| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Rosé |
2022 Domaine Maestracci Vin de Corse Calvi E ProveRosé Blend more |
5/15/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 91 pointsMy second-ever Corsican in as many days. Just about the same flavor profile as last night’s bottle; in-your-face peach and melon with a strong vein of acidity running through it. However, the color could not be more different. This wine is a very deep, dark Rose color. Maybe a bit more blood-orange in this one, too. 5-11-17-8: 91/00. |
| Red |
2011 Casa E. di Mirafiore BaroloNebbiolo more |
5/14/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 91 pointsReally quite nice. Strong ruby, fine balance and structure, and pure, piquant cherry. Wish I had bought more, as I paid $25 for this years ago. 5-11-17-8: 91/100. |
| Rosé |
2022 Domaine de Marquiliani Corse Rosé Gris de MarquilianiRosé Blend more |
5/14/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 90 pointsFor such a lightly-colored Rosé—if you can call it that, it’s actually golden yellow—this packs quite a fruit punch. Citrus, peach and melon linger a long time on the palate, and the nose is quite fresh, too. Good acid backbone keeps the fruit reigned in. My first Corsican I believe and, I hope, not my last. 5-11-16-8: 90/100. |
| Red |
2021 Martinelli Syrah Terra FeliceRussian River Valley more |
5/13/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 94 pointsPopped/poured. Good strong rich Syrah fruit. Big boned but not alcoholic. Fine acid backbone. Excellent California Syrah. 5-13-17-9: 94/100. |
| Red |
2019 Boscarelli Vino Nobile di MontepulcianoSangiovese more |
5/13/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 91 pointsPopped and poured this. Excellent with a pizza. Pure Sangiovese fruit goodness, with fine balance. 5-2-16-8: 91/100. |
| Red |
2012 Elio Grasso Barolo Ginestra Casa MatéNebbiolo more |
5/12/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 92 pointsI like this, but to me fails to live up to expectations—at least on PnP. Strong color, identifiable Nebbiolo nose, and decent enough red fruit flavors. I will save my last bottle awhile longer to see if this improves. 5-13-16-8: 92/100. |
| Red |
2015 Ferraton Père & Fils Cornas Lieu-Dit Les EygatsSyrah more |
5/11/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: NRGood, but not nearly as good as a bottle enjoyed 6 years ago. This has had 24 hours in an open bottle. Looks very young. Appears to have gone into a shell. Clearly there is much to this, it just is not showing much at this stage of its development. Judgment reserved for now. |
| Red |
1989 Château Léoville Las CasesSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/11/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 94 pointsPopped this after a long day. And it brought me joy right off the bat. I will drink one glass tonight because I am sure it will unfold into a more impressive wine than it already is on PnP. That’s exciting, because it already shows enough to rate in the low to mid-90s. |
| Red |
2019 Avignonesi Vino Nobile di MontepulcianoSangiovese more |
5/10/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 90 pointsAnother good showing; perhaps a point higher than last bottle. |
| White |
2014 Château des Quarts Pouilly-Fuissé Clos de QuartsChardonnay more |
5/10/2024 - MicklethePickle wrote: 94 pointsThis producer’s wines always please me. Great burnished color, and beautiful delineation of fruit and minerals, including chalk and limestone. Finishes long and lush. In fine shape at ten years of age. 5-3-17-9: 94/100. |
| Red |
2021 Turnbull Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valleymore |
5/9/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 93 pointsOpened yesterday. Good then, good now. This is big purple Cabernet with pretty fruit in nose and mouth. Big, but not over extracted. Good wine for the money. 5-13-17-8: 93/100. |
| Red |
2021 Walt Pinot Noir Shea VineyardWillamette Valley more |
5/9/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 92 pointsPopped and poured. I like the restraint here. Ripe fruit is balanced by nice structure, acid and tannin. Finishes long and elegant, velvety. 5-13-16-8: 92/100. |
| Red |
2021 Domaine Auguste Clape Le Vin des AmisVin de France Syrah more |
5/8/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: NRPopped and pored; paired with Salisbury Steak. Nice purple color, and viscous. Nice Syrah fruit in the nose, nothing overpowering but very pure. Excellent palate, with acid perfectly playing foil to the rich fruit. Amazing how this producer makes such stellar wine from non-classified-area fruit. Yes they are more expensive than other wines from the same environs, but the quality in the bottle makes it a bargain. To me, Clape stands alone. Marvelous! 5-12-17-8: 92/100. |
| Red |
2019 Barone Ricasoli Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Castello di BrolioChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
5/8/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 94 pointsAnother stellar bottle, no decanting required. This qualifies as one of my favorite Chiantis—reliably impressive every time. Beautiful, viscous ruby, lovely spice-laden cherry nose, and ripe cherry palate. This is the whole package. 5-13-17-9: 94/100. |
