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2008 Château Cos d'Estournel St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend

7/16/2021 - LiteItOnFire wrote:

89 points

2021 Bordeaux Tasting Trip; 7/12/2021-7/16/2021 (Bordeaux): A tasting in Bordeaux of 71 wines, some of the best I have ever had and others, umm, well were disappointing. If you read the Tasting story (and my grading history) I think it will do a much better job putting this in perspective.

I was very much looking forward to my St Estephe tastings, with super high expectations for Cos. While unfair to discount St Estephe based on Cos and Calon Segur tastings, it has certainly made it take a back seat and won’t search it out until I get to taste a great vintage from one of the estates, from my inventory or elsewhere (finally I saved money by not having to double up previous orders after the fact).

Tasted at the chateau
2011 Cos gran vin
2008 Cos gran vin
2011 pagados
2017 Cos Blanc

I wish they were willing to open other vintages as I left more confused than before I arrived. If it wasn’t for the 2010 Pagados had a couple of years earlier, I would have written this Chateau off completely regardless of its pedigree as the wines I tasted this trip, vintages and top performers literally crushed this wine at half the price.

I will withhold final judgment until I taste a better vintage.

TashNYC commented:

7/27/21, 8:02 AM - I think the 2008 Cos needs more bottle age (or a 2-3 hour decant ... or drink from a 375 and decant), rather than being not that good. The unfavorable comparisons with 2003, 2009 and 2010 are unquestionably true, but all 3 of those vintages (and especially 2003) are vintages that drank really well early. And are therefore somewhat atypical.

These big tastings (71 wines) are a wonderful way to try wines, but some wines don't show well in that format. I have had wines where it is nothing special at the group tasting, but at home with a long decant and food, some wines are so much better.

I am holding my 2008 Cos for 5+ years more, at least.

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Red

2011 Thunevin Mauvais Garçon / Bad Boy Bordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend

5/26/2019 - TashNYC wrote:

90 points

5/26/2019. 90. Coravin taste to see if we wanted to buy more while on sale for $12 / bottle (with free shipping). Original retail was $30. Better with a few minutes in the glass, as the tannins became stronger, and with bright red fruit, currants, cedar and coffee. (I didn’t get the chocolate of other vintages)

A terrible pairing with our roast, herbal poussin chicken (so we switched to Fougas Maldoror 2000) but good on its own or with lamb, pizza or grilled meats. Good wine for a cookout. Can age some, too.
With Sue R in NJ. The rest of the Coravined bottle was finished later and well appreciated.

TashNYC commented:

1/18/20, 8:15 AM - We didn't decant as this was only a Coravin taste to try the wine. (And we opened the Fougas Maldoror 2000 instead, which isn't a fair comparison!)

We had other vintages (2009 and 2010) but didn't decant them, either. I think of this wine as good 4-10 years out but not really longer.

We definitely bought more at $12.

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2014 Domaine Pavelot (Jean-Marc et Hugues) Savigny-lès-Beaune Pinot Noir

10/30/2019 - TashNYC wrote:

91 points

Coravin pours. Lots of red, dark and black fruits - blackberry, blueberry and cherry. Floral, gravel and mineral. Very good with the roast, herbal duck and with the red potatoes with herbs and a touch of duck fat.

Jen liked this even better than I did, so this is her score. (Mine was 90).

Great qpr for $18.75 / bottle on sale. (Regular price would be $28-$35 US). I wish I had bought more than 3 bottles!

Drink now or hold.

TashNYC commented:

1/7/20, 10:17 AM - I so wish I had bought more than 3 bottles! I bought them March 30, 2019, when there weren't the same tariff issues. $18.72 + $2.20 shipping + $1 sales tax.

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2013 Palliser Estate Pinot Noir Martinborough

5/28/2018 - TashNYC wrote:

92 points

I am in love with this wine. Notes of tart cherry, currant, raspberry and boysenberry with a lovely nose of herbs, flowers and some spice - and fine tannins on the finish. On its own it drank very “meaty”. It was a great pairing with our Thailand tuna (sashimi and even better with the seared) and with the wild and long-grained rice cooked in chicken broth. Big enough to even pair with lamb.

