| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White |
2021 Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
5/15/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 91 pointsMedium yellow-to-gold in the glass. Wild array of aromas, from quince and honeydew melon to mango, beeswax, and lemon verbena. Medium body, med-low acidity on the palate, with a silky viscosity and a medium finish. Decent complexity. The flavors are a bit muted relative to the strong nose - wonder if that might be a product of a rough vintage - but still an excellent wine. My partner’s first introduction to Graillot, and a big win. |
| Red |
2019 Chateau Musar Musar Jeune RedBekaa Valley Red Blend more |
5/15/2024 - Mwc33 wrote: 86 pointsA bit harsh on the nose, with a strong ethanol / menthol aroma, and surprising tannins on the palate given the cinsault predominance and lack of oak. Fine, but so far removed from the excellence of their main cuvee as to be barely worth it. A novelty. Meh pairing with kofta in a tahini sauce, but worked surprisingly well with an extremely tart eggplant and tamarind dish - clearly a “fight fire with fire” situation. |
| Red |
2020 Domaine Brana Irouléguy OhitzaTannat Blend, Tannat more |
5/12/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 88 pointsHeavy and harsh at first, lacking much of the soft fruit of a Uruguayan tannat (not unexpected), but let it breathe for a while and this is a lovely pairing for anything from rustic stews to burgers. Enjoyable. |
| White |
2019 eStCru Chardonnay OvertWillamette Valley more |
4/29/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 90 pointsThis was a pleasant surprise. Rich and luscious, but not intrusively oaky. Fantastic QPR. |
| Red |
2019 Domaine de Fa Fleurie Roche GuillonGamay more |
4/28/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 91 pointsA delicious Fleurie with that combination of structure, lush fruit, and food-perfect acidity that is so characteristic of cru Beaujolais to me. Only drawback is that at $32, it is a bit too pricey, no doubt for the Graillot name. Ah well. |
| White |
2016 Kuentz-Bas Riesling GeisbergAlsace Grand Cru more |
4/26/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 93 pointsTldr version: This is fabulous; rich and well-balanced with a lovely finish, and a marvelous food wine. |
| White |
2019 Casar de Burbia Godello Bierzo Casarmore |
4/21/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 93 pointsHoly smokes! I forgot about this bottle entirely, and opened it last night almost as a throwaway with friends over. It was fantastic - the age has done it wonders. The color is now deep gold, and the racy, saline acidity of the fresh godello has become much more rounded, with honeysuckle and other floral notes and hints of lycee, while retaining enough crispness to not feel flabby or unstructured. This was a surprising delight. |
| Red |
2019 Poliziano Vino Nobile di MontepulcianoSangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
4/6/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 91 pointsReally liked this. The couple years of bottle age is really letting it shine. Rich and sturdy but with enough finesse to pair well with all sorts of things - we enjoyed with pasta with a ramp pesto and guanciale. Definitely want to grab a few more bottles. |
| White |
2019 Louis Latour Pouilly-Vinzelles Les ChampsChardonnay more |
4/4/2024 - Mwc33 Does not like this wine: 82 pointsThis was disappointing. I know, I know: Le Maconnais, sub-$40 Burgundy, all that. Still, disappointing. |
| Red |
2019 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/25/2024 - Mwc33 wrote: 92 pointsWonderful with pomegranate-braised lamb shank. As others have noted, both drinking robustly now and with undoubtedly long life ahead. Tremendous QPR - I'd put this against a lot of much more expensive CdPs with confidence. |
| White |
2021 C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España) Rioja Blanco Seco ReservaViura, Macabeo more |
3/27/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 88 pointsClean, crisp, uncomplex little thing that won’t confuse anybody for a classic viura style, but is enjoyable enough and a good food wine to boot. Good QPR too if you can find it. Think I paid 13 bucks. |
| Red |
2019 Marc Delienne Fleurie Avalanche de PrintempsGamay more |
3/26/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 89 pointsThis is a light-bodied, light-tannin Fleurie, with less of the “chew” or weight than I was expecting in a cru with a few years of bottle age. Very jammy, lots of cranberry and cherry, with a pretty substantial natural “funk.” A good wine, but I made the mistake of pairing it with food as though it were a typical beaujolais cru rather than this lighter, less substantial specimen. Doing so exacerbated its “natural wine vibes” and made it less enjoyable. Also a bit pricey for what it is. |
| Red |
2016 Guastaferro Irpinia MeminiAglianico more |
