Tasting Notes for golby24

Red

2016 Château LaTour de Bessan Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

3/30/2024 - golby24 wrote:

91 points

Consumed second bottle of two. Drank half first night and second half second night with some middle eastern grilled meats. Delicious. Dark purple color, refined tannins, medium fruit. Second day was much better tan first. Pretty good secondary Bordeaux for the price.

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Rosé - Sparkling

N.V. Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Brut Rosé Champagne Blend (view label images)

12/28/2022 - golby24 wrote:

Flawed

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Red

1996 Château Lynch-Bages Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

12/24/2022 - golby24 wrote:

94 points

Delicious, still well balanced with good acidity and fruit and secondary tastes to finish off.

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Red

2013 Rolf Binder/Veritas Shiraz Heysen Barossa Valley (view label images)

2/6/2022 - golby24 wrote:

90 points

The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like red currant. It tastes like gooseberry and red currant.

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Red

2012 Château Batailley Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

11/14/2021 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

Excellent value for a 2012 Bordeaux. Balanced, smooth tannins.

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Red

2010 Clos Saint Jean Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

8/7/2021 - golby24 wrote:

Gave away to Joe & Edna Schell

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Red

2009 Ségla Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

3/20/2021 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

Fresh Red Fruit, chewy tannins, good little wine for the price.

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Red

2008 Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

2/15/2021 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

Excellent value! Hit all the right notes with little strip loin steak.

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Red - Fortified

2000 Dow Porto Vintage Port Blend (view label images)

2/13/2021 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

Dried fruit, dates, cherries, damp wood. Subtle alcohol finish. Was delicious with stilton cheese.

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Red

2011 Canonica a Cerreto Chianti Classico Riserva Chianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese (view label images)

2/6/2021 - golby24 wrote:

91 points

Very good medium bodied Chianti that went very well with homemade pizza.

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Red

2004 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Ardanza Reserva Tempranillo Blend, Tempranillo (view label images)

4/20/2020 - golby24 wrote:

90 points

The legs are slow. It smells like red currant, plum and mineral.

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White - Fortified

N.V. Emilio Lustau Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Don Nuño Dry Oloroso Palomino Fino (view label images)

3/1/2020 - golby24 wrote:

91 points

Little nutty, beautiful color and dry.

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Red

2008 Mitolo Cabernet Sauvignon Serpico McLaren Vale (view label images)

11/18/2018 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

Fruit forward, delicious.

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Red

2006 Clos de l'Oratoire St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

10/14/2017 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

There is moderate sediment in the bottle.

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Red

2008 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley (view label images)

5/25/2017 - golby24 wrote:

93 points

This was a great wine, well balanced, hints of pepper.

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Red

2008 Château la Bienfaisance Sanctus St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

12/25/2016 - golby24 wrote:

91 points

Fruit forward, probably could wait a little longer. Good balance. Will get better.

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Red

2007 Campo Al Mare Bolgheri Superiore Baia al Vento SuperTuscan Blend (view label images)

4/22/2016 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

The wine looks garnet colored. It tastes like raisin and mushroom.

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Red

2005 Penny's Hill Shiraz Footprint McLaren Vale (view label images)

3/12/2016 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

The wine looks purple colored. There is moderate sediment in the bottle. It smells like fig. It tastes like honey.

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Red

2003 Château d'Armailhac Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

12/27/2015 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

Mineral, flint

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White

2010 Gary Farrell Chardonnay Russian River Selection Russian River Valley (view label images)

5/17/2015 - golby24 wrote:

91 points

The wine looks light gold colored. It smells like peach blossom. It tastes like honey and peach blossom.

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White

2008 De Loach Chardonnay Golden Coast Sonoma Coast (view label images)

5/17/2015 - golby24 wrote:

90 points

Lots of Vanilla

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White - Fortified

N.V. Yalumba Muscat Museum Reserve Rutherglen (view label images)

12/12/2014 - golby24 wrote:

93 points

The wine looks tawny colored. It smells like fig and butterscotch.

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White - Off-dry

2008 Emrich-Schönleber Monzinger Frühlingsplätzchen Riesling Spätlese Nahe (view label images)

12/12/2014 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

The wine looks straw colored. It smells like apple. The body is medium. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity. It tastes like apple.

