| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2016 Le Marquis de Calon SégurSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/12/2023 - racerchris wrote: flawedcorked |
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1996 Château Léoville BartonSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/21/2023 - chablis28 wrote: 96 pointsPurchased locally 2-3 years past release. Opened 3-1/2hrs B4 dinner and decided to slow ox in Riedel BDX & Btl. About 90 minutes prior to dinner I switched to Riedel Burgs which opened up the nose in a big way! The Burg glasses caused the already elegant palate to take on an immediate Chambolle like silk. More & More I find Reidel Burgs to be my "go to" glass for any reds and its also excellent with white Burgs. Not sure I need Riedel BDXs for anything :).
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| White |
2018 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art SeriesMargaret River more |
8/16/2022 - richshoes Likes this wine: 91 pointsfirst half of bottle, truly amazing--big, plush, super linear with nice elegance of grapefruit and lime/lemon....but second half, it kind of faded, super soft, plush, but might be mistaken for a lot of nice other affordable chardonnays
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2014 Château Rauzan-SéglaMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/17/2020 - Zhart Does not like this wine: 89 pointsFelt like it was one dimensional and a bit boring. Maybe it needs a lot of time. Gave it a 5 hour decant.
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2016 Lorenzo Sassetti Montecucco La QuerciolinaSangiovese more |
8/16/2022 - richshoes Likes this wine: 90 pointsI've had mixed experiences with this...first time, it opened up super thin and carbonic, but then opened up and it was a nice drinkable, elegant table wine....second time, in inferior stemware at a Residence Inn, the first half was amazing--super plush with great drips of fruit but faded in the second half
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| White - Sparkling |
NV Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée Edition 167emeChampagne Blend more |
1/1/2022 - levinml wrote: 95 pointsMay be the best champagne I've had. Perfect balance of sweetness without cloying. Long finish and good over the whole evening. Nice to know great champagne is good.
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| White |
2018 Duckhorn Vineyards Chardonnay Napa Valleymore |
9/20/2021 - richshoes Likes this wine: 90 pointsHalf bottle--rich and dense and luxurious. A little bit overdone in my opinion. I had it next to the 2019 Sonoma-Cutrer Sonoma Coast and I liked that better, more simple and elegant (and cheaper).
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| White |
2018 Trouillet-Lebeau Pouilly-Fuissé Aux ChaillouxChardonnay more |
4/26/2021 - richshoes Likes this wine: 92 pointsSolid, plush with good depth and length. Lot of minerality, lemon, grapefruit, and verbena
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| Red |
2015 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valleymore |
2/16/2021 - richshoes Likes this wine: 91 pointsMuch better the second time. Think this just either aged better or there was just enough variance to make it special...feminine and elegant, medium bodied and long...sour cherry with plum and blackberry...soft and luscious...shorter finish.
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| White - Sparkling |
NV Veuve Clicquot Champagne BrutChampagne Blend more |
1/1/2021 - -Tim- Likes this wine: 88 pointsReceived this bottle as a gift and opened it on new years eve at 12am.
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| Red |
2016 Château LabégorceMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/5/2019 - richshoes Likes this wine: 94 pointsJust a great exquisite wine with the right amount of structural complexity and elegance. Worth way more than it’s price point. Super drinkable with nice dark cherry fruit in the front third of the palate. If you had to ding this wine, the flavor profile favors California, but the French side anchors it down
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| Red |
2014 Marqués de Riscal Rioja ReservaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
1/25/2020 - PanosKakaviatos wrote: 85 pointsSix from Safeway (Private home in Arlington, Virginia): Of the six Safeway specials, I was expecting more from this bottle, as 2014 was a fine vintage for Rioja. But the wine came across as rather boring and lacking in expression. Some redcurrant, some ripe black fruit, as well, but as if they were in first gear and not even in third gear. I like subtle wines, but this was hiding somewhere in the backyard. It was furthermore a tad dilute on the palate, as if coming from excessively high yields. Not sure.
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| Red |
2016 Duckhorn Vineyards Merlot Napa Valleymore |
5/8/2020 - buymoreredsdrinkmorewhites wrote: NRPnP, sweet plum, cherry, violet and rose notes with a dry finish. A nice merlot, just wish I had a nice NY strip to go with it, solid effort.
