8/21/2012 - bodulations wrote:

Medium lemon-green color with youthful jura-esque nose of intense aromas of smoky woody oak, nut, lees, with oxidative character. Still the apple and stone-fruit character of chardonnay is there unhidden but it took 3 days to sort things out. The palate is dry with not too oily round mouthfeel with high citrus-like acidity. More balanced to the wine type with medium body medium alcohol high acidity structure than roundness and mouthfeel. However, it is powerful yet elegant. Leaves the mouth fresh and dry wanting for more. WOW from magnum. Close to perfection.

6/10/2012 - bodulations wrote:

Deep garnet core and evolved medium light rim. Medium+ intense aromas of fresh black fruit, blueberry, evolved oak notes, vanilla, p shavings. Taste is dry, high of powdery tannins. Full bodied with medium acidity with integrated high alcohol. Pronounced intensity of evolved aromas but still the fruit is there. In very nice phase right now. Very drinkable with enough complexity as well as concentration to keep every consumer interested.

5/15/2012 - bodulations wrote:

Color medium lemon-green with development. Nose restrained although has fruit of a warm year and volatility.
Drinking in awkward condition right now. Does it have what it takes to come back? Signs of winemaking. Batonnage for the depth and smoothness. Typical 1er Cru Chablis with it's chalky flavor profile, high acidity and modest oak. The extraction as well as alcohol are worrisome.

1/20/2012 - bodulations wrote:

Medium+ ruby color with rim following core in color.
Medium+ intense nose of youthful aromas. Very massive red fruit, plum as well as coconut from American oak. Forward and open for seduction.
Dry full bodied stuff, yet the concentration of flavors and high extract make this feel sweet. High acidity and high level of grippy rough tannins bring balance to the overt fruitiness and high alcohol level.
Well made and balanced with no obvious faults, but maybe more rugged tannins than ripe suggest some difficulties with the phenolic ripeness. I really like how this is built on the concentration and intensity - yet not going overboard with the volatility. Made to be drunk young.
Textbook example of well made balanced fruit forward wine that can only come from California.

I'm surprised I liked it so much.

11/14/2011 - bodulations wrote:

Deep ruby, thick but juicy, powerful but restrained. Modern style looking for concentration, balance yet power and fruit. drinking superbly but will keep. Angular wooden tannins, volatile nose, lot's of new oak but integrated. I'd say this is talented winemaking. This is sexy but more like one night stand - not wife material.

10/28/2011 - bodulations wrote:

Light golden color, medium intense developing nose with clear signs of autolysis. Has that freshness and subtlety yet focus as well. Ripe cold climate restrained fruit. Minerality and reduction. Nervous and tightly wound and could use more time to unwind. Oak is a bit grippy on the palate. Very nice. About 40euros from FRA

10/8/2011 - bodulations wrote:

The acidity and ripeness are typical for a 2002. The wine shows elegance and concentration, focus is there but still eerie. Ready to drink but will be much impressive in the future. Long and creamy. Yummy

6/3/2011 - bodulations wrote:

Deep ruby core with evolved garnet rims. Developing but not really singing aromas of ripe black fruit, plum, blueberry, chocolate, oak, spices and sous-bois with volatility. Medium high alcohol level with medium high amount of fine-grained silky tannins combined with medium acidity makes this wine well balanced. Ripe and plush juicy texture combined with the high fruit-intensity together with the above average length makes this very gulpable also some complexity but not too much which makes this a pretty boring yet well made. Well made and in no hurry to be drunk as it still quite tightly knit and more on the young side. Very good quality but it sadly left me uninspired.

5/31/2011 - bodulations wrote:

corked

5/27/2011 - bodulations wrote:

oxidized

3/10/2011 - bodulations wrote:

Light ruby core with rims going more garnet.
Med intensive mature nose with fresh red fruit, strawberry notably, heavy toasted oak, woody and some dill but not vanillin,
The palate is dry with medium low acidity and medium level of tannins which are soft. This is a medium bodied wine yet with medium plus alcohol level with clear red fruit, strawberry notably together with spices from the oak and leathery. Think of shoes.
Overall, heavy dosed Rioja with a medium body. I don't see too much wrong in this. The balance is great with the oak and medium body and tannin level yet the fruit still is visible. Length is only medium and the intensity is average. So don't expect too much wows.

