Wine	Like It	Don't Like
2016 Domaine Simon Blanchard Guitard	Yes
2014 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage	Yes
2017 Guimaro Ribeira Sacra A Ponte	Yes
2014 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Muncagota	Yes
1984 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc	Yes
1995 Bodegas Alejandro Fernández Ribera del Duero Tinto Pesquera Reserva	Yes
1978 Lancart L'Aînée Nuits St. Georges	Yes
1997 Flavio Roddolo Barolo Ravera	Yes
1991 Ridge Geyserville	Yes
2005 Celler Vall Llach Priorat Vall Llach	Yes

2016 Domaine Simon Blanchard Guitard
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4/25/2024 - boillatm Likes this wine: 90 Points
Well, if I'm not mistaken I'm only the second person to write a note on this wine after Jeff Leve so I guess I have to be careful 😅
Loads of dark fruit for sure. Good presence on the palate but the finish falls a bit short. I left two glasses for day 2 and these weren't the best.
Drink or hold.
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2013 Feudi di San Gregorio Pàtrimo Campania IGT
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4/21/2024 - boillatm wrote:
One of these wines we think they may blossom into something special but never do
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2014 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage
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4/21/2024 - boillatm Likes this wine: 95 Points
Based on the tasting notes, I thought it would be a good time to try this wine and I took it to share with a friend at a restaurant.
Half the bottle was decanted while we ate starters.

The nose was already quite something and the palate didn't disappoint. All in balance with this wine, power and elegance. Spicey and gamey notes.
My first Hermitage by Chave and a great, great wine that of course will evolve but is delicious to drink now. Actually, I think I'd have preferred drinking the wine on its own.

Thank you to all CTers for their comments that hinted that this wine was ready to go.
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bobsabayesian says:

11/14/2023 2:37:00 PM - glad you got the lolz. I love all of what you drink!
magyarsvensk says:

11/1/2023 8:36:00 AM - Thanks for the comment. I never know if people read my stuff. From your tasting notes, I can see you know what you like, and I definitely wouldn't mind being present when you have those old big reds open.
RoelD says:

8/2/2023 3:16:00 AM - Hi boilatm, Thanks for your comment on my note for Ch.d’Aiguilhe 2015. For more detail consult my comment under tat tasting-note,
jusuf says:

5/21/2023 4:22:00 AM - Good producers in and around Ribera del Duero are (in my view): Emilio Moro; Bodegas Mauro and Hacienda Solano.
Rote Kappelle says:

12/5/2022 12:57:00 PM - Thanks for your comment on my review of the Clape 2019 Corna. This is a wonderful wine, very much a Cornas, but for me that is a positive. It really drinks well now, but I suspect it has any number of years ahead of it. There is actually more delicacy than many will comprehend, because it is also something of a beast. Hope you enjoy.
James Kim says:

5/21/2021 8:04:00 AM - Thanks for posting a comment on 81 Lafite. Yes, someone's 40th birthday but not mine! It was a nice night though. Happy 40th birhday! Hope you will or have had a great celebration. Cheers!

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