| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2008 Azelia Barolo San RoccoNebbiolo more |
8/10/2020 - thierrynz wrote: NRMaturing colour with browning on the rim. Dark fruit with significant oak component but in balance. Integrated tannins; concentrated and long. Very modernist in appearance, yet I enjoyed. |
| Red |
2012 Thierry Violot-Guillemard Pommard 1er Cru Les RugiensPinot Noir more |
8/2/2020 - thierrynz wrote: NRConsumed over two days and much better on second day. On opening the first day (pop and pour), the wine has plenty of red fruit and a pungent acidity. It is slightly dishevelled. On palate, there is lovely sweet and concentrated red fruit with plenty of iron and savouriness. It needs plenty of air to achieve integration. This is always made in a slightly oxidative style and tends to be approachable reasonably early (but can last a long time as proven by a 1967 bottle a few years ago). On the second day, that pungent acidity has integrated given the wine a clear and persistent frame. There's plenty of weight on fruit and the terroir comes across more clearly. Decanting highly recommended. |
| White |
2013 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis 1er Cru SéchetChardonnay more |
8/2/2020 - thierrynz wrote: NRServed at 12 degrees celsius. Brilliant colour: lightest touch of hay and green hue. Immediately expressive with white and yellow florals (acacia and lemon-tree blossom), citric lift and precision and with a charming sweetness which continues on palate. Well-balanced in the mouth with framing acidity which gives the wine length and precision in addition to delicious lemon, there is yellow orchard fruit and a touch of nuttiness. The texture of the wine shows some honeyed character. It is showing the first subtle signs of secondary developments. It has balance and elegance. No hurry but the wine delivers already enormous pleasure. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2013 Cantina del Pino BarbarescoNebbiolo more |
6/26/2020 - thierrynz wrote: NRThinking of Renato... |
| White |
2005 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Clos du BourgChenin Blanc more |
5/24/2020 - thierrynz wrote: flawedAnother dead bottle for this wine which went down the drain. I love old wines; that's not the issue. |
| White |
2005 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Clos du BourgChenin Blanc more |
7/13/2019 - thierrynz wrote: flawedPremox. The cork completely fell apart. Not totally undrinkable but definitely not what it should be. |
| Red |
1997 Bruno Giacosa Barolo Falletto di Serralunga d'AlbaNebbiolo more |
1/20/2018 - thierrynz wrote: NRFrom a supposedly weaker vintage emerges this beautifully aromatic and balanced wine. Great detail and length; pure, complex and resolved. Another illustration of the producer's talents and the fact that unheralded vintages can produce great wines in the right hands. |
| White - Sparkling |
2010 Nathalie Falmet Champagne Cuvée Le Val CornetChampagne Blend more |
9/18/2017 - thierrynz wrote: NRGood mealy/biscuity complexity on the nose; interesting lemon character, fresh and dry red fruits. Reasonably broad and rich on palate. Dosage seems a bit high and clashes with the slightly bitter and almost metallic finish. Others were kinder. |
| Red |
2012 Bartolo Mascarello BaroloNebbiolo more |
9/16/2017 - thierrynz wrote: NROff-vintage? This is magnificent. Complex aromas combining fruit (cherries and plums), fresh mint, roses, and a dark and savoury character. Beautiful sweetness of fruit on the palate: it's both light and powerful. Fine-grained tannins, very long and expressive. However this is not a wine which is striking by the sum of its parts but by its harmony. It is already a complex and utterly beguiling wine. |
| Red |
2006 Château Cos d'EstournelSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/10/2017 - thierrynz wrote: NRA combination of muted aromas and ripe, if not over-ripe fruit on palate. Blind I might have picked new world. Might be sleeping but the very modernist sheen on this worries me. |
| Red |
2014 Cloudy Bay Pinot Noir Te WahiCentral Otago more |
5/8/2017 - thierrynz wrote: NRQuite dark. Obvious and quite intrusive stem character very much in need of integration. There is good fruit hereq, it's quite dark and savoury. The aromas are in fruit of integration. It's quite weighty but lacking elegance at this point. |
| Red |
2013 Bay of Fires Pinot NoirTasmania more |
