| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2007 Larkmead Vineyards Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
4/12/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 90 pointsAge has helped mellow and balance this. Still a bit hot. All the typical hallmarks of a big, ripe Napa cab. |
| Red |
2000 Elyse Cabernet Sauvignon Morisoli VineyardRutherford more |
4/8/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 91 pointsMorisoli tasting. From Magnum. Fully mature, and perhaps sliding towards senescence. Some stewing along with cigar box, black fruits, a bit of earth. Would have hoped for a bit more depth and complexity, but a nice showing. |
| Red |
2018 Morisoli Vineyard Cabernet SauvignonRutherford more |
4/8/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 92 pointsMorisoli tasting: Of the 3 vintages, this has the stuffing to age. Still fairly primary, but starting to take on a more rounded character. Currants and plums, some raspberries and loam. |
| Red |
2019 Morisoli Vineyard Cabernet SauvignonRutherford more |
4/8/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 91 pointsMorisoli tasting: Another nice effort. Some breadth and complexity beginning to show. Soft, small-grained tannins, A delicacy to this wine that the other vintages lacked. Drinking well right now. Not clear how this will age beyond another 5 years. |
| Red |
2020 Morisoli Vineyard Cabernet SauvignonRutherford more |
4/8/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 91 pointsMorisoli tasting: Delightful and drinking pretty well given its youth. A bit primary, at this point. No green notes despite the early pick date. |
| Red |
2013 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Vista Verde VineyardSan Benito County more |
4/3/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 90 pointsEnjoyable, big, powerful WS Pinot. Paired well with both duck and steak. Typical VV character. Still youthful, but not clear it’s going to gain more heft or interest. Enjoy now and for perhaps another couple of years |
| Red |
2003 Château Cos d'EstournelSt. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/3/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 94 pointsAnother consistent bottle from this case. This wine is doing nothing but improving as it evolves. I lament that the case keeps ticking down….next bottle in 5 years, as this is still youthful, with great structure and evolving complexity. The last sip, 5 hours after decanting was a showstopper. |
| Red |
2019 Kapcsándy Family Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Cuvée State Lane VineyardYountville more |
4/3/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 94 pointsInfanticide, but a beautiful wine. It took a full hour decant and then kept improving for 3 more hours. a full range of blue and black fruits eventually gave way to a lovely and complex wine. Notes of lavender, mint, cinnamon, nutmeg, forest floor and a hint of rose petal made this a delight. There was a lifted element to the wine and a rich mouthfeel that coated the tongue. Next bottle in 3+ years. |
| Red |
2006 Domaine de ChevalierPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/29/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 91 pointsPretty garnet. Decanted for 20 minutes. Moderate amount of sediment. Nose was surprisingly primary, fruity and sweet. A hint of lavender that ran through a red fruit core. Some complexity emerged with more time in the glass, but then after about 2 1/2 hours, the wine started to disappear. It was enjoyable and delicious while it was there. Surprisingly youthful. At retail, a nice value. |
| Red |
2019 Bouchard Père et Fils Gevrey-ChambertinPinot Noir more |
3/23/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 90 pointsA solid village wine. could use a couple of years to develop and settle in, but drinking well and a fair value. |
| Red |
2019 Maison Albert Bichot Nuits St. GeorgesPinot Noir more |
3/21/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 87 pointsA pleasant and straight-forward NSG. Has some structure and nice acidity. Happily it has been transported in good conditions, so not heat damaged. Some red and black fruits, a bit of cinnamon. Medium finish. |
| Red - Fortified |
1977 Graham Porto VintagePort Blend more |
3/3/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 93 pointsFrom magnum. Consistent with the last bottle, though more subtle and complex. The additional 10 years has helped. The raisin and fig notes remain, though the essence of candied ginger, orange zest, cinnamon and nutmeg began to emerge with more time in the glass. |
| Red |
2003 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de LalandePauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/4/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 90 pointsFour bottles from the same case and 3 different experiences. All in great condition with high neck fills and not having moved for 18 years since purchase. Key "tell" seemed to be the cork: The bottle with the toughest, densest cork was by far the best, the softest, least dense the weakest version and the two in the middle were, well, in the middle. The best version showed a pretty bouquet that had those characteristic lead pencil and lavender notes. The floral bouquet was lighter than the fairly muscular wine, though not as brutal as some have suggested -- the alcohol was not hot or prominent for any of the bottles, and there were no chocolate notes or searing tannins. Rather this is a bigger wine than I typically would expect from Comtesse, but not out of character. The middle-bottles were nice, though less complex, while the lesser bottle was simple, and a touch tart at first, though it did improve with time in the glass.. |
