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Red

2014 Lamé Delisle Boucard Bourgueil Cuvée Prestige

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2/4/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

A favourite Cab Franc of mine over the years - I still have the '76 in my cellar!
2 bottles 90min aerated decant together. Dry spice, some green bell pepper and a core of ripe red hedge fruits and black cherry. The fruit became more prominent as time passed reaching perfect balance after 3 hours (excellent late night sipping!). Good length.
Will hold my remaining bottles till '26. Window 2026-2031?+. 91+pts

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White

2019 Léon Beyer Gewurztraminer Réserve Personnelle

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2/2/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

As per my July '23 note.
Perfect accompaniment for our spicy stuffed squid.
Now till 2025

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White

2013 Mount Pleasant Wines Sémillon Single Vineyard Lovedale

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2/1/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: NR

Tightly coiled with citrus core and hints of viscosity. Powerful acidity a tad unintegrated at present. Infanticide in my view - needs at least another couple of years in cellar to start displaying all its elements followed by a long evolutionary period in the stratosphere.
2026 (at least) onwards and then for 20+yrs from vintage. Potential 91+?+

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Red

2018 Seppeltsfield Grenache Barossa

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11/3/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 89 points

My last and drunk at the right time while acidity continues to give balance.
Full ripe cherry/blackcurrant, dry spice and suffused with dusky tannins. Typical Barossa Grenache in a moreish style. Will search out another case of a more recent vintage in due course for my mid-week suppers.
Drink up over the coming months and move on.

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Red

2016 Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico Riserva

 Chianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more
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11/2/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 90 points

My last in this format.
Excellent CC Riserva with brulé dark cherry core, mellowing tannins, some earth and dry spice nuances. Decent acidity provides balance. Drinks very well now with an aerated decant of an hour or so - but in my opinion has at least another five years in it. I have kept back my three magnums till 2026 and would hope they will give pleasure for at least 20yrs from vintage.
In magnum format 2026-36, bottle: now-2028. 90+
(Incidentally I first came across this wine in 1981 in Florence - the vintage was 1961 and from memory was excellent - so there is no doubt in my mind of its aging potential!)

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White

2006 Château Laville Haut-Brion Blanc

 Pessac-Léognan Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more
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10/31/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 92 points

I suspect this is starting to go into decline as the herbal and asparagus elements noted earlier are threatening to dominate as the acidity and grip start to fade. Still more than OK (if pricey for the quality) but for drinking soon.
Till 2024. 92-

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Red

2008 Chateau Musar

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10/29/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

First time I've broached this Musar vintage and was impressed even if it is scheduled for the relatively short term.
Core fruit of dark ripe blackberry and glacé black cherry with contrasting austere pomegranate and dry spice nuances. Smoke and earth starting to show which with good acidity provide interest and balance. Already mellow and moreish. Excellent accompaniment for our spiced rolled shoulder of lamb.
In my view a 20yr from vintage Musar. Now till 2028.

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White - Sweet/Dessert

2000 Tokaj Classic Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos

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10/27/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 93 points

Dinner at friends - my contribution. 10 years since my previous note. Old fashioned style of Tokay which I prefer for high Aszú examples rather than the anaemic "pure" trendy styles of recent years. Deep ruddy brown colour. Marmalade and dark honey, smoke, Zanzibar spice and core of pectic acidity bringing the wine together and lingering on the palate forever. Easily enough for eight guests even in 50cl format.
Has evolved in the last decade but, based on this bottle should be fine for (at least) another 15yrs. Till 2035?+.

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Red

2017 Les Grandes Serres Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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10/27/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 89 points

Dinner at friends - this CNP had all the characteristics you would expect: dark à point hedge fruits, dry spice and firm, rounded and integrated tannins. While not a profound example of CNP - more than fitted the bill accompanying their rib of beef (second time in week!). Very moreish.
Ready now and for another couple of years.

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Red

2015 Domaine Zafeirakis Limniona

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10/26/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

As per my September '23 note. At its peak.

