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Red

2009 Château de Beaucastel Côtes du Rhône Coudoulet de Beaucastel

Red Rhone Blend more

3/7/2024 - Number51 wrote: 93 points

Tastes like a nice ripe dark fruit basket sprinkled with pencil shavings.

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Red

2009 Château de Beaucastel Côtes du Rhône Coudoulet de Beaucastel

Red Rhone Blend more

3/21/2023 - Number51 wrote: 92 points

Very nice. It is no longer jammy like it was eight years ago. Very complex and well balanced.

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White

2009 Château Haut-Bergey Blanc

Pessac-Léognan Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more

1/26/2022 - Number51 wrote: 95 points

A killer Bordeaux blanc. Wow.
Honey, apricot, acacia flowers, and flint. Perfectly balanced.

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White

2011 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc

White Rhone Blend more

4/5/2021 - Number51 wrote: 94 points

This white is amazing. It's bone-dry and complex. There are lovely apricot, walnut, and olive flavors. Olive flavor really stands out as the wine's oily texture gives you the sensation of drinking olive oil (in a good way!). Lighter flint on the finish adds to the complexity.

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Red

2016 Domaine de l'Echevin Côtes du Rhône Villages Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues Guillaume de Rouville

Red Rhone Blend more

12/13/2020 - Number51 wrote: 90 points

A fairly modern in style, this CdR presents strawberry cream puff, bloody raw organ meat, and raspberry jam, and blackberries in minerally texture. It tastes like it was not fully destemmed and has been aged in French oak.

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Red

2015 Molino di Sant' Antimo Sant' Antimo Perpaolo

Cabernet Sauvignon more

9/30/2020 - Number51 wrote: 89 points

Flavor profile here is very new world. It tastes like a inexpensive Spanish red with a ton of strawberry cream puff and skittles components.

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Red

2016 Château Puech-Haut Pic St. Loup La Closerie du Pic

Red Blend more

5/13/2020 - Number51 wrote: 94 points

Wow, this is a well-polished red with a great balance and purity.
Forest floor, blackberry, sweet potato, and wintergreen notes come through.
It is a killer value.

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Red

2012 El Molíno Pinot Noir

Rutherford more

4/3/2020 - Number51 wrote: NR

Very cola-centric Pinot with low acidity.
Difficult one for me to give score as i strongly dislike this style of Pinot.

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Red

2013 Keller Estate Pinot Noir La Cruz Vineyard

Sonoma Coast more

2/2/2020 - Number51 wrote: 88 points

Sweet fruited with cola, herbs, and some road tar. A bit simple.

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Red

2012 Moretti Omero Montefalco Sagrantino

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1/31/2020 - Number51 wrote: 91 points

Framed in a raisin-like sweetness, this lovely Sagrantino shows dark berries, road tar, and licorice components well melded together. It glides across the palate with massive yet refined tannins. There is something very special about these tannins; they are so round and almost elegant, yet massive as expected from Sagrantino of this region.
91+ points.

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Red

2012 Tabarrini Montefalco Sagrantino Colle alle Macchie

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12/31/2019 - Number51 wrote: 95 points

Dark cherries, blackberries, eucalyptus, forest floor, lavender, and black pepper components are melded together in a harmonious way. It is a big tannic wine, as expected from Sagrantino based reds of this region.
I sense a touch of modern style here though. While this is a tannic beast and certainly old world, it isn’t completely rustic or bone dry. It’s got a bit of upfront style fruit that sits on top of the massive tannic structure, which allows the wine to appeal to a wider audience.

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Red

2012 Alessandro e Gian Natale Fantino Barolo Bussia Cascina Dardi

Nebbiolo more

1/27/2020 - Number51 wrote: 92 points

Very good. This Barolo is bright red fruited, chalky, and floral with a hint of brown sugar in the finish.

