Deeper golden; fat, rich, butter, butterscotch, a lightness in back of the intensity, lush and waxy, grilled lemon, almost verbena, maderizing a bit on the back but getting better with air; '05 Chablis?
Dark core with brick maroon rim; olives, oak, black fruit, thick, spicy, cooked red currant, meaty, green pepper, black currant on the palate, graphite, very firm on the back half, some secondary development but still very young, gravitas; '03 Leoville Barton?
Cloudy chocolate core with dull purple rim; candied violets, tea, leather, very Brett driven, some iron, brown spices, not very fruity; plusher texture with air, spritzy at first gives it a weird quality but gets better with air, whole cluster, Syrah/Beaujolais/Grenache character, more fruity on the palate, feral, white and black pepper; very unique.
See through deeper ruby; sweet nose, strawberry pie, herbs, slight pine, sappy, pure fruit but oak is strong right now, solid, young, sour cherry, initially in Clos des Mouches but a bit more generous and darker fruit.
Dark core with reddish violet rim; tea, pomegranate, wet earth, nutty, round plum, dark raspberry, red currant, faint kiss of oak, good flavors but slightly 1-D, medicinal, good length, still a bit young, thicker on the palate, high acid and high tannin; Left Bank to CA to end up on '10 Tignanello?
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Opaque core with dull maroon rim; candied violets, Kool-Aid, super reduced pencil eraser, beef stock and blood, a monster, grapey, so dense, sour firm acid, lots of dry extract; initially N. Rhone but some flavors suggested Burg though I was the only one there.
Antithesis of last wine appearance-wise, lighter almost orange; sweet candied cherry and strawberry nose, mineral, sour cherry, very pretty, soft, linear finish, pure and great drive, so young and slurpy quality; called it.
Deeper golden; nutty nose, lemon pastry, weighty, marzipan, rich, lush, ready with great development but not tertiary, eggy, lemony, slight smokiness; delicious!
1999 Podere Rocche dei Manzoni Barolo Vigna Cappella di Santo Stefano
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Starter; crimson see through, orange rim; saddle leather, dried roses, dusty, cherry, orange peel, nutty, grippy late, broad, pretty dry, oak tannin, tart finish, touch of prune, powerful; '06 Spinetta Bordini?
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2011 Domaine Dujac Morey St. Denis Blanc
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis
Deeper golden; fat, rich, butter, butterscotch, a lightness in back of the intensity, lush and waxy, grilled lemon, almost verbena, maderizing a bit on the back but getting better with air; '05 Chablis?
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2003 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Dark core with brick maroon rim; olives, oak, black fruit, thick, spicy, cooked red currant, meaty, green pepper, black currant on the palate, graphite, very firm on the back half, some secondary development but still very young, gravitas; '03 Leoville Barton?
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2011 Domaine Gourt de Mautens (Jérôme Bressy) Vaucluse Rouge
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Vaucluse
Cloudy chocolate core with dull purple rim; candied violets, tea, leather, very Brett driven, some iron, brown spices, not very fruity; plusher texture with air, spritzy at first gives it a weird quality but gets better with air, whole cluster, Syrah/Beaujolais/Grenache character, more fruity on the palate, feral, white and black pepper; very unique.
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2012 Bouchard Père et Fils Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets Ancienne Cuvée Carnot
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
See through deeper ruby; sweet nose, strawberry pie, herbs, slight pine, sappy, pure fruit but oak is strong right now, solid, young, sour cherry, initially in Clos des Mouches but a bit more generous and darker fruit.
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2001 Vérité Le Désir
USA, California, Sonoma County
Dark core with reddish violet rim; tea, pomegranate, wet earth, nutty, round plum, dark raspberry, red currant, faint kiss of oak, good flavors but slightly 1-D, medicinal, good length, still a bit young, thicker on the palate, high acid and high tannin; Left Bank to CA to end up on '10 Tignanello?
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2013 Bernard Dugat-Py Charmes-Chambertin
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Opaque core with dull maroon rim; candied violets, Kool-Aid, super reduced pencil eraser, beef stock and blood, a monster, grapey, so dense, sour firm acid, lots of dry extract; initially N. Rhone but some flavors suggested Burg though I was the only one there.
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2014 Benanti Etna Rovittello
Italy, Sicily, Etna DOC
Antithesis of last wine appearance-wise, lighter almost orange; sweet candied cherry and strawberry nose, mineral, sour cherry, very pretty, soft, linear finish, pure and great drive, so young and slurpy quality; called it.
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2004 Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs
France, Champagne
Deeper golden; nutty nose, lemon pastry, weighty, marzipan, rich, lush, ready with great development but not tertiary, eggy, lemony, slight smokiness; delicious!
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