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White
3/26/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
It’s young so takes some time to open up beyond the lime and peach notes, then sea smoke aroma and flavour adds to slate, mineral, fruit tingles and a softish finish. This should develop well under its Stelvin seal and has an indefinite future, 2030 plus. Terrific food wine and could handle coconut milk or creamy sauces 17.5.
Red
3/22/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
The vineyard and the maker both leave their mark on this wine. It’s robust, deep scarlet red in colour. Sweet and sour red-black cherry, smoke and earth. Dense and concentrated, not unlike the 2010 but no flowers, rich wine. Needs time, lots of time but will always be rather 4 square 17.25.
Red
3/20/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Remains very youthful with abundant fruit and oak overlain by pepper, spice, acidity and very high quality cinnamon oak spice. Beautiful lifted fruit nose with Smokey shiraz and oak. The palate hides the fruit beneath the acid spine, so needs food and preferably protein. For the structure and “shape” of the wine think Barolo, but with a Hunter Valley profile. Needs much more time for the acidity to settle down 17.75-18.
Red
1982 Château Trotte Vieille St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
3/17/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Enjoyed with 1982 Lagrange (Pomerol) and not shaded by it at all. Smoke, plums, cheery, cigar, with velvety mouth feel and with a long sweet finish. Beautiful wine 18.75.
Red
3/17/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Enjoyed with 1982 Trotte Vieille, as per previous notes, plums, smoke, coffee, tobacco and the like but perhaps not as explosive as previous bottles. Finish the remaining bottles by 2028, 18.75.
White
3/14/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
i enjoyed a 2006 Vat 1 this week so this wine will be benchmarked against it for style and quality. Very pale for age, green tinged lemon. On opening the nose is all cut grass and hay, and it takes some time for more to reveal. Mouth feel is more textural than typical Tyrrell style, probably the basket press and solids thing, so it’s old school. With time some honey adds to the hay but I’m needing more to be convinced. A half bottle remains for tomorrow. Day 2 and it’s still honey and hay. Aging at a glacial pace, I will leave the remaining bottles for 2030 or later. Interesting winemaking but I wonder if they should use Belford fruit for this style 17.75.
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White
3/10/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Green gold, still pale and undeveloped. Nose of wet wool, pithy lime, buttered toast is emerging, lanolin and a beautiful texture, mouthfeel and long finish. Unlikely to oxidise, no chance of cork wood or taint. Day 3 and there’s vanilla bean, and I am reminded of TRE whites from the 70’s. Glorious wine, very complete and who knows how long these will last and how well they will develop under Stelvin seal. It will slowly become different but will different be better? 19.
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White
3/8/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Pale lemon colour with a pear and peaches nose. More of the same on the palate with some spice from the barrel, cinnamon not honeycomb. Well made, less solar than the 2018 and already drinking well.
White
3/4/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
A few pearls at Langtons recently, including this single bottle. Great fill and cork. Reasonable colour, almost young Sauternes like with no browning. Nose and palate are both developed but recognisably riesling, delicious, limes and honey, and with the mouthfeel of a Spatlase, but bone dry. Perfect salmon wine 17.75.
White
2/26/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
I have had this wine 3 times in 6 weeks, this bottle the finest, retains its freshness and Lovedale typicity. Lanolin, faint toast, beeswax, cooked limes and a wonderful mouthfeel and long finish. Recently released from the vineyard I suspect, as while the bottles vary they are remarkably consistent for 28 years under cork seal. No cork wood evident in best bottles and none have been oxidised 18.75.
Red
2/26/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Ex vineyard purchase. Deep scarlet, a youthful colour, with the OP&OH signature olives, coffee and smoke. Slight tar notes remind me it’s the 80”s. Beautiful palate belies the age of the wine. It’s warmish but again fresh, with more olives, coffee and smoke. Long finish with some spice to add to the potpourri. Amazing for its age 18.
White
2/14/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Pale lemon yellow, and green tinged. Almond meal, white peach, figs, cinnamon oak spice. Palate shows more of the same with the cinnamon oak more prominent, and its richer than expected, as the citrus is subdued. Long finish, fig, peach and banana. Very nice, but what will it do from here? Will leave a half for day 2 check in. Day 2 and it’s cinnamon oak with yellow stone fruits. There is some citrus, and it’s tangy but more citron brûlée than lemon juice. A delicious crowd pleaser 18.
