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  • 2015 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Haut-Lieu

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    9/5/2026 - COWineLover wrote: 92 Points

    Golden color in the glass. Very aromatic after about 20 minutes with notes of chamomile, orchard fruits, crushed stone, lemon zest, coconut, green apple and tropical flowers. On the palate this has nice acidic lift on the attack where this leans into the orchard fruits with lemongrass, baked apples, shaved coconut, notes of salty lime, and chalky minerality. Palate staining acidity delivers a vibrant mouthfeel throughout the tasting experience with fine length and persistence.

    Day 2 - This is not as bright as Day 1, but retains vivacious acidity with predominant orchard fruit on the palate with green apple and Meyer lemon on the finish. A nicely chiseled wine with fine freshness and a nuanced palate experience.

    Seems to be in no danger of near term fading based on this bottle. Should drink nicely through 2030 and beyond (2035). What a steal at $28.

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  • 2015 Patrick Jasmin Côte-Rôtie La Giroflarie

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    7/3/2026 - COWineLover wrote: 91 Points

    Completely opaque wine. After about two hours this opens up aromatically with smoked meat, garrigue, charred wood, iodine, and burnt grasses. On the palate this is chewy with rustic tannic grip, iodine, charcoal, blood sausage, charred wood, tobacco, iron, and blackberry pastille. Nice length where the rusticity coasts along with the iodine, tobacco, and smoked wood.

    This has more time to settle, but I am not sure the rusticity will ever completely fade into balance with the palate profile. Feels like this has much more character than I recall from a bottle a year or so ago.

    Try again in 2028 and drink out until 2040.

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  • 2015 Domaine Durand Cornas Empreintes

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    6/21/2026 - COWineLover wrote: 93 Points

    First bottle from this vintage, though I have had other Durand vintages. Opaque in the glass with minimal bricking. Served with rubbed baby back ribs on the grill. Aromatically this has garrigue, scorched earth, cracked peppercorn, and black fruits. On the attack this is meaty, spicy, rustic, and energetic all at the same time with good lift and energy. In the mid-palate this leans into smoked meats, blood sausage, pepper, Herb de Provence, charred wood, Huckleberry preserves, and finishes with an iodine and blackberry infused minerality.

    Fine balance overall, and as I have found with prior Durand a very good QPR. The more Cornas I drink the more I love the rustic, chewy, and meaty character the region leaves on the palate. This is a spirited wine with noticeable grip remaining, yet delivered exactly what I wanted with the food pairing. Day 1 score 92.

    Day 2 - This retains great freshness, fruit, minerality, and the tannins remain nicely tucked behind the palate profile without drying this out. Increasing the score on this to 93 after the second night. Well balanced with energy, pleasing aromatics, great palate expression, and a lengthy fine grained finish.

    Drink now through 2036.

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  • chatters says:

    12/13/2024 2:53:00 AM - G'day, Do you know roughly which states you're visiting/what your itinerary is going to be? cheers, chatters

  • Mark1npt says:

    7/25/2022 9:55:00 PM - Thanks for the nice note, Kelly. Perhaps we will get to share a bottle one day! Mark

  • Mark1npt says:

    7/25/2022 7:29:00 PM - Kelly, I appreciate your approach to wine scoring 'in the moment', and not 'projecting'....it's much like mine. My sons have been back here near home in FL for 2-3 years but for a number of years they lived in Littleton, Aurora, Denver and I visited out there frequently. I see we have a number of Bdx in common, in our cellars. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Mark

  • Tim Heaton says:

    9/18/2021 9:35:00 PM - such thoughtful, detailed notes, thank you!

  • WineGuyCO says:

    10/31/2020 10:52:00 AM - Thanks for the tip on JJ Buckley but have been using them for years. My Rep is Kevin Johnson. I’ll add your email to my contacts so we can stay in touch and maybe drink some wine sometime.

  • WineGuyCO says:

    10/31/2020 8:07:00 AM - I head up to the Total Wine & More close to you from time to time. We left San Diego because of traffic & cost. We don’t head North much because of traffic, people. Monument is very manageable. We are fine as long as we stay close. Just pulled out duck breast and there will be Burgundy tonight. Have a great weekend and enjoy the warm weather while we can.

  • WineGuyCO says:

    10/30/2020 7:48:00 AM - Thanks for your message. I will check out K&L. I buy from them occasionally. Divide is great, we hike there all the time and camp at Lake George & Tarryall. What part of Denver you live now? You can always build a cellar. Moving Wine is a pain. I have two coolers, one 286 bottles and one 60 both full. I have a 7’x7’ storage room in basement I think of building a walk in cellar. I’d rather spend the money buying wine.

  • WineGuyCO says:

    10/29/2020 8:50:00 PM - I love your wine cellar composition. Similar to mine with a nice mix of Bordeaux, Burgundy, Northern Rhone & Italian. I have some CA Cabs that I still enjoy but as time goes on my Bordeaux percentage will increase. Where did you find the 2015 Artaud VisneRomanee Aux Reas. Love Aux Reas. I am down in Monument. Take care.

  • chatters says:

    10/20/2020 4:01:00 PM - re the Cote Rotie notes - thank you very much, that is very kind of you, cheers, chatters

  • wineshaman says:

    1/7/2015 5:14:00 AM - Totaly agree, wine is subjective, that is what makes it so interesting, variety is the spice of life and that includes wine.

  • Bam_Man says:

    11/15/2014 9:19:00 AM - I have tasted the 2004 Carlina La Togata Brunello twice. You can find my notes from 2/2012 and 10/2013. Not overly impressed with this wine. The first bottle may have been "cooked", the last one was much better but still not even close to a 95 pointer (WS - Suckling).

  • Bam_Man says:

    10/25/2014 7:43:00 AM - We seem to be of the same opinion when it comes to J. Suckling's ratings over the past several years. He appears to have gone completely off the rails sometime around 2007-8. But there's no need to worry about your 2004 Poggio il Castellare Brunello - that's one of the best I've ever tasted - just be sure to give it a good 1-2 hours of air time. The first 2004 La Togata I tasted in back in 2012 was a huge disappointment. Might have been a bad bottle or from a batch that got cooked in transit. The one I had around a year ago was quite a bit better, but still not close to being a 95-pointer. Hope yours is! Cheers!

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