4/28/2024 - Vanessa’s wrote:

It’s definitely a skin-contact wine in the mouth—tannins. Honey scented. Beautiful amber color in the glass. Interesting, pleasant, and technically fine, but I’d rather drink a pouilly-fusee, a Sancerre, etc.

4/28/2024 - Genghis88 Likes this wine:

So some extra time in the bottle did it some good.
Bright, golden hues.
Lemon zest off the nose. Fresh. Some salinity.
Racing acidity. Tastes like the nose. Medium plus finish. This wine is delicious sipped alone or with food. Case worthy.

Casa Turrent cigar next.

4/28/2024 - marcp wrote:

High acidity, light-medium body, off-dry. Apple, lime zest.

4/28/2024 - Bimal Likes this wine:

Holding well, still fresh and a solid structure and balance. Good amount of fruit. Green Apples, white peach, solid body and buttery.

4/28/2024 - bgdau Likes this wine:

Tasty

4/28/2024 - amaranta720 wrote:

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4/28/2024 - bgdau Likes this wine:

Wonderful. Wish I had bought a case!

4/28/2024 - RWBaker Does not like this wine:

Too sweet. Overripe cherry and cough-syrupy flavour. Bad aftertaste. Couldn’t finish it. Doesn’t compete with cheap wines a fraction of its price.

4/28/2024 - Brolawa wrote:

Premoxed

4/28/2024 - lazy Likes this wine:

Medium garnet with bricking edges. Smelled earthy-tarry with orange peel, mint, and red fruit; the taste leans more on the fruit with some herbs. Medium-plus body, high acidity, medium-plus tannin but almost balanced by the intensity of flavor. The medium-plus finish goes from red fruit to mentholated medicine, with some alcoholic heat throughout.

4/28/2024 - Jbolt80 Likes this wine:

Excellent with NY Strip

4/28/2024 - Bax62 wrote:

Similar notes to 2 years ago, but not as expressive / intense as last time. Stewed prune and some cedar on the nose. Palate is a bit drying, dusty, with hints of garrigue. Long (-)finish. Served with grilled, butterflied leg of lamb.

4/28/2024 - Jnlittell wrote:

Did not like - was a gift

4/28/2024 - oropeza Likes this wine:

Long and lean with a floral, green apple and lemon front, a steely & mineral core, then a lengthy finish on acidity. Really good with shellfish. Not much give on day two; Freshness and bracing acidity. Really good for the price.

4/28/2024 - OldHick95 Likes this wine:

A little tight just out of the bottle, but opened with some air to lush black cherry, a little raspberry, cured tobacco and dried orange rind.

4/28/2024 - deadwax Likes this wine:

This would be better in a year or two imo.

4/28/2024 - ddgd wrote:

Decent wine in taste and overall taste and presentation. Very soft cork that crumbled when opening and bottles was lines with sediment. Probably better choices to be found at the purchase price point.

4/28/2024 - Rieslingfan wrote:

Digging deep in my dad’s cellar, I came upon this blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot. I brought it home, hoping that it would still be alive, and caught it just in time. Still a bit of fruit sweetness, but mostly tertiary, it showed cedar, leather, and an old book note to be a library wine in the best sense. Excellent balance (I looked in vain for the ABV on the front or back label), with just a hint of tannin on the finish, the few people who still have a bottle would be well served to open them soon.

4/28/2024 - econnertx Likes this wine:

Just had some again and it continues to be fantastic, vibrant, brilliant, rosé colors, crisp clean, not carbonated at all fruit aroma, but not fruity on the finish. clean with bits of melon on the finish

4/28/2024 - kelliher3 wrote:

Fruity and bright. Held up really well with the extra spicy Thai food.

4/28/2024 - Boupboup Likes this wine:

Tres bon Reserva

4/28/2024 - Sampaper wrote:

Amazingly delicious and ready to consume

4/28/2024 - bccdavid Likes this wine:

Very well balanced wine. Delicious fruits, like you’d expect from a Napa Cab. A little too much oak for my personal taste (otherwise, this would be 95 points) but my wife likes it just like it is. The Crane Family should be saluted for this fantastic wine!

4/28/2024 - Vinnut Likes this wine:

Deep, dark garnet in color. Full, forward & fragrant nose of ripe fruit aromas of cherries, blueberries & plums with overtones of floral notes of violets & earthy/dusty, tobacco, dried herbs, cocoa, spices, tar, minerals & cedar in the background. Medium-full bodied with a very good concentration of well balanced & smooth textured, ripe dark fruit flavors of cherries, blackberries & plums with spices, herbs, anise, cocoa, minerals & toasted oak/vanilla. Lingering finish. Drinks well at present with decanting & extended airing (90 min.+) but should develop further with additional aging.

4/28/2024 - DBenke wrote:

Asphalt, age has softened it. Creamy, rich. Enjoyed.

4/28/2024 - henryfriendly wrote:

This is kind of shocking but a bottle we found on our friends’ wine rack is actually drinkable. Lightly orange at the rim, vaguely stewed fruit on the nose, with notes of pencil lead and maybe like, terra cotta? On the palate the fruit is a little dried out, but there’s definitely still some raisin here along with perceptible oak, and way more length than I’d expect for an 11 year old bottle of Bogle.

4/28/2024 - JeremyBernton Likes this wine:

Really nice, but prefer the 2018. A bit more savory to balance the fruit.

4/26/2024 - lambomiura Likes this wine:

À racheter une

4/28/2024 - JeremyBernton Likes this wine:

Really nice with a two hour decant but no rush.

