My second and last bottle of the 1990 a mere 18 years after my first. Still relatively dark but not impenetrable like before. It has thrown considerable sediment. A heady nose almost like a clean Banyuls. Really dense dark red berry fruits that opened up right away. Smooth and suave with great concentration and exceptionally fine tannins with a very long finish. Perfectly integrated oak. This wine is not about secondary and tertiary flavor and olfactory complexity but pure Grenache purity and power. A truly glorious wine.
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Still dark burgundy despite a significant sediment throw. Beautiful bouquet of forest floor. Deeply concentrated dark red fruits with plenty of fine tannin structure typical of the vintage. More savory than fruit forward. Definitely a foil for a rich fatty meal. Just starting to round out and shed the structure with plenty of years to go. A classic style NSG.
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Gorgeous bouquet with Asian spices and an unmistakable Burgundian gout de terroir but clean. Soft, supple, and beautiful tart cherry and red current fruits with just a bit of balancing tannin. A beautiful and elegant 2002 really hitting its stride.
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4/1/2022 7:38:00 AM - Hi,
I’ve been looking through your cellar on Cellar Tracker and noticed you have some fantastic wines, including Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes-Chambertin - have you considered joining Antica Terra’s Collective?
We offer hard-to-find wines to exclusive members in our waitlisted membership, curating rare bottles of perfect provenance, for sophisticated buyers, and the enrollment window is about to open to allow for a limited number of new members.
Here’s how it works; as a member, our founder and winemaker, Maggie Harrison, hand selects a bottle for you each month and twice a year you will receive twelve or twenty-four bottles delivered to your door with the option of receiving a selection of sparkling, white, rosé and red wines or a selection of exclusively red wines. A few treasures that were tucked into the founding members’ spring boxes include:
2011 Marguet Pere & Fils 'Sapience' Premier Cru, Extra-Brut, Champagne
2002 Nikolaihof Vinothek Riesling, Wachau
2015 Château de Beaucastel, Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc, Cuvée Roussanne, Vieilles Vignes, Rhône
2018 Comte Armand, Clos des Epeneaux, Monopole, Pommard, Premier Cru
2019 Clos Erasmus Priorat
2010 Giuseppe Quintarelli, Rosso del Bepi, Veneto IGT
Members have direct access to Maggie, the ability to select additional rarities with each shipment, and an exclusive community with a shared quest for rare beauty. We extend exclusive invitations to potential members based on their collection and tastes, and I think you would be a great fit.
If this is of interest to you, shall we set up a time to discuss? Or happy for you to email me directly at daniel@anticaterra.com.
Best,
Daniel (Antica Terra)
1990 Henri Bonneau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Réserve des Célestins
11/22/2023 - Chateaunewf wrote: 97 Points
My second and last bottle of the 1990 a mere 18 years after my first. Still relatively dark but not impenetrable like before. It has thrown considerable sediment. A heady nose almost like a clean Banyuls. Really dense dark red berry fruits that opened up right away. Smooth and suave with great concentration and exceptionally fine tannins with a very long finish. Perfectly integrated oak. This wine is not about secondary and tertiary flavor and olfactory complexity but pure Grenache purity and power. A truly glorious wine.
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2005 Domaine Méo-Camuzet Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Aux Murgers
11/3/2023 - Chateaunewf wrote: 93 Points
Still dark burgundy despite a significant sediment throw. Beautiful bouquet of forest floor. Deeply concentrated dark red fruits with plenty of fine tannin structure typical of the vintage. More savory than fruit forward. Definitely a foil for a rich fatty meal. Just starting to round out and shed the structure with plenty of years to go. A classic style NSG.
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2002 Sylvain Cathiard Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Aux Murgers
9/9/2023 - Chateaunewf wrote: 94 Points
Gorgeous bouquet with Asian spices and an unmistakable Burgundian gout de terroir but clean. Soft, supple, and beautiful tart cherry and red current fruits with just a bit of balancing tannin. A beautiful and elegant 2002 really hitting its stride.
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