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2019 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre
4/27/2024 - bottles.and.bites Likes this wine: 92 Points
Flinty, lime, mineral, bright floral nose. Cirtus flowers, a little bit of underripe peach. Crisp, lean, savory. Lime peel on the palate. Good acidity, wonderful seafood wine. Had with garlicky Viet-Cajun seafood boil of shrimp and clams, perfection!
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2008 Ridge Monte Bello
4/6/2024 - bottles.and.bites Likes this wine: 94 Points
13.3% ABV, 72% cab, 28% Merlot.
Summer bing cherries, cinnamon, mushroom. Complex and intense, shapeshifting on each sip. Some rose florals, then thyme savoriness, then a kick of cherry acidity, and on it goes. There is weight in the palate and a delicious umami factor to the wine. 4 hours open, it had a nearly candied cherry finish which wasn’t my favorite. Revisiting 12 hours in, it’s gone more tertiary on the finish and very enjoyable. Still needs time I expect or a long decant.
Bought off auction, brought back to Monte Bello to enjoy it where it was grown & made.
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2014 Franck Balthazar Cornas Chaillot
3/29/2024 - bottles.and.bites wrote: 95 Points
Dried florals, potpourri, sun dried lavender. Blackberry and dense mouth feel. Some earthiness and herbal savoriness. Tannins have a bit of a licorice kick to them. 10 years in, very tasty. My kind of brooding, yet floral n Rhone. Note that there was a bit of an off putting soapiness to the floral notes initially, but it ended up blowing off into a beautiful showing.
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