| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White |
2013 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis Grand Cru Les ClosChardonnay more |
4/23/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 92 points1st of 12, opened 80 minutes, perfect cork and level - pale yellow, youthful; flint, oyster shell, lemon and apple, notably mineral, complex, fresh and classy; lightish, long, persistent, v intense rather than concentrated, slightly sharp and angular, notable salinity, minerality and typicity for Clos, upside, 8+ years. At least F (17.5). |
| White |
2015 Jean-Claude Ramonet Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Murgers des Dents de Chien BlancChardonnay more |
4/21/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 88 points1st of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level - light yellow, leggy; orchard fruit, v ripe, touch of tropics, hint of Ramonet spearmint, relatively fresh, not particularly complex; med/full, ok length, quite broad and slightly coarse, not flabby but heading in that direction, may well tighten and focus with more bottle age though I worry about slight lack of energy to fruit, if so upside, 8+ years. For now VG (16). |
| Red |
2002 Domaine Arlaud Clos de la RocheClos de la Roche Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/19/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 94 points10th of 12, pnp, perfect level, cork quarter stained, back on top form, marvellous black cherry, some liqueur, hint of black raspberry, very mineral as befits CdlR, complex, GC authority, some upside surprisingly, 12+ years. F+ (18). |
| White |
2015 Caroline Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les CailleretsChardonnay more |
4/19/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 95 points1st of 12, decanted an hour, perfect cork and level - very pale, leggy, young; very aromatic, orchard fruit, finely judged citric cut, marvellous chalky minerality so characteristic of Caillerets, notably complex; medium bodied, vv long, persistent and nuanced, fine balancing citric cut masking concentration and ripeness of vintage, almost Mosel like tension and nervosity, youthful but open for business, upside, 10+ years. VF (18.5).......outstanding and thanks to JonnyG for prompting me to pull a bottle! |
| 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). 6 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| White |
2013 Etienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ-CanetChardonnay more |
4/15/2024 - liber wrote: 89 pointsLast of 6, pnp, perfect cork and level - nice enough, bit dull and nondescript, slightly short and simple, but hard to find fault as such, plateau, no rush. VG+ (16.5). |
| White |
2010 Henri Germain et Fils Meursault 1er Cru CharmesChardonnay more |
4/14/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 91 pointsLast of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level, fruit diminishing in this bottle with citric edge slightly on the sharp side, probable downside but no real rush. Just about F (17.5). |
| Red |
2003 Jean-Jacques Confuron Clos VougeotClos Vougeot Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/13/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 93 points3rd of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level, pulled from cellar to replace corked Canon 89, needed some waking up but second half of bottle was in line with previous notes, lovely, nuanced and long with proper 03 scale if not 02 transparency, upside, 15+ years. At least F+ (18)......this grower has dropped off radar undeservedly! |
| Red |
1989 Château CanonSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/13/2024 - liber wrote: flawed11th of 12.........CORKED......shame as underlying wine seemed outstanding! |
| Red |
1998 Château Troplong MondotSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/12/2024 - liber wrote: 87 pointsdouble decanted - little rim development, dark quite dense but glossy ruby; black plum and spice, some earth notes, simple and straightforward; fullish, ok length but little fruit, coarse tannic structure all too apparent, massive over-extraction based on this bottle, though other notes on this site suggest this bottle an outlier, though there was no obvious taint, no future, drink. At best G+ (15.5).........I originally bought this en primeur but was able to sell it back to the merchant having picked up that extraction might be an issue but have stuck by more recent vintages which I've enjoyed. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1990 Château d'YquemSauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
4/12/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 95 points1st of 24, pnp, perfect cork and level - darkening bright gold; nicely spiced, honeyed fruit, some marmalade and butterscotch, fresh surprisingly and very complex; fullish, v long and persistent but much younger and apparently less concentrated than appearance would imply with palate some way behind nose, attractive balance, relatively early days and with much upside, 30+ years. VF (18.5)........I expected more and greater weight of fruit based on a couple of bottles I had in the noughties when it was massive and slightly OTT; currently I'd put this behind the 89 and 88. |
| Red |
1990 Faiveley Latricières-ChambertinLatricières-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/12/2024 - liber wrote: 86 points2 bottles, both aged, brown appearance, living more on structure than fruit, one bottle with slight cork taint, the other fresher and showing some bright fruit but spoiled by tinny back taste (storeage?), both showing hard edge which I found regularly in Latricieres from 70s and 80s, but which I wouldn't have expected in a ripe vintage like 1990, no future here, drink up. G (15) better bottle. |
| Red |
1918 Château MargauxRed Bordeaux Blend more |
