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Earthy, some vanilla marshmallow, pastry, lemon & peach. Good acid to go with the savory earth. Richness & savory fruit combined. Lovely now.
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Lemon, toast, smoky, graphite & pineapple. Some steel, even with it being funky. Textural & mineral.
Smoky, melon, pear. Fruit rich but held back a bit. Richer profile, still has good acid & cut even with the richness.
Smokey, lime, sea spray, some laundry powder, grapefruit. Power & precision, mineral, lovely acid & drive. Ticking along with purpose.
Stonefruit, smoke, vanilla, orange peel. Palate is fresh & flinty. Good!
Apricot, lemon pie. Plenty of power & texture. Rounded at the finish. Good push to it.
Tobacco, some toast, lemon, mango, graphite, lots going on. Palate is textured, stylish, punchy flavor. Really impressive.
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Lime, florals/roses. Super pure, sweet at the edges and while it is simple, it is tasty.
Cherry, raspberry, perfumed redcurrant. Crunchy acid, needs time as well - ideally needs food.
Graphite, smoky, toast. High acid, lifts & energy, good carry. Not a lot of stuffing but it makes the most of it.
Cherry & plum. Faded edges. Tobacco, leather, blackberry, cranberry. Black & red fruits on the palate which has good length. Interesting and very good!
Berries, cherry, red florals. Good balance, flows well. Well made Pinot.
Corked
Earthy, floral, herbal, some resin and smoky graphite. In great nick, holding up well, still has fruit and length.
Violets, cherry, inky, some bacon some herbs too. Drying tannins. Lots of structure, needs more time.
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Really lifted, cherry, rose. Plump fruit, lots of palate presence. Needs some time but can see what is coiled up here.
Cherry, floral, blackberry, lifted, really pretty. Palate is more structured. Amazing balance for what it is.
Pretty - roses, violets, spice & cherry, raspberry too. Good flavour, red fruit & spice. Drinking well early.
Perfumed red berries, roses & berries & raspberry. Better structure, quite a lot of tannins here but very good.
Dilute, some alcohol, roses & violets. Palate is mid-weight, just that.
Mint, raspberry, apple. Drive. Has a punchy profile, lots of flavor & fullness.
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2016 Jérôme Prévost Champagne La Closerie Extra Brut Les Beguines 93 Points
France, Champagne
Earthy, some vanilla marshmallow, pastry, lemon & peach. Good acid to go with the savory earth. Richness & savory fruit combined. Lovely now.
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2023 Vinden Estate Sémillon The Vinden Headcase Somerset Vineyard 90 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley, Pokolbin
Lemon, toast, smoky, graphite & pineapple. Some steel, even with it being funky. Textural & mineral.
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2023 Albino Rocca Piemonte Cortese La Rocca 89 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Piemonte DOC
Smoky, melon, pear. Fruit rich but held back a bit. Richer profile, still has good acid & cut even with the richness.
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2018 Domaine Roulot Meursault 92 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Smokey, lime, sea spray, some laundry powder, grapefruit. Power & precision, mineral, lovely acid & drive. Ticking along with purpose.
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2021 Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage Blanc 90 Points
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage
Stonefruit, smoke, vanilla, orange peel. Palate is fresh & flinty. Good!
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2022 Yeringberg Viognier 90 Points
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Apricot, lemon pie. Plenty of power & texture. Rounded at the finish. Good push to it.
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2018 Didier Dagueneau Les Jardins de Babylone Sec 92 Points
France, Southwest France, Jurançon Sec
Tobacco, some toast, lemon, mango, graphite, lots going on. Palate is textured, stylish, punchy flavor. Really impressive.
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2019 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett 90 Points
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Lime, florals/roses. Super pure, sweet at the edges and while it is simple, it is tasty.
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2020 Domaine Prieuré Roch Ladoix Le Cloud 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Ladoix
Cherry, raspberry, perfumed redcurrant. Crunchy acid, needs time as well - ideally needs food.
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2022 Simon Bize Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Grands Liards 91 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune
Graphite, smoky, toast. High acid, lifts & energy, good carry. Not a lot of stuffing but it makes the most of it.
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2017 Mythopia Pinot Noir Pi-No 91 Points
Switzerland, Valais
Cherry & plum. Faded edges. Tobacco, leather, blackberry, cranberry. Black & red fruits on the palate which has good length. Interesting and very good!
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2024 Serrat Pinot Noir 89 Points
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Berries, cherry, red florals. Good balance, flows well. Well made Pinot.
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2005 Château d'Issan Flawed
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux
Corked
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1990 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Shiraz Burgundy Ovens Valley 90 Points
Australia, Victoria, North East, Ovens Valley
Earthy, floral, herbal, some resin and smoky graphite. In great nick, holding up well, still has fruit and length.
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2019 Château Léoville Poyferré 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Julien
Violets, cherry, inky, some bacon some herbs too. Drying tannins. Lots of structure, needs more time.
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2019 Stonyridge Vineyard Larose 91 Points
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland, Waiheke Island
Really lifted, cherry, rose. Plump fruit, lots of palate presence. Needs some time but can see what is coiled up here.
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2015 Roger Sabon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Le Secret des Sabon 93 Points
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Cherry, floral, blackberry, lifted, really pretty. Palate is more structured. Amazing balance for what it is.
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2023 Wendouree Shiraz Mataro 91 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Pretty - roses, violets, spice & cherry, raspberry too. Good flavour, red fruit & spice. Drinking well early.
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2021 Mauro Veglio Barolo Castelletto 91 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Perfumed red berries, roses & berries & raspberry. Better structure, quite a lot of tannins here but very good.
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2021 Mauro Veglio Barolo del Comune di Serralunga d'Alba 86 Points
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Dilute, some alcohol, roses & violets. Palate is mid-weight, just that.
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2022 Noon Eclipse 90 Points
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Mint, raspberry, apple. Drive. Has a punchy profile, lots of flavor & fullness.
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