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White - Off-dry

2018 Weingut Knoll Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Vinothekfüllung Loibner

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8/17/2022 - vintage_whine wrote: NR

bitter, powerful botrytis with honeyed notes vanilla and marshmallow. white peach and tropical custard notes. its intense and gtextural, a beast of a wine now, but that bitterness is concerning.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    3/20/2024 12:38:00 PM - Good note.
Red

2015 Tenuta Greppo (Biondi-Santi) Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

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12/6/2023 - PSPatrick wrote: 93 points

The wines of Biondi Santi, with Federico Radi (Zoom tasting): Wine 3: Tasting sample mailed by a wine retailer for a video tasting with Federico Radi, Viticulture and Winemaking Director at Biondi Santi. 14.5% ABV. Medium to dark garnet colour. The most floral of the three wines. The floral notes are joined by dark fruit, light chocolate, light earth, complex spice notes, light tobacco, some sandalwood, and balsamic notes, with good acidity, dry, grippy, slightly rustic tannin, and very good length. The wine is a little austere at this point, but it keeps developing as it is breathes in the glass, and it really grew on me. I can see it pairing well with food already. That said, the wine is still way too young for enjoying it on its own. It should be interesting (and rewarding) to watch this age and mellow. 93(+)(?)

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    12/30/2023 9:04:00 AM - I was also part of this tasting . I didn't think any of the wines showed particularly well. Absolutely agree with your conlcuding comments regarding price points of the wines.
Red

2019 Château Pontet-Canet

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12/5/2023 - Purple Tooth wrote: 95 points

**I bought 3 bottles of this because I cant help it. I am curious...Like a little monkey. It keeps my mind fed and my my eyes alive. And...the price was good too! So what the hell...or hey

This is where everyone should just relax and drink this wine instead of believing in Santa Claus. In its depth of deepest red, there is so much energy and pull, making the smallest sip, last the longest time. This is definitely a date night wine right now...A bottle you can enjoy with someone you want to get to know better or again, because it takes its time.
Lots of evolution during 5 hours. Twists and turns take you from one region to another though the language of a rainbowed wine with many tales. We go from a hot Napa summer day to a trip across the ocean to Rhone, where the dry and tannic ceylon tea like notes flare like a peacock in the finish, bringing much confusion. As we take a rest, the cocoa appears. Wrapped in cold graphite with notes of pen ink and then the wood influences come back in the form of decimated cozy little baking spices. A long, punctuated clean finish takes you back around to...California.

This wine can replace any 200+ dollah Napa with ease. But like most big voluptuous things, the weight will eventually shrink it down to less than what it is today. Drink, Drink and be merry! Happy Holidays and what a GREAT HOLIDAY WINE!

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    12/5/2023 3:14:00 PM - What a great tastiing note. I have this wine in cellar and probably won't open for a numbe of years, but it is amazing to read such an honest and candid review of an icon wine. Bravo.
Red

2004 Conti Costanti Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

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4/23/2022 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

This bottle was all tertiary and maybe a bit past it.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    5/17/2022 1:32:00 PM - Thank you for letting me know, I was a bit disappointed, but it's a nearly 20 year old bottle, so it's a bit of a crapshoot.
Red

2013 Horsepower Vineyards Syrah Sur Echalas Vineyard

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7/18/2021 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Tastes like rocks wine. Could be from most any producer. I do not think age endears itself to wine that is +pH4.0. On opening the wine is super bitter on the finish. After some time in decanter and some very forceful aerating and sloshing around it opens up a bit, but it is still just undefined, funky, farty, feral and bitter. No acid, the wine is dead in the mouth. Not a fan.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    7/22/2021 9:52:00 PM - I guess I am generally not of fan of (aged?) rocks wine. I have had very young Bionic Frog which I remember liking a lot. But I have had various other Cayuse brands and other Rocks District wines with 5-10 years of age and everything tastes very bitter to me, in addition to being just flabby, without structure, which is honestly the most offensive thing.
Red

2016 Luís Seabra Vinhos Douro Indie Xisto

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12/11/2020 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Very nice bottle. Extremely fragrant, strong nose of bergamot, black tea, eucalyptus, cinnamon, sandalwood, cedar. Palate is refined, and subtle, notes of black fruits, fresh blackberry, bramble, earth, cedar, cigar box.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    1/17/2021 3:02:00 PM - It's a top bottle mate
Red

2015 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon

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1/29/2019 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Not a good bottle of wine. Shocking that this retails for $75+. The nose is completely fucked. Sweet, jammy, prune, raisin, peachy apricot nose. The palate is off-dry, very sweet and soft, peach, prune, chocolate. We tested the wine and it has 8.1 g/L of residual sugar.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    5/19/2019 9:05:00 PM - Thank you for the interesting comment. If the 2016 has 8g/l of sugar then this looks to be the new house style.
Red

