| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2018 Château Prieuré-LichineMargaux Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/29/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 90 pointsexpressive bouquet of dark fruits and herbs. On the palate, the wine showed good balance and persistence with smooth tannins and firm structure. |
| White |
2022 Ferraton Père & Fils Côtes du Rhône Samorëns BlancGrenache Blanc, Grenache more |
4/20/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 90 pointsa bouquet like a walk in a Spring garden, with a palate brimming with acdidity to add good energy to the fruit. This wine is a real bargain at the price point! |
| Red |
2018 Domaine Santa Duc Gigondas Aux Lieux-DitsRed Rhone Blend more |
4/20/2024 - thwacker wrote: 94 pointsThe best Gigondas i have ever tasted, it brought me to my knees. Six years old but an eternity to go. With air over an hour, this wine was in another league. Explosive bouquet and palate- coating, this is an artistic wonder. |
| Red |
2020 Olivier Dumaine St. JosephSyrah more |
4/20/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 92 pointsA marvelous wine, tons of fruit and an expressive bouquet that goes beyond expectations! On the palate, the wine is soft and rich with a finish that goes on forever. Enjoyed with a cheese course. After the Brebirousse d'Argental, this wine was especially sweet, soft and caressing. Loved it! |
| Red |
2005 Domaine Gallet (Henri et Philippe) Côte-RôtieSyrah more |
4/20/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 92 pointsHad this with a duck dinner right after a 2020 Saint-Joseph for comparison. The Côte Rôtie was evolving toward tawny and had taken on a complex of tertiary aromas and flavors. Like saddle leather, forest floor, barnyard, tobacco leaf, yet had rich fruit compote with solft tannins and balancing acidity, i uncorked and tasted, then re-corked until we were ready to pour so it didn't have a chance to die from air. It was marvolous, probably on its last legs but marvelous in its old age! |
| Red |
2011 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
4/20/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 97 pointswords cannot do justice to this wine. Smooth tannins, rich fruit, intense flavors and a bouquet that lept from the glass. Years ahead for this wine. Wish i had more. Hard to imagine a better cndp. |
| White |
2019 Bisson Cinque Terre MareaWhite Blend more |
4/1/2024 - thwacker wrote: flawedNever had a wine from Cinque Terre, but with the gorgeous landscape and Rosenthal on the back label, i really wanted to like it, but it seemed either over the hill, a product of casual attention to vinification or simply a grape combination i did not like. The first half of the bottle was ok, though not terribly impressive, but the second half brought forth resiny and petrol nuances on the nose. I am assuming it was merely too old, given that the color was trending to amber and notes of oxidation were evident. i have no idea what the longevity is of this wine, but 4+ years may be pushing it. |
| White |
2015 Chéreau-Carré Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Le Clos du Chateau l'OiseliniereMelon de Bourgogne more |
4/1/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 94 pointsEnjoyed with oysters on the half shell -- no sauce. Simply, the best Muscadet i have ever tasted. Great complexity and balance with shimmering acidity, and minerality, offsetting the rich stone fruit and finished by evoking the sea. The bouquet lept from the glass! The age and longevity sur lie have given this wine richness on the palate and creamy softness. i returned to my Wine Shop and bought every bottle on the shelf --unfortunately, only 2 more bottles. If they had had more, i would have bought them and cellared them to see how long and how they would evolve. At least another decade in my opinion. Two bottles of this nectar won't last long in my house. Several reviewers unfairly, in my opinion, damned this wine with faint praise, comparing it to Chablis with varying impressions. Were they thinking of a Grand Cru, a Premioer Cru, a Village Cru Chablis? For goodness sake -- this is Muscadet, not Chardonnay! It proudly can stand on its own!!! |
| Red |
2020 Clusel-Roch Rouge SerineVin de France Syrah Blend, Syrah more |
3/20/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 89 pointsA bit heavy on the brett but otherwise a well-made wine with good balance and a rich flavor. Smooth tannins, Good for a few more years. |
| Rosé |
2021 Clos Ste. Magdeleine Cassis RoséRosé Blend more |
3/11/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 94 pointsHard to imagine a better, fuller, more luxurious rose. Great balance and complexity, fabulous aroma and none of the bitterness of lesser rosés. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Nino Franco Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore RusticoValdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Glera more |