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Red

2007 Bodegas y Viñedos del Contino Rioja Viña del Olivo

 Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more
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10/24/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 92 points

My last and drinking beautifully now. Has been approachable (and too tempting!) for a number of years and should hold up for a few more.
Till 20yrs from vintage.

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Red

2014 Anthonij Rupert Cabernet Franc

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10/22/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

My last two and drank in the perfect place accompanying our Sunday rib of beef.
Would hold up for another couple of years but doubt there would be any benefit to be gained.

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Red

2020 Symington Douro Altano

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10/18/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 89 points

A junior Chryseia in style but representing really good value at a quarter the price (bonus point).
Forward, for drinking over the next year or so.

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White - Off-dry

2019 Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch (Erben-Thanisch) Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Kabinett feinherb

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10/15/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

Perfect with roast pork and trimmings!

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Red

1990 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

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9/25/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

This case has been so variable both in quality (flawed - to 93pts) as well as in character that I can only mark it based on enjoyment rather than any other criteria. So this was an enjoyable enough 91pt bottle which nevertheless has to be disappointing given the vintage!
The best bottles in this case would suggest a life till 2030.

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White - Sparkling

2004 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill

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9/24/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 94 points

Celebrating other half's reurn after success at the x-country riding Nationals in Derbyshire.
Gentle but persistant mousse. Crisp apple core with aromatic fruit nuances. Buttery. Steely minerality and citrussy (lime) acidity for balance. Held up well under champagne stopper overnight for second bite of the cherry!
Excellent indeed and good for up to 25yrs from vintage based on this bottle. Now till 2029.

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Red

2016 Moretti Omero Montefalco Sagrantino

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9/24/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

Has integrated and developed well since its first scored opening in '21.
Dark ripe berries and damson, suffused with dry spice (esp liquorice) and charred smokey nuances. Dusty tannins. Excellent.
Plenty of time to enjoy - now (with a decent aerated decant) till 2028 at least. 91+

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White - Sparkling

NV Domaine Langlois-Château Crémant de Loire Brut

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9/23/2023 - NickBurwood wrote: 88 points

Fellow opera buff's 95th (stet) birthday buffet.
A Loire Chenin fizz ideal for the unseasonably warm weather buffet lunch. Loire Chenin sparklers are the perfect (and economic!) partners for large gatherings and good with food.
For drinking on release.

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Red

2016 Marchesi Mazzei Zisola

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9/21/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 89 points

Just starting on a downward spiral. Drink up and move on (in my case the 2020 vintage).

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White

2018 Domaine des Huards (Michel Gendrier) Cour-Cheverny Romo

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9/20/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

As per my August note.

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White

2019 Léon Beyer Gewurztraminer Réserve Personnelle

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9/19/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

As per my July note.
Classic Gewürz in the dry style that Beyer leads the way with.

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White

2021 Freie Weingärtner Wachau / Domäne Wachau Grüner Veltliner Federspiel Dürnstein

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9/18/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 88 points

Ivy India (Guildford).
Ideal accompaniment for their wide range of (often) spicy SE Asian cuisine.
For drinking young. Till 2024

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Red

2011 Kanonkop Pinotage

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9/17/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 points

Two bottles decanted together for two hours.
Now fully ready, the intense ripe cherry and pinotage-florals on the nose are also very much to the fore on the palate giving a focussed almost sweet impression. Then the desert spices, earth and smoke cut in which, with the still decent core acidity, bringing a fine balance. Moreish.
Now till 2026.

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Red

2001 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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9/16/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 92 points

Now fully mature with broadening meniscus and slight browning at the edges. Dark, mellow, brulé hedge fruits with earthy and leathery nuances and some dry spice. Dusty tannins and a hint of viscosity. Just enough acidity to hold the elements together.
Off its 93pt peak and for drinking over the next year.

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White

2018 Reichsrat Von Buhl Forster Jesuitengarten Riesling Großes Gewächs

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9/14/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 90 points

Forward. Broad palate of lightly baked apples and aromatic pears with lots of floral/meadow nuances and even a hint of diesel. Works well with food. Drunk over two days (home alone) and held up well.
Not for the long haul, now till 2026. 90?+

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