2/3/2024 - swyang wrote:

Splendid, but still way too young! On a blind tasting, I would have said it had 5 years and certainly no more... This wine has all the elements which is going to make it a superb wine, healthy tannin, beautiful fruit, and an extraordinary texture of a great vintage. But it is still somewhat closed and not talking much. I am completely faithful that this in 5 years will be turning into a beautiful fine, refined, elegant and yet will all the charme of a a Gevery Chambertin Clos St Jacques and with pride. Patience will be rewarded. Cheers,

10/19/2022 - swyang wrote:

Very beautiful and yet far from being fully ready. Really pure scents of great vintage Burgundy, initially one could smell slightly more south and guess as Beaune upon opening. However after about half an hour the spice and earthiness of N.S.G is surfacing with a vigorous and healthy manner. Still very young(surprisingly) and lots of potential. For the time being pure scents of red fruits mingling with red roses as well as other floral elements and on the palate super healthy and shiny texture delivering wonderful tannin, yet to be resolved. A great Les Cailles in the making. Cheers,

11/30/2020 - swyang wrote:

This is probably the best Brunello I have ever had especially in terms of right timing to open as this bottle was at its peak of equilibrium. The color is still dark and profound with slight violet rim at the edge. The nose was simply heavenly; lots of fruits, mature and starting to be fully integrated and the dusty tannin was as suave as it can get. Bluberry, slight strawberry, wet earth, tiny bit smokey, and all this was fully open in the most suave and uplifting way. Each sip was reverberating at the backend and lasting for very very long. Splendid showing and certainly much more depth than other Biondi Santis that I have had and yet not at all heavy. Wow, sublime indeed! Cheers,

2/16/2019 - swyang wrote:

Very smooth, sweet berries and gentle soul. Not a block buster nor want to be. A modest Brunello, just the way I like it, with ripe strawberries and quite well integrated tannin. Very inviting texture and in way there is a heart warming kindness to it, which suits perfectly this rainy evening in Oxford(UK). Cheers,

2/27/2019 - swyang wrote:

Delicious wine at its peak. Sublime nose which will take you in the Provence region with its generous sun and gorgeous landscape of lavander, wild flower and meticulously kept wine yards.(if you have imagination) On the palate it is gorgeous with superb caressing texture yet generous at same time coating every corner of your palate with rich, suave fruits, sweet in the most natural manner. Slightly earthy but oh boy that earthiness would be such an example of how a suave earthiness would be all about... this gem simply makes everyone on the table so happy and satisfied to have in their glasses and savor every moment of it. It has its own soul, coming from Chateauneuf du Pape and couldn't be from anywhere else and at its best. Cheers,

5/3/2017 - swyang wrote:

Totally oxized... never wait more than 5years for W. Fevre. That is what I learn these days and indeed very sad.

3/6/2017 - swyang wrote:

I simply couldn't not drinking this... too much, way too much alcohol is surfacing to the juice and the fruits are getting too heavy and sinking down in the bottom of the glass. Hew... my god, that was simply terrible. They don't age, and certainly not gracefully... Sad.

4/13/2016 - swyang wrote:

a Superb wine just now entering its mature stage. Gorgeous transparent red color displaying beautiful shades of transparency on its edges. The aromas are incredibly refined yet precise and uplifting; Rose, small red cherries, spice, profound identity of clean wet stone mineral from the cotes de nuits in its best. Before describing the flavors I cannot bypass the texture which is simply divine and is as close to silky, finesse, or a stunning Violin upper singing tone as it could get. There is transparency and yet laser like precision and all the Roses, gorgeous fruits, slight black pepper, and just unbelievable flavors open and display like a rainbow on your palate. I feel silly trying to describe this as one really should and must experience such finesse in life. My wife justly described as; this is close to heavenly... Cheers,

10/17/2014 - swyang wrote:

A bit too young, almost a bit coarse due to still very present tannin. Somewhat fresh but a bit too much wood though sweet fruits are still shining and if left in good condition, it will certainly be very enjoyable wine in a few years time.

12/27/2013 - swyang wrote:

I couldn't help but open another bottle of this beauty, which is exactly at a maturity level that I love, and likely to stay for a good few years. Red roses color starting to fade away just a bit, giving a beautiful transparency to it, the nose is sublime with the right presence of rose, red berries, autumnal leaves and wet earth which lift itself to a wet stone mineral touch. That is exactly what gave me the love for wine; when the nature seem to meet and mingle in the glass... and to add just a bit more charm it even displays the right amount of spice/pepper and on the palate the healthy tannin suggest that it will keep this good shape for a while. Medium body(I don't even understand how I could have loved the full body ones many years ago...) and uplifting just like a beautiful soprano voice, which hangs in your ears, the back taste lingers on and on... wow viva Barolo~~