Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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White - Sparkling |
2008 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
4/24/2024 - zimmy07 Likes this wine: 96 pointssimilar to my last tasting note. I have to stop drinking these!!! They need 10 more years and this may one of the greatest of all time! I think this may be better than the 2008 Krug and Cristal. This will be epic if you can wait until 2030 or beyond. This is special |
Red |
2000 Château MontroseSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/18/2024 - liber wrote: 91 points1st of 36, opened 90 minutes then decanted 90 minutes, perfect cork and level - very dark ruby, quite transparent, youthful robe; more black plum than cassis, some mineral and smoke, quite dense and unlayered presenting more as a simple right banker; full, round and caressing, ok length, persistence and concentration, sweetish mid palate with hint of tannic structure on exit, but as yet too monolithic and simple and without the breed and layering I'd have expected, so I'm left confused, could go either way though I suspect it needs more time to come together properly so long as there really is proper tannic underpinning which I believe was just detectable, if so much upside, 30+ years. But for now a tentative F (17.5).
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Red |
2021 Kinsman Eades Cabernet Sauvignon KodoOakville more |
4/15/2024 - csimm wrote: 100 pointsPunchline first: And ‘the Ks’ have it!! Kaannos and Kodo! I know I’m supposed to find beauty in all creatures great and small, and that love is discovered in all forms of doe-eyed unicorns and rainbows, but after sampling over 70 wines over the course of a three-day weekend, the Kaannos is THE BEST wine. It just is. If you dare take your in vogue flat leadership model and go old school vertical with it, then the Kaannos is on the top, like the very top. #1. Numero uno. The cat’s pajamas, and even the cat’s meow for that matter. The Kodo is… also… the best…!
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Red |
2016 Château MontroseSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/6/2024 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 92 pointsI opened this in the early afternoon and followed over the day into dinner. I drink very little Bordeaux and almost none this young anymore so I lack a little context for what I was drinking. I grabbed a Montrose because I’ve been intrigued by what folks have said about the wine in recent vintages. Well, I was reminded what the word “backward” means wrt wine. It did open up over the course of the evening and worked pretty well with a ribeye. What struck me is how buried the fruit was by the structure, loads of tannin but fairly fine grained and plenty of acidity. It was really compact and unyielding the entire time, more of an intellectual exercise rather than a pleasurable one. There were moments when the fruit would linger on the palate or a note of graphite would really come to the fore and there was good mineral twang. I think folks are right, that this will be a really good wine in time. The question for me is do I want to dedicate cellar space to it or is it a wine that I can pick up in 10 years for nominally the same price. Maybe I owe it to my 2016 daughter to salt away a case. IDK, even after spending a day with this wine and discussing it with other wine people I don't feel any closer to having a great read on it.
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Red |
2016 Château Cos d'EstournelSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/15/2024 - Haystack wrote: NRHad the 2016 at Chateau Cos d’Estournel two days ago. It is in a quiet period. Strongly recommend waiting.
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Red |
2003 Château MontroseSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/11/2024 - llink wrote: 96 pointsDecanted for several hours. Served blind in a flight of 9 cabernet based wines from the 2003 vintage. My #1 wine and the groups consensus #2 wine. The nose shows like a classic left bank Bordeaux and features coffee grinds, saddle leather, cedar and cassis. The palate is deep and mouth filling with layers of ripe fruit and velvety tannins. Long finish. Not at all overdone or roasted, this is a classic ripe year Bordeaux with a long life ahead of it.
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Red |
2010 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/6/2024 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 96 pointsVINTAGE 2010 Dinner (Galletto Ristorante, Modesto Ca.): This wine is GORGEOUS...and would normally be the standout on the table, but was bested by a couple Cali wines...the 10 Screaming Eagle and MacDonald! All three very similar...the PC was velvety smooth...dark berried fruit with dried concentration...creme de cassis, pencil lead, new leather, wood barrel spiced tannins...more new world with sweeter fruit, yet lovely licorice and graphite dryness...has that Bordeaux seamlessness, fine grained...super tasty and engaging. Loved it!
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Red |
2003 Château PavieSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/2/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine: 92 pointsPurchased awhile ago and saved for my daughter’s 21st. She has a bum birth year but I did some research and this was one of the better performing 03’s, supposedly.