4/28/2024 - slywka7 wrote:

Aromas of strawberry, watermelon, cherry and lime. Flavors of watermelon, strawberries, lime and touch of mineral. Ends with a 15-20 second finish berry notes. Always love Bandol Rose’s.

4/28/2024 - JeremyBernton Likes this wine:

Really nice dark fruit and fine tannins all but faded, but would drink up.

4/28/2024 - amaranta720 Likes this wine:

10/10

Really tasty and interesting. Almost spiced

4/28/2024 - matt3taras Likes this wine:

Smooth as ever. Aromas are jammy, blackberry, blueberry, with an ever so slight sweet hint of vanilla bean. Tastes of all the red fruit, cola, smooth on the palate, short finish. I decanted for at least an hour and it feels decent, but probably not worth the price tag.

4/28/2024 - mbronstein101 Likes this wine:

Lemon and cherry

4/28/2024 - amaranta720 Likes this wine:

9/10

Tart

4/28/2024 - westcoastwannabe wrote:

Decanted for two hours. Really nice complexity and depth with mix of fruit and spices. Continued to improve over the next hour. Great lingering finish.

4/28/2024 - Genevrieres wrote:

향은 아로마틱하고 우아함. 입에서 질감 역시 실키하고 매끈하며 럭셔리함. 페트뤼스를 연상시킬 정도. 여전히 과실미가 많고 생기 넘쳐서 더 길게 숙성 가능할 듯. 그레이트 빈티지의 축복.

4/28/2024 - lfbaum Likes this wine:

14 years old and still drinking OK. Definitely an older wine. Light in color, browish tinges. Little fruit, tobacco and some dried fruits. Smooth finish.

4/28/2024 - tpy30 Likes this wine:

Very enjoyable Pinot. Nice, robust taste

4/28/2024 - Franken Berry Likes this wine:

Bright cherries, pomegranate and strawberries, orange rind, mint and a bit of loam. Firing on all cylinders, with a lingering finish. Yum.

4/28/2024 - AD_jutant wrote:

A: Medium gold, clear.
N: Medium intensity. Apricot, peach, banana. Vanilla and coconut. Marzipan, honey or caramel. Developed, interesting nose.
P: Dry, medium acidity and alcohol. Medium+ body and flavour intensity. Some lemon now, peach, coconut, and almonds. Medium finish.
AQ: Good. I did not dare to guess anything blind.
8+/18 because it is in a really good place right now for drinking.
So yeah, drink now, unlikely to improve further.

4/28/2024 - Bellissimo wrote:

Picked up on a recommendation by a merchant locally. Overpaid compared to national prices but...

White flowers, lemon curd, apricot, a little sense of beeswax. Medium weight, good length. Nice to try.

4/28/2024 - Thellie wrote:

Unlike a prior bottle, this was delicious, balanced, ready to drink. Fifteen minutes after it was opened, the aromas began to bloom with a lovely combination of roses, mint, and sous bois. The mid-palate and finish were classic Volnay, with softened tannins and just enough acidity to go with our meal. It’s a mature wine, with some bricking and tertiary notes, and I doubt it can improve further. But another year in the cellar shouldn’t be a problem. I’m glad I have 2 more bottles.

4/28/2024 - thesternowl wrote:

I’ve been wanting to try the wines of Cantina Tomaso Gianolio for years but finding them on this side of the Atlantic has been a challenge. As of now, I don’t know much about where Davide and Igor Gianolio source their fruit but the family has been making these wines in a traditional manner for over 90 years so I’m sure the source is exceptional. So traditional, even the cork is short and stubby, lol!

Popped and poured; enjoyed over two days. Consistent throughout. The 2019 pours a light garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing and tar forward early but it quickly transforms into a veritable beauty with notes of raspberries, rose water, tar, star anise, talcum powder, and dry, stony earth. On the palate, the with is dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Elegant and lovely expression of the 2019 vintage. Drink now with patience and through 2044 (if the cork will keep that long).

4/28/2024 - sethkernodle Likes this wine:

Fabulous

4/28/2024 - hugowine610 wrote:

Fruit forward? Amazing but watch the sentiment

4/28/2024 - DEK84 Likes this wine:

Color: Pale yellow
Smell: Pineapple, honeysuckle, light citrus
Taste: Medium plus acidity, low tannin, medium body
Alcohol: 13%

4/21/2024 - forceberry wrote:

Pale yellow color with a large white head. The nose feels somewhat stuffy and pretty straightforward with vague grainy notes of malt and a hint of caramel. The beer feels soft, somewhat understated and subtly sweet-toned on the palate with a straightforward taste of grainy malt and a tiny bit of honeyed sweetness. The carbonation feels soft and the hop bitterness comes across as very modest. The finish is light, watery and pretty soft with an underwhelming, medium-long aftertaste of grainy malt, some biscuity tones and a tiny bit of herby bitterness.

A very modest, soft and easy bulk lager. Definitely not a bock and there's nothing super about this. Really crushable due to its soft carbonation, subtle sweetness and almost complete lack of flavor. However, for a beer enthusiast, this offers nothing. Priced somewhat according to its quality at 0,59€ for a 0,33-liter beer.

4/28/2024 - gstutz Likes this wine:

Light nose of lemon and green apple. Nice mouthful where green apple comes through with a touch of butter and slight lemon in after taste. Refreshing, beautiful chardonnay which I prefer to overweight Californians.

4/28/2024 - ciesel wrote:

We really enjoyed. Pear and chalk on the palate. Citrus on the top. Long lingering finish with multiple levels. Drinking VERY well