| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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2010 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
5/2/2016 - Zweder wrote: 93 pointsWeekly tasting group #212; GSM: Blend or mono cepage? (@ The factory by JdB): Beautiful and complex bouquet with dark and red berries, garrigue, minerals and some pleasant rustic flavors which disappear after a while. On the palate beautiful fruits, herbs and spices, some earth, minerals, a great balance between acidity and sweetness and mild tannin with still a firm bite. This is a real beauty already, but in fact it is still much too young. Probably wise to wait until 2020 at least and it will probably drink lovely until at least the second half of the next decade. Great pleasure! |
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2009 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/2/2016 - Zweder wrote: 98 pointsBordeaux: Second wines in great vintages. (Valuas): This is my 20,000th Tasting Note in Cellartracker and that should be a special wine. A few weeks ago I tasted this wine (with 100 Parker points) again, and it is really great! I have a few and many users of Cellartracker have it as well, so that is why I saved this tasting note to be my 20,000th. In the bouquet beautiful cassis, cedar, smoke and luxurious oak. On the palate enormously concentrated black berry fruits with a beautiful harmony between acidity and sweetness. Soft but powerful tannin. This is a true beauty and will probably last for at least another 30+ years. 98+ 14 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (8) |
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2015 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/8/2023 - Zweder wrote: 92 pointsMonthly Tasting Group HWS; Beaucastel Chateauneuf du Pape (By VD and @ VD): Ripe cherries and berries as well as herbs and spices in the bouquet. On the palate warm fruits like ripe cherries and raspberries, some licorice and dark olives, good acidity and slightly sticky tannin and a good length. The wine is a bit more sweet than the 2014. It surprised me, but in this stage I liked the 2014 a bit more than this 2015. |
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2016 Château Malescot St. ExupéryMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/23/2023 - Zweder Likes this wine: 94 pointsAn easy afternoon with close friends. (By BV @ PdV): Very beautiful and complex bouquet with smoke, vanilla, a touch of barnyard and graphite. Same on the palate, luxurious, a pleasant touch of sweetness, ripe and juicy dark berries, beautiful acidity and round tannin. Silky and lush, very complete wine and still in its young maturity stage. So happy I have a few more.. 94++ |
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2015 Château Léoville BartonSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/7/2023 - Zweder wrote: 94 pointsAn easy afternoon with close friends. (@ My place): Beautiful, luxurious bouquet with vanilla, oak and beautiful rustic impressions. On the palate mainly dark berries and good cherries, ripe fruits, also a firm but good dose of oak and vanilla, tobacco, juicy acidity and firm tannin which has a touch of green bell pepper. Good length. Most of the group thought today was a very good drinking moment and that the wine is in its young maturity stage. Personally I think the wine will develop for the better over the next 5 - 10+ years and show even more complexity and refinement. Overall a beautiful wine with great potential. 93 - 95+ 12 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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2009 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée RéservéeRed Rhone Blend more |
1/9/2016 - Zweder Likes this wine: 96 pointsIn the complex bouquet good fruits, horse stable, some minerals and metal and good garrigue. (During this evening I noticed/learned that metal impressions show in the youthful wines, but makes place for beautiful wine impressions with some more ageing.) On the palate sweet and juicy dark forest fruits, beautiful herbs and spices , beautiful acidity and round tannin with a good bite. Overall a very harmonious wine with a beautiful balance between sweetness and acidity. Already a great pleasure and a leftover was two days later still great! Probably wise to wait until 2020 at least. Great wine and I will add a point for future expectations. 95 - 96 |
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2009 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/3/2018 - Zweder wrote: 98 pointsWeekly tasting group RWP #301: 6 great and completely different flights. (@ VD): Extremely beautiful bouquet with dark berries, mint, sweet spices, beautifully integrated oak and cedar. On the palate an enormous concentration and complexity. Dark berries and cherries. Some green bell pepper impressions as well. Beautiful acidity and tannin with a good bite. Have a few, which I will carefully spread over the next 2+ decades. 98+ without any doubt. |
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2015 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/9/2022 - Zweder wrote: 93 pointsMonthly Tasting Group HWS; Perrin Family (By JdB): Deep bouquet with cherries, raspberries and dark berries. On the palate a sweet start with cherries and ripe berries, garrigue, laurel, licorice, good acidity and sticky tannin. Full bodied and complex with a good length. Early maturity and already delicious. Will offer lovely drinking for at least another decade. 93+ 11 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
