5/9/2024 - astroman Likes this wine:

Good minerality on the aroma, violet, cool blue fruits, candied on the front with good lift on the palate with fine silky tannins.

5/9/2024 - astroman Likes this wine:

Good minerality on the aroma, violet, cool blue fruits, candied on the front with good lift on the palate with fine silky tannins.

5/21/2024 - Vabon Likes this wine:

NIce young colour to this Chassagne. The aromas are quite open right now, although on the young side, with white flowers and citrus as dominant, with the presence of a discreet oak note. The mouth is nice and balanced, with good acidity sustaining a complex nose with a good lenght. Very good standard for a village

5/9/2024 - astroman Does not like this wine:

Not the usual Savart style I like, this was more oxidative, yeasty on the nose, good sweet at the back. On the palate lively, some floral sweetness on the finish.

5/9/2024 - astroman Likes this wine:

Apparently only 1 barrique made, oak show at first, good fruits, orange peel, bacon, meat earth, palate is tight but excellent density and weight especially on the med palate. One of the best 2020 red burg I had.

5/21/2024 - JonathanP wrote:

A lovely mature Corton with a good dose of rust at the rim. Strawberry and cherry fruit on the nose and palate are rounded out with some beautiful tertiary flavours consisting of forest floor, some mossy notes, and dust. Just the slightest hint of some gentle VA, but it doesn’t detract from the pleasure at all. Excellent balance and fairly graceful for the appellation. Drink now and enjoy!

5/21/2024 - kristofdossche wrote:

Still too early to drink. Nose is very closed and didn’t open up even after 4 hours. Wait another 3-5years

5/9/2024 - astroman Likes this wine:

Production of only 3 barrique, from a magnum, open since 4pm when drunk at 7pm it was not showing much but later at night showing beautifully. Heady aroma of raspberry, cranberry, touch of stem, candied, violet, hard to get a better nose than this. On the palate candied with a good minerality and lift. Excellent.

5/21/2024 - brett228 Likes this wine:

Plum, blackberry, tobacco, and dirt. Mainly black fruit. Well-blanced, soft texture with rich expression of fruit. Enjoyable but seems like too common, indistinguishable, standard bordeaux for now. Maybe more years will make some distinction for this bottle as it proves potential for aging. Great qpr overall.

5/7/2024 - astroman Likes this wine:

Lieux dits of Rousseaux-Batteux with other wines (Tambi): Bottled Jun 2020, 50% C, 50% PN, dosage 1-3 g/l, disgorged May 2023, 1812 bottles, number 512/1812. Coming after Les Potences, this was more citrus notes, with complexity on the nose. Palate lacks a little tension with good freshnes, good depth, broad and minty.

5/21/2024 - Barolo Freak Does not like this wine:

I have tasted many Poggio Antico wines, and this was a rare disappointment. The 2016 Riserva did not live up to its reputation. The wine has an excess of tannin, and excess of acid. It may improve with age, but I'm gonna hold my breath. Is it worth $129 a bottle?

5/21/2024 - gharter Likes this wine:

PnP. Opens with aromas of plum, cherry, pepper and vanilla. Similar flavors with plum, cherry, pepper and vanilla. Medium body with a smooth finish.

5/19/2024 - Cuellar's Cellar Likes this wine:

Really nice wine that opens up nicely!!! Big dark fruit. Med tannins. Over all a nice bottle that represents Mondavi well. Cheers

5/21/2024 - Ellenkf Likes this wine:

Plump ripe orchard fruits and flowers, luscious, lavish oak, full bodied. Classically built Cali chard.

5/7/2024 - astroman Likes this wine:

Lieux dits of Rousseaux-Batteux with other wines (Tambi): Pnp, capsicum, mint, rounded notes of plum and cassis. Enjoyable now but will benefit with more acid.

5/21/2024 - Androurse wrote:

The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are slow. There is moderate sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis) and cherry. It tastes like blackberry, oak, vanilla and cherry. The body is full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.

5/20/2024 - pjhr Likes this wine:

Delicious ripe dark fruit with floral and spice notes on the silky palate with a lingering and savory long finish. Drinking beautifully!

5/21/2024 - Androurse Likes this wine:

The wine looks yellow colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like grapefruit, lychee and pineapple. It tastes like grapefruit, pear and pineapple. The body is medium. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.

5/21/2024 - Androurse wrote:

The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, blueberry, prune and strawberry jam. It tastes like blueberry, prune and cranberry. The body is light/medium. The wine has polished texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.

