12/31/2023 - 500174 wrote:

NYE with the Kenworthys, Jonny and Neil & Kathryn. Roast beef and all the trimmings :-)

12/4/2021 - 500174 wrote:

Superb wine in the prime of life. Such fun to open a jeroboam for a party. I must have been lucky as this wine could have improved over at least another five years.

11/26/2021 - 500174 wrote:

Flawed

7/4/2021 - 500174 wrote:

Disappointing to have only one left. One of my top VFM wines ever. I hope more recent vintages are as strong, with only 13% ABV.

4/8/2021 - 500174 wrote:

Beautiful, silky texture. I agree with DRWINE2001 below. Benchmark for aged, sweet Gewurz. 19

2/21/2021 - 500174 wrote:

Flawed. I couldn't decide if it was corked or just over the hill. :-(

12/28/2020 - 500174 wrote:

Interesting, very light orange gold hue. Looks like a BdN. Delicious and a definite rebuy - the 12 BdB Motelettes is just too austere for my taste despite similar dosage. This is richer and longer but still with great freshness. Fantastic. Perhaps it will improve but great now. More please! 18

12/6/2020 - 500174 wrote:

Oxidised

11/11/2020 - 500174 wrote:

Fine but wildly overpriced. Not a rebuy.

11/6/2020 - 500174 wrote:

Second and, sadly, final bottle with identical note. Please leave this producer and all his wines for me!

9/25/2020 - 500174 Likes this wine:

Beautiful. A poorly stored bottle that delivered perfectly. Full and deep, certainly in the riper, more extracted style. But such perfect harmony, tannins melded away, lovely sous bois. Long. Not at all drying on the finish. Some say 99s need more time, but not this one. Although I think well stored bottles of this could go another decade easily. 18

5/25/2020 - 500174 wrote:

Oxidised. Expensive mistake. I’m never buying Sauzet or indeed white burgundy again. This is it for me. Done.

5/13/2020 - 500174 wrote:

Last bottle of six. What a shame not to have more. This is beautiful, dark, herby, spicy, fresh blackberries, truffly undergrowth. But really it just smells like top quality, nicely aged, carefully made St Joseph. So pure and long. Perfectly balanced. Top QPR even at £30. Just lacking a little depth and intensity for an even higher score. 17

4/27/2020 - 500174 wrote:

Ideally I'd have left this at least another five years, preferably ten. A very long way to go. But lockdown is lockdown - drink em if you've got em! Benchmark Cabernet Franc for me. Deep, rich and fresh, swirling perfume. 17.5+

4/15/2020 - 500174 wrote:

Best, and sadly last!, of the case. Disconcertingly brown but lovely melded tannin and fresh on the nose and palate. This bottle could still go a decade. Shame they weren’t all consistent. VG but beware some failures

4/14/2020 - 500174 wrote:

Really stellar. White wine of the year so far. Somehow dense and light simultaneously. Great freshness with massive concentration of flavour. Awesome! Maybe it will hold but can it get better? Not in my less than perfect storage. Drink! 18.5 PS I still hate the annoying wax capsules

5/7/2019 - 500174 wrote:

I agree with Rossi.wine

3/25/2019 - 500174 wrote:

Delicious early maturity. What an improvement on five years ago. Silky tannins, earthy, black fruits nose, good length, a decade to go for sure. A little heat from the 14.5%

3/7/2019 - 500174 wrote:

Tannins fully resolved. Fresh, smoky blackcurrant pastilles on the nose. Great perfume really wafting out of the glass. Not very very long, but decent complexity, quite light on the palate / only medium bodied. SO refreshing and delicious. At home with or without food, served cellar cool. I don't recall ever enjoying a <£13 wine more. Drink now - absolutely a point. 17

1/2/2019 - 500174 wrote:

Couldn't tell if it was a less than perfect bottle,or just slightly weaker than the Rechbachel / Gerumpel bottlings.

10/2/2018 - 500174 wrote:

Drinking beautifully now. Lovely redcurrant with a little sous bois. Really vibrant and throbbing. Excellent. On this showing this wine (surprising to me) has a long life ahead still.

10/2/2018 - 500174 wrote:

Agree with PDAVISMARBLE below. Some well stored bottles of this are now on the downslope. Drink up.

9/15/2018 - 500174 Likes this wine:

Beautiful and VGV. Quite reticent on the nose, only medium bodied but great aged sangiovese. Very pure and clean. Good silky tannins, could take further aging but in a good place now. 17

8/31/2018 - 500174 wrote:

Big bottle variation from this case, despite decent and consistent storage. Very mature tasting tonight, lots of bricking. Soft tannins and big acidity. Opens up after half an hour. Mushroomy. 16

8/13/2018 - 500174 wrote:

Great balance. Light straw, zippy and fragrant. A point now. Slightly preferred to the PC Altenburg and Gerumpel from the same producer.