5/8/2017 - thierrynz wrote: NRGood aromatics. Plums red and black cherries. Some rose petal character which is both appealing but then is strangely sweet. On palate, dry fruit, Showing some secondary character. Savoury already and hard to see where it's going to go. |
| Red |
2013 Akarua Pinot Noir The SirenBannockburn more |
5/8/2017 - thierrynz wrote: NRDark cherry an obvious if not intrusive smoky oak. Quite serious. Dark fruit, good strcuture and quite compact. Rich sweet fruit and smoky oak combines in a way that is quite intrusive. |
| Red |
2014 Erath Pinot Noir Oregonmore |
5/8/2017 - thierrynz wrote: NRLifted aromatics with juniper, cry cherries and a slight mushrooms character. Translucid. Feels quite reductive. Some reasonable fruit on this, good acidiy. Light body, sweet fruit and austerity from the lack of weight. Finsihes dry and clean. Serviceable. |
| White |
2010 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Clos du BourgChenin Blanc more |
4/1/2017 - thierrynz wrote: NRInitially a bit of a worry on this as it seemed quite advanced in colour, aromas and in the mouth. I would not go as far as to say that this was too advanced and certainly showing development. These wines can sometimes show maturity but then plateau or even gain in balance and complexity. With food, this was actually very good. |
| Red |
2003 Masi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico CostaseraCorvina Blend, Corvina more |
1/3/2017 - thierrynz wrote: NRSurprisingly elegant and restrained considering the year. Probably at its peak but no hurry. |
| White |
2007 Domaine Yves Cuilleron Condrieu Les ChailletsViognier more |
10/25/2016 - thierrynz wrote: NRA great Condrieu which demonstrates emphatically that it can age and get better. |
| Red |
2008 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva RabajàNebbiolo more |
9/18/2016 - thierrynz wrote: NRClearly destined to be a great wine: for now this is a bit shy on bouquet; the fruit is dark, brooding and there some hints of iron and truffles. On palate this tight but the core of rich and structured fruit is obvious. While this is very young, the class is all there. |
| Red |
2011 Vietti Barolo CastiglioneNebbiolo more |
6/19/2014 - thierrynz wrote: NRDark roses, dark cherries. Very fragrant. Plenty of fruit sweetness, red cherries and cherry preserve. But also plenty of grainy tannins at the back. Has the Vietti silkiness on the palate and relatively restrained for the vintage. Very approachable. |
| Red |
2005 Nicolas Potel Volnay 1er Cru ChampansPinot Noir more |
12/7/2015 - thierrynz wrote: NRA 2005 that is starting to open. The wine shows show some colour development but its core its quite deep. Expressive and typical of its origins with lifted red fruit, beautiful aromatics and some sous-bois. Red cherries in the mouth with a nice mineral cut. Mid-weight and quite long with good structure. Potel can be a bit uneven but this is very good. |
| Red |
1998 Paolo Scavino Barolo CannubiNebbiolo more |
10/22/2015 - thierrynz Does not like this wine: NRVisited estate last June and I was not impressed by the aggressive oak treatment here. This was a chance to see if the oak ultimately integrates; based on this one bottle, the answer is no. This is an oak monster. Not my style. |
| Red |
2006 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
7/27/2015 - thierrynz wrote: NRFirst bottle of four bought on purchase. |
| Red |
2009 Domaine Henri Boillot Volnay 1er Cru CailleretsPinot Noir more |
5/1/2015 - thierrynz wrote: NRHenri Boillot and whites: a big tick. |
| Red |
2009 Elvio Cogno Barolo Bricco PerniceNebbiolo more |
4/28/2015 - thierrynz Likes this wine: NRDeep and dense core: a baby. Restrained and beautifully balanced aromas of truffle, fragrant red berries, savoury notes. The striking dimension of this wine is the perfectly pure floral and fragrant aromas. Plenty of fruit in the mouth with fine tannins which make the wine deceptively approachable. This is has concentration and finesse and plenty of subtle structure in which to expand. This is infanticide but I have no regrets! A great wine is always there even in its youth. |
| Red |
2006 Geantet-Pansiot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru PoissenotPinot Noir more |
12/1/2014 - thierrynz wrote: NRSavoury red fruit. Quite open and fragrant. Acidic in its structure but also quite extracted and big fruit weight. Showing the house character of generous fruit and solid structure. Good poise. An 06 open for business with plenty of time to go. |
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