Buff Tannen, USXFel Presidente
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2014 União das Adegas Cooperativas do Dão Touriga Nacional Dão
5/6/2024 - Buff Tannen, USXFel Presidente wrote:
I'm sure there's a more accurate 1-word description for this nose than chocolate flowers by the sea, but I hope I never find out what it is
Taste after 3 knights in a decanter is a considerably less plush cranberry and iron; I can't for the life of me remember what the hell this tasted like before then. Juneberry? Nah. Can't be. I haven't had those for 11 months
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2010 Caves Messias Dão Quinta do Penedo
5/5/2024 - Buff Tannen, USXFel Presidente Likes this wine: 86 Points
Blueberry, raspberry, red currant, black tea, and to steal from a 2009 note, soap
Circumscribed, competent, albeit finish tannic and abrupt
$14
Probably undegraded
Good enough already; can envision improvement later this week
5/8. Blueberry jam, apple, hints of mint and orange, and negotiable cola in what is likely its apogee. Perhaps a lesser version of the 2011 Adegas Dão Adro da Sé Reserva, but was I sad to see the last of it, yes, yes I was
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2022 Scarpa Verduno Pelaverga
5/2/2024 - Buff Tannen, USXFel Presidente Likes this wine: 87 Points
Nondescript cherry/raspberry adequacy till 2 nights in, after which what I will unconvincingly refer to as unintentional overnight slow oxidation induced a beautifully creamy texture with a saving bitterness at the last possible moment. 3rd Verduno, doesn't touch the Alessandria Speziale, but quite a bit better than the Ascheri il Gusto
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