| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2001 Chateau Musar BlancBekaa Valley White Blend more |
1/4/2020 - SteveHyde wrote: flawedOxidized. All 3 bottles purchased at the estate in Lebanon were oxidized. Chateau storage is probably not great. Still, I won’t buy older Musar white anymore. |
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1985 Capezzana Carmignano Villa di Capezzana RiservaSangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
10/4/2009 - SteveHyde wrote: NRPurchased as an experiment, my expectations for this bottle were low. It looked to be in stellar condition. Fill level into the neck, capsule and label in good shape, color seemed fine. But this is an inexpensive wine,one I buy regularly and tend to consume within a few years of the vintage. It isn't made for long-term aging. I stood it up for several days before opening to let sediment settle.
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2007 Chateau Musar BlancBekaa Valley White Blend more |
4/17/2020 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 88 pointsPleasant, but confirms my experience that the Musar whites are not nearly as long-lived as the reds. Bought at the estate and hand carried home, so provenance not an issue - though I question just how good the storage is in the massive cellars of the estate.
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2012 Emidio Pepe Trebbiano d'Abruzzomore |
8/3/2017 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 92 pointsBeautifully balanced, soft structure, warm finish, nose of honey, white flowers, a bit of stone fruit and grass.
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| Red |
2013 Luigi Baudana Barolo BaudanaNebbiolo more |
1/4/2020 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 92 pointsVery well made by Vajra from a plot acquired from Baudana. Lovely sweet fruit, well-structured with fine tannins. Lively in the mouth. Will improve with more age, but fun to drink now.
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| Red |
2017 Château Thivin Côte de Brouilly Cuvée ZaccharieGamay more |
12/27/2019 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 92 pointsBeautiful. Love this old vine Gamay. Rusticity done right. Grainy tannins, dark, dense fruit that shows very clear, perfect with roast duck.
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| Red |
2001 Paolo Scavino Barolo Bric dël FiascNebbiolo more |
10/6/2019 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 94 pointsMy reactions to Scavino are always complicated. These are often fabulous wines, great structure, pure, clear fruit, depth, tannin, mouthfeel. But you have to take them for what they are. If I judged them again classic Barolo criteria, I'd be more critical. But they are great to drink. I thought about selling them off as my tastes changed toward the traditional, but I'm glad I didn't. Digging into them has given me a chance to appreciate them for what they are.
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| Red |
1990 Vietti Barolo BrunateNebbiolo more |
12/28/2014 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 94 pointsBeautiful Barolo, drinking close to peak now but with many more years ahead of it. Double decanted at 10 am for 8 pm dinner. Silky, plush, with resolved tannins and lovely fruit. Strong finish.
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| Red |
2016 G.D. Vajra Langhe NebbioloLanghe DOC more |
3/18/2018 - Bonnie Doran Does not like this wine: 77 pointsI had this at a tasting and bought a bottle. I didn’t like it at a party. Don’t know if it was my mood or what.
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| White |
2001 Chateau Musar BlancBekaa Valley White Blend more |
7/1/2017 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 91 pointsQuite lovely. No sense of where this wine is on its aging curve, but very good with Vietnamese food at Doi Moi in DC. Softer, very rich with light citrus and floral notes. Well balanced. Lovely mouthfeel. Clean finish. Not at all oxidized. Still has years ahead of it.
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| Red |
1982 Cantine Sebaste Barolo Riserva BussiaNebbiolo more |
1/2/2015 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 94 pointsWow. What a wine. I am not that familiar this producer, but the 82 riserva hit it out of the park. At peak. Resolved tannins, fabulous structure, clear, densely layered fruit. Dark plum color. Would add more of this to the cellar any time I could find well-stored bottles.
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| Red |
2006 Lorenzo Accomasso Barolo Riserva RoccheNebbiolo more |
6/4/2015 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 92 pointsNot easy to find these wines in the US. AG does not review them. He finds that they are not well made. I can't speak to the cellar conditions or winemaking, but the results are more interesting and impressive than I might have thought from AG's views of the wines. Too young and slow o'd for 4 hours, the wine is soft ruby in color, with a classic Barolo nose and profile: sour cherry, some spice mixed with earth and tobacco and tar. Needs a decade, and should improve with time.
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| Red |
2004 Giacomo Conterno Barbera d'Alba Cascina Franciamore |
5/23/2014 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 93 pointsThe best bottle I've had yet. Quite something to think that a 10-year old Barbera is showing better now than it did 5 years ago. Sour cherry fruit, dense tannins, fabulous grip, but beautiful balance, as well. Great.
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| Red |
1990 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Vino da TavolaSangiovese more |
7/4/2012 - Chateaunewf wrote: 92 pointsBeautiful mature supertuscan. Nicely balanced with classic Tuscan earthiness. The Cabernet componet has been nicely integrated after two decades in bottle.
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| Red |
1990 Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin GinestraNebbiolo more |
4/9/2013 - SteveHyde Likes this wine: 93 pointsFabulous, no where near full maturity. Rich nose full of spice and bright fruit, lovely balance and structure. Just a great showing for this wine.
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| Red |
2000 Podere Il Carnasciale Il CaberlotToscana IGT more |
7/11/2009 - SteveHyde wrote: NRKelly's TN and score are right on target. This may be a second wine, but it holds its own against many a first wine. Deep purple garnet, plush mouthfeel, lovely crushed black berry fruit with good backbone.
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Comment posted by SteveHyde:
8/26/2022 12:57:00 PM - Thanks. I'm aware of the style, and am comfortable distinguishing between oxadative style and oxodized to the point it presents as flawed. This was the latter. I have had quite a few vintages of this wine, some more than 20 years old, and to my taste, it is not a wine that ages well much beyond 10 years, unlike the red Musar.