| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2016 Brotte Cairanne Creation GrossetRed Rhone Blend more |
3/6/2024 - biggie wrote: 90 pointsRoot Day - fair bit of funk on opening but once it got some air there was ripe red and black fruit along with some savoury herbs on both the nose and palate. The finish is medium in length with some spice accompanying the fruit and herbs. Well done and showing some maturity. Drink now. |
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2015 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de ThalabertSyrah more |
12/13/2023 - Supercuts Does not like this wine: 88 pointsUninteresting and a little unpleasant. For my second bottle I will give it a proper decant and hope for better.
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2021 Bolla Soave ClassicoGarganega more |
12/13/2023 - biggie Likes this wine: 88 pointsFruit Day. Stelvin cap. Pale straw into the glass. Nose is white flowers, citrus, mineral, sea air and a hit of granite(?). It’s crisp on the palate with medium plus acidity and flavours of citrus, mineral and light savoury herbs. The medium length finish carries the acidity but includes the minerality and citrus cleansing the palate and making your mouth water; making you want to take another sip. It’s clean, crisp and dry but essentially simple, though quite enjoyable. Excellent with fettuccine with a creamy salmon sauce.
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2021 Undurraga Pinot Noir Reserva Especial SibarisLeyda Valley more |
12/8/2023 - biggie Likes this wine: 90 pointsRoot Day - Stelvin cap. Pop and pour. Translucent light crimson in the glass. The nose is dark cherry, savoury herbs, light smoke, damp earth, and spice. On the palate it’s floral with bright cherry, spice and sweet herbs. Medium plus acidity and light tannins complete the package. The finish is quite long with the spice, cherry and herbs all continuing. This is a well made and tasty Pinot Noir. New World in it’s fruit but Old World in it’s elegance.
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2010 Canalicchio di Sopra Brunello di MontalcinoSangiovese more |
10/21/2023 - larms Likes this wine: 94 pointsThis is my wine of the year so far.
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2016 Produttori del Barbaresco BarbarescoNebbiolo more |
7/4/2023 - randyjc wrote: 92 pointsOne year since my last time with this wine. It is maturing but in a way that is taking it a step backwards. Not as vivid and compelling as it was one and three and five years ago. Good depth, but acidity and tannin that seems to shut it down a bit. Not sure what to make of it but it does not make me think less of the wine - just will continue to follow it and see where the journey takes me. DAY TWO: Well, isn’t this interesting. The aromatics are incredible at 16 hours open - can smell it from several steps away. Very bright and spicy, with the pie cherry sharpness that was not there yesterday. Mouth feel just as smooth, much more flavor in the mouth of Asian spices and tart cherry with an undertone of used oak barrels. Long finish. Very nice. Merits a higher score but I won’t change it as I wanted to capture the wine on opening.
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| White |
2022 Morandé Sémillon Terroir Wines SemillónMaule Valley more |
4/16/2023 - df1962 Likes this wine: 91 pointsPnP.
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| Red |
2013 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva MonteficoNebbiolo more |
5/21/2023 - Rywyine wrote: NRI opened this and decanted it for 5-6 hours before a tasting. Open opening beautiful nose of tar cherry, earth. Very tannic and structured. Fruit was initially quite up front but settled into the background for... a long time after. I drank this over 4 days and really it wasn't until the last day that things had settled down. scrumptious palate of sour cherry, red fruit, herbaceous, earthy notes abound. It's quite complex and lovely. But, at least in my opinion, we aren't in the drinking window yet. It's still a structured wacked out wild adolescent. It's good, it's gonna be real good but that time is not now... in my humble opinion anyway.
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2011 Some Young Punks Riesling Monsters, Monsters, Attack!Clare Valley more |
5/5/2023 - biggie Likes this wine: 88 pointsFlower Day - still fresh and vibrant with lots of peach and stone fruit. There’s some petrol sneaking in on this bottle but the fruit is strong in flavour and the petrol just adds complexity. Off dry with medium plus acidity makes it an excellent sipper and a good pairing for chipotle spiced chicken thighs.