Red
2/8/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
This wine seems much denser than the previous bottle a year or so ago so maybe in a dumber phase at present? But gee the quality is good. Deep dark black scarlet in colour, with a nose of blackberries, spice and toasty oak. Glossy shiraz fruit palate and a kick-in-the-gums furry tannin at the finish. Should be spectacular but leave alone for now….2026?, 18.25<18.5 and quite a bargain.
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Red
2/6/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Beautiful wine. Deep scarlet in colour with little bricking. Nose of iron ore, coffee, cedar, cigars, leather and dark black fruits. Lovely yet firm tannic finish, it’s LLC and it’s a “75 right, but lovely especially with protein. A half bottle decanted for tomorrow night 18.5. Day 2 and this bottle is even better, with more complex fruits on show, glossy blackcurrants, coffee grounds and with the roasted vintage character appearing at the finish. Lovely wine/lovely bottle 18.75
Red
2/5/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
This is dense, tannic and aggressively oaky. Fred’s note from 8 years ago still 100% accurate, as follows, but I would add another decade and I doubt the fruit will last the distance:
Started oak char 2013 (17). Last bottle 29MAR16 spicy sour cherry-rhubarb & strong chewy tannins at 18++ another 10-15 yrs needed.
Red
2/2/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Pale scarlet in colour and no more than medium weight. Aroma of strawberries and olives, light weight palate, almost like a mature rose rather than an OP&OH in style. Delicious, and still fresh. A curio and ex-vineyard late 2023 so provenance impeccable 17.5.
White
1/30/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
CT tells me I have had this wine 12 times and the last few bottles have been slightly dumb. I suggest this wine may not be in a good place at present, not yet into the classic aged EV Riesling but having lost some freshness and tension. Try again 2026.
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White
1/25/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Pale gold and as per prior note, but based on this bottle fully ready. The richness remains but the energy and tension have diminished. Enjoy soon and with food 18.25+. Day 2 and boom, again, the tangerine oil and acid spine is again prominent. La Romanee is a vineyard that produces large scaled CM and this one is typical, and ready. Enjoy 18.75.
White
1/17/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
No Diam closure here but a much better wine than the Chablis Fourchaume. A mini CC in style, lacking the density of the real thing but with refreshing energy and tension. Citrus, smoke and white/yellow stone fruits. 18.25 now but may improve with some air.
White
1/16/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Bottled under Diam10, a first for me from RP&F. Correct in colour, the ripe nose is solar in style, richly fruited with ripe pear and spicy honeycomb oak, as is usual lately from this maker. The palate shows some solids, plenty of depth and if you look for it a lick of saline deep in the middle. Probably needs air? An hour decant and no change. A tasty WB but does not say Chablis 17.75
Red
1/9/2024 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Medium deep scarlet in colour with very little bricking. Restrained nose on opening but slowly unfurls with olives, coffee, cherry and cola notes. No more than medium bodied, the palate is fresher than expected, red berries, cedar and camphor. Long finish, and showing creamy old vines, probably better 5-10 years ago but still has charm. A bottle recently acquired ex Mount Pleasant. Needs protein 17.75. Day 2 and I am giving the wine 18.25. It is lovely.
Red
1982 Château Calon-Ségur St. Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
12/29/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Opened this to celebrate a xmas gift of a decanter. Beautiful decanter, not so great Calon-Segur. Scarlet in colour all the way to the meniscus. Nose initially reluctant, then iodine and that St Estephe leather and smoke. Tired palate, having lost any bloom of fruit and not replaced by complex tertiary aromas. A dissappointnig TDG bottle, the first out of many 16.5.
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White
11/28/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Pale lemon yellow in colour, with a nose of yellow peach, nectarine and butterscotch oak. Soft and easy mouthfeel, with oats and cream. Full MILF? Lacking the complexity and definition of Nat’s wines in years past, and lacking the structure required to gain interest with time in bottle. A shame 16.5.
