France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos St. Denis Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Very ripe, very 2003. Also very good concentration. Clearly also mature. Best when tasted shortly after opened, slightly less exciting an hour+ later. Best to enjoy sooner vs later.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru
Black cherry and plum with savory spice. Rich while slightly and oddly rustic for the vintage. Concentration here I truly enjoy, even if not perfectly balanced. I enjoyed this wine more than most others today.
Small glass, brief note. Much better than the Pichon Baron just tasted. Ripe and rich, but certainly well balanced and very tasty. Didn't seem particularly "2003." Good+ weight, length and balance.
Small glass, brief note. Cranberry and lots of earth. This had been open for a couple of already already, and I was told it was much better earlier in the evening.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Red and black cherry with spice hints. Very good textures on finish, very good balance. Not the most complex vintage for this wine, probably upside from here. Others liked this more than I did.
Small glass, brief note. Very reductive, very concentrated, but modest structure at best. I don't like the balance, but I also just don't really like the wine.
2007 Domaine Leflaive Bourgogne Blanc 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Small glass, brief note. Big, dense and fresh for its level and age. Ripe and fun with some serious structure. Wow for its level at this age.
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2015 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chardonnay Bourgogne 85 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Small glass, brief note. Simple and fun. Bright for the vintage. Good now.
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2011 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Lemon and apple. Very minerally, very long. Best to cellar a few more years. Easily my fav white of the day.
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2015 Sine Qua Non Entre Chien et Loup 90 Points
USA, California, Central Coast
Small glass, brief note. Peach and ripe apple. Very good density and length. Borderline elegant for SQN white. Quite nice now.
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2003 Domaine Dujac Clos St. Denis
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos St. Denis Grand Cru
Small glass, brief note. Very ripe, very 2003. Also very good concentration. Clearly also mature. Best when tasted shortly after opened, slightly less exciting an hour+ later. Best to enjoy sooner vs later.
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2003 Bernard Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Petite Chapelle 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Very ripe and concentrated in an ultra ripe style. Easily could have been mistaken for Syrah.
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2002 Domaine Anne Gros Vosne-Romanée Les Barreaux 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée
Bright red fruit with sweet spice so easy to enjoy. Impressive length for its level.
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2003 Domaine Francois Lamarche Grands-Echezeaux 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru
Black cherry and plum with savory spice. Rich while slightly and oddly rustic for the vintage. Concentration here I truly enjoy, even if not perfectly balanced. I enjoyed this wine more than most others today.
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1995 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Small glass, brief note. Red fruit and earth with very good spice on finish. Good+ weight and length.
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2000 Lucien Le Moine Clos St. Denis Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos St. Denis Grand Cru
Corked
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2001 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Chambolle-Musigny Beaux Bruns 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny
Backward to start, so double decanted. With some air, this was rich and powerful with very good savory spice. Upside from here.
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2004 Rudi Pichler Riesling Federspiel 81 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Small glass, brief note. Very simple orchard fruit in a lean style. Good enough bargain wine.
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2004 Weingut Stadt Krems Riesling Grillenparz 87 Points
Austria, Niederösterreich, Kremstal
Small glass, brief note. Orchard fruit with good structure. Good weight and density, especially for its price.
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2014 Sine Qua Non Syrah Piranha Waterdance
USA, California, Central Coast
Rich and sweet black fruit.Very long and powerful, but getting close to balanced. A great guilty pleasure. Better 2020 forward, mid-90s potential.
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2007 Kistler Pinot Noir Cuvée Elizabeth Bodega Headlands
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Small glass, brief note. Still nicely fresh, all black fruit, just slightly roasted. Good overall.
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1988 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 91 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Small glass, brief note. From magnum. Earthy with plenty of red and black cherry. Maturing nicely with good overall balance. Very tasty.
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2003 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Small glass, brief note. Ripe black fruit with some cigarbox spice. Still tannic and slightly backward. Enjoyable, but not in the most elegant form.
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2003 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Small glass, brief note. Much better than the Pichon Baron just tasted. Ripe and rich, but certainly well balanced and very tasty. Didn't seem particularly "2003." Good+ weight, length and balance.
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2003 Château Léoville Barton 82 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Small glass, brief note. Slightly tannic and also slightly bitter.
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2000 Château Léoville Barton 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Small glass, brief note. Very tasty and accessible black fruit with impeccable balance and good+ weight.
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2003 Château Montrose
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
Small glass, brief note. Lots of ripe fruit, but to me this seemed too ripe and slightly roasted. Others liked this more than I did today.
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1992 Heitz Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Trailside Vineyard
USA, California, Napa Valley, Rutherford
Small glass, brief note. Cranberry and lots of earth. This had been open for a couple of already already, and I was told it was much better earlier in the evening.
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1994 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon Flawed
USA, California, Napa Valley
This bottle was oxidized.
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1995 Dalla Valle Cabernet Sauvignon
USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
Small glass, brief note. Black and meaty, still firm. Not quite balanced. I recall a much better bottle from several years ago.
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2003 Araujo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Eisele Vineyard
USA, California, Napa Valley
Small glass, brief note. Rich, ripe and concentrated, but nicely balanced at the same time. Very tasty now.
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2003 Araujo Estate Altagracia 86 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Small glass, brief note. Slightly roasted and slightly devoid of the structure for the fruit. Not my style.
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2003 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Special Selection 91 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Small glass, brief note. Rich and concentrated with intense spice and elegant evolution, with everything in very good balance.
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2003 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 88 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Small glass, brief note. Surprisingly fresh for its age and the 2003 vintage. Even seemed younger. Fun, slightly simple despite its richness.
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2003 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de mon Aïeul 80 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Small glass, brief note. I liked this when young. But now it comes across as very old.
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2009 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Red and black cherry with spice hints. Very good textures on finish, very good balance. Not the most complex vintage for this wine, probably upside from here. Others liked this more than I did.
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2003 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Small glass, brief note. Very ripe with borderline balance. I've enjoyed previous bottles of this wine more.
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2003 Tardieu-Laurent Côte-Rôtie 85 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
Small glass, brief note. Very lush, still nicely fresh, just not particularly expressive of Côte-Rôtie.
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2003 Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas Granit 60
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas
Small glass, brief note. Also very ripe with plenty of power. Slightly rugged. Slightly one dimensional.
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2003 Alban Vineyards Syrah Lorraine
USA, California, Central Coast, Edna Valley
Small glass, brief note. Very reductive, very concentrated, but modest structure at best. I don't like the balance, but I also just don't really like the wine.
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2004 Glaetzer Shiraz Amon-Ra Barossa Valley 91 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Small glass, brief note. Rich black fruit with spice hints and good power. Slightly riper than I'd prefer, but very good balance.
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