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(180 notes on 166 wines)

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Red
2009 Château Batailley Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
3/24/2024 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Very good and smooth Paulliac, very Cassis, a bit of tobacco. Needs one hour to open up.
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Red
2005 Château Batailley Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
1/20/2024 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Awesome! What to say, typical classic 05 Pauillac in a very good maturity stage. Tertiary about to emerge. Smooth, strong, fruity and perfect with Roastbeef! Lovely!
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Red
1988 Château Lafon-Rochet St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
1/20/2024 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
91 points
Smooth, few tannins, little fruit, mocha, earth, wet leaves.
White - Sparkling
1/20/2024 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Fresh, nice lemon aromas, round, soft.
Red
9/30/2023 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Needed 3 hrs of air. Very good, smooth, strong and powerful Paulliac style wine. Quite tannic and a bit one dimensional. Dark fruit. No secondary aromas.
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Red
2008 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
9/30/2023 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Very good wine. PnP. Tastes still very young with strong fruit but no secondary/tertiary aromas yet. Was a pleasure to drink but will easily develop over another 10 years.
Red
2005 Château Batailley Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
9/30/2023 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
91 points
Paulliac from the book. Lots of fruit, a few secondary an tertiary. Very smooth and silky. Drank PnP and was ready right from the start, and stayed in the same level for the next 2 hrs.
Red
4/6/2023 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Feels still young like a 05 or 07. Lots of fruit, cherry, and red fruits. Almost no tertiaries. Started to fade after some 30 minutes. We vacuumed the bottle after each glass, that was the right decision.
Red
4/6/2023 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Marvellous! All very smooth and silky. A bit of fruit, but more on the tertiaries as coffee, cocoa, leather. Tannins fully resolved.
Red
2007 Château Montrose St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
2/26/2023 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Impressive as always! Fruit is very well in balance with secondary aromas, tertiary start to evolve. Long and deep.
Red
2007 La Dame de Montrose St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
2/26/2023 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
91 points
Impressive quality for a second wine! Fruit is very well in balance with tertiary aromas. A little bit thin in the middle.
Red
2/26/2023 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
91 points
Red fruit paired with earthy, wet stone. Good complexity and length.
Red
12/30/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Very good, lots of beautiful tertiary aromas, mainly truffle like. Very little fruit left. Smooth, silky. Can drink right after opening the bottle, not much development within two hours in the decanter - also no fading of the aromas.
Red
11/12/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
91 points
Soft, fruity, some sous-bois. Decanted for 2 hours.
Red
11/5/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Fruit forward, cassis, plum, dark cherry. Starts to develop secondary aromas. Lush and very pleasant to drink. Two hours decanting are a must, better three.
Red
11/5/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
93 points
Very much on the fruit side, cherry, plums with hints of vanilla, some truffles. Very rich and full. Nice fruity sweetness.
Red
1997 Château Calon-Ségur St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
11/5/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Don’t understand the low ratings here. This is a beautiful mature Bordeaux with all the marvellous tertiary aromas of leather, leaves, earth, cocoa etc. Little fruit left. Round and smooth. Good tannic backbone. We decanted for 2 hours and enjoyed for another 2 hours after a light dinner.
Red
10/29/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Very good wine but a bit disappointing for a second growth. Nice and elegant, with a good balance between fruit and earthy flavours. However, a bit diluted and thin.
Red
10/2/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Very dense dark fruit, earthy, truffles, stoffig.
Red
2015 Château Serilhan St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
9/25/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
91 points
Full, rich, dense. Mature and soft tannins. Dark fruit confiture, mainly bramble, almost sweet. Toasted bread, coffee. Very nice to drink!
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Red
8/20/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
91 points
Typical Poyferre as expected. A bit more austere than the other bottle, but definitely very enjoyable.
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Red
8/20/2022 - mr_rancho wrote:
91 points
Similar to my previous notes. This time we gave it a decant of 2 hours which was too long. Still smooth and elegant but lots of the fruit have disappeared.
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Red
8/20/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
91 points
Great wine! Still vivid and young with many years ahead. Starts to develop secondary aromas. Sherry like with old Balsamico. Smooth with strong tannins.
Red
2009 Château La Dominique St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
8/19/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Drinks already nicely, but has a long life ahead and is far away from its peak. Cocoa, Merlot fruit, smooth.
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Red
8/14/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Good dense Amarone with typical dried fruit flavours. Tannins are a bit too dry yet, but very nice to drink. Bio.
