4/26/2024 - llindahl Likes this wine:

4/27/2024 - carrtoonian Likes this wine:

Raspberry, marionberry, some cassis, hint of leather, some tannins that fade. Definitely has some depth.

4/25/2024 - markcic Likes this wine:

Four years to the day since I last tried a bottle. This bottle was better than the one I had in 2020 but I still do not see the 94 that Vinous gave it. Peach and lemon dominate the palate leading to a long finish. I served with with baked red snapper.

4/26/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine:

Agree with everything Ag says below.
One of the more interesting champagnes at the tasting. Complex and earthy. I would buy.

4/27/2024 - Collector1855 wrote:

Beautiful nose, expressive, fresh lemon, green apple, wonderful autolytic notes. On the palate generous and ripe, Cramant shining through. Excellent freshness, only 4g dosage but does not feel lean.

4/26/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine:

I did not spend much time on this one but I was pleasantly surprised. Would buy.

4/27/2024 - carrtoonian Likes this wine:

Fruit forward. Raspberry and blueberry, low tannins, easy drinker. Would like to see what some age does

4/27/2024 - Barsacpinci wrote:

Beautiful nose of vanilla on this wine. Very fine bubbles. Palate has an excellent mouth feel with pastry cream notes and very well balanced acids. Lovely champers.

4/26/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine:

I am a fan of 2012 Champagne but this one isn’t there yet for me. Probably needs some time to evolve.
Right now very smooth and just fine but not special. Descriptors for me were honey and mushy fruit—as in the fruit wasn’t precise, more like applesauce and puréed pears.
Don’t get me wrong, I would be happy to drink this all day if anyone poured for me, I just have higher expectations of the vintage.

4/27/2024 - xyc wrote:

Rounded, unfocussed, yeast, chalk, mineral, green apple. Quite broad, clumsy perhaps younger NV than I tasted in 2023.

4/27/2024 - wiscgrad wrote:

beautiful napa cab. quite dark in the glass considering the ABV. lovely aromatics. mostly dark red fruit. solid acidity on the finish. plenty of life but accessible now with a 30-60 minute decant

4/27/2024 - Mark Dignam Likes this wine:

Opened a few hous before drinking and left in a decanter. Opened up nicely with a nose of dusty oak, mocha, plums, black fruits and savoury notes.

Palate was nicely mature with some tannins that were not overpowering. Intensity was good and acid was moderate,

There is a range of fruit characters - cassis, plum, blackberry and leafy undergrowth, meshed to mocha oak and some nuttiness. The oak is in the background and adds depth rather than overpowering the wine.

It isn’t a great wine but it is as good as planty of classed growths and shows the vintage well.

4/26/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine:

Not a huge Malbec fan normally but this breaks the mold for me. Drinking so nicely right now. Rich mature fruits, chocolate and spices. Descriptors sound almost port-like but the fruit is more restrained than that and it would be a perfect dinner wine.
This is a buy for dinner parties with almost winos.

4/27/2024 - Bullsgate Likes this wine:

Four hours in the decanter, then back in the bottle to be enjoyed over the next six hours. Elegant and complex, performed very well with food and great pleasure on its own. Hope I have the strength of will to wait a few years for the next one.

4/26/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine:

I preferred the Numanthia, but this would still be a killer wine on any restaurant list. Cherry, ginger, makes me think of Houston sauce and duck.

4/27/2024 - El_Dougo Likes this wine:

Terrific pairing with cedar plank salmon. Fresh lemon, melon, lychee, vanilla. Fresh palate. Light body. Medium acidity. A hint if tannic bitterness. Med+ finish.

4/27/2024 - rougeamore Likes this wine:

Carlisle makes great wines for a great price. Fruity with blackberry and black raspberry notes with spice, this wine is medium bodied with polished tannins. Drinking nicely now.

4/26/2024 - SWHighlander Likes this wine:

Vibrant New World chardonnay -- more acid than most. Very balanced and enjoyable. Definitely more oak than most Old Worlds, but less than most New.