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Red |
2010 Vieux Château CertanPomerol Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/31/2024 - J_Smallwood Likes this wine: 94 pointsAir is your friend if you open one of these (at least 6 if not 12 hours of decanting I would recommend), and even then, still painfully young. Celebrating a new job for a friend we opened this….objectively a great wine, but left me wanting a bit more from it which I’m sure will just show better in several more years (or decades). An understated nose of raspberry, briar patch, and vine smoke that directly translates to palate, full of dark berry fruits framed by raspberry, green tobacco, wispy smoke notes, dark chocolate, and crushed stones. There is a lot of density packed into the wine - next to a few burgs, this wine took more “effort” to drink given its tannic structure and density at this stage, but nonetheless a fantastic wine. At the price point, I think there are better options out there, but still a very enjoyable and impressive wine. (++ upside)
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Red |
2003 Château Léoville Las CasesSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/22/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 95 points1st of 36, opened an hour then decanted 90 minutes, perfect level curiously crumbly but clean cork - glossy, dark but transparent ruby, purple rimmed; very much on the cassis fruit, fresh and pure for 03, hints of cigar box and graphite, fragrant, complex and classy; fullish, very long, persistent, decent concentration, fruit masking fine tannic underpinning, much simpler as yet than nose, really quite adolescent but with volume and drive of fine vintage, beautiful balance for 03, much upside here, 30+ years. At least VF (18.5)........has 1st growth quality and will take decades to show its true potential; my sense is that it's behind 62, 75, 82, 85, 86, 90, 96 and the potentially sensational 2000- time will tell!
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Rosé - Sparkling |
2012 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année RoséChampagne Blend more |
3/21/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 97 pointsAfter dinner pour provided by Joel and what a hit it was! I think to everyone here, it may have been THE best Rose Champagned they've ever had. Very much agree with his note on this one. Creamy strawberry is dead bang on. The nose was gorgeous, too. What a fabulous bottle, Joel. Thanks for sharing it!
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Red |
1999 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon ReserveNapa Valley more |
3/16/2024 - Skymech Likes this wine: 95 pointsThis was absolutely fantastic. I bought a couple of pristine bottles at auction for a low price. This wine tastes like it is in its prime. Great nose of some fruit, leather and earth. Very subtle. The palate is a mix of red and black fruit that doesn’t taste old at all. Not many tertiary notes. The fruit is still here and very fresh. This was tremendous for a 25 year old Napa. Love it. |
Red |
2015 Château d'IssanMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/12/2024 - PSPatrick wrote: 92 pointsBought today, at Central Perk Wine & Spirits, 1420 6th Avenue, New York. A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, aged in oak, 50% new. Popped and poured. A little closed on day one, more open on day two. Medium to dark garnet colour. Black currant, dark cherry, blackberry, plum, a musty/vegetal aspect that adds complexity, pencil shaving, chocolate, cocoa, espresso, tobacco, spices, liquorice, and light vanilla, with good acidity, well-integrated tannin, and very good length. Medium-bodied, with good concentration, and a creamy texture. Quite enjoyable. Ready now. |
Red |
2013 Ridge Monte BelloSanta Cruz Mountains Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/6/2024 - Cailles wrote: 99 pointsWow, wow, wow! This wine stands as a true work of art, astonishingly surpassing high expectations I had after tasting it 7 years ago (following its release) when it showed great promise (rated 97pts). I would have never thought that this still very young wine is that amazing today, especially as Monte Bello has a reputation of needing decades to blossom. The complexity is out of this world and up there with the very best wines I’ve ever had, with each aroma delivered in ultra-high definition, so sharp and precise. The profoundness of this wine is paired with a perfect structure, full of finesse, tension and freshness. One can only imagine how good it will be in 10, 20, 30 years. For sure one to load up.
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Red |
2011 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/3/2024 - Discobiscuits42 wrote: 90 pointsPretty closed and basic. Potential is there but not showing much of anything. Hold.
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Red |
2016 Château Cos d'EstournelSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/27/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 94 pointsI feel like I'm a bit late to the party, here. That's my fault.
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White |
2011 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric EmileAlsace more |
2/25/2024 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 95 pointsRiesling bash at CHIKO (Chevy Chase, Maryland): Exceptional showing from magnum. The nose is perfumed with white and yellow flowers, slate, crushed chalk, salt brine, over top of orange peel and juicy white peach, drizzled with lime. The palate is concentrated and bold but balanced expertly with racy acidity. Flavors of dried apricot and pineapple, lime zest, mix with tones of almond skin, slate, quinine, hay, some honeyed ginger tea – all sorts of stuff packed in here. Complex, balanced, this will continue to age well for a long time to come.
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Comment posted by zimmy07:
4/25/2024 8:08:00 AM - Wombat, for clarity I think Taitinger Comtes is one the best champagnes vintage after vintage. Some people love Krug, Cristal, I love them all but their blanc de blanc has always been one of my faves. For example I am not a huge Dom fan, too sweet, but this wine, continue to collect and drink