2/9/2011 - bodulations wrote:

This is clear and bright and has medium intense ruby core with some blueish tinge.
The nose is clean and of very high intensity of youthful aromas full of dark fruit mostly plum and cherries, spices and vanilla have melted a bit and it does scream new oak but not in a woody way. This was opened yesterday.
The palate is dry and has very high acidity with smooth light medium tannins, high alcohol that sticks out not too devastatingly , very modern.

Well there's some complexity, not a bad wine at all. To convert people to pinot.

1/29/2011 - bodulations wrote:

Intensive ruby core with garnet rim and feels matured.
The clean nose is med intensive and has maturing aromas of chocolate and blackberries and black fruit. The oak has integrated nicely.
The palate was dry with a bit soothed yet med acidity and high level of rounded yet dusty tannins while the alcohol was medium high level.
The quality was very good due to the balance between rounded tannins, acidity and the medium intensive fruit profile. The length was also medium and the intensity was decent enough. A lovely well aged aglianico which delivers what it promises. It is capable to shine. Some years to go but might be peaking up I believe.

1/28/2011 - bodulations wrote:

Clear and bright medium light golden color.
Clean and intensive nose of citric fruits, some complex greenness and smokiness with lees aging notes but such an inviting and refreshing scent.
The palate has a bright laser like and mouth drying acidity which makes you start salivating. The flavors are competing with each other. On the back you have the complex citric flavors with supporting or trying at least is some oak and smokiness and autolytic notes, while the most dominating flavors are the rocky yet a bit chalky minerality which carries the wine to the other sphere!

Extraordinary because of the complexity and intensity of different yet harmonizing flavors, long length, yet the balance is built towards the tart yet refreshing acidity. This is a prime example why some want to do malo in champagne. I like this tremendously but not for everybody! This was the non dosé edition

1/18/2011 - bodulations wrote:

The quality is outstanding because of the very good balance between the high refreshing acidity, unctuous sweetness and thin alcohol. The long length and the high intensity of the generous fruit which is incredibly pure and fresh as well as other aromas and flavors such as stones, fresh peach, citrus and blossoms also support this. What a wine to lift up whatever or whoever needs lifting! Truly wine of extraordinary to me. I think I need to stock up!

1/17/2011 - bodulations wrote:

This wine is clear bright medium ruby core with only slightly paler ruby rind.
It has a clean and medium plus intensive nose of developed red fruit, red cherry, fresh plum, oak and solvents.
The palate is dry and medium minus acidity and medium plus alcohol level. The medium plus level of tannins are a bit woody or stalky. The wine is medium plus bodied with a medium plus intensity of maturity, oak and ripe red cherry with a medium plus length.

The quality is acceptable because of the medium- level of acidity and high level of alcohol together with the ripe fruit and maturity from oak do not bring the good balance it needs. The wine has some complexity but it is lost to the unbalance.

This wine is past its peak or faulty which the solvents and unbalance of the acidity and alcohol and ripe fruit suggest.

1/17/2011 - bodulations wrote:

This wine is clear and bright pale lemon color with watery rinds. It also has some tartaric crystals on the bottom.
It has a clean and medium intensive nose of developed aromas of stone fruits mainly fresh apricot with oak and spice and butterscotch.
The palate is dry and has medium+ acidity and the same alcohol level. The wine is medium+ bodied with an medium intensity of fresh apricots, integrated oak, spices and smoke. The length is medium plus.

The quality is very good because of the good balance between the medium+ acidity, medium+ alcohol level and use of already integrated oak with the fruit. Yet the wine feels fresh with some bodied but not oily. The fruit has also complexity but it isn't concentrated or complex enough to be an outstanding quality. Also the reasonable long length suggest it has quality attached to it.