5/21/2024 - Yohansmas Likes this wine:

2000년은 부르고뉴에게 꽤나 어려웠던 한 해였던 것 같다.
2000년부터 2022년까지 부르고뉴 빈티지 차트를 찾아본적이 있는데 압도적인 꼴찌였다.
요새 부르고뉴 빈티지 점수를 보면 대부분이 95점 정도인데 이때 85점 정도였다.

이러니 이 와인은 불안할 수 밖에 없었다.
빈티지 자체도 확실하지 않고, 심지어 코르크는 따면서 반쯤 부러졌다. (어찌어찌 엄청난 손놀림으로 살려내긴 했다)
그런데 결론부터 말하자면 나름의 매력이 있는 좋은 와인이었다.

노즈는 딸기나 체리같은 과일향이 정말 놀랍게도 먼저 느껴졌다.
이어서 향신료가 느껴지긴 했는데 이게 팔각 비스무리한 것 같긴 한데 정확치는 않다.
젖은 낙엽의 향기도 꽤나 매력적으로 퍼지는 편이다.

팔렛은 산도가 조금 센 편이긴 한데 거슬릴 정도는 아니다.
탄닌 역시 아직도 남아있는지 입을 조이는 정도까지는 아니더라도 조금 텁텁한 맛은 아직 살아있었다.
다만 아쉬운 점이 있다면 코어가 조금 약한 편인지 마시고 나서 무엇이 끝까지 남아있다는 것은 거의 느껴지지 않았다.

5/21/2024 - KenCT Likes this wine:

The fruit is fading so drink up, but an enjoyable evening nonetheless

5/21/2024 - Yohansmas Likes this wine:

2010년대 중반 이후 가격이 달나로 가버린 도멘이다.
부르고뉴 와인이 오르는 게 당연한게 아니냐고 반문하시는 분들도 있겠지만 그것을 고려해도 여기는 그 선 마저 넘은 느낌.
근데 억울한 건 마셔보니 왜 가격이 오른지 이해가 되더라.

코에서는 이렇게 무책임하게 설명하고 싶지 않지만 Oriental Spice의 향이 느껴진다.
이것도 굳이 따지면 중국 계통의 팔각 요런쪽보다는 서남아쪽의 큐민에 조금 더 가까웠다.
이어서 체리, 딸기류의 붉은 과실 역시 20년 가까운 세월이 흘렀음에도 꽤 강렬하게 남아있었다.

시간이 두어시간 정도 지나도 이 향은 거의 죽지 않는다.
꽤나 음식향이 강한 음식들과 페어링했음에도 스파이시함이 거의 사그러들지 않은 느낌.
게다가 이쯤 되니 보르도 와인에서나 느껴지는 (혹은 내가 그렇다고 믿는) 가죽향이나 흑연향도 어느정도 나는 기분.

입에서는 말그대로 우아한 탄닌이었다.
알코올 도수가 13도로 물론 높은 편은 아니지만, 그래도 낮은 편도 아닌데 거의 느껴지지 않을 정도로 부드럽게 넘어갔다.
피니시 역시 꽤 길게 느껴지는 편이라 억울하긴 해도 비싼 혹은 비싸지는 와인은 나름의 이유가 있구나 싶었던 와인.

5/21/2024 - gggboss wrote:

Fruit,fresh!
Week day

5/21/2024 - Yohansmas Likes this wine:

가끔 내가 부담스러운 가격때문에라도 부르고뉴 블랑을 싫어하는 건 아닐까 싶을 때가 있다.
그럴때마다 내 마음을 다 잡아주는 와인이 (적당히 좋은 가격에 구한) 샤블리다.
사실 정확히 샤블리라기 보다는 적당히 시간이 지난 프리미에 크뤼 이상의 샤블리다.

노즈에서는 약간 산화가 지난듯한 시트러스 향과 오크향이 꽤나 강렬하다.
이어서 샴페인처럼 명징한 꿀은 아니지만 꿀의 뉘앙스도 괜찮다.
시간이 지날수록 약간 껍질을 벗긴 후에 갈변된 사과도 보인다.

팔렛에서는 적절한 산도와 적절한 바디감이 역시나 음식과 (특히, 해산물 샐러드?) 잘 어울린다.
오크향이 입에서도 느껴지다보니 음료수처럼 벌컥벌컥 들이기는 샤블리라기 보단 색깔이 꽤 뚜렷해 보인다.
다만, 개인적으로는 차갑게 하니 좀 쓴 맛이 올라와서 약간 온도를 높여서 마시는 것도 추천한다.

5/21/2024 - Yohansmas Likes this wine:

아직도 와인 초짜인지 나는 올빈에 대한 로망이 있다.
영겁(이라 하기엔 채 30년이 안되지만)의 세월을 건너 무언가 메시지를 전달해주는 느낌이랄까?
물론 실제로 마시면 생각보다 실망하는 경우가 많지만.

