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Red

2011 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin

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4/30/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 96 points

Deep red, red edge. Some fine deposit as well as solid deposit on the bottle. Difficult to decant.
Wonderful, rich, complex aromas. Barnyard. Showed more Pinot-like aromas on opening but these dissipated to express the power, evolved richness and complexity of this wine. Mature aromas but in no way retiring.
Rich, developed palate. A mint-like lift on the nose and palate has emerged with time.
Wonderfully complex, mature, rich, long flavours, with a developed sweetness. Beautiful balance. Long, long flavours.
Did I mention that I am enjoying this? 😂
IMO, fully mature and will stay on this plateau for perhaps a decade. Wonderful.

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White

2014 Domaine Buisson-Battault Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières

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4/30/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 91 points

Fine lemony nose. Showing little development for 10 years. Lemony flavours, slight bottle development. Very elegant for Meursault. Short on power. Acid was high on opening but on the table it shows good balance. Elegance and finesse are the hallmarks.

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Red

2014 Yeringberg Shiraz

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4/29/2024 - richard.presser wrote: NR

Minor deposit, haze on the bottle. Medium red.
Dank nose. Not corked, just flat. Flows onto the palate. I suspect an off bottle. Let’s see if it breathes up.
7 hours later - showing some fruit on the nose but still muted. Showing better structure on the palate as well, but again still muted. I will try another.

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Red

2016 Brash Higgins Nero d'Avola NDV

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4/28/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 90 points

Medium red. Some deposit. Nose of red cherries, herbs, amphora lift and complexity. Lavender. Wonderful and most unusual.
Palate is sweet red cherries, lighter style, quite acid but not overly so. Would it have been better drunk young? The pundits thought so.
I’m going to keep my last bottle for some time to see what it does. I’m quite curious about it. Beautifully pure and clean for a complex, long winemaking process - 180 days on skins in beeswax lined amphorae…

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Red

2020 Dirupi Rosso di Valtellina "Olé!"

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4/26/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 88 points

Medium deposit. Light red. Lovely red fruits. Cranberry.
Light to medium weight. Nebb tannic structure, though balanced. Beginning to lose its youthful fruit.
Drink up.

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Red

2020 Domaine Lucien Lardy Fleurie Les Moriers Vieilles Vignes de 1911

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4/25/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 90 points

Slight deposit. Medium-deep red.
Dark plum aromas with mint. Pristine.
Fruit richness with the floral lift of Fleurie. Fruit has closed down somewhat, leaving the acid showing. Just a baby.
I will give the rest a decade. 110yo vines…

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Red

2023 Glaetzer Dixon Family Winemakers Pinot Noir Avance

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4/20/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 86 points

Lifted raspberry aromas.Lifted aromatics.
Significant VA. Adds to the wine as a youngster but would likely become unpleasant with age.
Drink young.

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White

2018 Yeringberg Viognier

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4/22/2024 - richard.presser Does not like this wine: 83 points

Very broad nose, almost some nougat character.
Ditto palate. It is falling apart in quite a strange way. It’s like it’s totally lost its acid backbone.
A lesson for me in this. Condrieu can live for decades, the best of them. Even Yarra Valley ones that are quite well made may well need to be drunk young.

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Red

2020 Thorn-Clarke Quartage Shotfire (Ridge)

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4/22/2024 - richard.presser wrote: 86 points

Deep magenta.
Intense, rich, ripe. Dark plum.
Ripe, intense fruit, though lacks the structure that comes with the old vines of the Barossa. These vines are not the oldies. 14.7 alc.shows...

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Red

2020 Famille Perrin / Perrin & Fils Côtes du Rhône Reserve

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4/20/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: NR

Tasted at the Prince Wine Store Cotes du Rhone and beyond tasting, April 20, 2024.
From the owners of the renowned Chateau de Beaucastel this is a blend of 40% Grenache, 40% Mourvedre and 20% Syrah matured in a mix of oak barrels and stainless steel vats for a period of 12 months.
For me, this was the standout in a lineup of about 30 wines. A lovely well fruited, approachable wine. Not a keeper but wonderful QPR for the short term.

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Red

2010 Valdicava Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Madonna del Piano

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4/19/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 89 points

Developed complexity. Lifted ketones. Too much?
Peak? Certainly this bottle. Disappointing bottle, IMO.

