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Monthly Tuesday group "The Dead Sparrow" #032: Wines with 98+ points

Tasted October 16, 2018 by Zweder with 227 views

Introduction

Every participant had to bring a wine of the theme. We did not know which wines were brought by the others. All wines were tasted blind, also without knowing when the wine you brought yourself was poured.

Flight 1 (14 notes)

White - Sparkling
2004 Charbaux Frères Champagne Blanc de Blancs Millésimé France, Champagne
88 points
No formal notes. Good acidity, some brioche and reductive impressions. Nicely dry.
White
2016 Domaine de la Charbonnière Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
89 points
Mainly white fruits in the friendly and fresh bouquet. Same on the palate, mild acidity and round bitterness. Lovely wine. 88 – 89
White
2016 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc Cuvée Roussanne Vieilles Vignes France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
98 points
Beautiful bouquet with hints of botrytis and caramel. On the palate concentrated yellow fruits, caramel, some oak and very rich. Still very youthful. Very tasty. Extremely beautiful wine.
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Red
2015 Antinori Tignanello Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT
96 points
Beautiful bouquet with cherries, herbs and spices and beautiful red berries. On the palate herbs and spices, good fruits, rustic and cedar impressions. A firm dose of oak. Firm but good tannin. This wine is still a baby, but a beautiful baby…. Wait at least until 2024. 96++
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Red
2016 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Chaupin France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
96 points
In the bouquet red and dark fruits like cherries and raspberries, good garrigue. On the palate very juicy and full bodied, beautiful acidity and round tannin, tobacco and graphite as well. Beautiful wine and still much too young. Will probably enter its young maturity stage around 2023 and last until 2030 easily. 95 - 96+ for now.
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Red
2012 Clos Mogador Priorat Spain, Catalunya, Priorat
92 points
The bouquet is much more mature than it should be / or expected. Sweet spices and coffee. On the palate a lot of sweet spices, chocolate, soy and celery. Some cherries as well, mushrooms, forest floor. Some sweetness, soft acidity and mild, round tannin. This bottle is at its peak now. I hope it is not exemplary, because I have a few… Nevertheless a beautiful wine to drink now.
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Red
2014 Clos Mogador Priorat Spain, Catalunya, Priorat
94 points
Much more fresh and vital than the 2012 we drank beside it. Good herbs and spices, fresh dark and red fruit acidity. Cherries and berries, some licorice, firm tannin and a good length. Beautiful wine with good freshness.
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Red
2007 M. Chapoutier Châteauneuf-du-Pape Barbe Rac France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
97 points
Very ripe fruits dark berries in the bouquet, truffle, autumn forest, red berries, laurel, garrigue and sweet spices. On the palate ripe juice as well, laurel, chocolate, toast, a lot of sweetness and also good acidity and tannin. Beautiful and complex wine with still a good future. 96 - 97
Red
2007 Domaine la Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pure Rouge France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape
The bouquet is a bit locked, but there is oak, leather and animals. On the palate strange acidity and a bit sparking. There is also chocolate and sweet licorice. Apparently there was a refermentation in the bottle which changed the wine considerably, but did not make it completely undrinkable. No score.
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Red
2004 Glaetzer Shiraz Amon-Ra Barossa Valley Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
96 points
In the bouquet dark berries and cherries, menthol and tobacco. On the palate cherries, red and dark berries, some eucalyptus, chocolate, sweetness, beautiful acidity and round tannin. In fact elegance and a great length. Still several years of future in this wine.
Red
2004 Bodega Numanthia Toro Numanthia Spain, Castilla y León, Toro
94 points
In the bouquet a firm dose of toasted oak and coffee as well as black berries. On the palate a concentrated wine with beautifully fresh acidity and round tannin. Firm oak as well. Still another decade to go? 94+
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White - Sweet/Dessert
1986 Château d'Yquem France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
97 points
Orange peel and botrytis in the bouquet. On the palate honey, butterscotch, orange. apricots, beautiful acidity and an enormous length. Great again :-). And still so vital and fresh.
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White - Sweet/Dessert
2010 Mullineux Chenin Blanc Straw Wine South Africa, Coastal Region, Swartland
93 points
Caramel, figs, nuts, hay, cinnamon, sweetness, beautiful acidity and a good length.
1 person found this helpful Comment
White - Sweet/Dessert
2011 Alvear Montilla-Moriles Pedro Ximénez de Añada Spain, Andalucía, Montilla-Moriles
94 points
No formal notes. Extremely sweet and a lot of chocolate in both the bouquet and on the palate.
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