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Red

2004 Shirvington Shiraz McLaren Vale (view label images)

8/24/2014 - golby24 wrote:

90 points

Strong smell of honey that was hard to get past. The taste was pleasant and refined.

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Red

2005 Château Puygueraud Francs Côtes de Bordeaux Red Bordeaux Blend (view label images)

9/8/2013 - golby24 wrote:

88 points

Still a lot of Tannins with the alcohol overpowering the fruit.

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Red

2004 Querciabella Chianti Classico Chianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese (view label images)

1/21/2013 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

The wine looks Garnet colored.

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Red

1998 Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley (view label images)

11/5/2012 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

The wine looks Garnet colored. It smells like and Fig.

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Red

2009 Langmeil Grenache The Fifth Wave Barossa Valley (view label images)

10/21/2012 - golby24 wrote:

91 points

The wine looks Purple colored.

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White - Sweet/Dessert

2005 Domaine des Baumard Coteaux du Layon Carte d'Or Chenin Blanc (view label images)

4/29/2012 - golby24 wrote:

90 points

Very sweet.

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Red

2006 Domaine Terlato & Chapoutier Shiraz Viognier Central Victoria Shiraz Blend, Syrah (view label images)

2/19/2012 - golby24 wrote:

91 points

Excellent wine! Dry yet has a very nice finish with dried fruit.

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Red

2003 Quinta do Infantado Douro Reserva Red Blend (view label images)

2/19/2012 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

Excellent wine!

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Red

2007 Domaine les Grands Bois Cairanne Cuvée Maximilien Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

12/11/2011 - golby24 wrote:

91 points

Notes of spice, like anise, with a sweetness from fruit like prune or plumb, quite pleasant.

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Red

2007 Château Saint-Jean Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

9/5/2011 - golby24 wrote:

91 points

Rich Cotes du Rhone with earthy tastes.

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Red

2003 Zumaya Ribera del Duero Reserva Tempranillo

6/19/2011 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

Good

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Red

2003 Zumaya Ribera del Duero Reserva Tempranillo

6/19/2011 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

Good wine

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Red

2007 Ferraton Père & Fils Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

6/6/2011 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

Good value

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Red

2007 Ferraton Père & Fils Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu Red Rhone Blend (view label images)

6/19/2011 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

Excellent value good finish.

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Red

2004 Domaine du Pas de l'Escalette Coteaux du Languedoc Le Grand Pas Grenache Blend, Grenache (view label images)

3/27/2011 - golby24 Likes this wine:

91 points

The wine looks Purple colored.
It smells like Medium Toast, and Coffee.
The wine is textured Smooth.
The wine finishes Medium.

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White

2006 Ken Forrester Chenin Blanc Stellenbosch (view label images)

3/13/2011 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

decent inexpensive white wine

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White

2008 Paul-André Brossette & Fils Bourgogne Blanc Empreinte Chardonnay (view label images)

3/13/2011 - golby24 wrote:

91 points

beautiful colour, smooth finish, hints of butter, lemon and floral

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White

2007 Gary Farrell Chardonnay Russian River Selection Russian River Valley (view label images)

3/13/2011 - golby24 wrote:

92 points

Butterscotch and hint of Lemon

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Red

2004 Fattoria di Basciano Chianti Rùfina Riserva Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese (view label images)

1/21/2011 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

The wine looks Garnet colored.
It smells like Cranberry, and Red Currant.
It tastes like and Red Currant.

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Red

2005 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Le Volte Toscana IGT SuperTuscan Blend (view label images)

1/21/2011 - golby24 wrote:

90 points

The wine looks Ruby colored.
The legs are Medium.
It smells like and Blackberry.
It tastes like and Blackberry.
The body is Medium.
The wine is textured Silky.
The wine finishes Medium.

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Red

2005 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Le Volte Toscana IGT SuperTuscan Blend (view label images)

1/18/2011 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

Decent red wine

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White

2007 Yalumba Viognier Eden Valley (view label images)

1/18/2011 - golby24 wrote:

89 points

Excellent value white wine......