Clear pink color. Sweet strawberry and ripe apples on the nose. Light, delicate, sweet fruity taste. Small bubbles that hangs on the palate for a nice long while. Ending with some bitter cherries.
Clear red color. Red currant fruit and some animal notes on the fragile nose. On the palate it has some red fruit first, very ripe strawberries, but becomes more rustic. Too light on the palate and slight out of balance on the finish. Dry tannins finish.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Deep red color. Farmyard nose and earthy red fruit. Red currant on the palate, nice intensity on the begining, but green and bitter on the finish. Nice length on the palate and fair tannin grip. Drinking quite well.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru
Very light red color with a slightly brown hue. Farmyard, strawberry and milk chocolate aromas. Delicate strawberry fruit start the palate, some chocolate on the midpalate. Good long taste, perfectly balanced between acidity, tannin and fruit. Still clear tannins. Very delicate on the palate.
Deep black red color. Boiled fruit, rhubarb, on the nose. Intense fruit sweetness and notes from oak. Warm and concentrated. Really a monster pinot, but drinking very pleasantly now.
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Dark red color. Modern style, warm fruit and chocolate nose. Good concentration, blue berry and ripe cherries. Long taste with notes of oak showing up on the midpalate. Modern style Brunello, give it more time.
Black red color. Warm blue berry fruit on the nose. On the palate it starts with a good deal of fruit sweetness, dark berries. Thinning out over the palate, and delivering a hollow finish with powerfull tannin.
Brown color. Sherry, raisin and burned rubber on the nose. Brown sweet apples starts the taste but it is quickly down hill with a dominating non-tannic dryness. This bottle was over its peak.
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Clear red color. Fruit aromas, red currant and cranberry, dominate the nose. Nice intensity on the palate, with more dark berries and good fruit sweetness. Some nail polish shows up on the finish.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Very light color with a brown hue. Delicate aromas of red fruit and raisin. Great fruit on the palate, nice length and superb balance. This is drinking really well now.
Black red color. Aromas of dark berries, in particular black currant. Nice fruit driven taste, with great length. Notes of chocolate pops up on the midpalate. A modern style Tuscan, which primary drawback is its lack of personality and character. But showing nice balance and is drinking pleasantly.
Clear brick red color. Delicate cherry framed by some oak on the nose. Sweet cherry fruit on the palate, and a note of orange. A fragile elegant mouthfeel first, but ending in harsh tannins that sucks your mouth dry. This needs serious time to soften up.
The color is red at the center with a brown hue. Farmyard nose with earthy red berries. Amazing fruit on the palate kicks off the long rustic and mature taste. Great balance and still some tannin on the finish. Showing very nicely now.
Clear light red color. Farmyard nose very rustic with earthy fruit notes. Fruity sweetness and red beries first on the palate, but the taste becomes more rustic with animal and farmyard notes on the midpalate and finish. Greatly balanced with acidity, and a powerfull tannic ending. Give it more time in the cellar.
Dark red color. Dark fruit and coconut nose, clearly marked by the use of oak. The palate is in better balance with warm fruit, primarily dark berries and sweet licorise. Long intense taste with powerfull tannins on the finish. This needs more time.
Dark red color, just showing weak signs of age on the rim. Delicious aromas with red fruit, black currant and raisins, all framed by some oak. Sweet fruit on the palate picking up some tobaco and prunes on the midpalate. Great long taste in superb balance, and still packing some tannins at the finish. Incredibly youthfull.
Dark red color. Youthfull nose with intense aromas of black currant and other black berries, also packing more subtle notes of sour curdled milk and vanila. Very concentrated fruit on the palate packing intense flavours and leaving a very youthfull impression in the mouth. Sweet oak and coconut shows up on the midpalate and finish, and the tannins still makes a powerfull presence. Super long taste and amazing complexity, at the same time all the elements are beautifully intertwined in the smooth mouthfeel that is an absolute pleasure to drink. I'm utterly stunned by how youthfully this wine is at this age.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Black red color. Jumping out of the class with intense aromas of soured milk, nail polish and red currant. On the palate there is a warm fruity sweetness starting a long delicious mouthfeel. The midpalate gains more complexity and notes from the oak appears. Greatly balanced with acidity and tannins.