2017 Ca‘ Rozzeria Langhe Nebbiolo

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5/5/2019 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Good weeknight nebbiolo.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    5/9/2019 10:10:00 PM - Yes it can be. The grapes going into this Langhe Nebbiolo are not as structured as the grapes going into top Barolo or Barbaresco so Langhe Nebbiolo wines will (generally) be much more approachable in their youth.
White - Sparkling

1995 Dom Pérignon Champagne P2

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12/28/2017 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Nutty, roasted nut, baked apple, mushroom, dried flowers, deep brioche notes, chalky, mineral. Amazing wine, tastes like mushrooms and butterscotch, but not strange. Fantastic.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    5/19/2018 9:42:00 PM - Yes! I think so! It really depends on how you like your wine though. I think this wine can age easily for another 5-8 years before any real detrimental impacts from age. I find that I like my white wines on the younger side and this wine was perfect right now, really an amazing wine. But I know other palates really like the developed aspect of white wines, and I think this is a wine that can absolutely age longer and improve with greater tertiary notes. Consider yourself lucky if you have this in your cellar!
White

2015 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc

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1/25/2018 - John Dunlap Likes this wine: 95 points

UGC Bordeaux Tasting (2015 Vintage) (San Francisco): Domaine de Chevalier (blanc) - A lovely wine and above all other whites tasted this evening - except for the Smith-Haut-Laffite blanc. An ensemble of 70 percent Sauvignon Blanc and 30 percent Semillon. The DdC has a more typical profile dominated by grapefruit flavors on the nose and palate. Detected a lovely lime element and just touch of clove – the latter of which - I am not sure where it comes from. Maybe the barrels used or perhaps the Semillon varietal? Sometimes I detect a bit of forest flavors in this producer, but not this time. Still, very complex and is one of the best dry whites tried this evening.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    4/12/2018 7:30:00 PM - The wine was fermented in barrel and spent 18 months in barrel, 35% of which were new. That is definitely where your clove note is coming from.
White - Sparkling

NV Gruet Winery Brut

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12/1/2017 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Really quite bitter - and it's not like a high acid bitter/tartness, the wine is almost tannic in its phenolic bitterness. Not very nice.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    12/26/2017 2:56:00 PM - Then consider yourself lucky; more Gruet for you.
Red

2011 Penfolds Bin 389

 South Australia Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more
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9/3/2017 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Really dense and tight. Still really young. Showing real quality. Cabernet Sauvignon dominates, has a spicy syrah finish. Really nice.

Day two: Opened up very nicely. Lots of black olive, cedar, mint, black currant jam, black pepper.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    9/4/2017 10:04:00 PM - I just added some day two notes. It really opened up. I have another bottle and I think another 5-7 years would do it fine.
Red

1966 Manuel d'Almeida & Filhos Lda 21º Aniversário Garrafeira

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8/19/2017 - Claw Dee Puss Likes this wine: 92 points

12%. Harvested in 1966 (varieties: João Santarém, Malvasia, Tinta Miúda, Trincadeira), bottled March 23rd 1985 at Azenhas do Mar. The single 5000 litre barrel produced 6666 bottles.
What a gem - pale red/pink with no real signs of bricking - flowery nose - subtle mouth flavours around, well, it's really hard to say - almost perfumy taste - gentle grip - long finish - very nice wine.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    8/28/2017 10:37:00 PM - Great note on a fascinating wine!
Red

1996 Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello Barolo Monprivato

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7/29/2017 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Superb, really nice bottle. Drinking perfectly now, would have liked to have waited longer but occasion called and I have no regrets.
Really nice notes of, pure red fruits, juicy, ripe and dried, preserved cherry, red plum, strawberry. Cinnamon, clove, cedar, rose, violets, chocolate, coffee, truffle.
Endless.. Fantastic bottle of wine, will only get better over the next 10-15 years.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    8/17/2017 7:57:00 PM - Hi! No, I did not properly decant - only because I did not have a decanter on hand, otherwise I would have. I passed it through a funnel with a mesh screen to take out some sediment back and passed it back forth between two bottles to air it a bit, but nothing more.
Red

2009 Herdade Monte do Outeiro Alentejo Monte Cruz Syrah

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8/9/2017 - Claw Dee Puss Likes this wine: 89 points

4 hour decant.
No signs of age - deeply purple - tight nose - deep, full, rich, but not exactly classic Syrah - hints of sour - pretty good finish - nice wine.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    8/10/2017 9:01:00 PM - I didn't know they produce a wine of this name, what is the price point?
Red

2003 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

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5/17/2017 - bobwire Does not like this wine: NR

Overly alcoholic and flawed

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    5/18/2017 2:03:00 PM - It is flawed because it is overly alcoholic? Or was the bottle flawed and overly alcoholic?
White - Sparkling

2009 Jenkyn Place Brut

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5/12/2017 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Nearly flat, almost no carbonation.