Ready to drink but will no doubt improve for 5 years or more due to the medium plus acidity and vibrant fruit but the wine is made surprisingly mature which both the nose and the integration of oak suggest therefore to abandon the idea of extended aging capability.

Sauvignon Blanc 50% - Muscadelle 25% - Mauzac 25%

1/12/2011 - bodulations wrote:

Medium golden color with oily intensity.
A bit constraint nose of pear and stone fruit (apricot and peach mostly), maturing nose but still cool and ripe vibe at the same time with a pureness in the fruit and some citric aspect to cool it. Clearly a blend but it doesn't mean bad.
Full bodied and long length with lot's of sugar or simple syrup texture and med alcohol with med high acidity balancing the sweetness. The flavors follow the aromas with added botrytis and creme brûlée notes with that lime finish. Balance is almost there but not quite. Falled apart when had the second glass

Overall, quite an easy-going wine with lot's of fun. Not overly complex and more about enjoyment than contemplation. Excellent performance. Drinking this feels like the typical evening with a fortified liquid creme brûlée not forgetting the sugar glaze for dessert. Crack.

12/10/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Dark color. Dark fruit with peppery and meaty notes. Juicy wine with pleasant tannins and medium acidity and medium alcohol level. A great length and the elegance is weird for an Australian irrigated wine. Wonderful now as it begs drinking but will give more refined and complex notes with some age. This will go to more violet than meaty direction. Therefore, I boldly assume this will go in the direction of the Haut-Brion '82 I had few months ago. Double decanted. Outstanding!

12/11/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Golden color
Intensive aromas of ripeness, nuts, flowers. The oak doesn't stick out a bit!
Palate has a high acidity but it complements rather than sticks out, lovely elegance yet ripe fruit and full bodied but not so much as say Krug is. The concentrated fruit profile is more lemon than apricot but not in a fruit-forward style, rather the elegance and intensity in the structure is what it's all about. Minerality the ripeness provide interesting play as well. Harmony with yin-yang. Long length with promising future.
Superb now but no doubt better in the future. Outstanding stuff!

12/11/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Such a strong color. A reductive which clears a bit. Maybe too recent degorgement? Vinous style full of berries with a lovely sweetness in the fruit (not added in the dosage). Bright acidity with a medium length and medium light body which to me contradicts the full color. Youthful and pure wine but not made for keeping.
I liked this very much but this isn't a wine to contemplate with. Party wine, more about the imminent joy than complexity of hidden layers. Yet excellent.

12/11/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Elegant and complexity yet heavy bodied being more vinous than airy. The medium high acidity is supporting the structure very nicely while not trying to define it. Fruity, chalk and oxidized notes. Lovely airy and elegant mousse. Full pleasure! Would be interesting to compare different disgorgements! Outstanding!

12/7/2010 - bodulations wrote:

A wine that is so fragile yet pure and crisp. Extremely nervous! I like the style and this bottle did deliver as usual

11/13/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Bright light color more ruby than tawny.
Manure nose with pronounced intensity. Ripe hiding fruit aromas, spices and oak.
The palate is very high on acidity backed up with medium high level of dry woody tannins and pronounced level of alcohol. Concentrated wine but light footed in the same time as will, still distinctly pinot noir. The ripe but cool fruit is hiding behind the structure and spices and pureness (and vegetality). I don't get much out of this. Muted bottle. Double decanted but still needs time to reveal itself. Must try again for curiosity.

From my experience this (or what I assume this will be) is still very true to the Naudin-Ferrand style which I respect but find not my ideal type. Shame on me.

11/10/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Bright medium amber color.
Clean and less volatile than expected. Aromas of dried fruits, saline and the nutty volatility with maturity!
Palate is medium bodied with a long length together with nutty after taste. Again the alcohol combats with the acidity which is I find weird for jerez. The origin of the flavors can be traced back to the dried fruit with a terrible complexity. Again, the final sensations of houjicha and salinity is what I like in this wine! Bargain or what? Outstanding but not typical with the acid level?

11/4/2010 - bodulations wrote:

This wine comes from Bouzy. No vintage stated on the bottle or cork.

The light color is hazy and more brown but still visible tawniness.

