| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
1989 Château Gruaud LaroseSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/21/2023 - kenh Likes this wine: 93 pointsStood up a day beforehand. Double decanted back in to bottle about an hour before meal. Wonderful Saint-Julien flowers on open. Robe was a clear purple black with only a hint of color pulling away at the sides of the glass. Excellent sheeting on a vigorous swirl. |
| Red |
2005 Château Croizet-BagesPauillac Red Bordeaux Blend more |
6/13/2023 - kenh wrote: NRI was disappointed with this. I hope I caught an exception. The tannins seemed to have outlived the fruit. |
| Red |
2004 Mitolo Shiraz G.A.M.McLaren Vale more |
8/8/2015 - kenh Likes this wine: 92 pointsBig fruit. Lovely nose of blueberry, plums and coffee. Mature and tasty. |
| Red |
2003 Dominion Tantara Syrah Garys' VineyardSanta Lucia Highlands more |
4/29/2012 - kenh wrote: 89 pointsQuite nice. Meaty, full and sweetly ripe. |
| Red |
2002 Domaine de la Janasse Côtes du RhôneRed Rhone Blend more |
4/29/2012 - kenh wrote: NRVile |
| Red |
2001 Dominion Tantara Pinot Noir Garys' VineyardSanta Lucia Highlands more |
3/10/2012 - kenh wrote: NRExcellent! |
| Red |
1997 Galante Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Blackjack PastureCarmel Valley more |
1/7/2012 - kenh wrote: 89 pointsMostly mature, complex nose and mouth. |
| Red |
2003 A.P. Vin Pinot Noir Garys' VineyardSanta Lucia Highlands more |
12/26/2011 - kenh wrote: 90 pointsMy last bottle of this. It has gained weight in the bottle. Wonderful spice cake, raspberry and dark chocolate nose. Sour cherry in the mouth. Mouth-watering dark fruit. |
| Red |
1995 Pezzi King Cabernet SauvignonDry Creek Valley more |
10/31/2011 - kenh wrote: flawedCorked |
| Red |
2000 Flora Springs TrilogyNapa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
10/1/2011 - kenh wrote: 87 pointsMy palate was off tonight. Though the wine smelled lovely it was sour and bitter to my taste. I revisited after champagne and a wonderful escargot with wild mushrooms. With my palate thus recalibrated the wine was good. Black cherry, chocolate and tea, but tannic. |
| Red |
2001 Siduri Pinot Noir Cargasacchi VineyardSta. Rita Hills more |
9/10/2011 - kenh wrote: NRThis bottle outlived its fruit. Alcohol and hot black cherry. I was disappointed by this wine. Perhaps it was poorly stored before it came into my possession. N/R |
| Red |
1973 Inglenook Vineyards Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
5/14/2011 - kenh wrote: 90 pointsStill vital after 38 years! Nose of oxidized dark fruit, cedar and pencil carried through to the mouth. Pretty wiine, and well matched with grilled tenderloin. |
| Red |
1994 Zaca Mesa SyrahSanta Ynez Valley more |
5/3/2010 - kenh wrote: NROrdinary |
| Red |
2002 Possums Vineyard ShirazMcLaren Vale more |
4/19/2010 - kenh wrote: 87 pointsBig fruit and alcohol. Some smoke and bacon fat. Not going to improve |
| Rosé - Sparkling |
NV Duval-Leroy Champagne Rosé de SaignéeChampagne Blend more |
4/23/2007 - kenh wrote: 92 pointsEverything I hope for in a pink. Charcteristic yeasty nose, fruity (stawberry) flavors and a nice bead. |
| Red |
1994 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Brune et BlondeSyrah more |
4/23/2007 - kenh wrote: 84 pointsProbably should have had this 5 years ago. Some traces of Cote-Rotie remain among tired fruit and residual tanin. At a push, red fruit and cnnamon, leather and smoke. This wine was good, but not better than good. |
| Rosé - Sparkling |
NV Duval-Leroy Champagne Rosé de SaignéeChampagne Blend more |
4/5/2007 - kenh wrote: 88 pointsInteresting, slightly oxidative. Yeasty nose, strawberries in the finish. Not a complex wine, by nonetheless,good. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1997 Peter Lehmann Sémillon BotrytisBarossa Valley more |