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Red

2005 Reignac

Bordeaux Supérieur Red Bordeaux Blend more

1/18/2020 - Number51 wrote: 94 points

Wow, this wine has really come around and has matured to a killer value.
There's lots of dusty tannins on the surface, and beneath that, an amalgam of plums, tobacco, tar, licorice, and lavender shines through.
It is dry, super aromatic, and has good acidity.

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Red

2012 Louis M. Martini Petite Sirah No. 254

Napa Valley more

10/15/2019 - Number51 wrote: 92 points

Wow, this is a dark brooding port-like red. It is rich with dark berries, asphalt, dark cocoa, and a hint of caramel. It isn’t too oaky.
I had left the bottle upright for two weeks, and now inside of the bottle is stained black, so it looks like the bottle is still full. I have never seen anything like this before.

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Red

2005 Marqués del Puerto Rioja Bentus

Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more

10/8/2019 - Number51 wrote: 90 points

This is a great value wine with dark cherries, pomegranates, road tar, and balsamic vinegar flavors. It is a steal at $16.

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Red

2013 Giuseppe Calabrese Terre di Cosenza Pollino

Magliocco more

8/1/2019 - Number51 wrote: 91 points

Deceptively medium body with its super refined tannins and low alcohol, this red is rich and packed with flavors of dark berries, dark chocolate, fresh tobacco leaves, eucalyptus, and licorice.
It is really well balanced, food friendly, and built to last. It is genuine, true to its roots, certainly not one of those international styled wines.

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Red

2016 Oscar Tobia Rioja Altura

Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more

7/6/2019 - Number51 wrote: 90 points

This is a modern styled fruit forward Rioja that tastes like a modern styled Bordeaux (reminding me of 2015 Arbalest).

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Red

2015 Bodegas Breca Garnacha Breca

Calatayud more

6/17/2019 - Number51 wrote: 92 points

If you can accept the style of this wine, you will see the beauty in it.

It is high-alcohol, skittles rainbow infused, bright red candied fruit garnacha with a hint of pepper.

This deserves some respect given the enormous qpr.

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Red

2002 Hubert Lamy Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Castets

Pinot Noir more

6/11/2019 - Number51 wrote: NR

Came back! Lively and structured. Quite good.

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Red

2002 Château Moulin Haut-Laroque

Fronsac Red Bordeaux Blend more

5/26/2019 - Number51 wrote: NR

My first bottle was over the hill (not corked) and sadly not really drinkable. This second bottle is quite tasty and a great value for $23. For this bottle, I would give 90+ points.

Plums, basement dust, tobacco leaves, and fresh mushroom flavors are well integrated and backed by a decent finish.

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Red

2015 Ca' de' Rocchi (Tinazzi) Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Bastia

Corvina Blend, Corvina more

5/23/2019 - Number51 wrote: 92 points

This is really good for that price deal from WL.
If tasted blind, I’m not so sure if I’d have guessed Amarone. It just drinks like a good full-body, rich, old-world red. Fruit jam, pepper, tar, and fresh cigar notes are shown with a good balancing acidity.
I found this to be pretty accessible right now.

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Red

2007 Bodegas Virgen del Águila Cariñena Artigazo

Grenache Blend, Grenache more

5/20/2019 - Number51 wrote: 90 points

A solid wine that shows raisins, dried plum, root vegetables, coffee, and a little rust.

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Red

2008 Bodegas Poesia Poesia

Lujan de Cuyo Red Bordeaux Blend more

5/15/2019 - Number51 wrote: 94 points

Dark, rich, super fresh, tannic. Really tasty.

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Red

2015 Domaine Rouge-Bleu Côtes du Rhône Lunatique

Red Rhone Blend more

4/25/2019 - Number51 wrote: NR

Purity is the main theme here.
Rich dark fruits with a hint of smokiness come through. Really good.

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White

2014 Westerly Vineyards Chardonnay Edna Ranch and Santa Ynez Valley

Santa Barbara County more

3/27/2019 - Number51 wrote: NR

Amazing value for its price.

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