Light brownish red color. Aromas of perfume, nail polish, meat and some red berries. Nice red fruit first on the palate, but unfortunately this runs quickly downhill and becomes very dusty and dry.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru
Brown color. Red cherry, orange, perfume and spices on the nose. The palate gives far more than promised by the nose. Good fruit, gaining nuanced notes such as licorise, herbs and some cigarbox. Long taste ending slightly dusty, but still with some tannin structure. Alive and kicking, and with an amazing acacia honeyd feel going throughout the palate. Very delicious and absolutely stunning.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Browning red color. Aromas of perfumed cherry and orange. More youthful on the palate with some sweet fruit, primarily strawberry and cherry. Nice long taste and great balance.
Yellow golden color. The nose is dominated by gasoline and hints of burned rubber. Honeyed mouthfeel and an apparent sweetness lingers on forever. Fat and complex, with elegant and feminine fruit first. The midpalate is, however, dominated by burned rubber that sticks on the finish.
NV René Brendel Vin du Bugey-Cerdon Méthode Ancestrale 86 Points
France, Savoie, Vin du Bugey-Cerdon
Clear pink color. Sweet strawberry and ripe apples on the nose. Light, delicate, sweet fruity taste. Small bubbles that hangs on the palate for a nice long while. Ending with some bitter cherries.
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2006 Philippe Pacalet Bourgogne 85 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne
Clear red color. Red currant fruit and some animal notes on the fragile nose. On the palate it has some red fruit first, very ripe strawberries, but becomes more rustic. Too light on the palate and slight out of balance on the finish. Dry tannins finish.
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2004 Domaine de L'Arlot Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de l'Arlot 87 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
Deep red color. Farmyard nose and earthy red fruit. Red currant on the palate, nice intensity on the begining, but green and bitter on the finish. Nice length on the palate and fair tannin grip. Drinking quite well.
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1989 Domaine Trapet Latricières-Chambertin 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Latricières-Chambertin Grand Cru
Very light red color with a slightly brown hue. Farmyard, strawberry and milk chocolate aromas. Delicate strawberry fruit start the palate, some chocolate on the midpalate. Good long taste, perfectly balanced between acidity, tannin and fruit. Still clear tannins. Very delicate on the palate.
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2003 Lemelson Vineyards Pinot Noir Thea's Selection 90 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Deep black red color. Boiled fruit, rhubarb, on the nose. Intense fruit sweetness and notes from oak. Warm and concentrated. Really a monster pinot, but drinking very pleasantly now.
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1998 Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino 90 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Dark red color. Modern style, warm fruit and chocolate nose. Good concentration, blue berry and ripe cherries. Long taste with notes of oak showing up on the midpalate. Modern style Brunello, give it more time.
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2005 Podere Ruggeri Corsini Langhe Pinot Nero Argamakow 85 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Langhe DOC
Black red color. Warm blue berry fruit on the nose. On the palate it starts with a good deal of fruit sweetness, dark berries. Thinning out over the palate, and delivering a hollow finish with powerfull tannin.
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2004 Domaine Bertheau (Pierre et François) Chambolle-Musigny 82 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny
Clear light red color. Fragile aromas of red currant and burned rubber. Watery strawberry on the palate and bitter tannic finish. Not giving enough.
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1976 Château Léoville Las Cases 80 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Brown color. Sherry, raisin and burned rubber on the nose. Brown sweet apples starts the taste but it is quickly down hill with a dominating non-tannic dryness. This bottle was over its peak.
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2004 Clos de l'Oratoire des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 90 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Clear red color. Fruit aromas, red currant and cranberry, dominate the nose. Nice intensity on the palate, with more dark berries and good fruit sweetness. Some nail polish shows up on the finish.
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1982 Domaine Robert Arnoux / Arnoux-Lachaux Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Very light color with a brown hue. Delicate aromas of red fruit and raisin. Great fruit on the palate, nice length and superb balance. This is drinking really well now.