3/28/2007 - kenh wrote: 92 pointsWell balanced, sweet and tasty |
| Red |
1992 Georis MerlotCarmel Valley more |
3/23/2007 - kenh wrote: 92 pointsDark ruby red, with brown and brick at the edges. Initially red and black fruit in the nose, followed by a brief period of nothing in the nose at all. The wine was opened as I removed it from 57 degree storage. AS it warmed to drinking temperature it took on aromas of honey, mustard, brown sugar, pepper, red fruit, and catsup. (In short, it smelled, and the smell followed through to the taste, like KC Masterpiece barbeque sauce). Well balanced, gorgeous nose, decent weight, glycerin, and acid. I think this wine would probably last another 5 years, but it's never going to be better than it is right now. |
| Red |
1998 Siduri Pinot Noir Pisoni VineyardSanta Lucia Highlands more |
2/23/2007 - kenh wrote: 94 pointsDecanted off sediment and poured. Clear garnet/ruby robe, a touch of burnt orange, pulling away from the rim. A nose of cloves, apple skins, and pinot funk on opening bloomed into cherry, white flowers and cedar. In the mouth, clove, cinnamon, and raspberries, then with time, stunning sweetly ripe fruit, with bracing acidity and a silky texture. With more time in the glass it is more layered and delicious, not showing a hint of its 14.1% alc. I've only had one other Pinot from the Pisoni vineyard, and that younger and more primary than this, but, this seems to share a commonality with that wine. Only a bit of bitterness in the back palate and aftertaste keep this from being extraordinary. |
| Red |
2002 Torbreck JuvenilesBarossa Valley Red Rhone Blend more |
2/19/2007 - kenh wrote: 88 pointsPopped and poured. Initially too cold (from the cellar) the wine was muted, with alcohol and heat showing morethan fruit. Twnety minutes after opening, with food, the wine was fruity, textured and tasty. Finishing the bottle after supper, the wine opened into a huge, multicolored beast, with melted licorice, cedar, raspberries, and vannilla. Delicious nose, delicious palate, long delicous finish. Unfortunately, the wine just kept gettng bigger and bigger and bigger - until eventually, it wasn't comfortable to put in my mouth. I don't know if this wine will tone down with time, but at this age, it is so big that it is not comfortable for two to finsih in a night. |
| Red |
2001 Sea Smoke Pinot Noir BotellaSta. Rita Hills more |
2/10/2007 - kenh wrote: 89 pointsServed at a dinner party to accompany Turducken, grilled green beans, Shepherds Pie, and three cheese quiche. The Sea Smoke was bigger, more tannic and less approachable than the Loring consumed the same evening. The Botella is dark garnet, clear, black and some red fruit in the nose. Balance grip and tannin in the mout, with lush red fruit. I consumed both of my bottles this night: a shame, becasue I don't think this wine is going to show at it's best for 3-4 years. |
| Red |
2003 Loring Wine Company Pinot Noir "The Llama"California more |
2/10/2007 - kenh wrote: 90 points2/10/2007 |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Laurent-Perrier Champagne Brut L.P.Champagne Blend more |
2/10/2007 - kenh wrote: 89 pointsWelcome wine at a dinner party. Very nice, with a fine mousse, lemon grass and coconut, with hazelnut highlights. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
1991 Arrowood Riesling Select Late Harvest Oak Meadow VineyardRussian River Valley more |
2/10/2007 - kenh wrote: 91 pointsExcellent aged riesiling from Sonoma. I don't think this had the balance or ethereal quality that some of his wines from Chateau St. Jean did - but it was tasty. Sweet, caramel, lemon icing, and lift. |
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