Great pairing with red snapper sauteed, with aged soy, ginger scallions in a garlic chive dumpling soup.

4/27/2024 - GulfIslandPond wrote:

Absolutely loved this and want to seek out more. Best Greek sparkling I’ve ever had. Extra Brut but dosage <2.

4/27/2024 - catlady Likes this wine:

Tried after a pretty good cabernet, and was surprised by how much I liked it.

4/26/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine:

I have always enjoyed this wine and this tasting confirmed it. Dark fruits, powerful, cherry and vanilla, dry and dusty tannins. Will get even better.

4/27/2024 - C Soeborg Likes this wine:

Great wine.
Already in the start of its drinking window.
Pleasant wine with some fresh fruit and herbs.

4/26/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine:

I’m be if my favorites of the tasting with plenty of room for upside. Having had older vintages, I was surprised by how approachable this ‘21 was. You really could enjoy this now.
A substantial wine of dark berries and cassis, butterscotch, licorice and spice. A hint of something CBD/herbal on the nose adds some complexity.

4/26/2024 - no leashes wrote:

Very pleasant Bordeaux blend, happy with the QPR. drinking well.

4/26/2024 - Decanting Queen Likes this wine:

My last wine of the tasting and probably bad timing after the Fonseca because this could not possibly compare.
But taken on its own, stewed black Christmas fruits and spices, a touch of licorice and something dirt like that threw me off. I think this will be better with time in bottle.

4/27/2024 - rougeamore Likes this wine:

Deep purple/ruby in color, this Syrah exhibited pronounced notes of dark fruit, plum and licorice. Concentrated and full bodied with smooth medium tannins and medium acidity ending with a med/long finish.

4/20/2024 - Nanda wrote:

This boasts a gorgeous nose of black cherry with loads of spice, cut flowers, crème brûlée and emerging mushroom. Palate has serious concentration and density with precision that adds length, weightlessness and intensity to the finish. In an early and pleasure-filled peak.

4/20/2024 - Nanda wrote:

Exuberant, playful and full of rich matchstick inflected fruit on both nose and palate. Round, full of white fruit and lively. Such a balanced and delightful 2011 at peak.

4/27/2024 - henrijanssen Likes this wine:

bei moerasland zachter als vorig jaar en ook als de 2022 en 2023

4/21/2024 - Nanda wrote:

This beams a gorgeous nose of black and red cherry, an array of roasted herbs, tomato leaf and savory smoke. Excellent concentration of rich cherry fruit matched by still-gritty structure. Vibrant and juicy throughout.

4/27/2024 - Burgnick wrote:

Decanted to serve but rather shut tonight. It showed glimpse of pure purple fruit and spice at the 90 min mark with finesse. No doubt it reflected the weaker vintage but the Roumier MSD really punching way above its class in this vintage.

4/26/2024 - Jeff Maxwell Likes this wine:

wow! - 45 min decant and let the singing begin.

4/27/2024 - C Soeborg Likes this wine:

Fantastic Auslese.
Even though it’s fairly young it still offers aromas of petrol, mango and other exotic fruits.
The 2017 is really balanced, with pure sweetness and a fair amount of acidity
It is still young I would wait with the rest.
#Konghans

4/27/2024 - AGELVIS wrote:

Ripe, rich, juicy fruit. Dry, spicy palate. Firm tannins on the longish finish.

This is good, but lacks polish. Needs some time to sort itself out.

4/27/2024 - Burgnick wrote:

80s Krug Rose NV. Simply fantastic. It was resolved with breadcrumb, nut fruit, caramalized yellow fruit. It was still fresh and vibrant with lots of verve.

4/27/2024 - Anna Ringqvist Likes this wine:

Svag doft av blött trä! Jordgubb och vanilj (?j, pepprigt och välbalanserat.

4/27/2024 - C Soeborg Likes this wine:

Fabulous barolo.
Mature, notes of tar, chemicals, flowers
The oak is well integrated and even though the wine still has tannins. It is still a beauty and well balanced

4/24/2024 - Zunga wrote:

Brought this to a Cal Club wine dinner and tasted blind with 6 others. Bested all the whites including a Lafon which was grea. This is heady stuff and showed why it’s one of absolute favorite wines.