9/13/2017 - 500174 wrote:

Last of six was the best. Sour peaches, floral, rich, round and dry. Plenty of life left in it. Much preferred to the Vieilles Vignes Gauby drunk alongside.

8/31/2017 - 500174 wrote:

Complex nose, bruised apple and pineapple. Just not my thing. 15.5

8/27/2017 - 500174 wrote:

Cannym has it spot on. 17

8/2/2017 - 500174 Likes this wine:

Refreshing, lovely stuff. Good acidity, low tannin, vibrant, meld of red and black flavours. Raspberries. No idea how it will last but bloody good now. This and the T'Voetpad are my favourites of the range, closely followed by Skurfburg and Skerpioen. Kokerboom also fab but needs the right food ( eg creamy sauces). Definitely rebuy. 17.5

5/3/2017 - 500174 wrote:

Darker and smokier than the Isole & Olena 2009. Isole seems fresher and slightly longer in the mouth. But both high quality. Quite some bricking. Drink now. 17

11/19/2016 - 500174 wrote:

Quite austere. A bit tight, but even after a day in the fridge still very lean. Maybe will blossom into something a bit fuller and more rounded?

8/28/2016 - 500174 wrote:

Fine. A little heavier on the palate than I like. Not exactly 'aerien'. Maybe better a few years ago.

7/2/2016 - 500174 wrote:

The 30% jurancon noir really makes itself known. A very different brambly, sour, hedgerow note. Proper wine. Absurd vfm at £6-7 ex cellar. Equal favourite with Omar M'Abuser. 16

7/2/2016 - 500174 wrote:

My least favourite of the Mas Del Perie vin de soifs. 100% Malbec like Omar M'Abuser but lighter and more acid. 15

6/27/2016 - 500174 wrote:

Fresh and peppery. Who knew that Malbec and Cabernet Franc could work so well. 12%. Excellent everyday quaffer, superb vfm from the cellar door.

6/22/2016 - 500174 wrote:

A transformation from four years ago. Resolved and delicious, bramble, blackberry, quite light, correct. A lesson for me in when to drink this type of wine. If you've got em, tuck in now! 17

4/10/2016 - 500174 wrote:

Oxidised. Much darker than my previous bottle. Completely different wine. DNPIM.

4/15/2016 - 500174 wrote:

Decent but drink up. Evolved. 15-

4/9/2016 - 500174 wrote:

Wonderful wine, a real explosion of flavour. Still plenty of grip. Tropical fruits. No longer sweet at all, really. Wish I could get some more. Not the easiest to match with food though. Cheese course maybe, or pre- or post-meal. 18.5

3/5/2016 - 500174 wrote:

Served cellar cool and much better for it. Can taste a little lacking in acidity straight out of the fridge.

1/27/2016 - 500174 wrote:

I completely agree with DKHARA963. That wonderful combination of richness and laser precision. Perfect drinking now. 18

12/12/2015 - 500174 wrote:

Drinking wonderfully now. Beautiful light gold colour, long and vibrant. Garganega to the max. 17.5

12/11/2015 - 500174 wrote:

A point. Full flavoured but still lifted. 17

11/10/2015 - 500174 wrote:

A marmite wine. Others were ok with this, but it had far too much volatile acidity for me. Pretty wild and out there.

11/10/2015 - 500174 wrote:

Pretty classic, well made fleurie. Long. But just a bit too much on the bubblegum spectrum for me. Perhaps I just don't like Fleurie. 15.5

11/10/2015 - 500174 wrote:

More delicate on the nose than the Cueillette, in a lighter register. A kind of acetone sheen, I preferred the Cueillette but the table seemed evenly split. 16

11/10/2015 - 500174 wrote:

Powerful - wham bam! Energetic, serious wine. Coffee grounds, black fruits. Excellent with Christmas turkey? Long, really good. Equal WOTN for me. Zero chance I would identify this blind as Beaujolais though. 17

11/10/2015 - 500174 wrote:

Slightly petillant. Fermentation in the bottle? Refreshing, ultra low tannin. In a black glass I doubt I could tell the colour of the wine. As Jack said, it occupies a space somewhere between fruit and wine. Hard to score.

11/10/2015 - 500174 wrote:

Lemony zip, much better than the 2012 vintage tasted immediately before. Light. Good aperitif. Drink now. 16.5

11/10/2015 - 500174 wrote:

Low acid, buttery profile, round, verging on flabby. Warm vintage so we were told. I've had bottles of this vintage in previous years that were fresher, and then it seemed great qpr at £8.75 from TWS. 15