| Red |
2019 Château Barde-HautSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/7/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 94 pointsPopped and poured. This is rounding into shape beautifully. Rich, full blackberry fruit in nose and mouth, with excellent balance, structure, and tannic backbone. Glad I loaded up on this, as it was a tremendous bargain on release (and probably still is at what must currently be a higher tariff today). Great future ahead, but already coming around. 5-13-17-9: 94/100. |
| Rosé |
2022 Tiberio Cerasuolo d'AbruzzoMontepulciano more |
5/6/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 92 pointsThis is one heck of an impressive Rosé. Looks more like a red than a Rosé, but has all the acid and freshness one could want. Beautiful fresh, wild berries. Bravo! I love it! 5-12-16-9: 92/100. |
| Red |
2010 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Crozes-Hermitage Domaine de ThalabertSyrah more |
5/5/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 89 pointsPopped/poured. Better than my last bottle two months ago. Good color and nose, palate could be better. 5-12-15-7: 89/100. |
| Red |
2017 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private ReserveNapa Valley more |
5/5/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 92 pointsOpened last night. Noted today, it is everything I had hoped it would be. I used to visit this winery regularly in the 1980s and 1990s, but haven’t had the PR for years now. Happily this bottle and another vintage tasted recently remind me of how much I liked these wines back in the day. Glass-staining deep, dark purple-ruby. Pure ripe Cabernet aroma. Has characteristic California ripeness but enough structure and acid to keep it in check. I have a more European palate these days, but still appreciate a nice change of pace like this once in awhile. 5-12-17-8: 92/100. |
| Red |
1989 Mas de Daumas GassacVin de Pays de l'Hérault Red Bordeaux Blend more |
5/4/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 92 pointsVery nice on PnP. Dark crimson color is very strong. Fresh, ripe fruit in the nose. Crisp palate impression with good fruit. This is aging nicely, and has years ahead. Don’t know how much it might improve, if at all, but it is certainly enjoyable now. 5-12-16-9: 92/100 |
| Red |
2021 Casa Smith Barbera Northridge VineyardWahluke Slope more |
5/4/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 90 pointsOpened last night, noted today. Strikes me as a pretty good example of this varietal. Opaque purple-ruby. Pretty, harmonious cherry-berry fruit in both nose and mouth. Good stuff. 5-12-15-8: 90/100. |
| Red |
1978 Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Gran ReservaTempranillo more |
5/3/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 89 pointsQuite youthful for a 46-year-old wine; ruby all the way to the rim. Seems to have quite an herbal component to it, including dill. Still, it is impressive given how old it is. Amazing how well Riojas age. 5-11-15-8: 89/100. |
| Red |
2018 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Le Clos GuillotCabernet Franc more |
5/3/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 94 pointsExcellent stuff; ripe, rich and juicy. Went well with Sicilian-style swordfish. More purple than red, this has a very regal appearance. Viscous and leggy, too. Gorgeous floral nose, and oodles of ripe fruit in the mouth. Not picking up a ton of bell pepper, but so what? I sure wish I could get my hands on more of this. 5-13-17-9: 94/100. |
| Red |
2014 Martinelli Pinot Noir Grace Nicole Zio Tony RanchRussian River Valley more |
5/3/2024 - MicklethePickle wrote: 92 pointsI have never aged a Martinelli Pinot Noir for anywhere near this long. So I was interested to see how it developed. The color is certainly suggestive of a young wine as is the nose. It is only on the palate where the forward fruit has been tamed somewhat. I am not really sensing a whole lot of secondary characteristics which bodes well for a long future ahead. This tends to prove to me that wines that are rich and alcoholic in their youth can indeed age. However, I’m not sure I’m enjoying this more than I would have in it’s youth. I wish I had another bottle to age another 10 years to compare. 5-13-16-8: 92/100 |
| White |
2014 Domaine Vincent and Sophie Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les CailleretsChardonnay more |
5/2/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 88 pointsAlas, I let this go too long, it’s on the other side of its peak. Still decent but oh, what might have been. Note to self: even Premier Cru White Burgundies seldom take ten years for ideal drinking. 4-11-16-7: 88/100. |
| Red |
2014 Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Ursules Domaine des Héritiers Louis JadotPinot Noir more |
5/1/2024 - MicklethePickle wrote: 83 pointsPopped and poured. Solid, translucent ruby. At the moment, faint cherry aroma and earthy, gritty fruit in the mouth. As others have noted, very dry, but I find that to be less of an impediment than some seem to have. Withholding scoring pending further development in the glass (if any). |
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