| Red |
2013 Hirsch Vineyards Pinot Noir Block 8Sonoma Coast more |
2/24/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 93 pointsUtterly delightful and consistent with prior bottle. |
| White |
2021 Hirsch Vineyards ChardonnaySonoma Coast more |
2/24/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 91 pointsConsistent with last bottle, but even 4 more months in bottle has helped |
| Red |
2007 Hospices de Nuits Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Vignerondes Cuvée Bernarde DelesclachePinot Noir more |
2/18/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 93 pointsPnP. Crimson. Happily another good bottle. Perhaps it simply needed the 17 years. Pretty floral nose, spicy and racy palate, with notes of currants and roast meats. Well integrated and balanced. A delight. |
| Red |
2012 Kapcsándy Family Winery Estate Cuvée State Lane VineyardYountville Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/14/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 94 pointsWell worth the wait — decanted for 30 minutes and then drunk over 3 hours. First bottle and it’s beautiful. Deep garnet. Roses and blackberries tumbled from the glass and sweet spices foreshadowed what the wine had to offer. First the blueberries, followed by blackberry crumble, cinnamon, nutmeg and cinnamon. This is lush and elegant with a beautiful texture, while maintaining a certain weightlessness. A long finish capped the experience. This was more St. Julien than Napa. |
| Red |
1998 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/11/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 93 pointsConsistent with the last bottle. All the sharp edges have been smoothed out. Elegant and delicate. Needed 45 minutes and continued to open in the glass. |
| White - Sparkling |
1998 Philipponnat Champagne Brut Clos des GoissesChampagne Blend more |
2/11/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 92 pointsSweet honey and vanilla nose. Color edging to golden amber. A touch reduced, toasted sugar, brioche, lemon curd. Hey nice, but this bottle drank as relatively old. |
| White |
2013 Peay Vineyards Chardonnay EstateSonoma Coast more |
2/10/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 91 pointsFully resolved, some fruit, a bit of malo, petrol, lemon curd. |
| Red |
1981 Château Léoville PoyferréSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/23/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 94 pointsDelicate and lifted, this is an elegant wine. Leather and moist earth, dried cranberries, wood smoke, wet stones, and a touch of mustiness, but not in a bad way. Surprisingly, the ‘83 outshone the ‘82 on this evening. |
| Red |
1983 Château Léoville PoyferréSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/23/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 94 pointsThis wine was the surprise of the evening. Ex-Chateau, this wine was great. It was fresh and bright, with a somewhat floral nose, that led to notes of plum, currant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco, forest floor. Lovely and long, though others at the dinner who had had this vintage before suggested that perhaps these ex-chateau bottles were in such good shape that they were literally the perfect expression of the wine & the vintage. |
| Red |
2000 Château Léoville PoyferréSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/23/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 94 pointsNot sure if this was simply a better bottle or the wine has come out of a dumb phase, but this was far better than the bottle a few years ago. This was beautiful. Ripe, sweet, with a mix of primary fruits and secondary notes. Some cedar and tobacco, cascaded with a counterpoint of currants and blackberries. The wine kept opening over several hours. Medium finish. |
| Red |
2003 Château Léoville PoyferréSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
2/7/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 93 pointsPretty and elegant, this is drinking well now. The softness suggests the high proportion of Merlot. The nose showed raspberries and plums, currants and leather. A touch of forest floor, and honey that echoed the nose. Beautiful and drinking well. |
| Red |
2010 Château Léoville PoyferréSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/23/2024 - PDavisMarble wrote: 95 pointsBeautiful and still so very youthful. The oak is not yet resolved, the acids suggest a nice scaffold on which the future of this wine will be built. Round, beautiful fruits, great depth, a lush nose and a long finish. I loved this wine, but I’d suggest not revisiting it for a few years. |
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