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2020 Domaine Garon Syrah Jardins de Rome
4/7/2024 - auldalliance Likes this wine:
Finished bottle previously Coravined. Sadly, my taste buds were struggling with sinusitis and blocked nose....what I could taste was a softer version of the first 2 glasses,with lovely red fruit and little tannic obtrusion. Pure expression of Syrah.
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2020 Samuel Billaud Chablis
4/6/2024 - auldalliance Likes this wine:
I thought that this didn't quite have the balance of some previous vintages; more specifically it lacked the 'raciness' and degree of acidic bite that I've seen before. Billaud wines are always quite fruit forward and not stony or austere, but this seemed to just lack a little edge, not flabby by any means, and not lacking in fruit. I suspect it won't have the longevity of some years such as 2014.
Caveat...I had a chest infection and sinusitis so may be a bit severe o on it!
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2019 Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay
4/5/2024 - auldalliance Likes this wine:
Small glass by Coravin. Expressive nose, mainly cherry, with a little spice. Darker in colour than previous vintages, but I'm not getting a sense of extraction the way some have noted.
More cherry, not too sour, on the palate, all quite primary for now, but expect more to come later. Another good and typical expression of Pataille wine. It seems a little more robust/less subtle than some previous vintages but that's not a fault for me anyway.
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