7/20/2023 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Solid Barolo. Nose wet earth and red florals. Palate full, textured tannins, acidity, wood, fair complexity and depth, slow to evolve during 90 minute dinner.

7/8/2023 - glassnost Likes this wine:

La Landonne has aromatics of leather, charcuterie, white pepper, tannins beautifully softened silk a fine blanket supporting graceful mix of fruit, lovely looong finish.

4/13/2023 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Had at Keg. Showing beautifully..colour deep garnet…generous aromatics and that Gevrey bloody iron flavours complex with smooth tannins giving 20+ seconds length.

4/7/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Dark ruby, energetic nose of pepper, herbs, tennis ball can, palate of light and dark fruits with black tea tannins and bright acidity with not much wood. Delicious and right for midweek.

4/2/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Dark ruby, packed aromas of pepper, cured meat, woodsmoke, bell pepper, peppercorns, dense palate jammy rich with dark chocolate, oil, ripe cherries and suede tannins covering a mild acidity, long finish with fruit concentrate, drying front teeth tannins and woody afterbreath. A burly, loud, big-boned wine.

3/24/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Dense ruby, nose stuffed with earthy violets, palate rich with extract with soft and thick ripe red fruits strawberry cherry and lots of mineral and plush tannins. This field is just upslope touching the Volnay border and that soft pretty style shows up here!

3/14/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

2017 Odoul Coquard Vosne Romanee. Dark ruby, aromas of damp flowers and herbs, moist earth, cool focused palate with rich bright fruit with a plush soft tannic complex puckering finish that feels too young now and can be aged into something later that will be soft and elegant. First of six bottles.

3/6/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Opaque ruby, aromas of roses, spices, palate very full with delicious fruit, some sweet chocolate, nice balanced acidity and softened tannins that taper evenly to a broad, across-the-teeth popsicle stick finish. Would rebuy.

3/2/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Translucent dark ruby, light wood aromas, palate is high bright acidity and drying tannins both, sandwiching lots of sweet ripe fruit, definitely a food wine. Pleasant, on point and generic at the same time.

2/13/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Shiny deep opaque ruby, nose of leather and spicy wood, palate rich and broad with loads of red fruits and grippy roof of mouth tannins, wood on the exhale, finishing to a dry length. A burly full-bodied Riserva that has absorbed the wood aromatically and balanced with a lot of fruit and skins, this is a cold weather wine good for rich tomato sauce foods.

2/11/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Deep clear ruby, spicy fruity nose, palate of harmony of sweet sour spicy fruit with refreshing acidity and length ten seconds plus. So pretty, easy to drink and repour. Would recommend.

2/2/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Meursault by Chartron et Trebuchet 2017. Typical delicious nose of buttered nuts and lobster shells and loosely spreading palate of honey roasted almonds, lemon zesty fine acidity and finishes long and metallic/mineral.

2/2/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Meursault Les Vireuils by Isabelle et Philippe Germain: first taste of this maker. Classic Meursault nose of toasted nuts, broad palate of salted butter, lemon seeds, but somewhat lacking in fruit though, like listening to a music system with lots of treble but not enough midrange.

1/23/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Beautiful nose of cassis and pepper, rich intense cool layered flavours with great length and tannins youthful but nothing harsh it’s a real pleasure to drink!

1/3/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Delicious and light textured young lively plush and could age a long time.

1/3/2021 - glassnost Likes this wine:

A beautiful showing of deep fruit and minerals, honey, mint. Not a blockbuster and not a Grand Cru performance - but for Chablis, more body and amplitude and maybe less chalk.

11/24/2020 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Aromas of Chinese five spice and autumn leaves, palate of pomegranates and plums, deep with layers of lively acidity, silky tannins, a multi faceted and balanced interesting wine from a premier cru that can sometimes be bold but boring if opened too young. Really good showing.

2/17/2020 - glassnost Likes this wine:

High QPR. Rich S.Tuscan aromatics and palate for very little $.

2/10/2020 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Very light showing tonight. I liked the first bottle I had of this more. No faults to speak of, and a good quaffer just not memorable.

1/22/2020 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Great QPR. Attractive Bordeaux nose and mouthfeel and length. Would buy again as a Cellar Defender.

1/13/2020 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Dark translucent ruby. Nose of typical rose and earth. Lovely fine texture, fresh acidity, good length. Priced at the low end and excellent QPR!

11/22/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Solid showing - masculine style.

11/20/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Full nose and palate - well within the Chassagne style, between Meursault and Puligny in breadth and precision. Dense packed fruit and some backbone with aromatic length to the finish. Comfort in a glass.

11/20/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Showed well. Aromatics and palate provided forest floor, black and cayenne pepper, light textured but full of Vosne spicy character, fine finish length.

9/23/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Showing well. Generous aromas of ripe fruit, solid Bordeaux dark berry palate, with dirt and graphite and good length. Good energy.

9/13/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Dark with a nose of wood, cinnamon, leaves and a firm Bordeaux palate of berries, rock, acid, with velvet tannins and a savoury finish. Enjoyed this. Had at Next Door with their lamb ribs.

9/4/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Domaine Faiveley Mercurey La Framboisiere 2015. Bought in Montreal, I’ve never had a bad Faiveley Burgundy. This one is generous nose of iron and strawberries and the palate is both bright and savoury with a velvet tannin that makes you keep pouring glasses.

8/31/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Had on Celebrity Equinox USD54. Showed well with light yellow and soft white floral butter aromatics. Palate was rich and fruit still ample and the acidity and mineral flavours completing a good 10 second finish.

