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2018 Domaine Jean-Marc Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vergers Chardonnay

1/15/2022 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine:

94 points

This was such a pleasure - been too long since I've had serious white Burgundy and I definitely need to dip my toes back in. Superfresh aromas of salty sea breezes, fruit mostly lemony but maybe a little peachy, and just a little bit of popcorn. It has a tactile quality on the palate that makes the fruit not merely lemony but also lemon-zesty, and as it warms up it even turns silky and gives it some of the feel of the tannins in a very polished and refined red. It keeps turning liquid to solid on the finish which is all salt lick and fine stone powder.

winequant commented:

4/15/22, 3:39 PM - Keith, I just had this wine last week and I 100% agree with your note. Pillot seemed to take the ripeness in 2018 and translate it into sheer energy rather than exoticism.

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Red

2011 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Franc de Pied Cabernet Franc

3/27/2020 - MLipton wrote:

Totally a pointe for my taste right now: medium weight, silky tannins, gorgeous red fruit, smoke, earth, pencil lead. It's got it all, in a graceful package. Last night with broiled venison chops it was singing.

winequant commented:

11/23/21, 5:45 PM - Hmm… maybe mine is totally shut down. But nothing about these tannins is silky. I normally love this wine, but the bottle I’m drinking tonight seems very angry.

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Red

1986 Laurel Glen Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Sonoma Mountain

1/13/2020 - Nanda wrote:

94 points

This is simply amazing and classic California Cab at age 35. Full, boastful nose of rich cherry and plum with pronounced cedar, tobacco and bell pepper accents. Fruit is still so sweet, ripe and fresh. Mountain fruit provides cedar that is especially pungent and tannin that is chewy. So good and still very young. In a peak zone now.

winequant commented:

2/17/21, 5:10 AM - Completely agree with this note. Just had the wine last night and the sheer depth of fruit (without being overripe) was remarkable. Feels like it’s just entering its peak window and will easily stay here for another 5-10 years.

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Red

2016 Azienda Agricola Montevertine Le Pergole Torte Toscana IGT Sangiovese

7/9/2019 - englishman's claret wrote:

86 points

Yikes - really overblown stuff; blackberry, licorice, cocoa. Hot and aggressive. Similar palate. Tiring to drink.

winequant commented:

3/14/20, 7:05 PM - I am sure you tasted what you tasted but I totally disagree with your categorization of the wine. I am very much an old world wine drinker and by no means into high octane Tuscan wines. Pergole Torte is one of the handful I actually buy. But this was really awesome. Huge wine for sure but no way was it hot or “sweet”. It certainly had ferocious tannins, and there’s certainly a lot of fruit, but there is an elegance underneath, and definetely a good amount of acid. I think this will be incredible in about 20 years.

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White - Off-dry

2011 Joh. Jos. Prüm Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese Mosel Saar Ruwer

10/26/2013 - wineismylife Likes this wine:

93 points

WIML93

Tasted non blind at a wine dinner.

Light yellow color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Tight nose of lime, apricot and talc. Flavors of cherry wasser, lemon and peach. Bright acidity, medium body. Drink or hold. No rush. I'd hold.

winequant commented:

9/5/19, 5:01 AM - I wouldn’t touch this till 2025 in 750s and 2030 in mags, at the earliest. 2011 is a “softer” vintage so won’t be as long-lived but Prum Auslese is notoriously long-lived. I am not opening any Auslese younger than 2002, right now. In mag format, I can’t imagine this being anywhere near ready.

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White - Off-dry

1971 Joh. Jos. Prüm Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese Mosel Saar Ruwer

2/21/2014 - winequant Likes this wine:

98 points

(Rieslingfeier 2014) I have no words. Head-shaking beauty. Perfectly balanced between the sugars and acidity. This wine clearly aged on its balance and not on any specific element. Clean as a whistle, just light golden color. Hard to imagine this sat in bottle for over 40 years. Really, just wow. Prum always surprises me by showing even better than the last mesmerizing bottle I had.

winequant commented:

4/20/14, 9:59 AM - Realized several month later that there was an unfortunate iPad-Autocorrect-caused typo in the tasting note. Corrected. Apologies to anyone affected or offended.

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