3/3/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 92 pointsPerfect for a Sunday afternoon. Frizzante, rich and harmonious, apples and pears, perfect acidity/fruit balance. our favorite! |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2018 Donnafugata Passito di Pantelleria Ben RyéZibibbo, Muscat more |
3/3/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 90 pointsPrunes, dried figs, brown sugar, wonderful end to an afternoon of Italian foods and wine. |
| Red |
2019 Fattoria La Valentina Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Speltmore |
3/3/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 93 pointsThis wine, like velvet, rich, diaphanous, perfectly in harbony among all its elements. Marvelous, the best Montepulciano i have ever tasted. |
| Red |
2018 Montesecondo Chianti ClassicoChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
2/21/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 92 pointsOutstanding. Brooding with lots of secondary nuances going on. Color is fading to tawney. Beautiful bouquet of rose petals, dark berries, strawberry compote and spices. Very earthy with hints of tobacco leaf and forest floor. A super wine, ageing well. Held up well for three nights. |
| Red |
2019 Fattoria La Valentina Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Speltmore |
2/16/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 92 pointsThe bouquet lept from the glass with dark fruits and spices. On the palate, the wine was rich and mouth-filling with good acidity and structure. Built for the long haul. |
| Red |
2018 Celler de Capçanes Montsant Mas Donís Barrica (Old Vines)Grenache Blend, Grenache more |
2/13/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 92 pointsfor the nodest priv=ce, this wine hits it out of the park. Rich and flavorful, perfectly balanced, full of complexities. Great bouquet. |
| White |
2020 Christophe Monget Coteaux du GiennoisSauvignon Blanc more |
2/10/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 91 pointsI grabbed two bottles that impressed me at a wine tasting, but i was surprised when i pulled the cork at a private dinner at how complex this wine was, with citrus, spices and aromas that lept out of the glass and brought me back to sniff over and over, enjoyable and captivating almost more than the flavor, which was typical Loirean -- not too much citrus. |
| Red |
2018 Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du PyGamay more |
2/10/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 96 pointsOMG, opened and poured and the bouquet lept from the glass like a racehorse! Dark fruits, spices -- a cornucopia of various aromas too complex to separate out from each other. On the palate, the wine was velvet, perfectly in balance with perfect fruit, acidity and tannins soft as a baby's bottom. The wine had depth and tactile substance not often experienced, and with unbelievable length. This was the best wine i have tasted in years! One more in my cabinet!!! |
| White |
2022 Jolie-Laide Melon de BourgogneChalone more |
2/5/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 89 pointsA well-made wine with soft and round mouthfeel and some of the bouquet of a Melon de Bourgogne. It lacks the crispy, almost saline nuance that a Muscadet offers, obviously since it has its feet in a different soil. Not being from the Loire, it's not expected to taste like a Muscadet and is good on its own. |
| Red |
2021 Browne Family Vineyards Pinot Noir HeritageWillamette Valley more |
1/17/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 85 pointsEven at $17, this PN underperformed. Well-made, so maybe better times a coming! I hope. |
| White |
2022 Browne Family Vineyards Sauvignon BlancColumbia Valley more |
1/17/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 85 pointsNot offensive, but neither did it show much typicity. Well-made but not sauvignon blanc-ish. Neither New Zealandish or Loirish. Just there. For the price, i would expect more elements of SB. Sorry. |
| White |
2015 Chéreau-Carré Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Le Clos du Chateau l'OiseliniereMelon de Bourgogne more |
1/4/2024 - thwacker Likes this wine: 91 pointsExtended lees ageing brought unbelievable creaminess to this wine, great balance and super fruit/acid balance. Lemony and other notes add complexity. Great quality/price. |
| Red |
2009 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Corton-BressandesCorton Grand Cru Pinot Noir more |
12/17/2023 - thwacker Likes this wine: 92 pointsColor working toward light tawny overtones; bouquet a bit reticent but great subtle nuances of red fruits and some spice; soft tannins but still a good structure. Balance is outstanding with fruit and secondary aromas, such as saddle leather and forest floor. Outstanding! |
| Red |
2021 Descendientes de José Palacios Bierzo PétalosMencía more |
12/9/2023 - thwacker Likes this wine: 90 pointsLove this Mencia, a bit peppery, plums blackberries. Wonderful balanced elements. This wine should get more play. |
| White |
2020 Donnafugata LigheaSicilia Zibibbo, Muscat more |
12/6/2023 - thwacker Likes this wine: 90 pointsone of my fav whites from Italy -- like a walk in a springtime garden. Beautiful. |
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