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White

2021 Inama Soave Classico Vigneti di Foscarino

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4/13/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 90 points

Good weighted Soave. Pleasant drinking. Now- 2028

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White

2022 Giant Steps Chardonnay

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4/13/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 90 points

Lovely weighted flavoursome Chardonnay. Shows the great vintage. Good for their entry level.

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Red

2021 St Hallett Shiraz Blackwell

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4/12/2024 - richard.presser wrote: 86 points

Deep purple. Not decanted.
Nose of cassis and black currant.
Rich, sweet Shiraz. A little short and one dimensional. Ripe and powerful but a long way short of the great Barossa Shiraz available from this vintage.
Disappointing. Let's see what 24 hours does for it.
Next day. Shows a little better balance but still short.

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White

2021 Oakridge Chardonnay Willowlake Vineyard

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4/11/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 92 points

Pale. Little to no colour devt. As yet.
Aromas of apple and pear, beginning to show traces of bottle devt.
Palate is richer and more complex, though still very young. Very fine and long. Another 5-8 years will serve it well. It speaks well for the vintage.

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Red

2022 Kalleske Shiraz Greenock

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4/8/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 91 points

Deep purple. Sweet, perfumed, dark fruited Shiraz.
Black fruited, ripe and sweet. Blackberries and black cherries. Excellent balance. Needs a decade.

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Red

2022 Kalleske Shiraz Moppa

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4/8/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 90 points

Intense purple. Intense blackberry Shiraz aromas, with breathing showed the Viognier lift.
Intense black fruits. Balanced but very powerful. Acid stood out early but settled. Lacks the wonderful 2021 Barossa flavours but still very good. Needs 10 years.

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Red

2023 Toolangi Pinot Noir

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4/6/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 87 points

Youthful, sweet pinot nose.
Ditto palate. Medium to light weight, very quaffable young pinot. Went well with lunch.
IMO, not a keeper. 13.8 - surprising. Speaks well of the vintage in the YV.

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Red

2011 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Pruliers

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4/6/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 91 points

Nose expressing from the moment of opening, even at 12C. Tobacco-like aromas, which were complemented by red fruits as it breathed and warmed. Just entering its drinking window.
Medium weight complex red/blue fruits, the early tannin dominance receded as it opened. Lovely balance with Nt St G restraint. A classic Chevillon. Chevillon is like it’s found its own commune. A touch of Vosne without the austerity of N St G. They’re always like this, IMO. Very enjoyable.

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Red

2021 Domaine Jean Guiton Savigny-lès-Beaune

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3/31/2024 - richard.presser wrote: 87 points

Minor sediment. Medium colour. Sweet red fruits in a tight acid frame.
Sweet red fruits, high acid, shortish. The fruit is for now, the acid not so. Unbalanced. I will leave the other bottle to see what it does. Less enthused than on the first tasting in a dinner setting. OK for the price.

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White - Sweet/Dessert

NV Torbreck The Bothie

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3/28/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 90 points

Tasted at Torbreck dinner. Good richness and aged complexity. This listing shows it as being Muscat, but that's not my recall. Let's see when it shows up...
From their website - The Bothie is a fortified blend of traditional grape varieties which have been used to make this style of wine in the Barossa for generations. Including Madeira Semillon, Frontignac, Palomino, Doradillo, Grenache and Shiraz, these varieties have a rich, and sometimes forgotten history of fortified winemaking in the Barossa.

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When the vintage allows, the grapes are picked at optimum ripeness. A small amount of spirit is then added to the fermenting wine to arrest the yeast activity and raise the alcohol level. The resulting barrels are then allowed to mature over a number of years to develop a rich tawny colour and deep, concentrated flavours, until ready to be added to the Bothie blend.

Nope... Not Muscat...

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Red

2022 Torbreck The Steading

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3/28/2024 - richard.presser wrote: 88 points

Simple, sweet, youthful. A gift from the Torbreck dinner - March 20, 2024.

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Red

2021 Torbreck Descendant

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3/28/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 92 points

Rich, fine, displays the elegance and complexity of the Viognier skins. Great length, richness and power. Again, shows the intensity and complexity of 2021.

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Red

2021 Torbreck The Factor

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3/28/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: NR

Intense blackberry flavours. Needs 15 years. Great intensity and inkiness to the 2021 wines. Rich and ageworthy.

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Red

2021 Torbreck Shiraz The Growers' Cut

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3/28/2024 - richard.presser Likes this wine: 89 points

Deep purple. Young, simple shiraz on opening. Fruit emerges with air.

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