일단 이 와인은 따는 것부터 쉽지 않았다.
아마 이미 코르크가 버섯처럼 퍼진 상태인데 오래된 탓에 기포가 거의 없어 밀어주지 못한다.
즉, 힘으로 뽑아야 한다는 말이다.

노즈에서는 처음에는 약간 거슬릴 정도로 시큼한 향이 지나치게 피어오른다.
나쁘게 말하면 산화를 이미 해버렸나 의심이 될 정도이다.
그러나 시간이 지나면 꿀향기가 솔솔 나고, 견과류의 너티함이 어느정도 느껴지면서 정돈된다.

팔렛에서는 역시나 산도가 꽤나 튀는 편이다.
질감은 기포가 아예 없다보니 조금 부드럽게 마실 수 있겠다.
두어시간이 지나도 변하지 않는 걸 보면 한번쯤은 도전해볼만?

5/21/2024 - M.J.G. wrote:

Full bodied and drinking wonderfully. Full of stewed black fruits and some some red fruit mixed in. Maybe the oak is slightly clunky, a little lacking in integration.

5/21/2024 - M.J.G. wrote:

Very pretty Fiano with nice rounded citrus and some minerality. From Campania.

5/21/2024 - Justinwine wrote:

Not a powerful Spottswood . Though delicious.

5/21/2024 - Tumbarumba wrote:

Jeremy

5/21/2024 - ren@rn.dk Likes this wine:

Wonderful complex tasting with notes of very ripe yellow fruits like abricots, somewhat jammy. Initially very cold (approx 0 degrees) which showed it of very beautiful, and when it quickly heated up a bit the taste was with some slightly burned caramel and discrete petrol in the taste. Overall very enjoyable!

5/21/2024 - randyjc wrote:

A wine that drinks about $20 above its price, this is young but evolving beautifully. Black cherry, earth tones, black tea and old leather, with a nice level of spice, fine-grained tannin and balanced acidity that comes back at the far end. Really a lovely wine, and especially for the price.

4/25/2024 - forceberry wrote:

A Single-Quinta Vintage Port made with fruit sourced from the vineyards of Quinta de Terra Feita, located in the hot Douro Superior. First vinified by foot-treading, then followed by additional extraction by robotic plungers. Fortified with 77% aguardente, aged in large oak vats for 1½ to 2 years, then bottled unfined and unfiltered. 20,5% alcohol, 93,5 g/l residual sugar, 4,7 g/l acidity and pH 3,57.

Deep, slightly opaque and rather dark red cherry color with a slightly evolved maroon hue. The somewhat brooding nose feels dark-toned, deep and fruity with aromas of dark plums, some licorice tones, a little bit of blackberry marmalade and cranberry jelly, light pruney tones, a hint of tobacco, a spirituous touch of aguardente and a lifted floral whiff of violets. The wine feels vibrant, sweet and relatively youthful on the palate with a full body and intense flavors of dark plums, ripe bilberries and wizened figs, some balsamic tones, a little bit of tobacco, light raisiny and pruney tones, a hint of boysenberry marmalade and a touch of licorice. The moderately high acidity and firm medium tannins keep the overall feel harmonious and not too heavy. The finish is rich, vibrant and somewhat grippy with a long, dark-toned aftertaste of ripe boysenberries and bilberries, some floral notes of violets, a little bit of licorice and peppery spice, light raisiny nuances, a hint of tobacco and a touch of balsamic richness.

An impressive, harmonious and vibrant Single Quinta Vintage Port that feels relatively youthful at almost 20 years of age, still going on an upward trajectory. The difference between this SQVP and the softer, more evolved 2005 Taylor's Terra Feita SQVP was surprisingly big. While enjoyable, Terra Feita felt like a mellow Vintage Port close to its plateau of maturity, whereas this Vargellas was more vibrant and structure-driven, showing good potential for additional aging. A lovely wine that is priced more or less according to its quality at 30€ for a half bottle.

5/21/2024 - antoniogrossi wrote:

Slightly heavier style. At first, showed cooked peaches. With time, the linear, mineral character came through. Good stuff.
Drank over 2 days without decaying.

5/19/2024 - FransS wrote:

I have missed a link with the name of the wine and also with the information that the wine is 'more than organic'.
It seemed for me that the yeast was artificial. The wine was sufficiently fresh in the midtaste and had a quite short finish. I hope to retaste this wine soon.