White
11/23/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
On a visit to Meursault in 2018 we enjoyed Coche, Rulot and Boisson Vodot. All unaffordable at home. So 5 years later and i buy the AB Aligote to go with the Tibault Liger Belair Aligote I have, two wine makers that I will never be able to afford in today’s market. Its ok. They are terrific winemakers. The 2015 vintage was solar and suited the variety. The wine was delicious and drinkable and its gone. I will write some notres on the next bottle, which will receive more attention.
White
11/23/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
CT tells me I have had this wine 10 times. This tells you what a bargain this was. This is delicious. Medium gold, initially a little cold in the glass but white/yellow stone fruits fighting it out plus some banana and the classy RP&F oak of honeycomb spice in the background. The fruit has grown to envelope the spine. Its not a $250 PM so do not criticise its $50 honesty, but it is a terrific wine from a cool vineyard in these warmish times. And it finishes with a lick of salinity. The only thing holding it back from a higher score is its lack of the PM citrus/white flowers and the CM nectarine/richness. An honest wine and very delicious, needs no more time so drink up by 2026 18.+
Red - Fortified
11/16/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
2014 White Burgundy Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): Baileys Dry Red Shiraz Vat 56 1953 vintage. Wow, dense black red with scarlet meniscus. Initially its prunes and menthol but with time in the glass red/black berries and coffee. 70 years in the bottle and still a monster. What a great privilege to share and thank you Ray 18.25, but 20.25 for integrity and interest.
Red
11/16/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
2014 White Burgundy Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): A Volnay Caillerets brought to the table to accompany three white burgundy Cailleret, so a wonderful coincidence, again. Deep scarlet in colour with a floral, almost VR, nose of red flowers and cherry. Lovely mouth feel and length, needs 5 years more to show at best 18.25.
White
11/16/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
2014 White Burgundy Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): DG's bottle and like me he has seen a few of these. Pale gold in colour with mandarin peel, citrus oil and rich yellow stone fruits, ripe citrus and tangy orange peel. The classy RP&F oak sits over all else at the finish. I have opened bottles like this, that needed a day to open and show their exotic tangy fruit profile. Decant and be patient 18.25<18.75.
White
11/16/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
2014 White Burgundy Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): Pale, with a very typical Morey-Coffinet signature of lemony fruit and gunflint. The richness of the vineyard is overlain by the "Coche-like" smoke and gunflint. Very complex, with some heat that should subside and let the fruit shine. Wonderful tension, I loved it 18.5<19.
White
11/16/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
2014 White Burgundy Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): Opens darker than the wines around it, not POX but advanced. Honeycomb oak and buttery chardonnay fruit, slight roasted pineapple, a coarseness to the finish. Advanced 17.25.
White
11/16/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
2014 White Burgundy Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): My second taste of this wine and this bottle confirms my previous opinion, this was picked too late. Darker than the F&LP shared beside it, but not excessively so. Initially tight, then yellow stone fruits, peach, nuts, some banana and yellow nectarine. Fleshy, with the minerality of the vineyard only appearing at the tail of the finish. Picked too late, and with the oak overwriting the vineyard character and the fruit. I's a Remoissenet before all else and lovely to drink now or soonish, but without the tension and precision expected from this vineyard, drink now 18.
White
11/16/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
2014 White Burgundy Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): I struggled to find where this 1er cru vineyard was located so I consulted a map. It's in Volnay, but benefits from some creative cartography to claim the Meursault Appellation. Ignore what the French say, Volnay it is. Pale under Diam 10, with a nose of white peach and pear, and a delicious drink as per the house style from F&LP. Long lemon, white nectarine, peach and pebble finish. Delicious and harmonious, in the house style, but not to be opened after a heavyweight WB 18.25.
White
11/16/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
2014 White Burgundy Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): Pale gold in colour, with a refined nose showing the classic RP&F honeycomb oak overlay. On the palate the wine is fleshy and agreeable, delicious but without the highlights we expect based on previous vintages. Fleshy and flashy, it is a delicious wine but lacks the cut of acidity required for old bones and greatness. Suspect RP&F are now picking riper fruit. Ready 2025 18.5.
White
11/16/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
2014 White Burgundy Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): Very pale for its age, probably due to the Diam 30 closure. Tight, but with a classic P-M signature of lemon citrus, white flowers and stone fruits, with a positive herbal overlay. Similar palate, also tight plus gun flint, lily's, and a long citrus infused and smokey finale. Next to Le M, immediately below CM, this is a glorious wine in need of another decade, and with enormous potential, 2030? 19.25<?.