4/12/2024 - liber wrote: 85 pointsdouble decanted, brown throughout, tired fruit, some structure, perfectly drinkable and a treat of course but objectively well past its best. G (15).....I had a Montrose 18 in late 80s which was remarkably fresh, nuanced and drinkable; my sense is that the vintage is much better than the books will tell you; at this age cellarage is all. it is of course the ladies' vintage with nearly all men in the trenches!!! |
| Red |
1995 Château Lafite RothschildPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/11/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 95 points10th of 24, decanted 2 hours, perfect cork and level, touch down from bottle last Feb, super nuance and persistence just a tad angular and austere, a fine run thing between fruit and tannin and slight lack of grip, probable upside, 20+ years. VF (18.5). |
| Red |
2015 Château Petit-FigeacSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/12/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 89 pointsopened and double decanted an hour, youthful slightly dense dark ruby, simple but ripe and attractive plum fruit with touch of earthy minerality, nice enough but nothing special, maybe some upside, no rush. VG+ (16.5). |
| Red |
2018 Château du TertreMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/12/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 88 pointsdouble decanted and opened 2 hours, decent youthful robe, on the plummy fruit, not much layering as yet and little breed, but a good enough drink, will probably go through a dumb phase, upside, 20+ years. At least VG (16). |
| Red |
1996 Château Haut-BatailleyPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/12/2024 - liber wrote: flawedCOrked!!!! |
| White |
2015 Louis Jadot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les RefertsChardonnay more |
4/12/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 92 pointspnp, perfect cork and level - showing surprisingly well, youthful but drinking, quite rich and layered with orchard fruit, hint of tropics, fine citric cut, round, fine attack and lift, upside, 10+ years. F (17.5) and more to it than Leeuwin Art Series 18 chard. |
| White |
2018 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art SeriesMargaret River more |
4/12/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 92 pointspnp - light and bright, fine typicity, orchard fruit and citrus, nuanced bouquet, med bodied, linear and correct, fine length, bit tight and angular as yet, if it rounds out upside, 10+ years. At least F (17.5). |
| Red |
2002 Maison Albert Bichot Corton-Clos des Maréchaudes Domaine du PavillonCorton Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
4/8/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 92 points14th of 24, splash decanted, perfect cork and level, bright youthful robe, black fruit and mineral, more plum than cherry, round and expansive, unresolved tannin well covered on exit, some residual austerity as befits Corton to add to lightly polished feel, maturity plateau, 10+ years. Strong F (17.5). |
| White |
2011 Bonneau du Martray Corton-CharlemagneCorton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
4/7/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 93 points2nd of 12, opened 30 minutes, perfect cork and level, as first bottle on 7/3, a fine bottle of wine, beautifully balanced, if without the weight and authority of the best vintages though given its youth and scope for improvement, I would expect greater layering and dimension to develop over the next 3 to 5 years and for it to hold for a further 10. F+ (18). |
| White |
2012 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis Grand Cru Les ClosChardonnay more |
4/6/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 93 points7th of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level.......even more delicious than last August's bottles, puppy fat now largely eaten revealing a finely chisselled, mineral and saline top quality Clos still very much at beginning of top drinking window, upside, 10+ years. F+ (18). |
| Red |
2006 Sylvain Cathiard Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les SuchotsPinot Noir more |
4/5/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 94 points1st of 6, opened an hour then decanted 45 minutes, perfect cork and level - dark but not dense, transparent, quite glossy ruby, youngish robe; black cherry, mineral, nice touch of spice, fresh, pure and quite complex; medium, v long and persistent, intense rather than concentrated, bright and layered, well balanced and not clunky, early maturity, some upside, 15+ years. F+ (18). |
| Red |
2003 Château Branaire-DucruSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/4/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 92 points7th of 12, opened an hour then decanted 45 minutes, perfect cork and level - youthful robe, purple rim on first pour, dense and glossy, attractive fruit driven bouquet and palate but decent complexity and length including Branaire's chocolate marker; however after an hour fruit suddenly diminished showing a fairly coarse tannin structure, balance and fruit seemed ok initially so I left confused by this and the marking reflects early impressions with final glass more like 89-90, upside I think, 11+ years? F (17.5). |
| Red |
2002 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru TaillepiedsPinot Noir more |
4/2/2024 - liber Likes this wine: 93 points1st of 12, opened an hour then decanted 30 minutes, perfect cork and level - dark but transparent ruby, little development; cherry, touch of cranberry, slightly sour and mineral edge, pure, fresh and reasonably complex; medium bodied, long, notably persistent, bright fruit, fine balance and grip, slightly simple as yet with unresolved fine tannin apparent on exit, adolescent but drinking, much upside, 20+ years. F+ (18) for now........nice to get an Angerville wine that is actually a good drink as they take an age to come round often going in and out of sulky phases (eg 95, 98 and 99); the 03 is probably to be preferred for current drinking but I suspect this will have the edge when fully mature in say 10 years and the Lord only knows when the 05s will be ready! |
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