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2015 Kitten Swish Cabernet Franc Here & GoneOkanagan Valley more |
6/18/2019 - biggie Likes this wine: 95 pointsThis is ridiculously tasty, especially with Osso Bucco and Parmesan Risotto. The nose has touches of Cab Franc but strong elements of Northern Rhône Syrah as well - forest floor, truffles, leaf mould, smoke... Elegant, rich and complex nose. Very soft on the palate carrying herbs (garrigue - sage), meats, bacon fat, and black fruit. The long finish changes from the palate to carry not only the above but also both white and black pepper. Pretty amazing wine and one of a kind. Unfortunately it’s my last bottle and I hope he makes more... this could be a standard bearer for amazing Cab Franc from BC
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2021 Daschbosch Sauvignon BlancBreedekloof more |
2/25/2023 - biggie wrote: 89 pointsFruit Day - Pale lemon in the glass. The nose is light citrus, white flowers, grapefruit and herbs along with a little touch of gooseberry. On the palate it’s lively and crisp with citrus, grapefruit, crushed rock and some chalkiness (in a good way). The finish is medium in length with mineral and citrus being the base for a light grapefruit flavour.
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2002 Sandhill Petit Verdot Small Lots Program Phantom Creek VineyardOkanagan Valley VQA more |
1/21/2023 - biggie wrote: NRA No day in the biodynamic calendar (between Fruit and Root). Cork easily extracted in one piece but wet almost to the top. When the cork was pulled the room was filled with aromas of ripe dark fruit (blackberry/plum). Decanted off a small amount of fine sediment.
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2009 Château GiscoursMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/1/2014 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 88 pointsTerroir-istes International - France, Bordeaux, Margaux (Rodwell House): Mid to deep ruby, the nose is youthful with bright red and black cherry, cedar, black plum compote and dried orange peel. There is a hint of stalk, green leaf and earth mingling. Focussed wine.
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2017 Produttori del Barbaresco BarbarescoNebbiolo more |
12/24/2022 - M.Y. Chong wrote: NRVery closed bottle. Unlike previous one tried in Piedmont. Bought direct from PdB store in Barbaresco. Maybe it didn’t travel well. First time to be disappointed by this producer.
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2012 Penfolds Shiraz St. HenriSouth Australia more |
9/9/2022 - drjb Likes this wine: 94 pointsA 'Lost Cellar' wine, the 2012 St Henri opened with a dark cherry, crimson colour and a fine nose of plum, dark cherry, blackberry and cassis with a touch of pepper and Christmas spices. The palate has excellent weight and a lovely sphere of complex fruits balanced by a line of fine tannins that persist nicely. There is a feeling of understated richness and poise about this wine. Bottled under Stelvin and maturing appropriately with no evidence of reduction.
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2010 Faustino Rioja I Gran ReservaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
8/20/2022 - biggie Likes this wine: 91 pointsA slightly candied nose of red plum, red flowers, smoke and licorice. On the palate it shows ripe fruit with bright cherry, leather and cigar box with a little coconut on the finish. Extremely well balanced.
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2018 Phantom Creek Estates Pinot GrisOkanagan Valley VQA more |
7/24/2022 - emilymiller713 wrote: 84 pointsLight, tropical melon-y notes, low acidity. Very drinkable, enjoyable but nothing special.
