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2009 Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots

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3/31/2024 - TheUsualSuspects Likes this wine: 93 points

Had a small taste immediately after opening, and it felt a bit austere and one dimensional. So grabbed the decanter immediately, decanted and left for the next couple of hours.
Hour later, it had softened up, and started to open up and show earthy characteristics with a big, deep broad palate of red and dark fruits. Every hour that passed the wine gained more and became complex. Hour 3, it started to hit its stride. Really nicely integrated and broad, powerful, but underlying richness of fruit. Touch of spice.

My takeaway, is this would benefit from another 5-10 years of age, whilst still enjoyable now, make sure you open or decant for a good couple hours before diving in.

  • Comment posted by aridan:

    3/31/2024 5:50:00 AM - Agreed. Tried a couple of bottles over the past year and had the same experience. Needs time.
Red

2015 Fattoria di Fèlsina Berardenga Chianti Classico Riserva

 Chianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese more
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4/28/2021 - isbjoern wrote: 89 points

Looking at some of the (professional) reviewer's notes, I am a bit lost: "depth", "power", "wild", "plums"... that is absolutely not what I get from my glass/bottle. I taste a medium bodied, very juicy, clean and fresh wine with a tasty and slighlty sour red cherry fruity, gentle tannins and just a hint of licorice and coffee on the finish. It is elegant and fresh, rather linear and not very complex, and seems ready for drinking, though I assume it will age well another 5-10 years. But it is the absolute opposite of a "powerful" wine. Looking at some of the CT reviews, it seems like there could be some bottle variation?? I do like this fresh and juicy style - which I also associate with Felsina. I was just expecting a richer and more complex wine based on the reviews. - 89 points

  • Comment posted by aridan:

    4/30/2021 1:43:00 PM - Having my one and only bottle now. Your note is spot on. Thx.
Red

2016 Paolo Scavino Barolo

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1/30/2021 - JimTaft Likes this wine: 89 points

Nebbiolo is one of my favorite grapes so, no surprise, I really like this bottle.

That said, this is not the Barolo of old. This is new, modern, and (almost) ready to drink. They must have made a lot of it because availability is ubiquitous. My local shop had it on offer for about $36, and after three bottles that is exactly what it is worth.

I am more in line with NERAS who liked but thought it lacked something and KMOOSE who did not like.

Personally, I am drinking these while waiting for my 2015 Produttori Barbaresco (same money by the way) to settle down.

A nice and tasty bottle, who can argue with "ready to drink"? But really, everyone else bottling Barolo is holding to a much higher standard (OK, agreed, they are never really ready to drink). This bottle is welcome and delicious but to me does a disservice to Barolo and should have been labeled a bit differently.

Drink up, I am and loving it. But while I think this will maintain or improve for a couple years I do not think it will be great to revisit in ten years like most Barolo.

  • Comment posted by aridan:

    3/5/2021 2:12:00 PM - Decided to open first one on the back of this note/conversation. Nice. Opens up in 30 mins. Sour cherries. Floral. Soft-ish tannins. Quite nice. Thx

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