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Red
11/7/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Two years later and the wine is almost unchanged. The menthol is more dominant and the fruit profile is more cherry, but a liqueur cherry due to the solar vintage (?). But this is delicious, slightly rustic, brambles at the finish and no shrinking violet. Love the lieu dits individually bottled by this producer 18.
Red
11/3/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Medium depth of scarlet red, no bricking, with plummy Syrah and white pepper on the nose. Just opened so a little shy, but showing lovely balance and elegance. With time, red berries, cherry, smoke, graphite and a long finish with grippy, powdery tannins. The cherry, almost liqueur like, and white pepper stays with you at the finish of this lovely Victorian shiraz 18.5.
White
10/31/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Bright mid gold in colour, with a nose of lemon citrus, white stone fruits, green pineapple and honeycomb oak spice. Glorious palate, savory, with sweet/sour tangy citrus, nuts, spice, oatmeal and salty green pineapple. Extraordinary complexity held in check with a steely spine of acidity. Youthful, has a great cork and a long future 19.25 and will be better with some air. Later and with some air 19.75.
Production of RP&F CC is limited to a barrel or two. This bottle is the 4th from a case of 12 and all have been 18.75 or better, with this bottle the finest.
Red
1982 Château de Sales Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
10/15/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
A bunch of us bought a bunch of this on indent 40 years ago. It was spectacular and very cheap. An early drinker while more serious wines aged. I bought this at auction from a good cellar for old times sake. Medium scarlet in colour, bricking at the edges, a sound bottle. Roasted plummy merlot fruit dominates at first opening, plus camphor. Similar palate with sweet plummy merlot fruit, so sweet i wonder if there is some residual sugar? Some Pomerol coffee, sour cherry and brambles on the finale. Better on day 2 and needs protein 17.75.
White
10/13/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Full deep yellow gold, and not an RP&F bottle or cork so this is purchased domain post bottling. Rich,very rich as in some botrytis rich but delicious. A tight Puligny that has swallowed all the honeycomb oak and retains its citrus back bone plus feral botrytis, caramel, salted honey etc finale. Lovely with Sydney rocks but don’t keep, this ready now and sitting on a knife edge 18.5.
Red
6/19/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Tasted after the 2022 Mount Pleasant red releases this wine did not impress on the night. No detailed notes or score, as I suspect it was not at its best.
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Red
6/19/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Noticeably brighter in colour tonight, plummy red black fruits, camphor oak overlay, some spice but more olives. Very clearly showing the vineyard and much promise 18.25.
Red
6/19/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Essence of Rosehill. Red fruits and spice, some caramel from the barrel, toasty oak on the finish and needs time for the fruit to grow more prominent but good 18.
Red
6/19/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Medium deep scarlet, very spicey and floral nose says Rosehill, with some caramel from the barrel. Red berry fruits, nice 17.75.
Red
6/19/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Deeper in colour than the Rosehill tasted prior, with jube like black fruits and olives. Plummy fruits, deeper, more serious but also a little dumber and with a tannic overlay, all as expected 17.5.
Red
6/19/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Medium depth of colour and fruit, with red fruits and spice on the nose overlain with cinnamon oak. Light in body, spicey, floral, nice 17.25.
Red
6/19/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
20% PN MV6 clone from 1910 plantings. Shiraz dominant and I like the straight PN much more than this wine. Not for me 16.5.
Red
1982 Château Palmer Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)
10/6/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Medium scarlet red in colour and no more than medium body. Immediately floral on opening, with lavender, violets and plummy red fruits. Supremely elegant, with a suave palate and a long finish. Not as punchy as some other 1982's BDX, and this bottle probably better a decade ago, but a beautiful wine and very Palmer 18.75
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White
9/22/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Semillon Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): Rothbury E Blocks Semillon – Full gold colour. The nose is a little reduced and dulled. Fully developed palate, toasty and lemony but a touch dried out. Some fresh acidity remains. Disappointing but not overtly cork affected RW1 16.5
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White
9/22/2023 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Semillon Lunch (Grappa Leichhardt): Shareholders Reserve label from Rothbury vineyard. Much anticipated but unfortunately D.O.A.
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