| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2006 Lillian Winery SyrahSanta Barbara County more |
2/28/2018 - Bardamu Likes this wine: 97 pointsA masterful and beguiling wine that is just hitting it's stride now. |
| Red |
2001 Domaine du Pégau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée RéservéeRed Rhone Blend more |
2/17/2014 - Bardamu wrote: 98 pointsProfound! |
| Red |
2006 Cameron Pinot Noir Gehrts VineyardDundee Hills more |
2/17/2014 - Bardamu wrote: 97 pointsStunning! |
| Red |
2007 Cameron Pinot Noir Arley's LeapDundee Hills more |
2/17/2014 - Bardamu wrote: 93 pointsAmazing! |
| White |
2002 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling BrandAlsace Grand Cru more |
6/18/2012 - Bardamu wrote: 94 pointsA beautiful wine from the master of Alsace. I can see this wine continuing to grow and evolve for an eternity though. Right now, it's starting to show some nice signs of development; but is still showing off a tonne of classic, intense, in-yer-face Riesling-y-ness. Huge acid balances out the sweetness. |
| Red |
2003 Weingut Glatzer St. Laurent AltenbergCarnuntum more |
6/18/2012 - Bardamu wrote: 93 pointsA very interesting wine. I'd last had this wine in its youth, and it was full and rich and very Pinot like. With a tenner in the bottle, it had taken on a more creamy, savoury, tomato-leafy-ness (in a good way). For sure at its peak. |
| Red |
2007 Domaine de Ferrand Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
6/18/2012 - Bardamu wrote: 91 pointsIt's good, but not great. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2000 Alvear Montilla-Moriles Pedro Ximénez de Añadamore |
11/29/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 94 pointsRidiculous stuff, in the possible sense. Mellowed out a bit with age, but still like drinking a big glass of liquid butter tarts. |
| White |
2001 Domaine de la Grange des Pères Vin de Pays de l'Hérault BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
11/29/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 97 pointsA truly spectacular wine, and just as good as I remember. This is one of the wines that was a real 'gotcha moments' early on in my wine career, and has always been a favourite. I hadn't had the wine in maybe 7 years now, and had one left in the collection and though at 10 years, time to say good bye. Huge, and funky, aromatics. Lots of jasmine, honeysuckle, earth, mineral, and fresh flower on the nose. The pallette was full bodied, unctuous and so complex. It's Roussanne and Chard, and their best. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Jacquesson & Fils Champagne Cuvée No. 729Champagne Blend more |
11/7/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 92 pointsDrank for my birthday! More important, it was tasting perfect. Classic old Champagne aromas, still nice and toasty but taking on lots of secondary aromas and hints of dark chocolate. Still with a very fine mousse and the acidity is perfectly in balance. About ten years old now, and for sure at it's best. |
| Red |
2009 Burn Cottage Pinot NoirCentral Otago more |
10/12/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 95 pointsYeah, it's that good. |
| Red - Fortified |
2000 Niepoort Porto Secundum VintagePort Blend more |
10/12/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 91 pointsI think 'Nedder_travels_the_world' has it spot on, not much to add that he hasn't already said. |
| Red |
1999 Domaine de la Terre Rouge MourvèdreSierra Foothills more |
9/23/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 91 pointsWhat a pleasant surprise! I wasn't expecting much from this wine to start. A very cloudy wine, looking developed but nothing to unusual as it was pretty dark red and bright. Upon opening, it had some hints of VA, along with notes of sausage, clove and fresh picked blackberries; same on the palette. Soft acid and tasting developed, with a bit of heat on the finish. At first I thought it was slightly over the hill. After a couple of hours it really came along and fleshed out and added some obvious fresh ground coffee flavours and the acidity came out of hiding. Very smooth and silky. |
| Red |
2006 Alban Vineyards Grenache Alban Estate VineyardEdna Valley more |
9/19/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 96 pointsOutrageous(ly good) |
| Red |
2007 Domaine de Ferrand Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
9/13/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 93 pointsCan't add much that hasn't already been said about this wine. I agree with everything written below me here, except maybe Ive Marx. That's the wine I was expecting, but it's still a bit tight and shy right now; at least my bottle was. I have a few more bottles left, may give the next one a few years. |
