9/26/2023 - DGoleWino wrote:

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9/26/2023 - DGoleWino wrote:

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9/26/2023 - Brian of Mull Likes this wine:

PnP. Relatively deep ruby color. On the nose: Cherry, a bit of barnyard funk and some vanilla. On the palate: Cherry liquor, bit of orange zest spiciness, hint of vanilla and some rose. Good balance and length. Flavors round and smooth. Really tasty and elegant. A lot of pleasure in this bottle.

9/26/2023 - DGoleWino wrote:

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9/26/2023 - stickerboy Likes this wine:

Very mellow aroma, first taste is like silk it's so smooth. Hints of nuts and vanilla and a touch of white pepper

9/26/2023 - fingers Likes this wine:

Very classic Champagne. A universally pleasing style and consistency in terms of balance and texture. For those seeking adventure or special occasion, this will be a bore. But it was great with our afternoon charcuterie board and my impression is it can age for quite some time, no problem.

9/26/2023 - Snag One Likes this wine:

What a delicious wine. An expressive and complex nose. Wonderful mouthfeel and a wonderful long finish. Layers of lemon curd, pears, honeydew melons, pineapple and butterscotch. I wish I had bought more at release. Terrific effort by the Aubert team.

9/26/2023 - fredfta wrote:

WIP

VISUAL
COR: rubi escuro
BRILHO: s
LIMPIDEZ: s
INTENSIDADE: a
REFLEXOS: v
HALO: n

AROMAS
INTENSIDADE: b
FRUTADOS: fmm +v
EMPIREUMÁTICOS:
ESPECIADOS: s
ANIMAIS:
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PALADAR
ACÚCAR: seco
ACIDEZ: alta boa
ÁLCOOL: ok
AMARGOR: n
TANINOS: firmes afinam
AMPLITUDE: boa
INTENSIDADE: boa
CORPO: m/e
PERSISTÊNCIA: alta
RETROGOSTO:

CONJUNTO: estruturado
Jovem
Acessível
Merece afinar

9/26/2023 - bconly Likes this wine:

AG's note / score is surprising to me. Last night this was singing.

9/26/2023 - Dmar317 Likes this wine:

Aromas of pear, dried apple and flint. Smooth and subtle, but with a good balance of acidity to clean the palate. Very nice.

9/26/2023 - Mbisbano23 Likes this wine:

Excellent, refined, 2015 was a great year in Burgundy

9/26/2023 - Matteo1 wrote:

Great vintage for this wine. Vanilla, smoke, cherry, plumb. Full bodied with 13.9% alcohol. Somewhat confectionery but there's underlying tannin that reels it all in on the mid and finish. Taking jabs at those sub $40 napa bottlings.

9/26/2023 - Cablover1982 Likes this wine:

This is an amazing Cab from Mt Veeder by Bevan. Deep Purple, Thick, rich and plentiful. Lush dark plums, blackberries, chocolate covered cherries, raspberry truffles, mocha, fresh coffee, thinly sliced mushrooms with sautéed brown leaves. The fruit is so mouth coating and supple but never feels overdone or over-extracted. It’s balanced beautifully by earthy notes. Velvety tannins on a nice long finish.

9/26/2023 - poppacork Likes this wine:

Great body and pinosity for the reputedly light vintage. Nicely aromatic. Perhaps a bit of hardness on the finish yet still very enjoyable today.

9/24/2023 - Mneumeier Likes this wine:

Great.

9/26/2023 - mwagner7700 wrote:

Purchased for $25 and opened for #tawnytuesday. Amber tawny in color with a thin/clear rim. On the nose, caramel, raisins, dried citrus and cinnamon. More of the same on the palate with the caramel and cinnamon really coming out. This definitely reminds me of autumn with that caramel, cinnamon spice note. This is simple and easy to understand. But that's what makes this a perfect autumn Tawny with those notes. Vibrant acidity and a medium finish. On the dry side.

OPINION:
*Recommended*

9/26/2023 - SawgrassSteve Likes this wine:

El Llano was the first Mi Sueno wine I tasted back in 2014. We were visiting Napa and the sommelier recommended El Llano. I believe it was a 2012. It remains one of my favorite although I do believe the 2012 and 2013 were more complex. In all its a refined blend and love to pop and pour. Lots of skins in the sediment, I believe is a sign of good wine. There is a nice structure with a medium finish. Dark fruits, some pepper with a nose of currants. I'm not sure how long I would hold this vintage. I have several bottles remaining and will likely consume this year (2023).

