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2017 Accendo Cellars Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley

2/22/2020 - acyso wrote:

88 points

Dinner at Sun Wah (Chicago, IL): Pretty good for sauvignon blanc -- this has a pretty nice, rich texture, with some of the attendant flavours: gooseberry, kiwi, that kind of thing. The palate seems to get a bit of bulkiness from the riper area and maybe a generous bit of oak. Pleasant subtle floral/honey tones as well. A good example overall, but I actually don't know any producer that really makes great wine from the grape, except Vatan (and Didier Dagueneau).

vinojones commented:

3/19/24, 8:46 PM - Try Haut-Brion Blanc sometime

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2020 Ataraxia Chardonnay Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley

4/23/2022 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine:

Very typical new world chardonnay, but on the elegant side of the spectrum. Butter, lemon, vanilla, oak, medium acidity and finish. A bit out of balance towards the oak/vanilla currently, but this may improve.

vinojones commented:

1/24/24, 8:24 PM - Not sure how South Africa gets counted as "new world"(viticulture going back centuries). Maybe that means 'newly discovered ?

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2016 Rivers-Marie Chardonnay Sonoma Coast

5/6/2023 - GoBlue2002 Likes this wine:

71 points

Continues to improve!
This seems to be a little richer / oakier than other RM vintages - which I like.
Hit the spot tonight - Derby wine!

vinojones commented:

1/11/24, 6:42 PM - many posters here would consider a 71 pt wine undrinkable. Was this a typo, 91?

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2019 Flowers Chardonnay Sonoma Coast

3/5/2022 - xyc Does not like this wine:

Assertive vanilla honey aroma. Soft buttery honey vanilla across the palate. To my taste a semisweet dessert wine, cloying and boring.
Ordered by my dinner companion who gulped glass after glass with pleasure.

vinojones commented:

5/2/22, 6:41 PM - perhaps the mention of a wine in this category you find worthy would help put your boredom in perspective for the rest of us not familiar with your preferences

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2019 McManis Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Lodi

2/8/2021 - Saltiecroc Does not like this wine:

80 points

So jammie,would only pair with reeses peanut butter cups..A single note wine.Billy Ray Cyrus sang 2 notes in achy breaky heart. Would not use it for cooking. If the alcohol content wasn't so high, I would freeze it for popsicles.

vinojones commented:

3/23/21, 7:55 PM - Label says alc 13.5% which is LOW these days.

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2017 Nervi-Conterno Gattinara Nebbiolo

12/20/2020 - camben wrote:

Took a long wile to open
Probably not the best vintage of this wine
However
Super delicious delicate flavors that are trademarks of this producer?
I can’t afford the conterno Barolo
Every time I taste this wine which I think is from 3 vineyards
It has delicious delicate dtrawberry with a touch of kushberry

vinojones commented:

1/15/21, 6:30 PM - This is a baby wine, why/how would you decide it is not a "best" vintage for it already? Not talking about the entire region on vintage charts, but for this specific wine?
Vinous review said
" In 2017, Roberto Conterno did not bottle his vineyard-designates. Instead, all the best lots went into the straight Gattinara, an overachieving wine that delivers the goods. "

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2011 Podere Poggio Scalette Il Carbonaione Alta Valle della Greve IGT Sangiovese

7/6/2020 - SLOFred wrote:

88 points

Drinkable. Certainly not worth the $42. As opposed to so many of my aged Italians, at least this had some fruit left in it and did not just consist of a finish of tannins.

vinojones commented:

7/17/20, 6:52 PM - Hi, don't understand your scores just a few days apart without mentioning bottle variation.Also, these days a 9 y/o wine not oth is not a QPR for 42$ ?
vinojones commented:

7/18/20, 7:21 PM - I just found your score/conclusion puzzling given your own apparently frequent disappointment with aged Sangiovese. "As opposed to so many of my aged Italians, at least this had some fruit left".....

The bottle I had a few nights ago was very enjoyable, of course, to each his own. For context, I begin to drink Tuscan's at 8-12 yrs of age for enjoyment, of course sampling along the way to evaluate maturation.

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2006 Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain District

11/19/2016 - MarcoNahuel wrote:

flawed

Bottle flawed - not drinkable.
Lots of sediment; cloudy.

vinojones commented:

11/30/16, 8:16 PM - Why was it cloudy? That alone suggest less than ideal care for the wine before tasting. More info about the care of the wine would be helpful.

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1989 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Hermitage La Chapelle Syrah

9/20/2013 - vinojones wrote:

88 points

Opened decanted 45 min before drinking
Dark red ruby red to the edges; mild nose of tobacco, cacao(
bitter chocolate); flavors of brambles/berries, tart cherries; tight red berry flavors,cranberry, assertive acidity, over 90 min acidity became more noticeable, fruit more tart; held up very well on the end with crisp palate cleansing fresh berry flavors; med long finish.

vinojones commented:

9/27/13, 9:36 AM - Stefan- yes perhaps it was just a bottle variation. I didn't think it a disappointing wine, just lacking bouquet ( the 82 Jumelles tasted at the same time was much better in that regard). To give it a 90+ score I would look for more concentration too. Hope you enjoy your bottle!

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2005 Dunn Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain

1/26/2013 - Jhcwine Does not like this wine:

88 points

Nose - tannin, meat, not alot of fruit. Palette - prunes, meat, some tannin, some fruit. Not my style.

vinojones commented:

2/22/13, 5:50 PM - "not my style" but still 90 pts??
vinojones commented:

2/23/13, 11:24 AM - JHC- my comment was not about Dunn but rather the disconnect between a score of 90 which is generally considered to be a very desirable wine and your "does not like" . I have nothing against you not liking that bottle, or any wine, but I think the score should more closely match the description-- how about an 82 or 75 score? John Gilman, a professional wine critic as example often scores wine he is critical of, or not his style, in the 70's.

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