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2020 Marcel Lapierre MorgonGamay more |
4/8/2022 - S-F wrote: 95 pointsNot sure what kind of palates these other reviewers have, but obviously not very aligned with mine. This is exceptional stuff. Gunsmoke and white pepper, just as elegant as they come. Darker than most Gamay's I've had from the new world and a nice re-aquiantence with Beaujoalis, which I used to drink a lot of about 10 years ago. Served slightly chilled for a wonderful French lunch at Bell's in Los Alamos (highly recommended) and it had both of us just reveling in its nuance and fruit. Served slightly chilled. Amazing stuff and I don't want to drink anything else for the rest of my life:)
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2004 Mitolo Shiraz G.A.M.McLaren Vale more |
4/4/2022 - IndyTom Likes this wine: 94 pointsOutstanding! Aussie Shiraz from the early 2000's had the tendency to be too ripe, too high in alcohol and terrible with food. But give them some time and they often become really good. In this case, it is now much more mellow. The fruit still shows through, but it has tamed down. It now shows a seamless texture. Really, really nice bottle. (On another note, I find that CellarTracker really helps with "drink by" dates. Even though the CT drinking range for this wine ended in 2017 and RP said to drink by 2020, 45 percent of the bottles are still in cellars. Wine drinkers vote with their corkscrews. Just look to the "In Cellars" percent and the "Consumed" percent to see what other serious wine drinkers think about the drink by date.
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2004 Château Pesquié Ventoux TerrassesRed Rhone Blend more |
3/26/2022 - biggie Likes this wine: 92 pointsRoot Day - Decanted off a small amount of sediment. Pours translucent garnet into the glass with browning edge. Nose of crushed leaves and herbs with leather and tobacco, some acetic acid, dust and a light touch of dried black fruit. Very complex and interesting nose. On the palate it’s still got some light ripe tannins giving it life along with medium plus acidity. Flavours are red and black fruit with some acetic acid but it smooths out showing garrigue on the back palate. The finish is long with tobacco, dried fruit, herbs and leather. The acetic acid appears to be building with subsequent sips. Going to see where it goes over the next couple of hours.
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2020 Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du PyGamay more |
12/10/2021 - biggie Likes this wine: 92 pointsFlower Day - just arrived in the store - high points from WA and Vinous. Dark and dense garnet core out to a thin carmine edge. Using a Pinot Noir glass for evaluation. Intense nose of red florals (violets?), spice, crushed rock, red fruit (black cherry) and kirsch. On the palate it’s rich with lots of ripe red fruit but is already savoury and spicy on both on the palate and the medium length finish. This is really, really good. Buy it while you can and enjoy now or for the next 8 years at least. Wow!
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2016 Château FonréaudListrac-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/8/2021 - HU Likes this wine: 88 pointsIt was ok. I am hoping it will develop, else, not sure, I should be drinking the rest.
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2018 Glen Carlou Grand ClassiquePaarl Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/18/2020 - biggie wrote: NRRoot Day - Dark garnet core to a medium burgundy edge. Nose of oak, plum, black olive, dried red flowers, and (with swirling) some red fruit and red liquorice. On the palate it’s red and black fruit (very fresh), loads of oak and vanilla (very modern), mulling spices, and then some green herbs and some stem bitterness. Very young at this stage and yet showing some ability to develop. The acid is med and the tannins are ripe. I wonder a bit about the bitterness and green character as well as some alcohol heat. Just came into the market so I’ll wait 6 months and try it again.
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2020 Marcel Lapierre MorgonGamay more |
11/1/2021 - biggie Likes this wine: 91 pointsRoot Day - Pours clear with a translucent light garnet core that extends to the edge. Gorgeous nose of red fruit, red florals, minerals and spice. On the palate it’s fresh and lively with terrific spice and red fruit. Still very primary but definitely keeping up in quality with the previous vintages. Such a versatile and delightful wine. Medium finish but that’s to be expected at this young an age and development.
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2016 L'Esprit de ChevalierPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/25/2021 - KillerJones Likes this wine: 91 pointsMid-deep ruby in the glass, with fresh, dark fruits on the nose. There is a touch of earthiness too, adding a savory complexity.
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Comment posted by biggie:
3/8/2024 7:50:00 PM - This was ordered by a restaurant and never picked up so I thought I’d give it a run. It was actually pretty good once the funk dissipated. And yes, Root days are supposed to be challenging but I tend to have younger or more exuberant wines on those days. 😉