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2015 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/11/2024 - Zweder Likes this wine: 93 pointsBeautiful bouquet with mostly dark berries and good garrigue. On the palate dark berries, firm acidity, some pleasant bitterness and round tannin. Can easily last another decade. Beautiful wine which will show more finesse with more ageing. |
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2003 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/14/2013 - Zweder wrote: 95 pointsWeekly tasting group #058; Bordeaux left bank 2001, 2002 and 2003. (@ VD): This is one comparative note for the 2001, 2002 and 2003. In color the 2001 is the most transparent and the 2003 the most dark. In the bouquet all three vintages are almost the same. Very classical with cassis and other dark forest fruits, graphite (lead pencil) and luxurious oak with a beautiful toast. On the palate the 2001 shows good dark fruits, smoke, sweet spices, some chocolate and beautiful oak. Also a beautiful balance between acidity and sweetness and soft tannin. All mentioned for the 2001 also goes for the 2002, but there is a little more extraction. Also more creaminess, coffee and finesse. The 2003 is a category of its own. Enormously concentrated, luxurious cedar, sweet spices, chocolate and intense luxurious juice, finesse and complexity. All three wines will improve with some more ageing. The 2001 will probably be at its best between 2016 and 2018. The 2002 between 2017 and 2020 and the 2003 between 2019 and 2025+. Wihout any doubt the best flight of the evening and I scored the wines as follows: 2001 - 91. 2002 - 92 and 2003 - 95+ 10 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
12/17/2018 - Zweder wrote: 96 pointsWeekly tasting group RWP #314; Mysterious theme: What could be Christmas wines….. (@ VD): In the bouquet a pleasant touch of barnyard, herbs and spices, rose hips, animals, smoke and some mineral impressions. On the palate red and blackberries, chocolate, leather, pepper, spices like cinnamon, a touch of sweetness etc. Beautiful ripe fruits, great and fresh acidity and round, still slightly sticky tannin. A great wine in a beautiful drinking stage and the wine probably still has 6 - 9 years of great future ahead. 96+ |
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2016 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
1/11/2023 - Zweder wrote: 97 pointsMonthly Tasting Group HWS: Clos des Papes (By AH): Beautiful bouquet with red berries, blackberries and cherries and beautiful garrigue. On the palate beautiful fruits, juicy acidity and tannin with a beautiful bite, good bitterness, some pepper. This is a truly very great wine, well balanced, complex, focused and powerful. I would not be surprised when this scores the perfect 100 around 2030. I have a few :). For now 97+ 10 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (8) |
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2016 Château LabégorceMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/9/2022 - Zweder wrote: 92 pointsGreen herbs, dark berries, leather, tobacco and some mint in the bouquet. On the palate firm dark berry fruits, leather, some red fruits, firm acidity and sticky tannin. Good length and some bitterness in the finish. Even though the wine was decanted 5 hours prior to tasting, the wine was still extremely firm and not really showing itself. Wait until 2028 – 2030 at least. 91 – 93+ |
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2016 Cavallotto Barolo Bricco BoschisNebbiolo more |
5/23/2022 - Zweder wrote: 94 pointsWeekly tasting group; Italy. 5 flights of 3 wines. (@ RW): Beautiful bouquet with red fruits, forest and barnyard impressions, herbs and spices and beautifully dosed oak. On the palate juicy red berries, forest floor, oak, herbs and spices, beautiful acidity, some pepper, and firm tannin in the long finish. Will improve over the next 10+ years. Beautiful wine. |
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2005 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/21/2017 - Zweder Likes this wine: 97 pointsMonthly Tuesday group "The Dead Sparrow" #016: Bordeaux 2005 ... How does it show now? (By VD): In the bouquet dark berries like cassis and blueberry, luxurious oak, leather and minerals like graphite. On the palate the same impressions; beautiful and ripe dark berries, mainly cassis, a lot of good and fresh acidity, leather, minerals, brushwood and some earth. Overall a full bodied, beautiful, powerful and youthful wine which can probably last for several decades. 96 - 97 |
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2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
10/29/2018 - Zweder wrote: 94 pointsBeautiful and luxurious bouquet with herbs and spices and beautifully ripe red and dark berries. On the palate the same impressions; good spiciness, juicy red berry fruits, chocolate and sweet spices. Also some cherries, beautifully fresh acidity and good tannin which shows some maturity, but still has a beautiful bite. |
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2009 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/30/2013 - Zweder Likes this wine: 98 pointsRegular dinner group (@ My place): Special company, I have a few and I was so curious, so why not open a bottle…. Well, it was NOT a disappointment. So young, so lush, a lot of cassis, cedar, exclusive oak. So concentrated. Soft but powerful tannin. Beautiful balance between acidity and some pleasant sweetness. Hard to not score this 99 or 100 for the moment. But it is so beautiful and will show even more elegance and complexity after some years. I will not give any advice when to open it, because this might be a superb beauty from now until 2035 or even later. 98++ for now is the most correct score I think. 9 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (8) |