2/29/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 90 pointsOpened for about 45-60 min before drinking, but no decanting. |
| White |
2021 Domaine des Lises Crozes-Hermitage BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
2/28/2024 - Mwc33 wrote: 87 pointsPale yellow, with aromas of honeysuckle, yellow apple, white peach, and some beeswax, along with lychee and something mineral. Relatively light bodied, high acidity, and surprisingly unstructured, though that classic Rhone white viscosity or waxiness runs is noticeable. Disappointingly short finish. |
| Red |
2007 Fuligni Brunello di Montalcino RiservaSangiovese more |
2/23/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 95 pointsMagnificent and drinking beautifully right now, though still with more time to evolve. Wish I had another bottle. . . |
| Red |
2019 Telmo Rodríguez Mencía Valdeorras Gaba do Xilmore |
2/21/2024 - Mwc33 wrote: 88 pointsStrong herbal, earthen, and spice notes to complement the dark fruit. Stewed tomato. Weird little thing with some funk, some structure, acidity, etc. But it opens up after a bit, and it is fantastic with spiced (as opposed to spicy) food. We had it with a chicken musakhan and it really worked. Not sure I would recommend this flat out, but it’s not that common to find a Galician Mencia under $30, and this works well enough with food to put me at ease about the fact that I have another bottle. |
| Red |
2014 Peay Vineyards Pinot Noir Elanus EstateSonoma Coast more |
2/20/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 94 pointsI have been a big fan of Peay’s wines for a long time, but this is really a treat, and drinking so beautifully right now. |
| Red |
2010 Serna Imperial Rioja ReservaTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
2/19/2024 - Mwc33 wrote: 87 pointsFine, drinking well enough now, nondescript. Lighter in body, as others have noted, than your typical Rioja. Did its job decently alongside lomo saltado, but not in any way memorable. |
| Red |
2017 Domaine Rolet Arbois Tradition RougeRed Blend more |
2/17/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 92 pointsNothing to add to the below review; echo all of it. This is lovely. |
| Red - Fortified |
2007 Churchill/Graham Porto CrustedPort Blend more |
2/15/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 91 pointsDrinking really well now - a lovely and much less pricey alternative to a vintage port, though I’m sure more knowledgeable folks would never mistake it for the real thing. |
| Red |
2016 Domenico Clerico BaroloNebbiolo more |
2/15/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 90 pointsMedium to deep ruby in the glass. Smells a bit hot, with some menthol and/or acetone aromas behind it, though not in a bad way (if that makes any sense). After an hour decanted, dried fruit aromas emerge (fig, prune) along with hoisin. Some dusty, or “old clay pot” hints as well. By 90+ min after decanting, a really glorious nose that suggests right in the sweet spot of age + vigor. |
| Red |
2020 Trénel Fils Beaujolais Cuvée RochebonneGamay more |
1/31/2024 - Mwc33 wrote: 88 pointsLight, fruity, forgettable. Even by the standards of beaujolais. |
| Red |
2013 Altesino Brunello di MontalcinoSangiovese more |
1/28/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 92 pointsAs BHRH and others have noted, let it breathe! This really needs at least 90 min of decanting. At 60 minutes, I was worried this was dead, or at least well past-peak. The color is past garnet and well along towards tawny, and the nose at 1 hr was really closed, with just a hint of sagebrush, and a brown sugar / carmelized or cola aroma. On the palate, the alcohol and acidity both seemed harsh, with nothing else there to calm them down. But after just another 30 mins, this opened up beautifully. Aromas and flavors of hoisin and dried fig along with red fruits, and a much, much more balanced and enjoyable flavor, with a medium finish. This was also a tremendous pairing for short ribs braised in red wine with porcini and tomato. The color is such that I’d be reluctant to let this age too much more, but that’s just one inexpert opinion. . . |
| White |
2021 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Haut-LieuChenin Blanc more |
1/27/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 94 pointsCan’t add anything beyond Cutlass’s note below. This is lovely, both great now and likely to evolve nicely in the years to come. Will probably hold the other bottle I have a few years to find out. |
| White |
2019 Suavia Soave Classico Superiore Monte CarbonareGarganega more |
1/25/2024 - Mwc33 Likes this wine: 93 pointsAgree completely with Slye’s review below. This is lovely, and a great mix of bright fruit and acidity and just enough flinty, mineral structure to round it out into something balanced and highly enjoyable. |
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