for more years, but if I look at my previous notes and scores I wonder if it is already on the way down. Nevertheless a great wine.
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2006 Dominio Pingus Ribera del Duero Flor de Pingus 94 Points
Spain, Castilla y León, Ribera del Duero
Creamy and luxurious bouquet. A lot of sweetness and very ripe mainly black fruits. Firm dose of oak. Some eucalyptus. Full bodied, modern and complex wine with elegance as well. See also previous note.
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2006 Wine & Soul Douro Pintas Character 88 Points
Portugal, Douro
Spicy bouquet. Firm amount of sweetness from very ripe fruits. Well dosed oak and very juicy. Soft tannin and friendly bitterness. Because of the friendliness I guessed this wine was from the south of Portugal. Ready now, no hurry.
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2003 Gaja Langhe Nebbiolo Sperss 94 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
Luxurious oak, some caramel and coconut in the bouquet. On the palate soft spiciness, a hint of sweetness and beautiful acidity. Very complex and elegant. A great example of a beautiful Gaja wine.
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2005 Bodega Catena Zapata Malbec Catena Alta 91 Points
Argentina, Mendoza
Very youthful color. Very juicy wine with a lot of sweetness, some paprika, eucalyptus and soft tannin. Lacks a little luxury and elegance for a higher score, but this surely is a great wine. Already a great pleasure, but no problem keeping this for a few more years.
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2005 Kilikanoon Shiraz Oracle 94 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
A mouth full! A lot of sweetness balanced by beautiful acidity. Some eucalyptus. Ripe black fruits. Soft tannin. Concentrated. Complex and elegant as well. Beautiful wine! Already a great pleasure. Why wait?
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2008 Sine Qua Non Syrah B 20 96 Points
USA, California, Central Coast
A mouth full! Ripe black fruits, a lot of sweetness and also good acidity. Soft tannin. A blockbuster, but with a lot of elegance and a very long finish. Really a great bottle of wine already.
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1998 Celler de Capçanes Montsant Cabrida 92 Points
Spain, Catalunya, Tarragona, Montsant
No formal notes. Mature and full bodied wine. Very juicy and soft tannin. Ready now; no hurry.
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1969 Château Cos d'Estournel
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Tasted from magnum and the wine was a complete surprise. Although completely mature of course and with a firm amount of acidity, the wine was still a pleasure to drink and not completely over the hill as you would expect of this vintage. Impressive! Nevertheless I will not score it.
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1975 Château La Tour Blanche Sauternes
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
No formal notes taken. The wine (or bottle) was too old, but still drinkable.
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