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2005 Tenuta Guado al Tasso (Antinori) Bolgheri Il Bruciato 90 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri
Black red color. Aromas of dark berries, in particular black currant. Nice fruit driven taste, with great length. Notes of chocolate pops up on the midpalate. A modern style Tuscan, which primary drawback is its lack of personality and character. But showing nice balance and is drinking pleasantly.
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2001 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Rio Sordo 91 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Clear brick red color. Delicate cherry framed by some oak on the nose. Sweet cherry fruit on the palate, and a note of orange. A fragile elegant mouthfeel first, but ending in harsh tannins that sucks your mouth dry. This needs serious time to soften up.
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1983 Domaine Auguste Clape Cornas 94 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas
The color is red at the center with a brown hue. Farmyard nose with earthy red berries. Amazing fruit on the palate kicks off the long rustic and mature taste. Great balance and still some tannin on the finish. Showing very nicely now.
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1990 Antichi Vigneti di Cantalupo Ghemme Collis Carellae 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Northern Piedmont, Ghemme
Clear light red color. Farmyard nose very rustic with earthy fruit notes. Fruity sweetness and red beries first on the palate, but the taste becomes more rustic with animal and farmyard notes on the midpalate and finish. Greatly balanced with acidity, and a powerfull tannic ending. Give it more time in the cellar.
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2001 Tenuta del Fondatore Chianti Classico Riserva La Commenda 88 Points
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Dark red color. Dark fruit and coconut nose, clearly marked by the use of oak. The palate is in better balance with warm fruit, primarily dark berries and sweet licorise. Long intense taste with powerfull tannins on the finish. This needs more time.
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1984 Château Margaux 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Dark red color, just showing weak signs of age on the rim. Delicious aromas with red fruit, black currant and raisins, all framed by some oak. Sweet fruit on the palate picking up some tobaco and prunes on the midpalate. Great long taste in superb balance, and still packing some tannins at the finish. Incredibly youthfull.
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1984 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon 95 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Dark red color. Youthfull nose with intense aromas of black currant and other black berries, also packing more subtle notes of sour curdled milk and vanila. Very concentrated fruit on the palate packing intense flavours and leaving a very youthfull impression in the mouth. Sweet oak and coconut shows up on the midpalate and finish, and the tannins still makes a powerfull presence. Super long taste and amazing complexity, at the same time all the elements are beautifully intertwined in the smooth mouthfeel that is an absolute pleasure to drink. I'm utterly stunned by how youthfully this wine is at this age.
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2003 Pascal Lachaux Richebourg 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Richebourg Grand Cru
Black red color. Jumping out of the class with intense aromas of soured milk, nail polish and red currant. On the palate there is a warm fruity sweetness starting a long delicious mouthfeel. The midpalate gains more complexity and notes from the oak appears. Greatly balanced with acidity and tannins.
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1989 Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo Le Brunate 85 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Light brownish red color. Aromas of perfume, nail polish, meat and some red berries. Nice red fruit first on the palate, but unfortunately this runs quickly downhill and becomes very dusty and dry.
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1966 Maison Leroy Grands-Echezeaux 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru
Brown color. Red cherry, orange, perfume and spices on the nose. The palate gives far more than promised by the nose. Good fruit, gaining nuanced notes such as licorise, herbs and some cigarbox. Long taste ending slightly dusty, but still with some tannin structure. Alive and kicking, and with an amazing acacia honeyd feel going throughout the palate. Very delicious and absolutely stunning.
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1982 Mongeard-Mugneret Clos Vougeot 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Browning red color. Aromas of perfumed cherry and orange. More youthful on the palate with some sweet fruit, primarily strawberry and cherry. Nice long taste and great balance.
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1990 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 92 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Yellow golden color. The nose is dominated by gasoline and hints of burned rubber. Honeyed mouthfeel and an apparent sweetness lingers on forever. Fat and complex, with elegant and feminine fruit first. The midpalate is, however, dominated by burned rubber that sticks on the finish.
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