The nose. This is why I love pinot noir. Clean pronounced and perfumed nose of coffee, licorice, flowers, strawberry, cherry, mushrooms.

The palate is light. Alcohol level is medium, acidity was medium high but is rounded up. Medium(low) level tannins are fine-grained and a bit drying up but velvety. Flavors are forest floor, autumn, cool berries that are a bit dried, mostly strawberry and lingonberry. The body is medium but the length is long. There's the chalkiness dominating. In fact one of the most chalked up wines ever.

This is starting to dry out a bit but offering now an immense pleasure. Outstanding but no doubt just a village or 1er cru level if it came from Bourgogne. Still very well made and aged wine. One to sip and drink while reading good magazine for the darkening Autumn. Even if this is chaptalized which I suspect, this is one of the better reds awhile!

11/3/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Deep opaque ruby color. Reserved nose giving only youth filled with pretty much oak and red fruit coated spices. The palate is structured fine. High acidity, great level of tannins that are fine-grained and mouth-drying. The fruit is much nothing else than cherry in it's many different forms. Fruit profile is cooler than expected. The high level of oak nor the medium high alcohol does not stick out. A balanced wine that was much better at day 2. Very good but I don't find it to be worth the 20 euros for which commands here.

10/31/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Gold/amber pommac but with lighter intensity.

Clean developed/oxidised nose. Aromas of dried fruits, herbs, smoky, spicy.

Dry, mineral, alcohol med high but sticks out a bit. Medium length, not heavy wine but more lighter but with medium full body. Medium/med high acidity. A little unbalanced maybe because of shipment/flight. Dried Fruits, Sand, Well defined structure. A structured wine. Oak touched but slightly loose but complementing the structure.

Lovely but demanding! Done but will keep for god knows how long!

10/31/2010 - bodulations wrote:

This was my cup of tea! A light bright golden color. A complex and maturing clean nose of hazelnuts, butter and some smokiness. The palate is dry and vibrant high acidity. Autolytic flavors combined with the chalky minerality beautifully. This wine is not about the primary aromas like the Boulard I had. The warmth of 2002 sticks out as well as the purity and gentle interplay between the acidity and fruit. Outstanding! This Vertus is ready now but I won't doubt it will evolve more.

10/31/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Very dark, more ruby than purple color. Lot's of extraction. The nose is a bit sulfured, lot's of red fruits and lovely integrated oak/spice. The palate is a heavy, full of everything but still the pureness sticks out. Too much sulfur present - too heavy dose of sulfur? Spritzy. I'd suggest more keeping and lot's of air. Otherwise excellent but weird stuff for Bourgogne. Oak is in check, tannins are there but subtle. A wine with a long maceration and much batonnaged? More modern structure but with the cool pure vibe. Overall, I was very happy to be able to taste this entry level wine.

10/31/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Full of flowers, ripe fruit but with more cool mineral approach than warm fruit. Still an aromatic wine. Full bodied a true to Pfalz style. Acidity was pretty high and played nicely with light sweetness it had. Interesting stuff but not mind-blowing. I would recommend further storing but will not buy to watch this one mature.

10/31/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Deep bright salmon color. Clean nose of youthfulness. Vivid red fruits and mostly strawberries.
On the palate this is medium high acidity with medium alcohol which sticks out a bit. Sweet red fruit combined with the non-dosé was much appreciated. A light bodied, straightforward wine with decent length. Not just the kind of type I'd want rosé to be but very true to its style! Very good. This was from 2006 vendange and saignée from Pinot Noir and Meunier.

10/26/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Bright deep ruby color.
Nose has lot's of volatile acidity and spices. The fruit is missing.
The taste of this bottle is dry, full of woody tannins , high acidity, medium alcohol. A medium bodied wine with short length and light flavor intensity composed mostly from spices and nail varnish remover and mercaptans. The fruit is gone. Didn't improve in either way on day 2. Will try more tomorrow.
Heat damage perhaps but not from me! Shame our monopoly or the importer!

