| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White - Sparkling |
2011 Michel Gonet Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de BlancsChardonnay more |
4/23/2024 - sdr wrote: 89 pointsNo obvious flaws in this champagne but no special character. Anonymous. Not tired or underripe though. |
| White - Sparkling |
2011 Vilmart & Cie Champagne Premier Cru Coeur de CuvéeChampagne Blend more |
4/23/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 pointsA very nice effort from this disastrous vintage. Plenty of pleasant bready fragrance and better than decent mid palate impact. Mature now. Moderately good champagne character and good balance and acidity and doesn’t taste underripe. Just lacks the concentration of better vintages. |
| Red |
1989 Château PalmerMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/20/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 94 pointsThis was a Mähler-Besse bottle released in 2005 that I purchased maybe a decade ago. Beautiful deep ruby robe. Gorgeous fragrance of pure “Margauxberry” (violet and dark plum). Medium weight. Very, very pretty and nice acidity. Elegant. Soft to no tannin. Lovely flavor - but very light since there is no grip. |
| White |
2010 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru ValmurChardonnay more |
4/20/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 pointsI was surprised by the intensity and domination of the pineapple scent and flavor of this Chablis. It’s a pleasant white wine but without detectable Chablis cut and salinity. Full body, modestly viscous. Good length. Mature but no oxidation or fading. |
| White - Sparkling |
2008 Dom Pérignon ChampagneChampagne Blend more |
4/19/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 pointsDeveloping well but short of the defining Dom Pérignon character. Even fairly simple at this stage. Youthfully energetic. Surprisingly large bubbles and short lived foam. Give Dom Pérignon from a great vintage at least 20 years to see what it has. |
| White - Sparkling |
2002 Dom Pérignon Champagne P2Champagne Blend more |
4/19/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 94 pointsNow entering prime time, the ‘04 P2 is richly flavorful. More bread and yeast than the citrus of young DP - or even a P2 on release. Powerful acidity, great length, intense. Drink now for its energy or wait a bit longer for it to soften up and become more complex. |
| White |
2010 François Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru ButteauxChardonnay more |
4/16/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 pointsClean fresh and pale, the wine is a delight to drink. It quickly gets lost though among other white Burgundies, even if they are all Chablis. Moderate detail and finish. Perhaps I should not expect more from a Premier Cru. |
| Red |
1990 Château Haut-BrionPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/14/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 95 pointsA great example. Tonight besting the famous ‘89 because it’s much more developed. Beautiful fruit, tannins and acidity - much more fruit than smoke or hickory. It won’t get better even from perfectly stored bottles. |
| Red |
1989 Château Haut-BrionPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/14/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 94 pointsThe maturity level of various bottles of ‘89 Haut-Brion varies a lot. This bottle, purchased near release, was one of the younger versions. Deeply saturated ruby, no orange. A little shy on the nose. Powerful core of intense cassis fruit. Long. Not very complex yet but that will surely come. |
| Red |
1988 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La LandonneSyrah more |
4/13/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 95 pointsThe wine soaked slick top of the cork did not inspire confidence this would be a sound bottle although the ullage was 1cm . Nor did the loose cork. But Bacchus was watching over me and delivered a marvelous bottle. The color was almost black with some maroon. Smells like charcoal. It tasted black too - licorice, black olive, black pepper and blackberry. The interestingly raw character of La Landonne was on display. Powerful and spicy. Opened gradually in the glass to become more complex, integrated and marginally softer. This will last a long time but it won't be better than now. |
| Red |
1989 Château Lafite RothschildPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/6/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 pointsA good wine but well off the superb 1990 version. Medium deep ruby. Gorgeous bouquet, powerful aroma of sweet black- and blue- berry. Light to medium weight on the palate, soft tannins, excellent acidity. Perfectly fine to drink now but doesn't inspire me to write poetry. |
| White - Sparkling |
2013 Egly-Ouriet Champagne Grand Cru Brut MillésiméChampagne Blend more |
4/6/2024 - sdr Does not like this wine: 92 pointsExtremely exuberant mousse which died quickly. Light gold. Quite pleasant aroma of soft apple and cinnamon, only a hint of oxidation. Very charming on the mid palate at first; later became youthfully disjointed. A much fresher presentation than E-Os of the past. Try again in a few years; this could be interesting. |
| Red |
