Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2001 Château Léoville PoyferréSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/20/2024 - SimonG wrote: 92 pointsGosh, this has (perhaps unsurprisingly) moved on from a sighter bottle opened in 2012. Now nicely mature but vital, mid red fruited against a backdrop of cedar and sandlewood. Classic St Julian. Silky and suave. Lacking the depth of a great vintage, but plenty of typicity and complexity, red-fruited with sufficient energy to carry through to the finish. Lovely wine. Thank you Alan Bennett / VinXchange (2005) **** |
Red |
1999 Château Léoville BartonSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
8/19/2022 - SimonG wrote: 93 pointsA Medlar lunch (Medlar, London): A big step up from a slightly ungainly and possibly corky bottle five years ago at Piccolino. Dark, lots of blackcurrant on the nose. A touch of spice too. Mellow cassis with a powdering of pencil lead on the attack. Some spice too. Nicely grippy. Opens up to a floral, violet scented nose. Lovely, and really quite serious. ****
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Red |
1998 Chateau MusarBekaa Valley Red Blend more |
3/28/2022 - SimonG wrote: flawedHorribly crumbly cork. Away from home so no Durand and couldn’t filter the cork dust, so basically undrinkable. Dark rosé in colour, seemingly having shed a lot of its pigment. Quite lifted and volatile on the nose even by Musar standards. No. Hopefully the next one is better…
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Red |
1989 Château Latour Grand VinPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/10/2019 - SimonG wrote: 95 pointsTop 89 Bordeaux (Noizé, London): Ruby to garnet.very smooth.quite rich,full, expansive, classic iron fist / velvet glove. Intense. Hints of 82 richness. Power, yet harmony and finesse. A class act.*****
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White |
2018 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chardonnay Bourgognemore |
4/20/2020 - SimonG wrote: 88 pointsVery pale. Quite expressive and almost tropical on the nose with melon and lime. Lighter and leaner on the palate, some pear. The tropical flavours are balanced with a freshness and zip. Lovely, but a clear change of style here, stripping away some of the traditional PYCM luxe. ***
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White - Sparkling |
2006 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs BrutChardonnay more |
11/14/2019 - SimonG wrote: 92 points1991 Burgundy (Chez Bruce, London): Mid straw. Good stream of fine bubbles. Quite taut on the nose. Creamy attack. Nicely rich mid-palate. Opening nicely. A touch of smoke. Fresh finish. Coming together nicely. ****
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White - Sparkling |
NV Charles Heidsieck Champagne Brut RéserveChampagne Blend more |
12/14/2018 - SimonG wrote: 90 points08 base. Quite rich with a good dose of vanilla. Lacking some finese and elegance especially through the mid palate. Very nice, but not top flight. Maybe a slightly awkward phase? ***1/2
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Red |
2014 Domaine Meuneveaux Corton-PerrièresCorton Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
6/22/2017 - SimonG wrote: 92 pointsQuite bright, light red fruit. Lots of energy. Not quite the smooth class of the 10 currently, but it's promising. Maybe not quite the density of fruit. ****
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White - Sweet/Dessert |
2003 Château RieussecSauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
12/7/2017 - SimonG wrote: 86 pointsMainly Pinot — work folk tasting/social (Home): Oh dear, this really is going downhill. It's lost the creamy sweet coconut and has taken on a far more medicinal, vin de liqueur profile. My previous note from six years ago suggested this improved after ten days of air, reverting to it's former self. Fingers crossed... bare *** currently... but with a few days of air (as was the previous bottle) this is back to close to its old self. Not medicinal. Creamy coconut and tropical fruit. A closed phase? Whatever, it needs opening a couple of days in advance currently.