10/8/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Past its better days. Weird. The color was tinted towards the brown from ruby with watery rims with pretty high sediment.
Nose was pure joy. Full of flowers, some leather and clear fruit and development.
Palate was out of balance. The alcohol divided the sip into 2 different sips! Acidity had lost it's zip, the tannins were beginning to deteriorate from smooth velvety texture to ethereal. There was the fruit still. Not a disaster but should had been better at this age! Why this went so fast down the hill? All in all it was "bargain" to be found from Alko.

10/8/2010 - bodulations wrote:

A ruby wine with medium intensity.
Nose is very intense with youthful aromas springing into my mind. Oak, sweet red fruit, some lingonberry, flowers here and there. The scent is really filled with the fruit and intensity.
Palate has a soaring acidity backed up with some alcohol and pretty high tannin level also(first they seemed silky now drying a bit). The taste is medium high bodied, and more about the structure and lingonberries with oaky spiciness than fruitiness. A long length and a bit extracted. A pure mineral touch noticeable. Will need some years of keeping. Interesting stuff with potential future rewards!

9/26/2010 - bodulations wrote:

I drank this during 3 days. This is definitely a non-filtered wine. A light garnet color on the ruby side with cloudiness.
Medium high intensity of lingonberry type of red fruit and calluna type of woody/green/bitter aromas. Intriguing in it's simplicity. The wine has a high acidity and cool climate flavor profile with medium level of woody tannins as well. Good sip. And lasted very well 3 days the smell of barnyard declined in the 3 days. Balanced on the acidity side. Pure and "natural". The rusticity I said last time is still there but not too bothering as in the previous bottle.

9/20/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Lemon green color with high viscosity.
Smell has lot's of peach and flowery aromas and some lime lurking in the background, still very youthful or primary.
Taste is off dry with laser like acidity, full bodied and pretty heavy wine in structure but the flavor profile freshens this quite a bit! First the limestoney minerality, wow! But luckily there's the fruit too which is somewhat like lime & flowers combined with peaches and apricots. It's ripe but the minerality and laser-like zap! acidity makes you feel cooler! Quite Mosel-like flavors here too! Outstanding stuff but I'd recommend sticking on to the bottles for a year or five. Left rest of the bottle to open up for day 2 and 3.

9/16/2010 - bodulations Likes this wine:

Cloudy/hazy golden color of high intense.
Clean, green leafy aromas, very youthful nose that is medium intense. Fruit is woven with peashoot, peach and apricot.
Full bodied, mineral, long length, high acidity, lovely balance between the raw high acidity and off-dryness. Not the mention the everlasting battle between ripeness and greenness this wine has on every level. Alcohol is medium high, batonnage?, broad mouthfeel with deep length.
Just lovely! Outstanding romo! Lovely now better in future.

9/11/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Light golden color with some spritzyness. Nose has an high intensity of petrol, hay and rubber while the background aromas consist of drying fruit(sultanas), peach, flowers, spices, lime. A developed nose but still not fully mature. The palate is off dry and spritzy or mineral, full of it. Some development can be observed from the acidity as well, which is high but has descended a little bit. Body is medium as well as alcohol level but the length is very long. The texture is fleshy and this wine is more about the structure than fruit. Very interesting stuff! This equals outstanding. I need to find more PJ Kuhn's products.

8/20/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Very weird color. A pronounced copper with some hints of salmon. Nuts, red fruits, The taste is full, medium high acidity. Lot's of alcohol for champagne. Chalky, kirche, red cherries dominate. A long length towards a perfect balance that makes this sing. Pretty evolving/ed wine with some youthful notes as well. Excellent but unusual. Is it too hot for a champagne? The warm structure dominates the subtle fruit too much I feel. I liked it but dislike the hotel glassware from which I'm drinking it. Can't wait for future releases

8/29/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Pink color of medium intensity. A fruity & floral smell. A wine that isn't the most complex but provides immense pleasure! Palate is of medium length, quite subtle but still depth. The medium high acidity is masked behind the flavors consist of strawberries and raspberries. A wine that is more about the fruit than structure. But still the subtleness and fragrancy is what one can contemplate on. Outstanding stuff. This is in lovely phase right now and doesn't need waiting.

