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2008 Domaine Tempier Bandol
5/26/2023 - viadomitia Likes this wine: 91 Points
Last of 8 bottles. No bricking but my cellar is on the cooler side for red wines so ageing may not be as fast as other’s.
Yet, most of the fruit has mellowed out, to the point where this reminds me of a heftier nebiolo rather than the young wild horse that this wine used to be.
Garnet color, fairly thin tears, no bricking.
Nose: mint, stewed cherry, a bit of heat, herbs (basil, rosemary).
Palate: muted black fruit, raspberry, still some measure of drying tannins, garrigue, coriander.
Medium length, lasting leather and tobacco leaf
Not a star but very pleasant, for very different reasons than 8 years ago. I still wish that i had more. 91pts.
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1991 R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia
10/20/2021 - viadomitia wrote: 92 Points
Bought at the estate in Haro many years ago. Drank a coule of weeks ago. No formal notes taken, working from memory. Top of the cork slightly moldy but the bottled part was in surprisingly good shape. Beautiful golden color, viscous in the glass. Fantastic nose, I clearly recall apricot and grapefruit as the main notes. I first took a small sip upon opening and was taken aback by the very high acidity. The wine was then double decanted for over two hours and drank over the next hour or so. By then, it was juicy and mellow, with the apricots coming back in the mouth as well as musky grapes, orange and supported by good acidity. Eaten with seafood raclette, this was a hit all around the table. Sad not to have any more white Tondonia gran reserva in my cellar. This is a treat, no need to wait but should hold well. 92+
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2009 Château La Fleur de Boüard
1/24/2021 - viadomitia wrote: 91 Points
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