5/21/2024 - Kevin Mak Likes this wine:

Colour: Medium Gold

Nose:
Medium (+) Intensity
- Baked Apple, Pear, Lemon, Tangerine, Orange Peel, Biscuits, Pastry, Bread Dough, Cheese

Palate:
Dry
High Acidity
Medium Alochol
Medium (+) Bodied
Delicate Mousse
Medium (+) Finish
Pronounced
- Baked Apple, Pear, Lemon, Pastry, Biscuits, Bread Dough, Almond, Hazelnut, Chalk, Wet Stones.

Quality:
Outstanding
- Very ripe and intense citrus fruits and green fruits, pronounced autolytic flavours, a complex and multi-layered, well structured flavour profile of fruits, yeastiness and nuttiness, with sharp acidity providing the backbone and balancing the intense flavours. The finish is very decent with lingering notes of nuts and minerals.

Suitability for bottle ageing:
Suitability for bottle ageing. Such strong flavours and sturdy structure, would definitely improve when the tertiary flavours develop.

5/21/2024 - Vini Ciclismo wrote:

Pale with orange gold hue.
Honeysuckle and crushed herb, lemon zest,
Richly textured, lemon zest, crushed herbs , orange peel, and lanolin. Definitely showing some age in the flavour profile but less than the 26yrs might suggest. Structure is typically beautifully balanced, no hard edges, long and velvety. A delicious aged Hermitage.

5/17/2024 - l1reynolds wrote:

Drinking quite nicely, probably at or just past it's peak. Lovely savoury notes of herbs and anise to go with red and black fruit.

5/19/2024 - FransS wrote:

At a sunny Henri Bloem Bloemendaal wine and tasting event: A wine with concentration, a hint of fat, white fruit and flowers, friendly dry, modest bitterness in the finish...and bio.

5/19/2024 - FransS wrote:

At a sunny Henri Bloem Bloemendaal wine and tasting event: Indeed a classic style, gentle fruit, smooth spices and firm, but lovely bitters; the finish is quite long.

5/21/2024 - #1Winelover Likes this wine:

This was excellent. Just a coravin pour as I haven't tried one yet. Typical flavor profile from The Dr. Crane Vineyard. Mike knocked this one out of the park.

5/19/2024 - FransS wrote:

A nice balance between the acidity/fresh citrus and the modest sweetness; the wine keeps the mouth clear.

5/21/2024 - bonedoc wrote:

A touch of grilled herbs, ripe, a bit pruny.

5/19/2024 - FransS wrote:

Starting slightly sweet, but kept a good freshness, modest PG impression.

5/21/2024 - Bolognese Diner Likes this wine:

The nose is greeted by a delightful bouquet of citrus, green apple, and delicate floral notes, creating a harmonious symphony of aromas that dance on the senses. On the palate, this Chablis reveals its full brilliance. The vibrant acidity is beautifully balanced with a rich minerality, creating a refreshing and lively mouthfeel that lingers long after each sip. Flavors of lemon zest, white peach, and a touch of flint intertwine harmoniously, offering a complex and layered tasting experience that will surely delight even the most discerning palates.

5/20/2024 - FransS wrote:

A kind of exotic bouquet, too spicy for my taste, but there is a certain freshness.

5/21/2024 - Dulcie and Aylwin wrote:

Obtained this from a little store wherein the owner makes honey, but also sells a good range of sportingly priced wines - like this one. Quite nice and meaty, jammy, and spicy, like what one wants from a modest CdR.

5/21/2024 - Paul852 wrote:

From the producer's website (and also clearly from the taste) this is a chardonnay dominant blend, but there is no other information available except Brut and Lot TE17D03 on the label.

On the nose there is citrus and a slight herbal note. On the palate: crisp, clean, simple, straightforward, citrus, perhaps some unripe white stone fruit. The finish is clean, crisp and fairly short.

Overall this is a very simple but well balanced champagne, nice and crisp as an aperitif, but no complexity or interest really on the palate. It might be ideal for prosecco drinkers taking their first steps into champagne. Perhaps a little pricey for what it is at the ~US$35 that I paid.

5/21/2024 - AGELVIS Does not like this wine:

Served on my United flight from Houston to Amsterdam. Deep ruby color. Bing cherry, dandelion, and English muffin. Smooth , dry, earthy palate, with fine acidity. Satiny, lower intensity tannins on the medium long finish.

I did not enjoy this at all. It’s beyond basic and boring.

5/21/2024 - Imbibo Likes this wine:

I expected more from this, whilst a perfectly nice bottle I was hoping for more from a GC.

5/21/2024 - Ebrim Likes this wine:

Short note - yellow plum, red and and yellow apples, lemon, some floral notes, salty, palate is dry with high acidity, some VA, very complex, long finish, concentrated, outstanding wine, 92p++