From Magnum. I had this standing up on my counter for nearly two years so the cork was a mess but happily the ah-so took care of it. This started out a bit dried out and tired but it came around and grew richer with a couple hours of slow-ox. Classic Côte-Rôtie with tertiary aged notes: relaxed red fruit, leathery and earthy notes, nicely integrated and polished with age. Very honest wine, well made and a fine accompaniment to lamb stew with olives.
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Grand Cru Portfolio Tasting (3/9 Grand Cru Portfolio Tasting, NYC): Robe totally brown and orange at this point. Nose similar to old autumn leaves, so much rust. Palate is cool and round, well-behaved--quite the magic act! No brett here and I can be very picky about that, so confident this magnum is a horse of a different color from MC 2's bottle. Very good.
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First bottle from the lot and it's pure brett. Last wine of the night and still it stands out quite strongly in my mind. All horseblanket. I don't mind it as much as some do, but hope that all three aren't quite so intense.
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11/26/2022 - Chomsky wrote:
From Magnum. I had this standing up on my counter for nearly two years so the cork was a mess but happily the ah-so took care of it. This started out a bit dried out and tired but it came around and grew richer with a couple hours of slow-ox. Classic Côte-Rôtie with tertiary aged notes: relaxed red fruit, leathery and earthy notes, nicely integrated and polished with age. Very honest wine, well made and a fine accompaniment to lamb stew with olives.
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11/5/2022 - MC2 Wines wrote:
Charleston VII; 11/2/2022-11/6/2022 (Charleston, SC (various locations)): Not quite as overpowering bretty as our first bottle but not really clean either. It's definite barnyard and funk.
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3/12/2022 - Gargantua Likes this wine:
Grand Cru Portfolio Tasting (3/9 Grand Cru Portfolio Tasting, NYC): Robe totally brown and orange at this point. Nose similar to old autumn leaves, so much rust. Palate is cool and round, well-behaved--quite the magic act! No brett here and I can be very picky about that, so confident this magnum is a horse of a different color from MC 2's bottle. Very good.
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4/16/2021 - MC2 Wines wrote:
First bottle from the lot and it's pure brett. Last wine of the night and still it stands out quite strongly in my mind. All horseblanket. I don't mind it as much as some do, but hope that all three aren't quite so intense.
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