| Red |
2001 The Standish Wine Company Shiraz The StandishBarossa Valley more |
7/29/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 98 pointsThis was a truly monumental wine that was showing perfectly last night. I hadn't had this wine for a few years, and I was remembering it as being more 'Aussie' in style, and by 'Aussie' I of course mean that it was going to be thick, jammy, low acid and so on and so forth. My friend, not even close. Massive aromatics, density without the fat, great acid and chew tannins. It was amazing watching (smelling, drinking) this wine open and evolve as the night went on. A remarkable and memorable wine, and most of all, and wine that does it's home country proud. Remember how much we used to love Aussie wines? If more were like this wine, we would again. |
| White |
2009 Supernatural Wine Co. Sauvignon Blanc The SupernaturalHawke's Bay more |
7/20/2011 - Bardamu Likes this wine: 94 pointsWhat an epic and beautiful wine. Starting with gorgeous packaging, this wine is in a Champagne bottle and a crown camp to top it off. This was done to show that a wine that tastes this different should look different as well. Massive aromatics right out of the gate, giving off notes of papaya, grapefruit, flint and some mint. The palette is luscious, deep and complex with loads of fresh fruit flavours mixed in with chewy mineral notes and intense acidity. A very paradoxical wine; on one hand such powerful fruit tones, yet it does have more to it than that as it has the minerality and complexity that makes it obvious that is a terrific, unique and very well made wine. I like to think of this is a theoretical Alsatian Sauvignon Blanc, but really, it is exactly what is, the most unique white wine I've had in a long time and my favourite white wine of the year! |
| Red |
2001 Poplar Grove Winery ReserveOkanagan Valley VQA Red Bordeaux Blend more |
7/11/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 89 pointsI had the 2000 not long ago, and it was still amazing. The '01, a little over the hill. |
| Red |
2006 Amalie Robert Pinot Noir Amalie's CuvéeWillamette Valley more |
7/11/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 92 pointsA much more serious wine. I've been going through the line-up here, and I've liked what I've tasted so far, but this is the most complete of the wines and pretty decent value at that. |
| Red |
2006 Santa Carolina Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva de FamiliaMaipo Valley more |
7/4/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 86 pointsYeah, it's alright. Ripe, but classic Chilean Cab notes; cedar, plum et al. Showing some signs of development and probably at its peak. Respectable value coming in at $19. |
| White |
2009 Amalie Robert Chardonnay Dijon ClonesWillamette Valley more |
7/4/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 90 pointsWell made wine. No oak, but full flavoured. Lots of mineral and apple notes to it, good acid, long finish. Decent value, too. |
| Red |
2004 Mitolo Shiraz G.A.M.McLaren Vale more |
6/29/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 93 pointsShowing a lot more development than the '05 right now and has more of a bright red tone to the colour. Excellent aromatics of bramble berry and pie spice. Rich but very elegant palette, nice and silky with bold flavour. If you're going to drink 'big' wines, than this is the perfect wine. |
| Red |
2005 Mitolo Shiraz G.A.M.McLaren Vale more |
6/29/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 92 pointsStill pretty primary, but still pretty pretty as well. I like this wine, it has great richness and depth with no hard edges to it. Very smooth, very flavourful. |
| White |
2003 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Clos JebsalAlsace more |
6/20/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 88 pointsTerkel got it spot on. I know wine tasting, and reactions to wine, are quite personal and individual, but Terkel there nailed it. |
| Red |
2001 Domaine Tempier Bandol Cuvée Spéciale La MigouaMourvèdre Blend, Mourvèdre more |
6/20/2011 - Bardamu wrote: 93 pointsIn a great place right now. Mellowed out quite a bit, but still full of funky stuffing. The fruit tones are still quite bright, and that may be why I liked it as it hadn't been taken over by the saddle leather and earth that is starting to pop out, but isn't the current focus of the wine. Plenty of life left in this wine, it's up to you to decide how you want to enjoy it. |
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