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Tasted January 23, 2014 by Vintomas with 475 views

Flight 1 - White (5 notes)

White
2010 Arlewood Sémillon Sauvignon Blanc Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
88 points
Nose with flowery notes and smoke, citrus, elderflower, and nettle. Dry on the palate, rather fruity with citrus, nettle, high acidity, and an aftertaste with mineral, citrus, and nettle. Young, 88 p.
This wine was served bling. It showed a typical Sauvignon Blanc style, and I was leaning towards Loire while I heard Bordeaux mentioned from other tasters since they interpreted the smoky notes as oak.
White
2011 Schloss Saarstein Riesling trocken Alte Reben Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
89 points
Nose with peach, honey, and some perfume. Dry palate with citrus, good concentration, mineral, high acidity and aftertaste with grapefruit. Young, 89 p.
This wine was served blind. Typical Riesling nose with a character of rather ripe grapes and with depth, a somewhat “sweet” nose, but still with good acidity and freshness on the palate.
White
2011 Künstler Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland Riesling Erstes Gewächs Germany, Rheingau
92 points
Nose with citrus, mineral, a hint of yellow apple, some honey, some peach and elegance. Palate with good concentration, citrus, mineral, high acidity and a long grapefruit aftertaste. Rather young, approachable now, 92(+) p.
This was my first encounter with a Künstler wine from Rüdesheimer Berg, as opposed to their home village of Hochheim. A really good wine, that has the elegance of a good Rüdesheim vineyard but still quite a lot of Künstler’s typical style, i.e. rather fruity and accessible. I find the combination quite appealing.
White
2011 von Winning Deidesheimer Langenmorgen Riesling Großes Gewächs Germany, Pfalz
91 points
Smoky nose with hits of “spontaneous fermentation notes” (i.e., sulfuric notes), as well as mineral and peach; a “firm” nose. Palate with good concentration, citrus, pronounced mineral note, high acidity, and a long aftertaste with mineral. Young, 91+ p
White
2009 Olivier Leflaive Meursault France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
91 points
Nose with yellow apple, some yellow plum, some citrus, a hint of honey, and a well integrated oak barrel note. Palate with citrus, yellow apple, mineral, good concentration, high acidity and aftertaste with citrus and mineral. Definitely good acidity and mineral for a 2009. Young, 91(+) p
Although Olivier Leflaive is a good producer, this wine is definitely better than I had expected from a village-level Meursault, and it shows the advantage of the ripe vintage (good concentration and deep fruit) and seems to have avoided its typical disadvantages (a bit less of acidity, freshness, minerality and balance)!

Flight 2 - Red (6 notes)

Red
2010 Cave de Tain Crozes-Hermitage France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage
87 points
Nose with violets, clove, and dark cherries. Palate with blackberries, medium concentration, violets, high acidity and medium tannins. 87 p
Red
2009 Barbare Syrah-Grenache-Mourvedre Turkey, Tekirdag
88 points
Nose with dark cherries, some violets, and discrete flowery notes. Palate with good concentration, some sweetness of fruit, blackberries, and some tannin. Rather young, 88(+) p
This wine was served blind. My thoughts went to Syrah, but the wine felt a little more “hot” without going the whole way to a New World style. Some thought the wine showed more of a Grenache style and came from Southern Rhône.
On this bottle the grape varieties were written in the order "Grenache Syrah Mourvèdre", but I have assumed it is the same wine.
Red
2006 Tahbilk Shiraz Museum Release Australia, Victoria, Central Victoria, Nagambie Lakes
89 points
Nose with blackberries, sweetish notes, vanilla, some flowery notes, and some clove. Palate with blackberries, some sweetness, good concentration, and rather well integrated medium tannins. Rather young, 89 p.
Next to the French wines of the same flight, this wine comes across as quite Australian.
Red
2008 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
88 points
Nose with blackcurrants, some vanilla, slightly sweetish impression, spice, and a hint of animal notes. Palate with blackcurrants, strawberries and some alcoholic fire. Rather young, 88 p.
Red
2010 Faiveley Nuits St. Georges France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges
90 points
Light red colour. Nose with strawberries, mineral, discrete spice and oak notes, a hint of flowers, and elegance. The palate is medium bodied(-) but with good concentration of aromas, with strawberries, noticeable mineral, some spice notes, rather light tannins and a long aftertaste with mineral. Definitely elegant, young, 90(+) p.
Not at all a typical Nuits-Saint-Georges style, since that village tends to produce wines of a slightly rustic style, while this is increadibly polished and elegant for a village wine from a négociant. (The bottle does say "Domaine Faiveley", though.) This wine clearly demonstrates the makeover of Faiveley from a producer with very tough wines with tannins that demanded long cellaring to a finely polished style where mineral and elegance are in focus. The vintage style of 2010 has of course also helped in this case. I very much like this one, but those that like tough tannins in their wines will probably consider this to be a bit thin to be of interest.
Red
1997 Louis Jadot Morey St. Denis France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis
89 points
Light red colour with pale edge. Nose with ripe strawberries, mature notes in the direction of decaying strawberries, some animal notes, noticeable spice, and some undergrowth. Medium bodied(+), palate with ripe strawberries, cherries, good concentration, noticeably spicy, and with medium tannins. A pleasant wine but a slightly “rough” character, and perhaps a typical Pinot Noir style rather than an obvious Burgundy. Rather ready to drink, 89 p.
Very good power for village level wine from 2007, which is a vintage that is not at top level, but one which has the advantage that it is maturing quickly. I had expected that one had to go up to the premier cru level for a négociant MSD to show this kind of weight in 2007. Actually, someone pointed out after the tasting that the corks of this lot are branded “MSD premier cru”, so the contents of the bottle is most likely of higher level than what is written on the label.
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