Tasting Notes for Ive Marx

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2003 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

12/26/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

79 points

Stewed. Tired.

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2004 Domaine Pierre Usseglio & Fils Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée de mon Aïeul Grenache (view label images)

9/29/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

93 points

The hallmark elegance of the vintage shines through. I like it. Very kirsch on the nose.

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1990 Château Gruaud Larose St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

9/29/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

95 points

One of my best bottles. Absolutely great nose, but lacking a bit of refinement on the palate (that said it was served next to the likes of Latour and Margaux '83..)

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2003 Domaine Saint Préfert Châteauneuf-du-Pape Collection Charles Giraud Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

2/27/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

90 points

Has evolved relatively well for the vintage but the imbalances that are the hallmark of the vinrage are there. But for the vintage it is a good wine that is still alive.

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2003 Clos Saint Jean Châteauneuf-du-Pape Deus-Ex Machina Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

2/27/2013 - Ive Marx Does not like this wine:

50 points

Kept since release. Not corked, not cooked (I assume), just awful.

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2004 Agostina Pieri Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese (view label images)

1/20/2013 - Ive Marx Likes this wine:

94 points

Young, vigourous with delicious complex nose (sousbois, mushrooms but also red fruit). Balanced expressive palate with juicy ripe fruit, excellent acidity. Good stuff.

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1990 Château Lagrange (St. Julien) Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

1/9/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

93 points

Excellent wine, drinking well currently but lacking a bit of finesse.

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2002 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles Chardonnay (view label images)

1/9/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

flawed

Premox

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2005 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

1/8/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

93 points

Remains reletively closed. Not a particularly good time to open. Excellent fruit in terms of ripeness, purity and freshness. Quite powerful. Give at least 2 more years.

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2004 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del Duero Tinto Fino, Tempranillo (view label images)

1/2/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

93 points

At a good stage of its development. Excellent as usual.

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2002 Coche-Dury Meursault Les Rougeots Chardonnay (view label images)

1/2/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

93 points

Coche nose - rich, with a good deal of depth and complexity, but a bit subdued. Palate very rich and vibrant. With a more expressive nose the score would have been higher.

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2007 Paul Pernot et ses Fils Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Folatières Chardonnay (view label images)

1/2/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

flawed

cork

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2007 Domaine Henri Boillot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles Chardonnay (view label images)

1/2/2013 - Ive Marx wrote:

premox!

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1999 Domaine Drouhin-Laroze Clos Vougeot Clos Vougeot Grand Cru Pinot Noir (view label images)

12/25/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

84 points

In line with earlier bottles. Not bad, but for the terroir and the vintage disappointing. A wasted opportunity really. Luckily this sort of mediocrity is on the decline in Burgundy.

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2000 Château Sociando-Mallet Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

12/25/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

94 points

Entering maturity. Excellent fruit and balance, with exemplary tension between fruit, acidity and tannins. It combines the lushness of the vintage and the relatively austerse style of the house. I actually liked this quite a lot.

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2010 Jean-Paul & Benoit Droin Chablis 1er Cru Montmains Chardonnay (view label images)

10/9/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

92 points

Brilliant textbook Chablis, especially at that price level.

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2004 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos Chardonnay (view label images)

5/9/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

96 points

Profound stuff. Approachable but probably not quite at peak yet.

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2010 Patrick Piuze Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre Chardonnay (view label images)

5/1/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

93 points

Relatively closed in the nose, but awesome lenght for a premier cru.

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2000 Château Lagrange (St. Julien) Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

5/1/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

94 points

Outstanding. Approachable.

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2004 Pago de los Capellanes Ribera del Duero Reserva Tempranillo (view label images)

4/28/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

93 points

Clearly improved with cellaring.

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2003 Ojai Syrah White Hawk Vineyard Santa Barbara County (view label images)

4/9/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

92 points

Very syrah. Very expressive nose with burnt notes, coffee, tar. Palate follows through on that. Excellent fruit but also a bit heavy and jammy for my taste.

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2004 Il Poggione (Proprietá Franceschi) Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese (view label images)

4/9/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

80 points

Not sure what was wrong about this. Not corked (I think), not cooked (I think), but just very muted. To be revisited.

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2007 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Rully Les Cailloux Blanc Chardonnay (view label images)

4/9/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

92 points

Just about incredible value for this appellation. Focused, pure, balance.

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2005 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Puligny-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes Chardonnay (view label images)

4/9/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

flawed

oxidised

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2003 Hamilton Russell Vineyards Pinot Noir Hemel-en-Aarde Valley (view label images)

4/1/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

85 points

Still drinkable but disintegrating.

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2001 Feudi di San Gregorio Irpinia Serpico Aglianico (view label images)

4/1/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

87 points

Not a bad wine but very hard to enjoy. If anything the tannins are becoming even more dominant now that the fruit is going downhill.

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2007 Domaine des Escaravailles Rasteau Heritage 1924 Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

4/1/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

88 points

bit heavy, lumpy and some alcohol heat. good fruit though.

