Opened the night before and brought half of the bottle for dinner. Better on second day as it came across as rather disjointed on the first day. Ripe, tropical fruit as usual for this producer, but I felt this lacked energy and acidity compared to the Butteaux I had before. Based on my previous experiences this was slightly advanced in my book, but others seemed to like this a lot more than I did for the floral nose and round texture.
Orange with a tinge of bronze in colour. Exactly what I look for in a sweet - tropical fruit of peaches and apricot, orange peel, but with structure and acidity. Great balance despite the unctuous texture, has the stuffing to go on forever.
Was between Piedmont and southern Rhône for this, plumped for the latter in the end. Thought this didn’t have the tannic bite of Nebbiolo, but the sweet dark cherry fruit of Grenache. Not the most complex wine but drinking very well for its age, could have passed off as a late 90s or early 2000s wine. Became a little pruney after a couple of hours and lost its structure.
I was quite confused about this showing as I liked this wine a lot the previous time I had it. Went through a few previous notes and Nicka's note on 3/9/2022 mirrored my experience. Didn’t place this as a traditionally made claret at all, heavily extracted with dark fruits with powdery tannins. Guessed a more modern producer like Poyferre, similar to the 2011 I had last month. Dense and monolithic.
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Surprisingly I preferred this to the Barton. Clearly a modern producer but had more elegance than the Barton. Not too concentrated or oaky despite the plum fruit being predominant, think the vintage helped here to restrain the modernist tendencies.
Wanted to share this since I loved it a couple of years ago. Unfortunately this bottle was much less integrated. Still had that silky texture but the oak stuck out here. Fruit wasn’t fully expressive and felt muddled. Shame because the one I had previously felt at peak, so probably some bottle variation going on here.
2014 Domaine Pattes Loup Chablis 1er Cru Beauregard 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Opened the night before and brought half of the bottle for dinner. Better on second day as it came across as rather disjointed on the first day. Ripe, tropical fruit as usual for this producer, but I felt this lacked energy and acidity compared to the Butteaux I had before. Based on my previous experiences this was slightly advanced in my book, but others seemed to like this a lot more than I did for the floral nose and round texture.
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1989 Foreau Domaine du Clos Naudin Vouvray Moelleux Réserve 94 Points
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray
Orange with a tinge of bronze in colour. Exactly what I look for in a sweet - tropical fruit of peaches and apricot, orange peel, but with structure and acidity. Great balance despite the unctuous texture, has the stuffing to go on forever.
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1975 C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España) Rioja Imperial Gran Reserva Flawed
Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja
Completely oxidised.
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1990 Bersano Barbera d'Asti Superiore 90 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Asti, Barbera d'Asti Superiore
Was between Piedmont and southern Rhône for this, plumped for the latter in the end. Thought this didn’t have the tannic bite of Nebbiolo, but the sweet dark cherry fruit of Grenache. Not the most complex wine but drinking very well for its age, could have passed off as a late 90s or early 2000s wine. Became a little pruney after a couple of hours and lost its structure.
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2002 Château Léoville Barton 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
I was quite confused about this showing as I liked this wine a lot the previous time I had it. Went through a few previous notes and Nicka's note on 3/9/2022 mirrored my experience. Didn’t place this as a traditionally made claret at all, heavily extracted with dark fruits with powdery tannins. Guessed a more modern producer like Poyferre, similar to the 2011 I had last month. Dense and monolithic.
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2008 Château Le Dome 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru
Surprisingly I preferred this to the Barton. Clearly a modern producer but had more elegance than the Barton. Not too concentrated or oaky despite the plum fruit being predominant, think the vintage helped here to restrain the modernist tendencies.
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2010 Joseph Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
Wanted to share this since I loved it a couple of years ago. Unfortunately this bottle was much less integrated. Still had that silky texture but the oak stuck out here. Fruit wasn’t fully expressive and felt muddled. Shame because the one I had previously felt at peak, so probably some bottle variation going on here.
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