4/26/2024 - donrayjr Likes this wine:

earthy with muted fruit notes

4/27/2024 - AGELVIS Likes this wine:

This could really use an hour or two decant, but was tasted as a PNP. The winery notes blackberry, garrigue, and warm fig (and I agree). Very smooth, dry palate. Full, medium intensity tannins on the longish finish.

Tasted this at Wine Spectator’s Grand Tour in New Orleans. I’ve not had many Cornas. It was on DQ’s must try list. This was very nice.

4/27/2024 - Burgnick Likes this wine:

Good to revisit this after 6 years. It was popped and poured to serve in blind. I thought its a post 13 white burgundy for its youthfulness. The Ramonet spearmint and vanilla slowly emerged with air but the ripe vintage chunky fruit was obvious. The young Ramonet BBM for me is always controversial as it struggles between being a prem cru and grand cru, depending on the vintage. For this bottle tonight, it was more prem cru. Very enjoyable nevertheless.

4/26/2024 - SWHighlander Likes this wine:

I don't drink a lot of New World whites, especially sauv blanc, but this is the best I've had in years. No grassiness or cat pee, which is a positive for me. It has a mineral forward presentation with a touch of oiliness and body from the 2% semillion that gives it an Old World-meets-New character. Medium bodied. The fruit is grapefruit and melon maybe subtle stone fruit -- not really any tropicals. It has a steeliness to it from the stainless steel aging.

Paired amazingly with a scallop sashimi served with a touch of thin sliced kumquat, fresno chile, asian pear granita, and avocado cream.

4/26/2024 - listeningtomypalatenotmywallet Likes this wine:

Zéro dosage laser acidity 100% Chardonnay. Initially green apples and almonds but after an hour of being opened showed its age with bruised apple, soy sauce, umami richness. Two totally different wines with a little time. Might be in its twilight but still of a serious calibre, disgorged 2020. I found myself wishing for a little more balance and richness

4/26/2024 - Zunga Likes this wine:

Good, but honestly I expected more from this Roulot. I think that was my fault. Light, balanced and airy with nice subtle flavors of orchard fruit.

4/27/2024 - Mark Dignam wrote:

The colour is a good ruby red with a slightly fluid rim. In professional storage since arrival here. Nose was typical St Emilion with plummy fruit, some oaky notes, earth and a touch of savoury, herby aromas.. Alc is 13%.

Palate intensity is okay and it is medium bodied with moderate tannins though with hard acid. I thought the acid was too much and threw the wine out of balance. There is typical plums, red and dark fruit and some savoury characters. The fruit isn’t that expressive and seems to lack complexity.

I have tried this wine twice recently, the first at a St Emilion 09 and 10 tasting, the second with steak at home both with similar notes. It just does not seem like a complete wine the as the components are rather disjoint and ageing has not helped. The middle palate is fluid and the acid is hard suggesting some lack of phenolic ripeness.

Not a complete disaster though a wine that is a hit underwhelming.

4/26/2024 - AGELVIS Likes this wine:

Fruit still very strong, along with some pleasant mushroom that adds richness. Smooth, dry, slightly spicy palate. Firm, medium intensity tannins on the longish finish.

Tasted this at Wine Spectator’s Grand Tour in New Orleans. This was a very nice surprise. Who says Argentinian wines don’t age well? My wife and DQ may have liked this even more than I did.

4/26/2024 - Jasper Hofman wrote:

Lang, complex, enorme structuur, abrikoos, grootse wijn

4/27/2024 - Stephanie Paul wrote:

$777

4/27/2024 - bconly Likes this wine:

No surprise but very primary. Hold.

4/26/2024 - Wcbober27 Likes this wine:

Picked up on a whim since I'm a fan of aged white wine and Alsace wines, with this being an Oregon-born imitation of an Alsace field blend. It was enjoyable with dried fruit notes and a little honey, though not as much as I'd like to see. Wine was good for the price.