6/11/2014 - davidselvia Likes this wine:

All floral on the nose, super sweet tropical flowers. Passionfruit. A bit fat, acid:body inadequate. Drink up, this is not going for the long haul.

6/8/2014 - davidselvia Likes this wine:

Night and day against the Morgeot of same year. Pear, good body of minerality.

1/28/2011 - davidselvia wrote:

Cork totally soaked through. Nearly slid into the bottle when I inseted the screw. Wine in good condition, didn't expect this. Nice overall balance. Nice sap. Baritone elegance. Nice for a village wine 12 years on.

12/26/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Well past its prime. Fruit stripped away, acid core remaining. Interesting, but would not go out of my way to drink this again.

1/15/2011 - davidselvia wrote:

Petrol on opening. Very light in color. Good acid-fruit balance. Little bit ill-defined, in an awkward transitionary stage perhaps?

1/15/2011 - davidselvia wrote:

Badly corked

12/22/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Nice.

12/15/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Vaguely reminiscent of Alcase gewurtz, very exotic and spicey and willd

12/5/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

All pincapple and lemon/lime notes. Good, not great overall balance. Nice wine.

11/5/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Gulpable. Sharp, defined, pleasantly sweet. Will revist last two glasses in over the next couple days.

10/31/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Not a huge fan of these trocken higher pradikat bottlings. Should have left some residual sugar inthere and not forced the fermentation all the way through. Better today than upon opening yesterday. WIll chekc back in in a couple days to see where it goes.

10/30/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Mr. & Mrs. Bund. Bitter butterscotch, citrus peel, rich and round. Not really sure how/if this will age.

10/23/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Nice food wine. Nothing spectacular when I pulled out of cellar. After giving it two hours to warm up it has begun to unfold, leather, toasty oak, good acidity, briary black fruit. Best with a place of very rich meat-based pasta, the perfect foil. Just good, not great.

9/30/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Refined. Deep but light. Excellent wine.

9/30/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Ver much like this wine, and JM Boillot in general. Pommard a bit more rustic than the Volnay. Equally satisfying, but in a different way!

9/30/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Round and perfectly drinkable at 7.5% alcohol, not over bearing with RS. Perfectly OK, not outstanding

9/22/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Bit too much oak for my taste, but like all the other dimensions of this wine. Believe it could probably do well with another 5 years rest.

9/11/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Realy liking this wine right now. Picked up a couple bottles at HK airport Watson's, will grab another 1/2 case. Purple/blueish color. Full of blue and red fruit. Nice acidity.

9/9/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Nice prosecco. Enjoyed with Craig and Dudu.

9/3/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Absolutely lovely. Picked this up at Watson's HK. Better after two days open (re-corked).

9/3/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Excellent. Loads of cherry. Drink now-2020+

9/3/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Excellent wine. Cherries. Perfect acidity for food. Would drink now-2020.

8/23/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Like it. Throwing a little sediment. Believe I would like it more in another 5 years or so.

7/29/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Can't quite tell whether this is totally backwards, or slightly off. Think it might be the later. Danger of 375mLs. Will wait a couple more years before trying another 375mL, 3L at least 10 years.

7/17/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Well balanced. Perfect time to drink, but will maintain for 5+ years at least. Fresh strawberries, very high toned.

7/13/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Excellent. Good strcuture. Nice fruit. Could give this a few more years.

6/26/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

All sorts of berries. Very round.

6/21/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Two 750s with dinner at nice hotel in Dongguan. Nice, but nothing exceptional.

6/19/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Would assign more points based on the value:quality, really excellent, better than many pedigreed white rhones. Pit fruit, citrus blossom, nectarine peel. High % alcohol content but not at at all hot. Would really be interested to see how this might evolve in a few years time.

6/17/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Seems to be in a bit of a dumb phase. Nice core of deep fruit, good overall balance indicates good potential for cellaring.

6/17/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

First experience with amarone as it is meant to be. INitially very aussie-shiraz-like, bit rubbery and tarry, this blew off. Definitely better on day two. Deep dark brooding fruit, chocolate, eucalyptus/tiger balm, faintest hint of ginger/tamarind tea. Definitely need to start laying down for amarones.

6/15/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Nice.

6/5/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Way overoaked, almost impossible to drink. My CA co-diners really liked this, guess they are accustomed to this sort of thing.

6/5/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Great price to value on this. Earthy, but in a good way. Coniferous, black fruit, loam. Nice acid:fruit:tannin balance which leads me to believe this is one worth following over the next 10+ years.

6/2/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Thought this was going to be disappointing upon initial opening, but that quickly blew off. Strawberry, cucumber, damp earth, well-integrated oak. Nice balance.

5/30/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Probably paid to much for this through IWM HK. Eight years out and this has still not found its balance, doubt it ever will. To heavy with the oak, a bit overwhelming. See how it does overnight after re-corking.

5/30/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Very much like this wine. Opened last night, drank half and re-corked. Continues to evolve now after 24 hours. Great juice.

5/29/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Nice body. Little to much oak for my taste. Dinner at Fuchun with Sherrian and Kelley Morris.

5/29/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Lacking body. Dinner at Fuchun w/ Sherrian and Kelley Morris.

5/29/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

This wine is amazing. Proper cellaring essential. En route from SH-HZ Fuchun.

5/25/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Like this a lot, but it in an infant. One coud almost be loooking at a single small scotch, given the color. Even the first hint of nose offers the slightest soisson of a peaty scotch. Digging my nose in: musky citrus, specifically under ripe graipfruit. Very rich mouthfeel, cream and honey. Re-corked and pu back in fridge for tomorrow, expec this will come together over the next two days.

5/24/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Two bottles with dinner last night. Nothing special.

5/24/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Three bottles of this over dinner. Not very impressive.

5/22/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Nandaman @ SH Shangrila w/ YY. Toffee, butterscotch, key lime pie, understate citus.

5/22/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

375mL. Pretty good. Slightly green note faded after an hour in decanter. Run raisin, cassis.

5/21/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Think the drinking window specifid for this wine is short. Still in its youth. Nice.

5/21/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Not impressive. Drank @ Mortons in HK. This wine seems to suffer very easily from poor transport/storage, experiences in Asia have been both hit and miss. Premature 2nd'ary charactertics, bit thin.

5/18/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Classic CNDP. Spiciness understated. Nice high tones, good low tones, missing a little bit of stuffing in the middle. Would recommend drinking this over the next 2-4 years, still in need of a little integration.

5/14/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

A bit shut down on initial opening, re-corked in fridge for night. Medium-toned. Blue and red fruit. Boot leather and toasted banna bread with butter. OK.

5/9/2010 - davidselvia wrote:

Bit limp. Pencil lead, toasted almond, earth. Not much structure to this. Drink it now.