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| Red |
2013 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve To-Kalon VineyardOakville more |
4/2/2019 - richshoes Likes this wine: 93 pointsSuper exquisite in terms of its refined structure...lot of dark fruit and squid ink...but I still miss these Mondavis from the 90s that were more mossy and had more terroir!
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| Red |
2006 Valdicava Brunello di MontalcinoSangiovese more |
10/5/2019 - richshoes Likes this wine: 92 pointsA little disappointing. Might be more a 91. Good intense, dense condensed structure but soft given the age—so nice tension there.
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| Red |
2012 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve To-Kalon VineyardOakville more |
8/30/2016 - jeffm_fla Likes this wine: 90 pointsVery tannic, mouthfeel a bit thin - not as plush as I expected. Flavors seem to be there, but a little disjointed. A little hot on the finish. Try again next year. Should have decanted this one.
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| Red |
2008 Chateau Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon The Montelena EstateCalistoga more |
2/17/2019 - richshoes Likes this wine: 93 pointsusually disappointed in Montelena Estate because I open it too early and it's super undrinkable....have learned to wait as the older it is the better it gets! this one was pretty good, but not mind blowing...good sweet cherry fruit with some background of dark fruit....good layers but not as big and complex as I would have thought...probably just a tad young but ready to drink and will hit prime in next 2-3 years
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| Red |
2012 Joseph Phelps InsigniaNapa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/2/2017 - richshoes Likes this wine: 92 pointshad all the hallmarks of what makes insignia great--right amount of sweet fruit, silky smooth elegant...but a little bit uninspiring for me. I miss the older vintage Insignias...maybe a little too much fruit and not enough terroir. thought the regular phelps I had recently was more impressive... |
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2003 Château Gruaud LaroseSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/2/2017 - richshoes Likes this wine: 92 pointsa little disappointing...had moments of bordeaux greatness, but a little inconsistent, sometimes tight...stemware mattered quite a bit...I probably should have aerated it more.
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| Red |
2013 Darioush Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
11/22/2016 - msuwine wrote: 92 pointsA lush, though a bit shallow, modern Cabernet that could use another year or so. Dark purple in color, full in body, nose of black cherry and licorice. Tastes of blueberry, milk chocolate, and cedar, with a nice though brief finish. 14.8% alcohol. Blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 3% Malbec, and 2% Petit Verdot. Despite having fruit in spades, this lacks depth in the mid-palate, which is a bit frustrating at this price point. It has some structure to improve with time, but I doubt it will ever be great.
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| Red |
2008 Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot MentinNebbiolo more |
12/18/2016 - richshoes Likes this wine: 90 pointsbarely makes 90...lot of character, but maybe a little bit past its prime...fruit is dying, port flavors starting to show up...still good body and layers of subtle complexity. interesting and intellectual stimulating, but not as yummy as I would have wanted.
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| Red |
2006 Krutz Family Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Stagecoach VineyardNapa Valley more |
5/14/2011 - h20medic wrote: 90 pointsHad with dinner at the Four Seasons in Las Vegas, prior to attending the Grand Tour wine tasting. It's a solid wine, but its memory was dwarfed by the wines I sampled at the tasting event.
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| Red |
2002 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private ReserveNapa Valley more |
5/13/2013 - JSPuskar wrote: 85 pointsWe had this wine with David, Mark and Ann. A dinner of mixed grill. I was disappointed that it did not seem to hold its character. It was lighter than I expected for a Beringer Cab - fruit was restrained, finish not very long.
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| Red |
2001 La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva 904Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
1/18/2014 - richshoes Likes this wine: 94 pointswas blown away by the first third of the bottle...for $44, it tasted like a $100-150 bottle, layers of extreme elegance with some bordeaux smokiness/leather, just totally refined (97-98)...but as the wine changed, the bordeaux smokiness became more bothersome and less integrated into the wine, and the changing wine became more harsh, flabby, and less integrated, too acidic at the back end (92-93)...so I'm taking the average, but really good value for how big and elegant the wine is overall.
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Comment posted by richshoes:
2/5/2023 8:45:00 PM - one of mine was mildly corked too--so seems like a little bit more of a trend with this one