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  • 2010 Chionetti Dogliani San Luigi

    Question is does this 2010 Chionetti still have any life left after what seems too long to wait to open this dolcetto? After opening, yes, probably better two years ago. That being said I'm enjoying a glass right now. The fruit has either stewed a bit here or vanished into the ether. There's very little grip left on the palate but overall this is still a pleasure to sniff and taste.
    The nose is savory showing off some tapenade, very ripe cherries, and green pepper. The palate is wrecked. Most of the structure, the tannin and acid, are fading. Still enjoyable but not great. Past it's prime but you can still enjoy a well-kept bottle into late winter of this year. Another good bottle from The Garagiste. Cheers, Boys & Girls.

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  • 2011 Château Doisy-Daëne

    From half bottle and same day I opened the 2011 Doisy Vedrines. The '13 Doisy Daene is a completely different wine. The nose is fresh but somewhat mature with scents of all things tropical including mango, pineapple, persimmon. I also get honeycrisp apple and apricot. The palate is spicy with a flavor of cinnamon from the botrytis, I assume. This wine is absolutlely delicious on the palate with heavy doses of apricot and spicy clove. The Daene's not heavy and overly sweet like the Vedrines, but instead ethereal with all the components in place and balanced; ready to go another decade, even from half bottle. What balance we have here! The '13 Doisy Daene will fill out and be a stunner for many days to come.

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  • 2011 Château Doisy-Védrines

    From half bottle. After being open 15 minutes and subjected to intense swirling, this bottle of '11 Vedrines has some volatile acidity giving off an unpleasant smell of over-the-hill apple cider. Other aromas include clove and pear. For all the hype and high scores I find this fairly straightforward, lacking much interest on the nose. In the mouth the acidity is an absolute blast on the palate. Full-bodied in the mouth the wine completely covers the tongue with viscous wine but the acidity after a few seconds obliterates all that turning it sour and unpleasant. The acidity feels like small chards of glass in the mouth. I'd like to say this is on the tropical side with pineapple and mango but it's not! This wine is really struggling for an identity. To make things even less pleasant I get an aftertaste of orange marmalade(which I don't like).
    Open an hour now and not much has changed. For being ten years old the Vedrines is fairly dark and progressed. I'm sure this would be better from 750. Try this with some of that excellent gouda Trader Joe's has with the windmill on the front of the packaging. If you have this in half bottle I would drink now through Autumn of 2022. The wine will be pretty tired by then.

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  • bestdamncab says:

    5/7/2014 10:36:00 PM - I perused your tasting notes and read you tasted wine for 26 years but only shared 286 tasting notes with us. I wish you posted more as half your notes are for wines I have never tasted.

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