The winery tasting notes say drink through 2019 or even longer - and that seems correct. But tasty now, too.

We found this in the close-out bin for US $15 - which is absurdly good value.

Drink now or short-term age.

TashNYC commented:

12/14/19, 9:45 AM - This bottle didn't need an hour of air time but perhaps other ones do. The 2013-2017 drinking window (on CT from somewhere) seems too short.

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2009 Château de Chantegrive Graves Red Bordeaux Blend

10/20/2019 - TashNYC wrote:

89 points

Notes of currant, kirsch, black and red fruit, tobacco, rocks / crunchy gravel. Much better with roast, herbal chicken, but I expected this to be more showy. Perhaps needs more time?

TashNYC commented:

12/14/19, 9:44 AM - In general the 2010 Bordeaux wines to me show better than the 2009, especially in Graves. (Last year I went to a tasting with the wines side-by-side). I guess these need more time.

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2011 Bernard Levet Côte-Rôtie La Chavaroche / La Péroline Syrah

10/11/2017 - TashNYC wrote:

Bala had this at Cote Korean BBQ NYC and thought it was terrific. $270 for 1.5 L bottle.

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11/2/18, 9:19 PM - A friend of mine whose name is bala
TashNYC commented:

11/3/18, 9:39 PM - Indeed there is -- but it is harder to search it using CT software. Thanks for the opportunity to use CT in a way that is most useful to me.

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2008 Fattoria Le Pupille (Elisabetta Geppetti) Riserva Poggio Valente Morellino di Scansano Sangiovese

8/29/2016 - WineGuyX wrote:

flawed

NOTE: this bottle has questionable provenance as it was carried by a distributor not known for temperature control. Smelled a little funky (possibly Brett, possibly just a Syrah-type weirdness (there is no Syrah in the blend)) at first, but has devolved into a a stale, oxidized mess. Cooked fruits on the nose and palate. A bit of cherry cough drop as well. I recetly encountered what I thought was an off cooked/oxidized bottle of the 2010 of this wine, but from a different wholesaler. My limited experience with the 2009 and 2011 was very positive, but I will be revisiting them shortly.

TashNYC commented:

2/27/18, 3:21 PM - Do you recall where you purchased this bottle? (Fattoria Le Pupille 2008) I'd like to avoid a similar outcome. Many thanks.

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2012 Lis Neris Chardonnay Jurosa Venezia Giulia IGT

4/11/2017 - TashNYC wrote:

93 points

Dinner with Pamela and Donna in Princeton (Princeton, NJ): I thought this wine was superb. Light but pretty fruit, great acidity and gobs of minerality. It was delicious on its own, as an aperitif, but paired with nothing I tried (and especially not with the apple salsa from Terhune orchards). This was our second taste, as we had a Coravin pour the week before, and the bottle was perfectly preserved.

We paid $13 (or $15.79 delivered and with tax) for a 750 ml bottle, which was a steal. The retail is $22 or so, I think. A great wine to drink or age a little more.

TashNYC commented:

10/25/17, 4:56 PM - We paid $13 (or $15.79 delivered and with tax) for a 750 ml bottle. The wine was on close-out. Friuli-Venezia Giulia is an obscure (to some) region of Italy and sometimes retailers want to move it. The regular retail is around $22 I think and it is good value at that price.

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2014 Domaine Lafage Narassa Côtes Catalanes Grenache Blend, Grenache

7/2/2017 - AllRed wrote:

90 points

Decanted about thirty minutes before serving with a supper of grilled venison and charred broccoli. Opaque color. Notes of black fruit dominate, with pepper, plum and licorice undertones. Medium-bodied with abundant tannin and flavors of black fruit and anise with a medicinal/herbal quality too- almost tarragon but not quite. Sweet vanilla in the finish. 89-90 for me, 90 for Domino, and an excellent match for grilled venison with an Asian soy/ginger marinade. Would go quite well with lamb too.

TashNYC commented:

7/16/17, 7:04 PM - Great note and your pairing match sounds delicious! Wish I had a bottle left to grill some venison.

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