This is still so youthful but showing a lot. Leaner in frame, but lovely depth of flavor. Texturally fascinating, zesty acidity, tons of minerals and chalk. Bright lemon and apple fruit with floral and almond complexities. I'd love to revisit in five years.
This was really firing for me. Bright, vibrant, brisk, lots of red cherries and strawberries. What really pops for me are the complex notes of game bird, black pepper, grilled herbs, roses and violets. A bit on the funky side, but the fruit is so pure and vibrant, that it all aligns quite well. Really accessible and easy to drink at this point, but plenty of time to go in the cellar.
Juicy and lots of forward cherry and plum fruit, but it still shows that Tremblay elegance. Lots of floral and earth tones already. Balanced and accessible, but I'd like to see what happens in three to six years, as it has some solid structure.
Gorgeous stuff! Plenty of fruit on the nose and palate, still built well with a dusty structure and fresh acidity. The fruit is laced with complex tobacco, spice cabinet, leather, earth. In a really good place, with the fruit and non-fruit elements in good alignment. I'd love to retaste this beaut in six years or so, though, to see those tertiary notes start coming out more.
Still plump, juicy and rich, this was packed with luscious fruit but showed some nice earthy, leather, smoky tones from age as well. Still time ahead, but it's in a fun, delicious, complex spot right now.
Wow, this is young. This thing will age for decades, but it was a lot of fun to taste young. A core of solid plum and black cherry fruit mixed with complex charcoal, pepper, graphite, herbs. Balanced quite well for a wine this young, but it's purer expression is many years away.
NV R. Dumont et Fils Champagne Brut Nature Blanc de Noirs 90 Points
France, Champagne
Strawberries, minerals, fresh but bready with nice spicy/musky notes, too.
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NV R. Dumont et Fils Champagne Solera Reserve Brut 91 Points
France, Champagne
Zesty and mineral-driven but shows some round, deep, honeyed notes as well. Highly delicious and lots of fun.
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2006 Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Champagne Special Club Grands Terroirs de Chardonnay 93 Points
France, Champagne
From magnum. What a delicious treat. Tons of life ahead, but I love the verve, minerality, complex bready notes. Really pretty stuff.
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2015 Massican Chardonnay Hyde Vineyards 92 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
This is still so youthful but showing a lot. Leaner in frame, but lovely depth of flavor. Texturally fascinating, zesty acidity, tons of minerals and chalk. Bright lemon and apple fruit with floral and almond complexities. I'd love to revisit in five years.
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2016 Bulichella Bianco Toscana IGT 87 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
Fun and fresh, although it didn't stand out in the lineup, but that's not this wine's fault!
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2006 Domaine Ponsot Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos des Monts Luisants Vieilles Vignes Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis 1er Cru
Corked magnum. Drat!
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2013 Jean Foillard Morgon Cuvée Corcelette 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon
This was really firing for me. Bright, vibrant, brisk, lots of red cherries and strawberries. What really pops for me are the complex notes of game bird, black pepper, grilled herbs, roses and violets. A bit on the funky side, but the fruit is so pure and vibrant, that it all aligns quite well. Really accessible and easy to drink at this point, but plenty of time to go in the cellar.
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2016 Bulichella Suvereto Rubino 86 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Suvereto
Fun, easy, cherry-driven Super Tuscan style blend.
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2015 Cecile Tremblay Bourgogne La Fontaine 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Juicy and lots of forward cherry and plum fruit, but it still shows that Tremblay elegance. Lots of floral and earth tones already. Balanced and accessible, but I'd like to see what happens in three to six years, as it has some solid structure.
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1989 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Gorgeous stuff! Plenty of fruit on the nose and palate, still built well with a dusty structure and fresh acidity. The fruit is laced with complex tobacco, spice cabinet, leather, earth. In a really good place, with the fruit and non-fruit elements in good alignment. I'd love to retaste this beaut in six years or so, though, to see those tertiary notes start coming out more.
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1986 Château Cos d'Estournel 92 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe
This was so good. Lots of fruit still, plenty of earthy, tobacco, spice. Went down easily but structured still for more development.
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2009 Rudius Cabernet Sauvignon 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Still plump, juicy and rich, this was packed with luscious fruit but showed some nice earthy, leather, smoky tones from age as well. Still time ahead, but it's in a fun, delicious, complex spot right now.
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2015 Guillaume Gilles Cornas 92 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas
Wow, this is young. This thing will age for decades, but it was a lot of fun to taste young. A core of solid plum and black cherry fruit mixed with complex charcoal, pepper, graphite, herbs. Balanced quite well for a wine this young, but it's purer expression is many years away.
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