| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2008 Elvio Cogno Barolo RaveraNebbiolo more |
4/27/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NROpened at double-decanted. At this point it tasted aged, a bit rusty but with a healthy dose of tannins. Then transported by car and drunk 3+ hours later out of inadequate glasses. Still much the same character but lacking in charm and sweetness. OK but not glorious - but probably my own fault. |
| White |
2021 Textura Wines Dão Textura da EstrelaWhite Blend more |
4/25/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRLovely wine with some wood and a exture that reminds of chablis. There is something to remind one the bucaco white though the type of wood seems different, less oak here but possibly and bit more toasted compared to the possibly virtually untoasted oak in the bucaco. |
| Rosé - Sparkling |
NV Brice Champagne Brut RoséChampagne Blend more |
4/20/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRThe fragrant and floral part of the rosé is balanced by a certain sternness, with a nearly iron character. Very good. (Bottled 2021 and disgorged in 2023.) |
| Red |
2021 Fedellos do Couto As XarasRibeira Sacra Mencía more |
4/18/2024 - DK Amateur Likes this wine: NRFirst half, drunk immediately after opening over an hour: Red fruits including some slightly sour redcurrant and creamily textured raspberry, with an edge of smoky notes. Apparently some carbon dioxide in the mouth, and high acidity. Delicious, but not quite coherent on this occasion. Look forward to the second half. Perhaps the Zalto burgundy glass was not the right one. |
| White |
2021 Compania de Vinos del Atlantico Atlántida BlancoVino de la Tierra de Cádiz Vijiriega, Vijariego more |
4/4/2024 - DK Amateur Likes this wine: NRDeep yellow. Exciting nose of apples and yellow plums on a foundation of oak, very enticing and inviting. Big in the mouth (14 % ABV). Like a low-alcohol sherry based on meursault and sort of remotely related to old-fashioned, heavily oaked white Rioja, e.g. Marques de Murrieta from the 1980s rather than Lopez de Heredia now or then. Two days later it showed much less apple. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Walraet C Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
3/30/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRThis was very tasty with its brioche and meaty character. It seemed to have some bottle age and came across as nearly off dry. Easy-drinking and lovely. |
| White |
2019 Poggio Graffetta GrilloSicilia more |
3/26/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRAt more than four years of age, this grillo is most pleasing, showing minerals and discrete peach, soft texture, dry but with low acidity. Very nice. |
| Red |
2020 Kevin Descombes Morgon Vieilles VignesGamay more |
3/22/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRFairly dark for a Beaujolais and smooth and juicy, just lovely with all sorts of food, from fish to venison. |
| White |
2019 La Antigua Clasico Rioja BlancoViura, Macabeo more |
3/16/2024 - DK Amateur Likes this wine: NRWith some air, this shows traditional white Rioja aromas: lots of oak, bergamot and perhaps anise and butterscotch and a greenish aromatic tinge. Very much a complete whole with a great texture from the oak. It resembles to some extent the whites of Lopez de Heredia and also the much missed Marques de Murrieta white reserva from the 1980s (and apparently as divisive as they were), yet it is also modern and clean. And only 12.5 %ABV. Great out of the Zalto burgundy glass. |
| White |
2021 Château Picque Caillou BlancPessac-Léognan Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
3/15/2024 - DK Amateur Likes this wine: NRInteresting to compare with Château Leroy-Beauval 2022 blanc which is also 100% sauvignon blanc with some oak. Picque Caillou is lighter but also more layered and with more oak. In some way it is even better in its crispness. |
| White |
2022 Château Leroy-Beauval BlancBordeaux Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
3/14/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRThis is not obviously sauvignon but has peach and smoke in the nose. Considerable body (14 % ABV), very precise, no obvious oak, but perhaps a slightly bitter finish that disappears with air. For now it is great stuff, especially considering the price. Quite different than the Picque Caillou 2021 which has some of the same ingredients. |
| Red |
2022 Fedellos do Couto BastardaRibeira Sacra Bastardo, Trousseau more |
3/10/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRPale red. Red-fruited, lightly spicy, beautiful wine. Creamy texture, at one point like a Chambolle made with redcurrants (but there are also hints of raspberries). Fine aftertaste. All the same, on the expensive side. If I were rich, I would use it as a house wine. |