9/26/2023 - cos65 Likes this wine:

Clear deep ruby
Quite pungent spicy nose
Much softer on the palate than expected, but plenty of strawberry cranberry fruit.
Quite nice and seeming potentially at peak

9/24/2023 - Mneumeier Likes this wine:

Awesome.

9/26/2023 - BernieMSY Likes this wine:

Decanted for 30 minutes prior to tasting.

Incredibly inky dark purple color. And I do mean “purple”; meaty nose. Deeply rich and concentrated, with gobs of dark black fruit. Substantial mouthfeel with lots of savory umami notes of leather, tar, tobacco and roast meat. This wine is big! That said, the tannins are restrained and as a result it is approachable now, but it should improve for another 8-10 years. This is a solid effort with what has been a historically underappreciated varietal.

9/24/2023 - Mneumeier Likes this wine:

Great.

9/26/2023 - Litwin Likes this wine:

Deep, velvet mouth feel. Berries.

9/25/2023 - joshuaestep46 Likes this wine:

Big nose, full body

9/26/2023 - winecoffee wrote:

Infectious nose of mushrooms and blackberries. Beautiful palate. Slightly tart. Chocolaty. Voluptuous. Like watching a chocolate waterfall in the midst of damp earth with overpowering rain.

Reminds me of a DRC. 2009 Lagrange is that good!

9/26/2023 - vinorsk Likes this wine:

Very nice entry level Pinot noir. Good QPR. Dusty red fruit on the nose. Smooth, silky, red fruit but not ripe or juicy : close to sour cherries.a hint of earthiness Decent tannins. Short finish. Nothing spectacular but a more balanced and higher quality wine than similarly priced wines: $23 at Total Wine.

9/26/2023 - BobMcK wrote:

Acidic wits pear top notes. not bad

9/26/2023 - Glenn Gilbert Likes this wine:

13.5% alcohol; Misa Imports, Dallas, Texas; a blend of 60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon; medium weight foil; real cork, impressive in a three-digit Bordeaux from the now well-known Costco $30 four-wine wooden box; cork aroma of oak/vanilla, peppermint; fast legs, dark purple/brown; opened, oxygenation hastened via Vinturi; tasted 10 minutes later at 14 degrees C in a Riedel glass designed for Cabernet/Merlot; nose is a faint sourness/sweetness/fruitiness on a background of wood; medium body, subdued tannins, with the same mixture of components first noted in the nose, medium to long finish turning a little bitter toward the end; the bitterness discourages pairings with desserts and other sweet foods; umami flavors or hard cheeses might be best

9/22/2023 - Sashimie wrote:

Deep purp.
In the mouth, blackberries, black and red cherry fruit forward on entry with nice acidity. Light tannic grip in the mid but otherwise quite smooth, mild mineral, tobacco in the finish. This got reductive and raisiny on day two, but was nice and easy drinking on opening.

9/25/2023 - Vesten23 Does not like this wine:

Presented as a standard muscadet, acidic and food friendly. Don’t show enough after acid to warrant a second look, better representations can be found

9/26/2023 - will46and2 Likes this wine:

So good.

9/26/2023 - Winojunko wrote:

Cellared since purchase. Very muted soft flavors.

9/26/2023 - Vancouver Likes this wine:

Drinking amazing at year 27+ !

Still a nice medium ruby appearence.

Textbook aromas of black fruits, lead pencil, vanilla and even some violets and baking spice.

Medium bodied still super fresh on the plate with surprising structure and acidity. The finish is medium plus to long, savory and delicious.

This will not likely improve, but who knows how long it will last in a cold cellar....

9/26/2023 - MTHarber Likes this wine:

I get young green apples on the nose with a hint of wet leaves.

The taste is pear.. pear.. pear.

9/25/2023 - Dine&Vine Likes this wine:

Drinking so smoothly. Plush, voluptuous mouthfeel with blackberry flavors. Better on day 2 so no hurry.

9/22/2023 - Mbisbano23 Likes this wine:

Did not compare to the 2013, completely different. Felt a bit tight. Needed to age more.