Like biting into a green apple. The wine is exceptionally tart and lacking character.

Allegedly 35 months on the lees but I get none of that on nose or palate. Very tart and fresh.

Very simple wine.

According to the producer website the residual sugar is 11.3 g/l, which is JUST considered Brut. I think if the dosage was bumped up on the wine to Extra-Sec (12-17 g/l) territory the wine would just come off as a well balanced (sugar/acid) Brut and not a enamel stripping level of tartness that feels like a Brut Nature from a challenging vintage.

Alcohol listed as 12% ABV. I would like to know how much sugar was tipped into the vats to achieve that ABV and also account for the 11.3 g/l of residual...

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    5/13/2017 6:43:00 AM - The wine was definitely not oxidised. I had more of a problem with the greenness/tartness than the wine being nearly flat. I really found it tough going. It is almost like they over chaptalization the base but under dosed the sugar in the liqueur de tirage.
Red

NV Antonio Bernardino Paulo da Silva Vinho Regional Lisboa Garrafeira Reserva Particular

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3/23/2017 - Claw Dee Puss Likes this wine: 90 points

3 hour decant. 12.5% other wise no information at all. Strange tall bottle. Stinky moldy cork, but the wine is OK.
Some hints of coffee at the rim - pretty sure this is Ramisco - some cherry in the nose - quite lightweight in the mouth - more cherries - nice edges - goof finish - nice wine.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    3/27/2017 2:51:00 AM - Looks like a really interesting bottle. Where did you find this?

    I wonder why it was not bottled as Colares. Did you take either of the label photos that are on the site here? One reads Vinho da Mesa and the other is just Vinho Tinto. Very interesting!
Red

2015 LaGarde Malbec Altas Cumbres

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5/8/2016 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Soft and simple.
Way too sweet, way too soft, way too blah.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    12/26/2016 3:21:00 PM - Excellent.
Red

2013 De Forville Barbaresco

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4/5/2016 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Notes of red cherry, fresh plum, floral, violets, slight minty aspect that is interesting. High chalky tannins, bright fresh red fruits on palate, strawberry, cranberry, sweet spice, smoke, licorice. Really nice value

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    12/7/2016 4:38:00 AM - No idea about score, I don't really do scores.

    It is a pleasing bottle of wine. $34 sounds expensive for what I remember it delivering but wine-searcher says that is around the prevailing price. I tasted it at my friend's shop in London where the retail price at current exchange rate is around $18 - Which is a really good value indeed.
Red

2005 Clarendon Hills Syrah Moritz

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12/14/2015 - Rob_Sutherland wrote: 91 points

Still a bit of a big bruiser with significant plumy/pruney notes. Stored very well since release so it's not heat damaged in anyway, just a lot of plum pudding. Fine, but not as good as hoped. Interesting that the back label had 14.5% alc while there was a sticker put on after LCBO testing that has it at 16.8%!

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    9/25/2016 1:20:00 PM - Excellent info on the ABV %. Does the LCBO do independent analysis of this type for all their wines they buy?
Red - Sparkling

NV Chiarli Vecchia Modena Premium Secco

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7/3/2016 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Not what I was expecting. It is a rose lambrusco. The short extraction necessary has robbed it of most of the fruit. Vague red fruit notes, but it's causing me to stretch.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    7/5/2016 11:28:00 AM - Yes, bone dry.
Red - Fortified

2008 Monte Seis Reis Alentejo Vinho Licoroso

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6/22/2016 - Claw Dee Puss wrote: 88 points

20%. Syrah and Touriga Nacional.
I visited these people recently, and basically bought one of everything (red) - and this sounded particularly interesting - and not just because the labels says "Fortificated". For 24 hours this was almost too hot to drink, but it calmed down - rich and flavoursome - somewhat simple, but slides easily down the throat with a decent finish - I'd expected something at least a little similar to Port, but this really isn't, well, it is, but it isn't. Next time I'm there I'll probably buy another couple of bottles to see how this develops.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    6/26/2016 12:27:00 PM - How sweet vs port?
Red

1990 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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8/8/2015 - PT insurgent wrote: NR

Mostly tertiary at this point, notes of earth, mushroom, leather, prune, fig. Quite musky on the palate with licorice notes.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    6/22/2016 12:16:00 PM - Yes, 750ml and from an Enomatic machine (for what its worth).
White

2013 Terras d'Alter Alvarinho Terra d'Alter

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6/10/2016 - Claw Dee Puss wrote: NR

(Wine testing with B&A)
I don't drink whites, so I have no baseline on which to rate them - not nasty.

  • Comment posted by PT insurgent:

    6/21/2016 12:29:00 PM - It never occurred to me that all your notes are for red wines..

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