| White |
2022 Textura Wines Dão PretextoWhite Blend more |
3/8/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRThis has a really pleasing texture. but I couldn't figure out the aromas. At first they were citrus and spices but then sort of vanished. It is well-balanced and dry, has no oak and is a pleasure to drink. |
| White |
2021 Azienda Agricola Pianogrillo GrecanicoSicilia more |
3/1/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRThis should not be too cold and needs a little air to show its best: almonds, stones, and discrete citrus, with a good texture. Mineral rather than fruity. I quite like it. |
| Red |
2020 Trivento Malbec Golden ReserveLujan de Cuyo more |
2/17/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRNot my usual style but not overdone. At 14% ABV it is even quite elegant and shows dark fruit in a fairly smooth frame. |
| Red |
2010 Montevertine Toscana IGTSangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
2/16/2024 - DK Amateur Likes this wine: NRFrom memory. This is really fine now. At opening, it shows a great cherry intensity with good acidity. Really elegant in the mouth. Lovely wine. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV A.D. Coutelas Champagne Louis VictorChampagne Blend more |
2/16/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRThis had an initially quite oxydised nose, with some apples. Big woody taste. Quite special in its way though a bit crude, but very good food wine. |
| White |
2020 Weingut Seehof Westhofener Kirchspiel Riesling TrockenRheinhessen more |
2/9/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRDrunk over two days. Very straightforward and pleasing riesling with more than a passing resemblance to chablis. Mineral, citrus and some very discrete fermentation aromas, not quite sponti. Juicy, lovely wine. Will hold but does not seem to have any hidden depths. |
| White |
2011 Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Winninger Uhlen Riesling "R" Roth LayMosel Saar Ruwer more |
2/6/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRThis was opened last Friday and tasted somewhat inattentively, then I became ill, and today (Tuesday) I had the last glass. It was bordering on the heavy and clumsy on Friday, but the glass I had today was magic (because I was recovering from illness?), and weird: very sweet for a dry wine and especially lacking in acidity, there was also a little oxydation after four days' opening, and a clear feeling of too much of a good thing. Yet how not like it? All of it seemed tasty and wonderful, and while you wouldn't want to live in a baroque palace with no right angles or plain surfaces anywhere, staying for a night might be a lot of fun. |
| White |
2022 Dr. Hermann Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett - 6Mosel Saar Ruwer more |
1/19/2024 - DK Amateur Likes this wine: NRThis seems much more interesting to drink now than the 2021. Of course, it would benefit from 15 years in the cellar, but the highly intense nose and its stern mineral, citrus and restrained tropical notes are very attractive now. The luscious mouthfeel leads to a strong acidity. At only 7.5 % ABV it is tempting to empty the bottle in a very short time. Certainly, a Kabinett with a very strong character. |
| Red |
2021 Bibbiano Chianti ClassicoChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
1/11/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRThis seemed to me to be exemplary chianti, full of intense cherry fruit and a highly attractive feeling of sourness. Just a wonderful wine! |
| White |
2021 Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Riesling SchieferterrassenMosel Saar Ruwer more |
1/5/2024 - DK Amateur wrote: NRLeaner than I recalled but full of aromatic intensity. Still an excellent wine though simpler (of course) than Roth Lay. |
| White - Fortified |
NV Barbeito Madeira Malvasia Old Reserve 10 Years Oldmore |
12/31/2023 - DK Amateur Likes this wine: NRThis was more complete than the glass recently tasted. Elegant and pure and wonderfully attractive. |
| Red |
2015 Pago de Carraovejas Ribera del DueroTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
12/31/2023 - DK Amateur wrote: NRThis was dark, big and luxurious. It is warm and welcoming and carries its 15% gracefully. |
| White |
2014 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis 1er Cru VaulorentChardonnay more |
12/31/2023 - DK Amateur wrote: NRThis should have had more air. It came across as very reticent, just showing mineral and oystery coolness, as if from afar. |
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