Small taste. Enjoyable, just didn’t thrill me. Obviously ripe, and seemingly lacking brightness. A faint oxidative note, which I could t tell if it was intentional.
Small glass. Floral with apple and lemon peel, this has good+ weight and a very lively, bright middle through finish. I might be underestimating this wine.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Red berry and cranberry with good enough weight and density, lots of interesting meat and spice notes throughout adding layers of interest. In its peak drinking window.
Small taste from magnum. Red berry and cherry with faint meat, spice, and earth. Overall good balance, good enough weight. Not as ripe as I expected from the vintage, vs how most 1er Crus are showing at present. I don't think I have tasted this in many years and like where it is performing right now.
Small glass. Impressively good and nuanced with more than enough still in the tank. Noy as bright or layered as some of the finest wines I've had from this vintage. but this is holding its own.
Small glass. While I've never had this wine from this vintage before, we found it somewhat flat and underwhelming, thinking it possibly somehow an incorrect bottle.
Small glass. More air would almost certainly have helped. Backward and brooding while also showing dense black fruits in the near background. 90-91 point potential
1984 Château Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Small taste. A bit too madeirized, past its peak.
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2019 Tan Fruit Chardonnay Dux Vineyard
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Small taste. Enjoyable, just didn’t thrill me. Obviously ripe, and seemingly lacking brightness. A faint oxidative note, which I could t tell if it was intentional.
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2023 Cave des Vins de Sancerre Comte de la Chevalière 85 Points
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre
Small glass. Apparently a good Costco value wine, nicely bright and lively, balanced and easy to enjoy.
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2016 Kumeu River Chardonnay Hunting Hill 90 Points
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland, Kumeu
Small taste. Good richness and ripeness with a spiced stone fruit note that seemed on the tropical side. Good weight.
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2014 Kumeu River Chardonnay Maté's Vineyard 91 Points
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland, Kumeu
Small glass. Floral with apple and lemon peel, this has good+ weight and a very lively, bright middle through finish. I might be underestimating this wine.
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2013 Charles Van Canneyt Corton-Renardes 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Red berry and cranberry with good enough weight and density, lots of interesting meat and spice notes throughout adding layers of interest. In its peak drinking window.
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1998 Christian Gros Corton-Renardes Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Tired and dirty, well past its peak.
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2012 Francois Gay Corton-Renardes 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Rich and large scaled but on the simple side. Perhaps time will help.
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2012 Patz & Hall Pinot Noir Hyde Vineyard
USA, California, Napa / Sonoma, Carneros
Small taste. Still nicely freshness but ripeness dominates with plenty of candied cherry and cherry cola front-and-center.
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2019 World's End Cabernet Sauvignon CrossFire Beckstoffer Missouri Hopper Vineyard
USA, California, Napa Valley, Oakville
Small taste. On the opulent side, but not quire having the nuance that would keep this interesting all the way through.
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1999 Bodega Numanthia Toro Numanthia
Spain, Castilla y León, Toro
Small taste. New oak dominates without the gravitas or complexity to pull that off.
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2009 Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru Celebration 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
Small taste from magnum. Red berry and cherry with faint meat, spice, and earth. Overall good balance, good enough weight. Not as ripe as I expected from the vintage, vs how most 1er Crus are showing at present. I don't think I have tasted this in many years and like where it is performing right now.
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1987 Ritchie Creek Cabernet Sauvignon
USA, California, Napa Valley, Spring Mountain District
Small taste. Worth a chance, but past its peak.
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1987 Silverado Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 90 Points
USA, California, Napa Valley
Small glass. Impressively good and nuanced with more than enough still in the tank. Noy as bright or layered as some of the finest wines I've had from this vintage. but this is holding its own.
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1987 Girard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
USA, California, Napa Valley
Small taste. Nothing interesting left here, but at least the Reserve tasted next was more interesting.
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1987 Girard Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
USA, California, Napa Valley
Small taste. More earth than fruit, but enough life to keep this hanging in there and nearly interesting.
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2011 Colgin Cariad
USA, California, Napa Valley
Small glass. While I've never had this wine from this vintage before, we found it somewhat flat and underwhelming, thinking it possibly somehow an incorrect bottle.
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2008 Château Pontet-Canet
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Small glass. More air would almost certainly have helped. Backward and brooding while also showing dense black fruits in the near background. 90-91 point potential
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2013 Rare Champagne 91 Points
France, Champagne
Small glass. Rich with good depth, while also faintly bready. Very good length and depth. Very good now.
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