Red
1991 Antinori Solaia Toscana IGT SuperTuscan Blend (view label images)
7/2/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Fine wine! Raisins, bit of leather, smooth, strong tannins. Needs half an hour in the glass to open up.
Red
2011 Château Smith Haut Lafitte Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
7/2/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Really needs a long decant of 2+ hours, but then becomes very smooth. Not a very complex and multilayered wine but rather round and quite. Very dry, mineral, and with still harsh tannins.
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Red
2018 Château du Taillan Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
7/2/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
89 points
Nice red fruit, predominantly cherry. Drank during 4 days and the wine developed Day by day: became silkier and smoother without losing any fruit and power.
Red
7/2/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
91 points
Superb wine! Lots of fruit, plum, dried berries, in balance with some sous-bois, leather, cocoa, coffee, smoke. Slightly overripe notes, but fits well to the complexity of the wine.
Red
4/10/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Nice fruity aromas combined with a dense structured backbone. Most notable is the wood strawberry taste.
Red
2007 Château du Tertre Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
3/19/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Very well balanced between fruit and secondary aromas while tertiary aromas start to emerge. A bit thin if you search for criticism. Well within its trinking window and will stay there for many years.
Red
1996 Château La Gaffelière St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
3/13/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
93 points
Very special and superb Bordeaux. Smooth, almost sweet, and a bit Sherry like flavours. Long after taste with dark chocolate, which slowly fades away.
Red
2009 Château La Dominique St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
3/13/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Wonderful! Already mature enough to enjoy. Smooth tannins, silky mouth feel. Perfect balance between fruit and earthy notes. Needs one hour to fully open up. Coffee, cocoa.
White
3/1/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
89 points
Good quality wine, nice texture, deep, layered. Typical Aligote, tropical fruits, white, bit of vanilla. All aromas are very light.
White - Sparkling
2/20/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Very good Cremant, everything in balance, fruit, acidity, perlage - good value at this low price.
White - Sparkling
2/20/2022 - mr_rancho wrote:
88 points
A bit too floral, sweet, with some bitterness. Not bad but will not buy again.
White
2/20/2022 - mr_rancho wrote:
89 points
Very mineral, clean, purist. Hints of floral notes with yellow fruit, touch of vanilla at the end.
White
2/20/2022 - mr_rancho wrote:
88 points
Well, not a bad wine but very purist and lacking complexity. I preferred the Cotes d’Auxerre from Piuze.
Red
2007 Château Trotte Vieille St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
1/1/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
93 points
What a surprise! Mature wine, nice fruits of plum, cherry, cassis perfectly in balance with cocoa, coffee, a trace of leather. Very smooth. Silky tannins. Dark chocolate and cherry stays a minute in the palate.
Red
2005 Château Kirwan Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
1/1/2022 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
From Magnum. Decent classic Margaux, nothing special. Smooth, fruity, easy wine. Straight from the bottle and drunken over two days.
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White - Sparkling
12/31/2021 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Citrus is dominant. Creamy, a bit nutty and brioche. Fine prelage. Fresh and savoury.
White
12/31/2021 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Awesome! Fruit, mix of pineapple, mango, guava, tropical fruit paired with smoked flint stone, acid and citrus. The citrus stays very long in the aftertaste.
Red
2015 Knipser Cuvée X Pfalz Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
12/30/2021 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
91 points
Very fruity, cherry, cassis, prune. A touch of oak and leather. Great pleasure to drink. Can be drunken pnp, there was no noticeable development after opening the bottle until three hours later when the bottle was finished.
Red
2007 Château Giscours Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
12/25/2021 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Superb! PnP, then left 90 mins in big Bordeaux glasses. Changed massively after these 90 mins. Soft, velvety, nice balance between the fruit and cocoa/coffee aromas. Tannins completely dissolved. Can’t get enough…
White - Sparkling
12/24/2021 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
92 points
Delicious but missing balance. Lemon is very dominant, underlying aromas like brioche, mineral, salt, etc. are in the very background. Very long citrus aftertaste.
White - Sweet/Dessert
2005 Château Guiraud Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend (view label images)
12/21/2021 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
90 points
Very good but not impressive as suggested by other comments here. Creamy, dense, flowers, passion fruit, mango, tropical mix, candied oranges, peppermint.
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White
12/11/2021 - mr_rancho wrote:
91 points
Sweet Grapefruit, nice support of vanilla, a touch elderflower, and super slate mineral taste.
Red
11/27/2021 - mr_rancho Likes this wine:
93 points
When opening the bottle, is quite tasteless. After 3 hours of air all the tertiary aromas are present. Smooth and elegant, potpourri of dark fruit, very well balanced.
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