9/26/2023 - caspernick Likes this wine:

Medium ruby with some staining and high viscosity (13.5% ABV). The nose of this Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon blend has aromas of leather, cherry, rose, vanilla extract, iron, plum and red licorice. The palate is dry with high acidity and medium (+) tannins that are a touch gritty. The body is medium with flavors of rose, leather, red fruit, oak nuance and a graphite/iron streak. The finish is medium in length and the tannins are more appealing on the back end, they caress rather than attack. I like this $25 wine that will get better with a touch of cellaring. Drink with pasta dishes from 2024-2030. 89 points makes it a 4 star effort.

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9/26/2023 - Dine&Vine Likes this wine:

My last bott. Just delicious.

9/26/2023 - Mbisbano23 Likes this wine:

9/26/2023 - 3daywinereview.com wrote:

Day 1: This is why wine shop recommendations are overrated. This is very average at best. While only $9.99 it is not very enjoyable. Very light style with cherry, mild spice and some earth. Short finish. Verdict low end wine. 78 points

9/26/2023 - kvls08@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Intense black fruit immediately gets your attention and a long slow finish holds it for quite a while. Stil drinking very well and shuld for another 3-4 years.

9/26/2023 - colinscellar Likes this wine:

Light rusty colour suggests a decent amount of whole bunch ferment with stems. Big aromatic nose and quite sweet - strawberry jam-like. Palate matches the nose with a ripe fruit-forward style of strawberry and sweet cherry and quite plush mouthfeel. Alcohol a nice restrained 13% despite what seems like very ripe fruit. Good quality, easy drinking Pinot missing some grip and savouriness to make me want more than 1-2 glasses.

9/26/2023 - Colowine wrote:

Still nice on the nose and the attack but falls apart a bit mid palate. Still a fine porch sipper but not amazing

1/24/2021 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine:

(Served alongside a Pavillon Chavannes Ambassades 2019 C.d.Brouilly, which impressed me ever so slightly more—what a shame to compare such statements of art.)
Tense, black and red berries, informed by menthol and mocha. Subtle breaching movements over and outward render images of spiced cherry and plum punch carefully garnished with fennel and mint. A mouthful soaks into pores chapped with deprivation, of stone scented roots and their creeping vines. Pretty; Bolshoi; pine stone. Dietary restrictions of Roilette shall have no place in this home. The finish is appetizing and salty. Repetition of the drink reveals ever more sweetness. Drink 2022-2027.

1/24/2021 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine:

This is one or two increments bigger than the (Coudert, Clos de la Roilette, also 2019) Fleurie, precisely apropos a wine emerging from the battered slopes of Mont Brouilly. But the two wines are more alike than different. Here, the berries are weeping bloody with sap, showing a rigid, iron spine, shrouded as it might be with forthcoming pulpy flesh. Grippy, tannic, vigorous adolescent energy. It finishes with bay leaf, poppies, kirsch liqueur, and a long, imposing, beautifully proportioned basalt finish. Again, repetition rewards with nearly embarrassing sensations of abundant ripe fruit. Drink 2022-2032.
48 HOURS later: marginally the most pleasurable drink from the bottle. Last-Cat wondered why I was blurting out, “damn! (that’s good.)” If 48 hours of aeration improved it so much, then I will use that in a pile of other evidence: it's a good candidate for keeping in a cellar. Drink 2026-2031, I say conservatively. It might just as likely drink at its best until 2040.

9/26/2023 - colinscellar Likes this wine:

Neon purple edge to the colour and a bit of redskins lolly makes me think there's some carbonic maceration here. Bright raspberry and pomegranate/cranberry fruit with a crunchy tartness. Some earthy spice warmth. Lots to like here.

9/26/2023 - DNABog Likes this wine:

Just one of the best wines Sojourn has put out. Nice work. It's magical.

9/26/2023 - oncocyte Likes this wine:

Aroma of wood and cassis, Later a little pepper. Fairly dense wine, dark cherry flavor, a little monolithic now, minimal heat on the finish. A fine drink that will improve over 5-10 years imho.

9/26/2023 - Vita Vinum Likes this wine:

Light fruity. Citrus, lemon grass, light tartness. Good minerality.

9/26/2023 - WoodieBayArea wrote:

may have entered this into inventory incorrectly -- this had Vieilles Vignes on the label -- anyway, this was (for '05) bright and lovely if not outstanding... last sip on night two was the best... took 24 hours to open up... my '05's are all way too young and or way too heavy, but this opened up slowly to be a lot more elegant that I expect from '05

9/26/2023 - manemis Likes this wine:

Not the best vintage but still good. Good to drink now.