| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2014 Castello Banfi Brunello di MontalcinoSangiovese more |
4/1/2023 - Armando B wrote: 88 pointsBad year, middling producer. Medium+ weight. Reasonable balance. Nice but not memorable. Probably a decent performance given the foundations. Would not recommend at regular price. (Fortunately, this was gift.) |
| Red |
2021 de Négoce Syrah OG N.365Santa Barbara County more |
3/19/2023 - Armando B wrote: NRNo surprise that this was way too soon to open this wine, and I expect that bottles opened a year or five in the future may yield very different results. But right now.... |
| Red |
2006 Domaine Camus-Bruchon & Fils Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru NarbantonsPinot Noir more |
2/19/2023 - Armando B wrote: 90 pointsMy experience very much like JOHNNYBEGOOD note below. |
| Red |
2016 Zinke Syrah Kimsey VineyardBallard Canyon more |
2/8/2023 - Armando B wrote: 91 pointsVery good bottle. Dark fruit (blackberry) with olive and mineral notes. Full minus body. Good balance. Very tasty. Not a small wine, but not at all an overblown monster. Excellent QPR for $19. |
| Red |
2018 de Négoce Cabernet Sauvignon OG N.72Russian River Valley more |
2/1/2023 - Armando B wrote: 90 pointsI believe this is my first RRV cab ever. Blind, I would have guessed modern styled bdx, and maybe right bank. Dark fruit with a coffee note. Medium + bodied. Still pretty tightly wound. I would guess it needs at least 3 years to hit its better drinking window. Interesting. |
| Red |
2018 de Négoce Cabernet Sauvignon OG N.80Napa Valley more |
12/7/2022 - Armando B wrote: 90 pointsOld school style Cali cab. Dark fruit in a medium+ weight package. Very nice balance. More restrained than the typical Napa style. I really enjoyed it, but not really for your Caymus-loving friends. |
| Red |
2014 Canvasback Cabernet SauvignonRed Mountain more |
11/14/2022 - Armando B wrote: 88 pointsDark fruit. Vanilla. Still pretty tannic. Muscular style. Sits between Napa and Bdx. Good QPR for $25. Full price, probably not so good QPR. |
| Red |
2008 Castello di Verduno Barbaresco RabajàNebbiolo more |
11/9/2022 - Armando B wrote: 92 pointsSeems to be in a prime drinking window. Excellent bottle with well delineated red fruit and great balance. Medium bodied. Savory notes and a bit lean (in a Burgundian sort of way). |
| Red |
2011 Château MeyneySt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/9/2022 - Armando B wrote: 89 pointsStraightforward left banker with dark fruit (a bit restrained) and earth notes in a medium + body package. Suggest a 2-3 hour decant. |
| Red |
2015 Xavier Vignon Arcane XIX - Le SoleilCôtes du Rhône Villages Grenache Blend, Grenache more |
9/25/2022 - Armando B wrote: 90 pointsDeep dark fruits with enough acid to keep it well away from meandering into flabby territory. Hedonistic. Really hits the spot if you are in the mood for this style of wine. |
| Red |
2018 Moundsman Cabernet SauvignonRutherford more |
9/10/2022 - Armando B wrote: 88 pointsFine bottle of typical Napa cab. Fair QPR. But not don't believe the WA hype. |
| Red |
2001 Bodegas Muga Rioja Selección EspecialTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
9/3/2022 - Armando B wrote: 93 pointsAt peak. Great balance. Great texture. Great bottle. |
| Red |
2013 Bodegas Muga Rioja ReservaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
9/2/2022 - Armando B wrote: 89 pointsGood Rioja, leaning toward a modern style. Blue and red fruits. Good acid. Good balance. Still on an upward trajectory. Day 2 was better than Days 1 and 3. Suggest 2-3 hour decant. This is a wine that I am always thankful for. |
| Red |
2020 Louis Jadot Beaujolais-VillagesGamay more |
8/28/2022 - Armando B wrote: NRRed fruit on the darker side. Restrained, angular wine with some minerality and a bit of tannic bite. Good acid. Pretty remarkable for $11. |
| Red |
2018 McCay Cellars Cinsault Bechthold VineyardLodi more |
8/8/2022 - Armando B wrote: 90 pointsVery interesting and unusual. Light bodied. But very southern Rhone-like with red fruit and garrigue. Nice balance. Very enjoyable. |
| Red |
2017 Handley Pinot Noir Anderson Valleymore |
7/10/2022 - Armando B wrote: 84 pointsPretty pedestrian bottle. Burgundian-style restrained fruit but a bit flabby. Also came across a bit hot, particularly for a wine with a 13-ish ABV. Bit disappointing. |
| Red |
2013 MacPhail Pinot Noir "The Flyer"Russian River Valley more |
6/28/2022 - Armando B wrote: NRSadly, this bottle was a bit over the hill. Fruit fading and turning prune-ish. Wood was sticking out a bit awkwardly. For those who have this wine, I would suggest drinking soon and hoping this bottle was a aberration. |
| Red |
2019 Xavier Vignon LiracRed Rhone Blend more |
6/25/2022 - Armando B wrote: 87 pointsPleasant southern rhone wine with red fruit and garrigue in a medium weight wine with pretty good balance. More restrained than most other wines I have had from this maker. A bit of a surprise that way. At the end of the day, a solid if unremarkable wine that delivers good QPR at $15 and that would pair well with the they types of food that usually go with southern rhone or other old wordish grenache based wines. |
| Red |
2012 Les Vignerons de Laudun Chusclan Côte-Rôtie Les RoletsSyrah more |
6/20/2022 - Armando B wrote: 91 pointsVery much in line with my previous note. Do not expect I will ever have a better $10 wine (my price). Wow. |
| Red |
2019 de Négoce OG N.229 Mourvedre/Syrah Ciel du ChevalRed Mountain Red Rhone Blend more |
6/18/2022 - Armando B wrote: 86 pointsPretty odd bottle that I suspect I opened too soon. Would have guessed syrah dominant (not Mourvedre) and and Paso (not Washington). By the 3d night, it more resembled what I expected. But not that close. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2005 Château de Saint Cosme GigondasRed Rhone Blend more |
6/5/2022 - Armando B wrote: 92 pointsStill drinking very well. Was the WOTN. Dark fruit and garrigue. Great balance. While I would not expect this wine to improve from here, it is in a very nice place. |
| Red |
2016 Tablas Creek Bern's CuvéePaso Robles Adelaida District Red Rhone Blend more |
6/5/2022 - Armando B wrote: 84 pointsPretty disappointing. Really no discernable connection to other Tablas Creek wines I have had. Light bodied and red fruited. And nothing else. Low acid. Nothing spoke of the GSM components. Just a nondescript red wine. |
| Red |
2006 Saint Cosme Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
5/31/2022 - Armando B wrote: 90 pointsFully mature bottle. Dark fruit and tobacco, along with a mineral note. Tannins resolved. Good balance. For near term consumption. |
| Red |
2009 Terry Hoage Vineyards Syrah The HedgePaso Robles more |
5/15/2022 - Armando B wrote: NRTasted a friend's house. A gigantic syrah. Huge blackberry fruit. Mature but not over the hill. Reasonable acid. Sort of overwhelming though. One glass was enough for me. But I think that fans of the style would like this a lot. |
| Red |
2017 Badia a Coltibuono Chianti ClassicoChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
5/10/2022 - Armando B wrote: NRA basic cc, with a bit darker fruit profile than standard. Good acid and balance. A touch of leather. Not for long term aging. Does what you expect. Good QPR for $9 sale price. Would be OK QPR for $15-17/ |
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