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1996 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Clos Windsbuhl Alsace (view label images)

4/1/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

89 points

Interesting complex nose, but the fruit has entirely gone.

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2004 Marcel Deiss Engelgarten Alsace White Blend (view label images)

4/1/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

85 points

Essentially gone.

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2009 Château de Carlmagnus Fronsac Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

3/5/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

88 points

Well-made wine but a tad too sweet for me. I would have liked a bit more structure and somewhat less opulent sweet fruit.

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2002 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Saint Georges Pinot Noir (view label images)

2/29/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

95 points

Really superb and drinking well now.

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2005 A. Christmann Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten Riesling Großes Gewächs Pfalz (view label images)

2/27/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

87 points

Good, but has not aged well I think. Has lost its vibrancy but has gained little else. Perhaps a dumb phaze? I would not bet on it.

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2007 Louis Jadot Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières Chardonnay (view label images)

2/19/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

91 points

Not very expressive on the nose. Buttery nutty style of meursault, quite full bodied and almost heavy for a 2007. Long finish, with perrieres minerality finally making an appearance.

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2007 Paul et Marie Jacqueson Rully 1er Cru La Pucelle Blanc Chardonnay (view label images)

1/30/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

92 points

Quite brilliant. Precise and pure. Good tension and very 2007 in this respect. Mineral intensity and power.

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2001 Valdipiatta Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Vigna d'Alfiero Sangiovese (view label images)

1/16/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

95 points

really superb. A nose with a lot going on, reminiscent of Tuscan automn forest (never been there, but you get the picture). Palate follows through in complexity, with acadity and stilly dusty tannins giving structure. Last bottle, alas.

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2001 Bodegas Mauro Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León Vendimia Seleccionada Tempranillo (view label images)

1/4/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

95 points

Oak dominates at first. Better on second and third night. Excellent balance and depth. Complex wine of character and sense of place. Regretably my last bottle...

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2006 François Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot Chardonnay (view label images)

1/3/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

93 points

Not my favourite vintage but Blanchot should be among the better wines given the exposure. It is excellent but it is typical of the vintage. Needs more time.

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2001 Marcel Deiss Engelgarten Alsace White Blend (view label images)

1/3/2012 - Ive Marx wrote:

92 points

Excellent wine. Evolved but rather less than I had expected on the basis of a couple of TNs here. Nice showing.

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2006 Domaine Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

12/31/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

92 points

Better integration, not yet at peak.

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2005 Rene Rostaing Côte-Rôtie Cuvée Classique Syrah (view label images)

12/24/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

90 points

Still structured and young. Good but almost austere fruit. Lacks a bit of hedonistic appeal, at least at this stage.

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2009 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos de la Bousse d'Or Pinot Noir (view label images)

12/17/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

90 points

Excellent wine but much too young. Limited aromatic complexity at this stage, the oak overwhelming everything.

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2008 Château L'Evangile Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

12/15/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

95 points

Fabulou nose; very intense for a 2008. Structured on the palate, but clearly well-balanced with excellent ripeness and fruit. This should turn out great.

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2004 Bodega Numanthia Toro Numanthia Tinta de Toro, Tempranillo (view label images)

11/30/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

95 points

Coming together nicely. Good but not spectacular nose. In the mouth the wine is far more integrated than on earlier occassions with spectacularly pure fruit (and lots of it, be it short of jammy and overdone) and big, velvety tannins.

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2003 Toni Jost Bacharacher Hahn Riesling Großes Gewächs Mittelrhein (view label images)

11/21/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

87 points

OK, but lacks definition in the nose and rather hollow midpalate. time to finish.

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2004 Domaine d'Aupilhac Coteaux du Languedoc Montpeyroux Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

10/10/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

92 points

Excellent evolution. Aromatically complex and interesting, likewise on the palate. Rustic in a way I like.

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2004 Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra Nebbiolo (view label images)

10/3/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

90 points

Very young, but excellent fruit, purity and delineation. Pretty impressive finish. 90 for now, but may end up way higher.

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2002 Domaine des Baumard Savennières Clos du Papillon Chenin Blanc (view label images)

10/3/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

86 points

This was never a particularly good wine. At first it was closed, now has developed oxidised notes, without much added aromatic complexity.

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2008 Domaine Pascal Cotat Sancerre Les Monts Damnés Sauvignon Blanc (view label images)

10/3/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

87 points

very tight and closed; indicative score; very difficult to evaluate

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2000 Château Villa Bel-Air Graves Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

9/26/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

90 points

Has evolved surprisingly well. Not very concentrated, but good fruit, complexity and character. I rather liked it.

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2001 Celler de Capçanes Montsant Cabrida Garnatxa Negra, Grenache (view label images)

9/13/2011 - Ive Marx wrote:

92 points

Nicely evolved Grenache. A bit rustic and dusty, but I like that. Aromatically there is a lot going on. Drink now.

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