8/31/2019 - glassnost wrote:

Bought on Celebrity Equinox USD140 showed almost as well as my previous note with good fruit and pliant tannins and solid mouthfeel and good balance with acidity and tannins for a good length.

8/28/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Beautiful complex nose of fruit and vosne spice (Boudots is beside Vosne Romanee Malconsorts) and long layered deep flavoured finish. Classic Burgundy at the high end of Premier Cru.

8/28/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Amazing nose of ripe fruit and tobacco and palate of dense berry and minerals and acid finishing long and lush. A beautiful Bordeaux Margaux third growth, my favourite, and I remember the times when this was $85 at LCBO a decade ago

8/4/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Young fresh cool and long.

8/3/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Full on Champagne aromatics palate and length with the full body textured richness I haven’t had from Champagne in a while.

8/2/2019 - glassnost Does not like this wine:

Returning this too.

8/2/2019 - glassnost Does not like this wine:

Returning this

8/2/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Fully satisfying at this price point. Would buy again.

8/2/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

A solid showing of aromatics and palate appropriate for Barolo at the basic level - full bodied, dark fruit.

7/23/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Opened at dinner with the GrapeNuts. Cork was broken and crumbling due to amateur server who bent the cork, but I managed to recover it all.

Garnet hue, nose was cool dark fruit and palate was a mix of ripe black fruits and low notes of iron tapering to a length of 10+ seconds. Solid masculine Gevrey style.

7/23/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Showed really well at dinner with the GrapeNuts. Light gold, nose at first muted sulfur, then toasted nuts, solid on the palate with white stone fruit and yellow tropical fruit, broad oily and generous with a firm acid long finish. Great all the way down the bottle.

7/20/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Aromatics were immediately appealing with red florals, and palate was ripe fruit with zip and lacy tannins

7/8/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Colour of youthful dark purple with fading rim. Nose so voluminous and palate full and plush with rich tannins and delightful length - this is a Tig that will continue to please for years

6/30/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

First time with this. Opened with muted nose but palate was full of tropical fruit first and supportive acidity second. Then within minutes the nose offered lees and toast and a generous plush long finish.

6/16/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Solid showing with aromas of leather and plum, palate of dark cherry and herb tapered to a velvet tannin medium length finish.

5/23/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

My first Montrachet. Nose started shy then the citrus peel and white flowers and vanilla and honey, the aromas grew intense over the hour. Palate was so deep and complex with nerve, mineral, subdued fruit making way for a long and layered finish. So full of substance and yet so light it is quite different than Premier Cru Puligny or Chassagne, very impressive but not super showy either. Class and refinement.

1/27/2019 - glassnost Likes this wine:

24 hours after opening

Deep nose of florals like violets and baking spices, cloves, cinnamon, cassis, cigar box. Palate is dense, lush, abundant dark fruits, solid core of integrated fruit and tannin and earth, peppercorns, tapering to a luxurious velvety thick and balanced twenty second finish.

Opened with the Grape Nuts and was immediately enjoying the bouquet but regretting the monotone palate. Glad half was saved overnight to produce this note!

12/21/2018 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Enjoyed with the Grape Nuts at Tabule. Elegant and silky, mature, complex and balanced.

7/8/2018 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Opened at Jacob’s & Co. Steakhouse in Toronto for my 50th birthday.

Nose opened quietly but every minute the magnitude grew. Graphite. Cassis. Blueberry. BlackBerry. Clove. Balsamic. Palate presses softly then solidly but no heaviness.
Tannin like finest tea, runs so long like 40 seconds.This is so vibrant so balanced so exciting not tired it’s like Bruce Lee. Bad analogy. It’s SO good that you could impress a newbie and a veteran with Chateau Latour and they would both say WOW. Then when you have the steak the black pepper of the wine comes out. The wine aromas change as you swirl. Next it’s a Barolo! Next it’s a Pomerol! Next it’s that Lafite we had a few months ago! The class is off the charts.I actually opened the same vintage 1999 Ch. Latour almost ten years ago. Then, it was too young. I think I hit the window!!

12/3/2017 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Cork had some white dust on top. Pulled with some effort with a two-pronged ah-so opener. Dark garnet with some clear edges. First nose revealed Bordeaux nobility right away - dense with slowly unfurling complex closed blue flowers, with time the aromas opened to anise, fine herbs, spices, then with more time the oak discovery was the finest I ever smelled, bringing round all the aromatics of a perfectly balanced wine. First sips the palate had higher volume than the nose, and the flavor transitions from initial attack to mid palate were rich with fascinating contours and elegantly complex flavours of age-appropriate cool dark fruit, supported by depth and structure that grew as the finish lingered for twenty seconds or more. With time the aromatics gained width and the palate was plush and luxurious enjoyment. The balance and movement of flavours and smells were amazing to me - all that I love in Pauillac, in Bordeaux, in wine. Flawless.

Shared at home with friends over roast lamb.

8/30/2017 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Bought on Celebrity Equinox at the Tuscan Grill. Shiny ruby. Generous nose of florals and red fruit and some herbs. Palate was silk smooth tannins, so young yet so polished it amazed me again after years having had the last Tignanello from 2007. Decent length and so delicious.

8/30/2017 - glassnost Likes this wine:

Opened too young, but I wanted to try this out at Charley's steak house in Orlando with their bone-in rib steak. Dark ruby. Aromatically dense with earth and the fruit implied this can be a floral and complex sniff with the right time in cellar and glass. Palate had that sought-after mineral notes and again the fruit suggested a long sleep would reward richly. Saved some the next day out of a paper cup paired with some Chipotle's Mexican grill on the down-low and it was much more open, complex, deep.