1982 Château Grand-Puy-LacostePauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/30/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 93 pointsAlmost shockingly youthful, from a recent Wine Watch purchase. Deep ruby, orange edge. Beautiful aroma of dark berries and cassis. Slightly smoother on the palate than previous bottles although with time it revealed its origin with more rusticity and charcoal. Vibrant and complex. Excellent. |
| White |
2014 Jean-Claude Ramonet Bâtard-MontrachetBâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
3/30/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 pointsA puzzle. On opening there was a blast of yeasty oatmeal and an intense palate impression even if bit raw. Later though it retreated and became simple and lemony. After a couple more hours it began to blossom some and a bit of the original character emerged. Presumably it will sort itself out in a few years. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Jacques Selosse Champagne Premier Cru Lieux-dits Extra Brut Mareuil-sur-Ay Sous le MontPinot Noir more |
3/26/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 pointsAt first very closed and not showing much. But it gradually relaxed in the breezy Spring night air after a couple of hours to display a daintily oxidized pinot noir. Subtle and elegant but surely better in a few more years. Otherwise, decant well in advance. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Ulysse Collin Champagne Blanc de Noirs Extra Brut Les MaillonsPinot Noir more |
3/26/2024 - sdr wrote: 90 pointsThe NV version of Maillons tastes very, very young and hard to read. Explosive mousse, medium bubbles. Quite bound up in its mineral expressionnwith sharp acidity. Missing mid palate at his point. Perhaps much better in a few years but hard to tell. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2000 Château Mouton RothschildPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/23/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 93 pointsBob’s bottle. A beautiful wine which has left its exuberant primary phase behind and entered its early secondary phase. Deep ruby. The bouquet is still trying to make up its mind since it no longer is bursting with cherry berries and is developing earth, expresso and olive notes. We could see the family resemblance to the dazzling ‘61 version. “Mouton je suis.” |
| Red |
1961 Château Mouton RothschildPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/23/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 97 pointsA dazzling example. A bit too coarse and aciditic on the finish for the first 30 minutes but fortunately then relaxed and integrated thereafter to make a near perfect tasting cycle. Astonishingly deep color. Marvelous concentration, deeply fruity. A lovely but evanescent fragrance of mint emerged. As with the greatest old wines it reveals more nuances with each sip. Mesmerizing. |
| White |
2014 Domaine Bernard Moreau et Fils Chevalier-MontrachetChevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
3/23/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 93 pointsA bit of a chameleon it was pale and fragrant immediately then dumb then opened to reveal a dense and viscous Chevalier-Montrachet with style and complexity. Seems almost mature. Promising. |
| Red |
2013 Achával-Ferrer Malbec Finca AltamiraLa Consulta more |
3/19/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 91 pointsExtraordinarily young; tastes like a 5 year old. Bright and intensely cherry fruity. Good acidity. Promising, though. |
| White |
2014 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-MontrachetChevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru Chardonnay more |
3/16/2024 - sdr wrote: 89 pointsOh my, is this monotonous now. Delicate, slight, pale, lean. Lightly citric and that’s about it. No change over 3 hours in the glass. Needs at least several more years to see where this is going since this can’t be all there is. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| White - Sparkling |
2004 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
3/16/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 pointsVery pale, superb mousse of pin point bubbles, energetic. At least several years from peaking; it’s too coiled and lemony just now. Promising though. |
| White - Sparkling |
1996 Krug Champagne Clos d'AmbonnayPinot Noir more |
3/13/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 97 pointsFabulous again. Supremely elegant. Mysteriously complex. Yellow orchard fruit. Fragrant. Delicate light sprinkle of tiny bubbles. Remarkably persistent. Deeply secondary and intriguing. Will go on but not improve. |
| White |
2014 Coche-Dury Meursault 1er Cru Les PerrièresChardonnay more |
3/13/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 pointsIt hasn’t budged much from a few years ago. Tight and citric. Firm. Medium intensity. Promising, though. Rated conservatively for now. |
| White - Sparkling |
2008 Bollinger Champagne Vieilles Vignes FrançaisesPinot Noir more |
3/8/2024 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 pointsWhile this may be a great champagne in due course it’s hard to predict just now. Very tight and coiled although not overpowered by acidity. Embryonic delightful notes of yellow citrus and jasmine. Delicate and gentle. No barrel or bready flavors of older Bollinger. Put it away for another 5 years. |
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