Walk around tasting. Rich orchard fruit with very good old vine density. Still fat in the middle but brighter on the finish. Their first vintage here, and a great start.
Walk around tasting. Faintly reductive but with excellent concentration for its level. Clearly rich at the start and middle, brightening up in the finish. Good length
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Walk around tasting. Ripe black fruits with good density. Needs time to harmonize and shed its baby fat, but I liked this better now vs when tasted in the spring, 91-92 point potential.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Walk around tasting. Enjoyable in its lighter, understated style, but too understated for Echezeaux, lacking the density I expect from good vintage Grand Cru. Patience needed?
Walk around tasting. Magnum. Red cherries throughout with anise and black pepper. Slightly firm, but precocious fruit wins out. Entering a very good phase in its evolution, so enjoyable now.
Walk around tasting, small glass. Old Bordeaux defined. Not a powerhouse, but wonderfully complex and elegant. Best I have ever experienced for this wine.
2018 Domaine Jean Francois Chardonnay The Twelve Rows Sanford & Benedict Vineyard 91 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Sta. Rita Hills
Walk around tasting. Rich orchard fruit with very good old vine density. Still fat in the middle but brighter on the finish. Their first vintage here, and a great start.
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2021 Sanford Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard 89 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Sta. Rita Hills
Walk around tasting. Lemon and apple with good length, bright finish. Very enjoyable now with some possible upside.
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2019 Arnaud Ente Bourgogne Blanc 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc
Walk around tasting. Faintly reductive but with excellent concentration for its level. Clearly rich at the start and middle, brightening up in the finish. Good length
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2021 Benoit Ente Chassagne-Montrachet Les Houillères 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet
Walk around tasting. Very rich and intense, just slightly awkwardly structured on finish. Patience required. Magnum.
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2016 Brooks Pinot Noir Graft Homage Blend 85 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Walk around tasting. Pleasant, simple, good. Time to drink up.
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2018 Brooks Pinot Noir Graft Homage Blend Flawed
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley
Walk around tasting. Over the hill.
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2022 Domaine Arlaud Charmes-Chambertin 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru
Walk around tasting. Ripe black fruits with good density. Needs time to harmonize and shed its baby fat, but I liked this better now vs when tasted in the spring, 91-92 point potential.
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2022 Cyprien Arlaud Echezeaux 89 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Walk around tasting. Enjoyable in its lighter, understated style, but too understated for Echezeaux, lacking the density I expect from good vintage Grand Cru. Patience needed?
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1961 Clos du Marquis
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Walk around tasting. Enjoyable but I found it very tired. Other enjoyed this more.
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1986 Vieux Château Certan Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Much too dirty
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1998 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia 89 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Walkaround tasting. Mature and fresh red fruits with subtle spice and earth notes. Good enough weight, this is best to drink up.
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2005 Château La Conseillante
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol
Walk around tasting. Magnum. Still massively structured and barely accessible, but clearly lots here.
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2017 Roagna Barbaresco Vecchie Viti Asili 92 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
Walk around tasting. Magnum. Red cherries throughout with anise and black pepper. Slightly firm, but precocious fruit wins out. Entering a very good phase in its evolution, so enjoyable now.
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1982 Château Léoville Poyferré 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Walk around tasting. Fully mature black cherry and currant, lots of earth but certainly clean. Lots here to still enjoy.
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1949 Château Cos d'Estournel 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Plump black and red berries start-to-finish with good dollops of earth, anise, cigar box, and cooked shiitake. So much here, such a treat.
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1955 Château Latour Grand Vin 95 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac
Walk around tasting, small glass. Old Bordeaux defined. Not a powerhouse, but wonderfully complex and elegant. Best I have ever experienced for this wine.
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