12/9/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Nice and well made.

12/9/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Good to drink on a regular day off.

9/30/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Another excellent bottle at a great place. Cannabis, rose, Dijon mustard. Lovely bottle.

9/3/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Strong rose and germanium on the palette, very good. Little heavy but otherwise great expressive, beautiful bottle.

8/11/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Stellar bottle. First bottle must of been a bad bottle. This is drinking red and purple flowers and very good. Balanced and very pleasant. Aromatics on par with an Aubert bottle. Good stage and nice tertiary.

7/25/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Drinks well but uninteresting as it’s current condition.

7/16/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

2nd night opened. Autumnal spices, cinnamon predominant. Geomycin light, little barnyard but this work with the cinnamon.

7/11/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Last bottle of set. Nice Saint Emilion tertiary with high acidity. Holding up well. 2nd night opened, has come together 2nd night. Has increased with acidity.

7/5/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Good bottle, drinking somewhat well.

7/3/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

2nd bottle opened same exact notes as last bottle. See previous post.

7/3/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Surprised, a winner. Nice floral expression on the palette. Very strong florality. White flowers, lite apricot. Beautiful bottle. Acid was a little absent. But the volatiles on palette and nose made up for that. Never had a good bottle of any Torrontes varietal. This is ahead of the pack. Congrats to Argentina on this bottle.

7/3/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Drinking well. Perfect aged stage. 2nd bottle opened. The male side of Cote-Rotie (black/dark rock) has rounded off his youthful edges and has become a gentleman. Drinking well.

7/2/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Hearty, oaky and quite warm weathered Grenache bottle.

7/2/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Nice bottle. 1st night well balanced with interesting palate notes.

6/29/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Red and not that interesting. Maybe needs more time in bottle.

6/28/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Heavy bottle. A full red with not much to write down about. Drinks good but unexciting.

6/27/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Not really all that spectacular. Seems a little tired and warm.

6/26/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Needs couple of days to open up and express itself. Forest floor, geomycin, green bell pepper notes.

6/23/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Nice meaty and tertiary elements. Aging nice.

6/23/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Ripe, rich and dense. Fruit-forward. Nose has a macadamia nut quality that is nice. Drinking is warm, little musty and nice fruit. Warm weather fruit.

6/21/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Some tertiary elements peeking through. Earth and leather. Drinking good.

6/20/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Unremarkable, like many bottles on the shelf.

6/17/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Dried apricot and edging toward raisins on the palette. Nice acidity balance. Some menthol noticed as bottle opens up and warms. Just opened five minutes ago.

6/13/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Perfect bottle. At the right spot and age for consumption. Somewhat austere, but expected.

6/7/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Nice aged bottle. A lot better then last bottle. Has aged well and still everything well kept.

6/6/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Little faded and past it’s prime, but very drinkable.

6/6/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Another dry red wine. Nothing spectacular, but a good way to pass the time.

6/2/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

One-dimensional. See how this evolves over the next couple of days. No real acid balance in this bottle. Flabby and somewhat cloying. Looking at other posts, I can only imagine a totally different barrel or some other situation.

6/1/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Kinda one dimensional. No acid balance. Though good but a little cloying. Nice deep gold color.

5/31/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

I have opened Northern Blends 2015 and 2011. This is the best bottle of all of them. Nice fruit and all around the best bottle between them. Nice volatile lift and palette integration. More complex and interesting.

5/31/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Beautiful. Dark coffee amber. Expressive, petrol, beautiful fruit and flowers. And a fresh acidity streak. Excellent.

5/30/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

White flowers, light orange and apricots.

5/30/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

This bottle is on the downward trajectory. Unlike the other bottle reviewed before. Cork slipped as if not a really in place.
*2nd night little maderization.
*3rd night weird funk which blows off. Iron entropic notes. The most interesting with nose and palette notes.
Little CDP profile on all nights. Old wine on the down. Fragile.

5/30/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Dark caramel to dark amber. Very complex. Expressive both on nose and palette. Excellent.
Color gets darker with time. Espresso notes on the palette.

5/27/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Needs time. Still young.

5/21/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Good, something different. Sweet, nice plum color.

5/19/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Drinking nice, somewhat fruit forward. Nice perfume on the nose.

5/16/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Orange wine. Roses, violets and lychee on the palette. 2nd bottle opened. Nice bottle.
*2nd night graphite pencil elements noticed.

5/16/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Nice young oyster salinity on the nose. Palette nice and saline to a lesser degree. Notice little Brett. Little earthy notes tied to the Brett. But a nice autumnal Brett. Nice bottle.

5/11/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Light but recognizable lychee and distant roses on nose and palette. Blue flowers or violets as well. Drinking all around good. At a great spot.

5/10/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Drinking well. Nice nose and meaty on the palette. Some secondary and tweaking into the tertiary.

5/7/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

A better bottle. Roses and many other nice traits of a nice Pinot. Drinking well, though on its last legs.

5/6/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Light vetiver, guaiacol and plastic on the nose. Pleasant nose. Palette autumnal, vanilla and Pinot Noir nuances. Nice acidity streak, not a warm fruit wine.

5/6/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Seems pretty closed off. No excitement or interesting elements nose or palate. High acidity streak. Dull right now, still a young bottle.

5/6/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Nice nose. Drinking good, nice polished wine. Some nice tertiary coming through.

5/2/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Nice pleasant and young bottle. Something different then my usual varietals and regions that I’m used to. Just noticed Alto Adige. This region got me into wine earlier in life. Great realization.

4/27/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Nice Pomerol nose. Drinking younger than the vintage. Iron elements coming through on the palette. Pomerol is also very clear on the palette. Not bad.
*2nd night. Rescored. Drinking amazing! Cherries, age and all around well rounded and pleasantly balanced. Bordeaux characteristics Right and Left.
*3rd night climbed downward. Second night was specatular.

4/27/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Nice marzipan sweet plum wine. More on a marzipan side.

4/22/2023 - 559Cheers wrote:

Northern blend it is. Very high strung acidity. See how this develops over the next couple of nights. Has a pasty taste, you get in some bottles. Overal pleasant.
*3rd night. Needed this time to really drink good. Has really come around and rescored couple points.

4/17/2023 - 559Cheers Likes this wine:

Excellent. Upon opening a floral/fruity nose wafted up. Roses and lychees. Upon sipping lychees, roses, blue flowers, mangoes and cannabis on the palette. All around drinking well and extremely intriguing and nice. Noticed a distinct Cayuse profile as well.
*2nd night open. Roses and violets. Raspberries. Cayuse funk profile making more of a presence. Olive tapenade and some thyme elements. Other volatiles upon opening (last night) have blown off. Some faint distinct cannabis on the nose. Nice fruit on the palette.