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2010 Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) Brunello di MontalcinoSangiovese more |
10/12/2022 - Zweder wrote: 93 pointsMonthly Tasting Group HWS; Sangiovese worldwide (By MO): The bouquet shows cherries, herbs and spices, autumn forest and mature impressions. On the palate a juicy wine with beautiful acidity, chocolate, coffee and leather. A bit drying tannin and a good length. We drank the 2006 beside it and this 2010 gave a more mature appearance, but no doubt the tannin promises some more years. Delicious wine. |
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2016 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/9/2022 - Zweder wrote: 94 pointsMonthly Tasting Group HWS; Perrin Family (By JdB): Deep bouquet with beautifully ripe fruits, leather, chocolate and garrigue. On the palate juicy and full bodied, pleasant acidity and round tannin. Good garrigue. Still too young. Great wine. 9 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
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2019 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/12/2024 - Zweder wrote: NRI am not going to score this wine. It was so a-typical. The bottle had been tasted earlier with the Coravin and I don’t know if this has influenced the development of the wine. The wine had a very ripe and sweet bouquet with red berries and impressions of cocoa and oak. On the palate some sweetness and overripe impressions, full bodied, good length, round tannin and lush. I have a few bottles myself, so eventually there will be a tasting note from one of my own bottles, but that will not be on the short term. 8 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
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2000 Château Pontet-CanetPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/16/2016 - Zweder wrote: 94 pointsMonthly Tuesday group #006: Bordeaux 2001 versus 2002 (By VD): We tasted 2001, 2002 and 2000 Pontet Canet in this order; not knowing it was Pontet Canet or even the same wine. This 2000 seems to come from another planet because it is so different in style. In the bouquet the first thing to notice is a lot of toasted oak and smoke. Then good cassis, minerals like graphite, cedar and chocolate. On the palate a lot of toast as well, ripe dark berries, graphite and salty licorice, mocha and espresso. Good acidity and round, still very firm tannin. Great length. This is a concentrated and luxurious wine which needs several more years, so everything can integrate nicely. I have 2 bottles and I hope I manage to wait until at least 2023 before uncorking the first one. 93 - 95+ for this evening and really looking forward to a next try not before 2020. |
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2005 Château Grand-Puy-LacostePauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/9/2022 - Zweder wrote: 93 pointsAn easy afternoon with close friends; Pauillac and Pessac (@ My place): Beautiful bouquet with a lot of sweet spices and cedar beside the black berry fruits. On the palate a firm amount of sweet spices and black berries as well, firm acidity, a slight touch of sweetness and still a fair amount of good, round tannin. Young maturity stage now and showing some development. Beautiful and classical Paullac. |
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2007 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
3/11/2015 - Zweder wrote: 94 pointsMonthly Tasting Group HWS #097; Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2007 vs 2009 (By RvD): This wine scored second on a fabulous C9duP evening. The bouquet has beautiful fruits and garrigue as well as a beautiful dose of oak. On the palate dark berry fruits, beautiful garrigue, chocolate and currants, a firm amount of sweetness, but also beautiful acidity. Beautifully dosed oak and soft and round tannin with still a good bite. A very beautiful wine and the oak needs a few more years to integrate perfectly. This is a great and well balanced wine. The only negative remark I can make is that there is a bit heat in the finish. Unfortunately no bottles of this in my cellar, but if I had any I would wait until 2019 or a bit longer. 93 – 94+ 8 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
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2007 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée RéservéeRed Rhone Blend more |
10/7/2016 - Zweder wrote: 94 pointsDTC Chateauneuf du Pape (@ SS): Beautiful bouquet with some pleasant barnyard, beautiful herbs and spices and “garrigue”. A wine for which sniffing is almost enough ;-). On the palate garrigue, a beautiful balance between elegant acidity and sweetness, good tannin with still a soft bite and a good length in the finish. Overall a real beauty with still a good future. Very happy to have a few. There will be a follow up on this TN. |
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2009 Château Léoville BartonSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/13/2019 - Zweder wrote: 96 pointsOccasional dinner group: Bordeaux 2009 and some ringers (By SS @ De Ertepeller in Papendrecht): Classical bouquet with a firm dose of oak, cedar, dark berries, smoke, toast and graphite. On the palate the same impressions, dark berries, firm acidity, coffee and sticky tannin which is a great promise for the (distant) future. Great wine! 95 – 96+ |
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