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Afternoon blinds and pizza

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Tasted February 17, 2019 by salil with 122 views

Flight 1 (6 notes)

White - Sparkling
N.V. Chartogne-Taillet Champagne Cuvée Sainte Anne France, Champagne
90 points
Feb 2018 disgorgement, 50% 2015, 50% 2014/2013 vintage blends. This is really impressive quality for the base and seems like a great value. Bright citrus and pear fruit with light yeasty and doughy notes, and a chalky mineral finish, all conveyed with a vibrancy and elegance that makes it very easy to drink.
White - Off-dry
2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese feinherb Ur Alte Reben Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
92 points
As good as it was when I last had it five years ago. It's a brilliant bottle of Riesling with incredibly clear, fresh Mosel fruit, light florality, and an intense slatey minerality, all packaged with just a faint hint of sweetness that's perfectly balanced by bright acids.
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White - Off-dry
1994 Karl Haubs Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Auslese Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
87 points
Pleasant though not particularly exciting - there's bright citrus and red apple fruit with lots of mature smoky and petrol notes, though there's also a slight chemical/vinyl like note on the nose that's distracting. It feels a touch soft for the vintage and finishes abruptly - a nice wine with Epoisses to start the tasting, though not one that kept me coming back.
Red
2014 Zepaltas Pinot Noir Nunes USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley
89 points
Liked this a lot. There's a lot here that had me drawing parallels to Burgundy - bright red fruit accented with floral and lower toned earthy notes; a lightness of touch that makes it very easy to drink, and more acidity and tannin here than I typically find in a lot of Cali Pinots. This is drinking very nicely right now, though I imagine it'll age nicely given the balance and stuffing here.
Red
2012 Domaine Monier St. Joseph Les Serves France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph
92 points
Really good showing. A touch reductive on the nose, but lots of fresh red fruits and black olives beneath it that made it work nicely with the pizza. There's a lightly meaty/smoky character that becomes more apparent with air as some of the reduction clears, and I love the balance here - there's light grainy tannin on the back end, but a lot of the structure comes from bright acidity that makes it feel light on its feet and easy to drink.
Red
2011 Henri Jouan Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbé France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis 1er Cru
90 points
A good showing, though not on the level of my last bottle - perhaps a bit more advanced with the fruit a bit leaner, and the savoury earthy/pine needle/mushroomy elements much more prominent than I remember. In a good spot for drinking now though, I'll likely open my last bottle soon.
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