8/28/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Bright medium high intensity of somewhere between ruby-tawny. Very intensive fragrant nose of some development but primary aromas dominate. The first thing that currently strikes through is the exuberant level of spices - oak dominance.
The palate has the same high oak touch but more fruit especially cherry and currants. High acidity together with the medium high but woody tannins makes this wine unbalanced. The medium high alcohol sticks out too. Maybe awkward phase yes but still too much oak to my liking. Shame. Very good stuff still. Maybe I'm too demanding. Outstanding with wild duck and wild mushrooms.

8/27/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Color is opaque with purple rims.
The youthful nose has intense black cherry jam aroma combined with slight toffee and vanilla. Doesn't surprise anyone when I say this is still at infant stage.
On the palate this is a full bodied with medium length Medoc. This wine has a medium high acidity, lot's of wooden tannins and the same fruit and spice flavor profile combined with some blueberry and plum. A bit boring but I cannot find any mistakes. Love the acidity and not overly oaked profile. A wine that is more about the structure than fruit to me. I think this has a very high portion of CS. Very good but needs to develop 5 years at least.

8/21/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Very intense color! Quite different from Cedric Bouchard's rosé: this was more about the power and color than the finesse and elegance. Very mineral and very strawberry. Pronounced intensity and fullness but not overripe or disintegrated alcohols noted. Very pure but not my cup of t. Very good though. And a bargain for the price! This is pretty much why I don't like my rosés... Only fruits combined with power...

8/21/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Pronounced color. Bouchard's wines don't have that many bubbles visible. Powerful nose of red fruits and still primary notes only. Harmony was achieved even with this level of intensity and richness. Opened slowly and grew with time. Outstanding but it's more about the power than finesse. Still the silky glove is there! Carefully crafted-Lovely stuff! Needs food like chicken or porcini or onions.

8/21/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Pale salmon color. This doesn't have much bubbles. This has a very fragile nose. Strawberry seeds, some oolong notes and spices. The palate is full of fruits and fragility but not don't take it for a weak wine. It's more about the lightness and elegance than power. Very seductive acidity and long length. This wine demands attention otherwise you can easily miss its subtle power. Its scent reminds me of rose petal sea buckthorn leather by Noma... Extraordinary but demanding yet rewarding. I feel very lucky and privileged to be able to try this rarity.

8/20/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Very weird color. A pronounced copper with some hints of salmon. Nose is pronounced and about nuts and red fruits. The taste is full, medium high acidity. Lot's of alcohol for champagne. Chalky, kirche, red cherries dominate. A long length towards a perfect balance that makes this sing. Pretty evolving/ed wine with some youthful notes as well. Excellent but unusual. Is it too hot for a champagne? The warm structure dominates the subtle fruit too much I feel. I liked it but dislike the hotel glassware from which I'm drinking it. Can't wait for future releases!

7/22/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Evolved mature golden color. Not the most pronounced nose here but still lot's of evolved sweet fruit from the drier side. The high levels of minerality and alcohol held this low acid wine together. Very nice but not as complex as I was awaiting. Very good stuff!

7/20/2010 - bodulations Likes this wine:

Opaque purple color. Very fruity nose: full of red cherry, plum, blueberry with oak. Youthful aromas but so lovely and ready to drink. The palate is unctuous thick juice. The fortified alcohol and medium high acidity plays down the sweetness feel. The fruit is in lovely state of ripeness. Length is medium high and the tannins are a bit woody and plentiful but again the fortification helps to better it! Very lovely balance and elegance! This has years to go but now excellent. Outstanding. Vivid wine made from tannat.

7/20/2010 - bodulations wrote:

Medium golden color. Nose has some pea shoots but the experience not overwhelming. Some sea salinity and raisins with honey, highly intense and evolved aromas.
The palate is full bodied, balanced high acidity with some sweet dried fruit and lemony tones. The taste is dry or has very little residual sugar, I think. Overall, jerez comes to my mind. I'm quite fond of this stuff! Outstanding! People need more Romorantin to their glasses.