| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2016 Domaine Vincent Paris Crozes-Hermitage SelectionSyrah more |
4/8/2023 - tward Likes this wine: 88 pointsVery Good+ I rarely buy "mystery" offers these days, but I'm not mad about this at $20 USD delivered. Drank on PnP and only over about an hour and a half, so limited air exposure. Bright and ripe blueberry and blackberry, at first a bit candied in the nose, zesty and fun to drink. Clean and bright, but some savory hints as it opens. A nice flexible food wine. |
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2015 Wind Gap Wines Syrah Sonoma Coastmore |
5/7/2023 - thalver wrote: NRThis was far and away the best showing of nearly a case consumed, a couple bottles of which have gone down the drain. It was actually enjoyable . Somewhat. There is little fruit, and mostly herbal, forest floor tastes, and not the dominant funk some prior bottles have had. FWIW, I took the advice I had seen to stand these up for a while, and carefully decant off the fine sediment.
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1993 La Bastide Blanche Bandol Longue GardeMourvèdre Blend, Mourvèdre more |
8/4/2013 - Chomsky wrote: NRTwenty years young. In a perfect place right now, secondary fruit and leather, campfire, etc. Very mineral and still somewhat tannic. What a treat.
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2018 Raul Pérez Bierzo Ultreia St. JacquesMencía more |
4/26/2023 - jpsam Does not like this wine: NRNothing remarkable and nothing noteworthy. A Tuesday night wine. I don’t drink wine on Tuesday. You can do better!
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2017 Jean-Michel Dupré Morgon Le GriottierGamay more |
2/4/2022 - guribh wrote: 90 pointsSolid Cru BoJo, as others have noted. At peak, and will hold here a few years.
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1989 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
4/2/2022 - Edclr Likes this wine: 100 pointsAbsolutely stunning. No signs of age yet. Very youthful with very long finish. Couldn’t believe how distinctive this is. I paid $15 a bottle for this at a grocery store in Atlanta in 1993. Last bottle of 7.
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2019 Château PoesiaSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/8/2020 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 pointsCrushed rocks, stones, smoked red fruits, herbs and flowers round out the perfume. On the palate the wine is medium-bodied, silky, fresh and vibrant, showing lift, energy, length and purity in the red pit fruit, cocoa and licorice filled finish. The wine was made from blending 70% Merlot with 30% Cabernet Franc, reaching 14.5% alcohol. 93-95 Pts |
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2012 Xavier Vignon & Barbare Estate Vin de Turquie Cuvée XLTurkey Red Rhone Blend more |
12/13/2022 - Trevallon Likes this wine: 90 pointsNo experience with Turkish wine to compare to. I would have called it a Côtés du Rhône or Languedoc wine. Mourvèdre and Syrah characteristics dominated. Enjoyable rustic and still has time.
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2016 Villa Creek Syrah Cherry NewtonBallard Canyon more |
3/28/2021 - tward wrote: 84 pointsGood back yard BBQ wine. This was oversold in a long story email pitch. Solid wine, but not a lot of varietal character. Polished, a bit sweet in the domestic typical basic wine sense. Quality fruit, clean. 15% abv, which it holds together pretty well, but you can sense it's a bit boozy when drinking it. This should appeal to the domestic wine buyer as a top shelf supermarket effort. Good+
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| Red |
2015 Wind Gap Wines Syrah Sonoma Coastmore |
5/20/2020 - guribh wrote: 88 pointsSubject to re-review. Right now, this is puzzling wine: nose reveals some quality underlying fruit. The delivery to the palate has a bit too much of the green components that may come from whole cluster fermentation. I have a case of both this one (first time tasting) and the 2014, which seemed to show better on its first bottle sampling a short while ago. Leads to to believe that this one may show better (or is it wishful
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1999 Château d'IssanMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/7/2022 - Winegangster Likes this wine: 91 pointsChateau d'Issan 1999 - My mom's best friend
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2013 Andretta Brunello di MontalcinoSangiovese more |
10/29/2021 - hsacks Likes this wine: 92 pointsMedium red color. Aromas of red cherries ,leather and French oak spices. Ripe, nicely structured fruit in the mouth with very good depth and length. Firm with goof lift on the palate. While delicious now, this wine could improve wit another year or two of bottle age.
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2018 Les Vins de Vienne Condrieu La ChambéeViognier more |
1/7/2022 - Eantnay wrote: 82 pointsSecond try with this wine and still a big disappointment for the price. Once again, the nose does not offer much of anything. I gave it 2 more points than last time because the mouthfeel was a bit richer. This time it was served with baked steelhead trout.
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2019 Bedrock Wine Co. Sauvignon BlancSonoma Valley more |
11/15/2021 - Rieslingfan wrote: NRIf ever there was a Sauvignon Blanc that had some Riesling sensibilities…
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1998 Château de la Gardine Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/24/2022 - J.Nimmo wrote: 95 pointsI am so Happy about this and maybe the best CDP I've had. Thankful to have 4 of these. The first one was bad..... Thank God I opened #2..... It was so beautiful I almost fell off my Peloton.
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2014 Wind Gap Wines Syrah Sonoma Coastmore |
9/21/2021 - guribh wrote: 85 pointsSomewhat of an annual TN: quite disappointed. Not fleshing any, rather "green" still. While I appreciate the integrity of this style, this showing did not resonate with me.
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2014 Viña Otano Rioja Gran ReservaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
7/22/2021 - dlu Likes this wine: NRRelatively dark, concentrated, and high-ish ABV. Pleasant, but not that memorable. To be revisited, but also noted as a bit of hype from our source in Seattle.
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2018 Bedrock Wine Co. Old Vine ZinfandelCalifornia more |
8/30/2021 - JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine: NRI’ll confess to not remembering the last time I drank a young Zinfandel (maybe Sky Zinfandel a few years ago?), but it’s been a minute. And despite having a few bottles of Bedrock Evangelho, I’ve been remiss in checking in on the Old Wine Zinfandel. But a wonderful bottle of 1987 Ravenswood enjoyed with a colleague and a chance sighting of the 2018 reminded me that I probably could use more dry-farmed California heritage wines at the table. Served at cellar temperature. The robe is a dark ruby, rather than inky purple and translucent to the meniscus. The nose is brambly and red-fruited, with notes of game, spice, and black raspberry seed. The palate is concentrated—but by no means over-extracted or roasted—with a fine thrust of plummy red fruit, wild hedge fruit, and despite it being “entry level,” there’s plenty of deep earth and soil tone to maintain interest. There’s fine acidity and certainly some tannins, which keep things ‘upright.’ And while there’s a bit of discernible wood here (nothing overt, dear reader), this carries itself with aplomb despite the ripeness of the vintage. Terrific with binchotan-grilled lamb loin chops from Dickson's and a sautée of corn and chanterelles; it certainly stood up to the grass-fed lamb, while not overwhelming the corn and wild mushroom. This is a lovely bottle and worth the tariff. And structurally, I can see this gaining complexity and interest with 7-12 years in the cellar. Re-buy? Sure, there’s a plenty of interest here, but I’d certainly advocate for serving at cellar temp and allowing the wine to open up. Also, it bears mentioning, this is a real bargain. Not “cheap,” but an excellent value. Well worth seeking out.
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Comment posted by guribh:
10/12/2023 7:41:00 AM - We all have several burn marks from over-hyped Mystery Wines. I am with you on both nixing those and on your spot-on TN (had it last night). Cheers!