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Red |
1964 Château PalmerMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
11/12/2015 - SimonG wrote: 85 pointsIan A's Palmer @ Trompette (La Trompette, London): Dull garnet. First experience with this vintage of Palmer. Quite leathery and dry on the nose. Palate similar though perhaps a little fresher. A bit musty fusty though. **1/2
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Red |
1994 La Rioja Alta Rioja Gran Reserva 904Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
3/2/2017 - SimonG wrote: 93 pointsTraditional Rioja (RSJ, London): Under the centenary subtitled label. Similar nose to the 95. Plush, a little oaky. Fresher on the attack, but some breadth through the mid palate. Some coconut emerging on the nose with time. ****
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Red |
2004 Giuseppe Cortese Barbaresco Riserva RabajàNebbiolo more |
12/27/2016 - SimonG wrote: 91 pointsMid garnet. Quite full on the nose, mid to dark red fruit and a savouriness tinged with a ripe-fruited sweetness at the edges. Mid weight, good acidity and some fine tannins. Quite long. Plenty of time in hand here, but fine with some air. ****
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Red |
1995 Penfolds GrangeSouth Australia Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
10/4/2016 - SimonG wrote: 91 pointsHermitage La Chapelle & Grange (10 Greek Street, London): Dense and dark. Volatile lift on the nose, in the banana and acetone spectrum, though it does blow off. Dark and dense and very hard to judge. *(***)?
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White |
2008 La Chablisienne Chablis 1er Cru VaulorentChardonnay more |
4/5/2016 - SimonG wrote: 91 pointsPale straw. Lovely nose, all salinity and oyster shell. Positive attack with good grip, chalky minerality, mineral, saline mid palate and a long finish. Excellent. ****
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Red |
2007 Descendientes de José Palacios Bierzo Villa de CorullonMencía more |
7/18/2015 - SimonG wrote: 90 pointsDense dark red. Very expressive nose with a mix of white pepper and something far more lifted and floral. Dense on the attack with a good thwack of tannin amongst the dark red fruit. Robust. ***1/2
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Red |
2008 Ridge GeyservilleSonoma County Zinfandel Blend, Zinfandel more |
7/4/2015 - SimonG wrote: 91 pointsBobby BBQ (B&A's): Magnum. 2/3 double decanted approx five hours in advance. Nicely vibrant, briary plum and mulberry red fruit with a lick of spice. Full and plush and ripe and full, but holding it in ok without heat on the finish. Long and crying out for chargrilled bloody meat. Bare ****
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White - Sparkling |
1998 Nyetimber Classic CuvéeWest Sussex Champagne Blend more |
3/5/2014 - SimonG wrote: 91 pointsPaul D's Chandon de Briailles @ 28-50 (28-50, Fetter Lane, London): Blind. Nicely rich on the nose. Honeyed and mellow. Rich, rounded with a nice spice towards the finish. Just enough acidity too. A mini Bollinger in style. Wow, best English fizz I've had - really didn't stand out as non-champagne. ****
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White - Sparkling |
2002 Bollinger Champagne La Grande AnnéeChampagne Blend more |
12/31/2013 - SimonG wrote: 92 pointsChristmas & New Year 2013; 12/20/2013-1/1/2014: March 2011 disgorgement. Nicely spicy, custard apple and warm toasted brioche on the nose. Moderately rich on the rounded attack, vanilla, warm pastry and a little ginger spice through the mid-palate to the long finish. Showing Bolly weight and richness but without fully losing sight of the surprising zing it had when first released around three years ago. ****
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White - Off-dry |
2006 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Brand Vendange TardiveAlsace Grand Cru more |
10/18/2013 - SimonG wrote: 91 pointsA Ledbury lunch (The Ledbury, London): Half. Mid to full straw. Fragrant nose hinting at sweetness. A touch of botrytis, very round and quite honeyed on the mid-palate and a positive finish. Good acidity to balance but not so much that it dominates the finish. A sense of roundness and balance pervades. Excellent. ****
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Red |
2007 Coche-Dury Auxey-Duresses RougePinot Noir more |
6/26/2013 - SimonG wrote: 90 pointsBurgundy WIMPS 'Col d'Aubisque' table (La Trompette, London): Mellow, dustier fruit on the nose, a little softer. Paler colour. Light to middle weight red fruit with a touch of caramel wafer. Good acidity. A leanness on the finish. Similar in profile to the Dujac but a little less clean and polished, more sauvage. More intent. ***1/2
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Comment posted by SimonG:
5/20/2024 10:50:00 PM - I’m not sure where you got the negatives from — it’s a lovely wine in a lovely spot. I’d leave a well stored mag a little longer or give it an hour or two in a decanter. This bottle was double decanted an hour in advance and enjoyed over the following three.
Comment posted by SimonG:
5/21/2024 2:38:00 AM - Ha! Good point :)