4/24/20, 8:08 AM - I wish I knew. I don't have a crystal ball, but the difference between my first and second posts on this wine suggest something changed...and that something could be me! There's no reason to believe this wine has peaked; it may have gone to sleep. Why not give it at least 6-9 months, perhaps a year? Good luck.
4/27/19, 10:48 AM - Bob, You are welcome to score wines as you wish, but since you ask, I will tell you why I don't use a 100 point scoring system. Simply put, it's meaningless - unless you are into marketing, or are the sort of person who's impressed by a number. Can anyone really tell the difference between a wine rated 91 or 93? Nonsense. Frankly, 3 levels are sufficient - I like it, Neutral, I don't like it - which happens to parallel Cellar Tracker. But, I've expanded this to 5, which offers me just enough nuance to remind myself where I place that bottle relative to others. This is not a rigid system - sometimes I rate a wine highly simply because of the pleasure it gives me, even if it isn't "profound." Sometimes I rate a wine poorly because it failed to meet an expectation. Rarely would I rate a wine based on QPR - it's not so much the price as the experience of the bottle that matters. My ratings begin not at 1 (one), but at -1 (minus one). This is for a wine I would recommend against drinking, and hope to never drink again. The negative number = bad.Zero (0) is a rating for a wine that I drank, and isn't memorable. Call it Neutral, if you prefer.Ratings of 1, 2, and 3 are similar to Michelin stars, the higher number representing an ever increasing level of enjoyment. Think about it - if the Michelin guide, more than 100 years old, can accurately and reliably review restaurants using only 4 levels (they go from 0-3 stars), and restaurants are arguably far more complicated to rate than wine - then why would we need 100 points for wine? I try in most of my notes to give some indication of what I sensed - on the nose, on the palate, in the mind - and if you have drunk any of the wines I've so rated/ described, then you'll be in a better position to decide if what I have to say matters to you or not.In the end, if a friend were to ask me if I would recommend a bottle, the answer would be yes or no - would an answer of 91/100 help?Good luck,Ian
3/23/19, 10:18 PM - In this case, I did not decant, though I can well understand why one might consider. The wine wasn't a bit closed, had it been, a decant - or double decant - might have made a difference. I suspect that as the wine ages, it will benefit from a decant to reveal nuances that at present are still cloaked by youthful vigor.
1/24/16, 6:08 AM - My rating system is a 5 point scale. Unlike other systems that begin at "0", mine begins at -1 - when something (wine in this case) is TO BE AVOIDED. A "0" means that the wine is OK. And the "1, 2, or 3" designations are levels of RECOMMENDED, a "3" similar to Michelin, i.e., at the top.
1/25/16, 6:45 PM - Prism,You miss the point. There is no correlation between a 5 point system and a 100 point system. It's a totally different approach to rating, which boils down to a simple construct - either I like a wine (+1), or I don't (-1), or my opinion is neutral (0). After many years, I realized sometimes a wine I liked is better (+2), or best (+3). Is there a 100 point scale for best? NO. Capice? The number rating system is a game, and one I choose not to play.
12/30/15, 11:32 AM - Why would you award 75 points to something you attest as horrible? On a scale of 100, 75 would not only be a passing grade, but many would consider it better than average (C+). Is that what you mean to say?
1/3/15, 1:56 PM - Jeff,You write about your experience with the '47 much as I did about mine with the '11. I had that bottle, and several other Loire valley whites of significant age, with a friend, who has had a long - lifelong friendship with the Foreau family, and purchased his '47s on release. You write that Philippe affixed the label as you watched. I just posted a picture of the label from my friend, and would be interested to see how yours compares. I suspect we might also find other things to compare and share, having read several of your other posts. I will add myself as a "fan," and if you respond affirmatively, perhaps we will "friend" one another?
1/29/14, 6:31 PM - Roughi posted a concern about the condition of certain bottles purchased directly from the domain. I can confirm that all bottles originally sent to Rosenthal were returned to Foreau, and those now sold in the US through Rosenthal distribution are OK.
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