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Special evening with close wine friends.
@ RW
Tasted December 30, 2019 by Zweder with 181 views
Flight 1 (10 notes)
White - Sparkling
N.V. Krug Champagne Brut Grande Cuvée
94 points
Beautiful and tasty bubble. Too busy enjoying and socializing to make detailed notes, also because the next wine came quite quickly. But no mistake about it; this bubble is a feast!
White
2005 Kistler Chardonnay Cuvée Cathleen Kistler Vineyard
94 points
Caramel, bruised apple and vanilla in the bouquet. On the palate a full bodied and tasty wine with honey, mango and other tropical fruits. Beautiful and well dosed vanilla from the oak and pleasantly soft acidity. Fully mature and still fresh and a great pleasure.
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White
2008 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Rangen de Thann Clos St. Urbain
92 points
Very grapy and ripe tropical bouquet with honey and tangerine. On the palate the same impressions, beautiful and fresh acidity, but also a lot of sweetness which make you think this is a vendange tardive.
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Red
2000 Arnaldo-Caprai Montefalco Sagrantino 25 Anni
92 points
Full bodied wine with a lot of chocolate, sweet licorice, a lot of sweetness and also a lot of good and fresh acidity. Beautiful wine with a lot of length. Mature, but also enough power for a few years more.
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Red
2010 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino
94 points
In the bouquet chocolate, coffee, toast, dark and some red berries and very pleasant rustic impressions. On the palate a beautiful and elegant wine with soft and beautiful acidity and tannin. 93-94+
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Red
2013 Anakota Cabernet Sauvignon Helena Dakota Vineyard
93 points
In the bouquet a lot of sweet spices, concentrated dark berries and chocolate. Same on the palete. Very tasty with a lot of good and fresh acidity. The tannin is still slightly edgy with a lot of power for the future.
Red
2004 Clos Apalta
92 points
Just limited notes, but what a beautiful new world wine with dark berries, coffee, chocolate, beautiful acidity and pleasant sweetness. A beautiful and elegant wine.
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Red
2000 Château Trotanoy
97 points
The bouquet is great with creamy red berries, eucalyptus and beautiful earthy impressions. On the palate the same beautiful impressions, ripe red and dark berries, beautiful acidity and great, gound tannin with still a lot of promise for the future. The truly great thing is that this wine already shows its great potential and beauty. Pity I don't own a case :-(. 96 - 98 for now.)
Red
2003 Château Mouton Rothschild
flawed
What a shame. Second 2003 Mouton which is corked! GRRRRR.
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White - Sweet/Dessert
2009 Château de Rayne-Vigneau
92 points
A lot of apricots, caramel and sweet peach. Tangerine peel. Good and fresh acidity and also a lot of sweetness.
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Closing
Thank you all and especially RW. A great tasting with great people in a beautiful atmosphere it was.