Tasting Notes for USKiwi

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2010 Felton Road Pinot Noir Block 5 Central Otago (view label images)

10/15/2017 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

92 points

Red berries

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2011 Felton Road Pinot Noir Bannockburn (view label images)

10/30/2016 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

88 points

Bright berries. Could do with a couple more years

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2010 Château Plince Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

8/21/2016 - USKiwi wrote:

70 points

Insipid, bland

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2003 Château Chasse-Spleen Moulis en Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

11/22/2015 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

88 points

Great with our beef stroganoff

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Red

1975 Clos Des Menuts St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

8/26/2015 - USKiwi wrote:

flawed

Past. Musty

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1975 Clos Des Menuts St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

8/14/2015 - USKiwi wrote:

flawed

Unfortunately this was well past it's best. Musty.

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Red

2010 Château Chantalouette Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

2/16/2014 - USKiwi wrote:

89 points

Raisins

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Red

2009 Domaine de Montille Beaune 1er Cru Les Sizies Pinot Noir (view label images)

1/30/2014 - USKiwi wrote:

88 points

Strawberry jam

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Red

2009 Mills Reef Syrah Elspeth Gimblett Gravels (view label images)

1/26/2014 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

88 points

Medium body, well balanced (i.e., nothing dominated) with tastes of black currant, cinnamon, mint. Medium finish, would have liked longer, but a very nice wine. Worth waiting a couple of years for, and will look forward to the next

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White

2012 Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Clifford Bay Reserve Awatere Valley (view label images)

1/19/2014 - USKiwi wrote:

92 points

Still my favourite Sav. Massive amounts of gooseberry, green pepper and grassiness

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Red

2005 Château Lagrezette Cahors 40th Anniversary Cuvée Malbec Blend, Malbec (view label images)

1/16/2014 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

88 points

Aniseed and tobacco

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Red

2006 Bannock Brae Pinot Noir Barrel Selection Central Otago (view label images)

1/5/2014 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

88 points

Surprisingly good. Tannin all gone, but fruit still present. Raspberries and cherries

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Red

2008 Felton Road Pinot Noir Calvert Central Otago (view label images)

12/31/2013 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

92 points

Great Central Pinot. The Chard Farm Tiger was good, but this was even better

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Red

2007 Peregrine Pinot Noir Mohau Central Otago (view label images)

12/24/2013 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

88 points

Red cherries, after breathing for a bit

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White - Sparkling

2009 Château Moncontour Vouvray Pétillant Cuvée Prédilection Brut Chenin Blanc (view label images)

9/26/2013 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

88 points

Green and grassy

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Red

2003 Château Simard St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

6/17/2013 - USKiwi Does not like this wine:

80 points

Very light for a Bordeaux. Insipid

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Red

2008 Gunboat Point Pinot Noir Gunboat Point Central Otago (view label images)

3/8/2013 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

87 points

Much deeper and richer than a 2008 Burgundy we had as a comparison

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2005 St Huberts Cabernet Sauvignon Yarra Valley (view label images)

4/30/2013 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

85 points

Solid Aussie cab

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Red

2008 Domaine Michel Juillot Aloxe-Corton Les Caillettes Pinot Noir (view label images)

3/8/2013 - USKiwi wrote:

75 points

Drank along with a Gunboat Point Pinot. By comparison, this was thin, insipid and a little acidic

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Red

2004 Hans Herzog / Hans Family Estate Montepulciano Marlborough (view label images)

1/2/2013 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

90 points

Ripe fruit, little tannin, very nice. Drinking well now, must bring my other bottle over on my next trip home!

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Red

2007 Amisfield Pinot Noir Central Otago (view label images)

12/15/2012 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

90 points

Red cherries

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White

2009 Bott-Geyl Les Pinots d'Alsace Metiss White Blend (view label images)

11/21/2012 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

82 points

I was expecting something much sweeter, but this was a pleasant surprise. Almost a creamy, nuttiness to it that was quite interesting

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White

2011 Brightwater Sauvignon Blanc Nelson (view label images)

11/18/2012 - USKiwi wrote:

80 points

Pretty ordinary. Not one of the better Kiwi Savs

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Red

2007 Peregrine Pinot Noir Karearea Central Otago (view label images)

11/18/2012 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

92 points

Delicious, red cherries and raspberries

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White

2011 Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc Clifford Bay Reserve Awatere Valley (view label images)

10/20/2012 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

89 points

Delicious as usual

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White

2008 Les Rochettes Pouilly-Fumé Sauvignon Blanc (view label images)

8/7/2012 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

86 points

Tart fruit like raspberry

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Red

2006 Peregrine Pinot Noir Mohau Central Otago (view label images)

6/25/2012 - USKiwi wrote:

91 points

Cherries, cherries and cherries!

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Red

1999 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve Napa Valley (view label images)

2/18/2012 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

91 points

Drank after the '98 for an interesting comparison. More tannin left in this one, more depth, but both excellent

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Red

1998 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve Napa Valley (view label images)

2/18/2012 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

90 points

Delicious mature Cabernet. No tannin left unlike the '99

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Red

2005 Nicolas Potel Nuits St. Georges Pinot Noir (view label images)

12/29/2011 - USKiwi wrote:

91 points

The best bottle of wine I stole from my sister in law's rack. Surprisingly heavy character, saddle leather and shoe laces

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White

2009 Grand Gaillard Sauvignon Blanc Bergerac Sec (view label images)

8/4/2011 - USKiwi wrote:

78 points

Light and fairly tasteless, but inoffensive. Ok quaffing wine

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White

2010 Yarrunga Field Old Vines Bin 303 Special Reserve New South Wales White Blend (view label images)

8/17/2011 - USKiwi Does not like this wine:

70 points

Not good

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Red

2000 Matariki Quintology Hawke's Bay Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

8/21/2011 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

92 points

Delicious, ripe fruit, black cherries with a little liquorice. Definitely the best Kiwi Bordeaux-style I've "cellared"

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White

2009 Barossa Hills Chardonnay Eden Valley (view label images)

7/16/2011 - USKiwi wrote:

80 points

Just inoffensive white wine

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Red

1999 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Georges de Latour Private Reserve Napa Valley (view label images)

7/22/2011 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

89 points

Nice, changed a lot after an hour. Wish I'd opened it earlier. Earthy, mushrooms etc

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Red

2003 Fromm Pinot Noir Fromm Vineyard Marlborough (view label images)

12/25/2009 - USKiwi Likes this wine:

90 points

This was the best NZ Pinot I'd ever tasted when I had my other bottle at Christmas in 2009. Looking forward to an occasion for the next one

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