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2022 J. de Telmont Champagne Grande Réserve Brut
4/14/2024 - theraredram Does not like this wine: 55 Points
Well this is…not great.
There’s some nice crisp pear and crème brûlée on the nose, but the palate is pure battery acid and overall rather flat. It’s just very boring in truth.
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2004 Peter Lehmann Shiraz Stonewell
4/13/2024 - theraredram Likes this wine: 74 Points
A tonne of blue fruit upfront alongside thick wafts of Christmas baking spices. Someone’s accidentally put dried blueberries in my gingerbread men. There’s an absolutely crystal clear note of damson too which I find fascinating.
Juniper berries and damson rule supreme on the palate alongside a yellow fruit note which given the furry tannin really does remind me of peach skin. Finish has excellent length with waves of black fruit and leather.
This was spectacular. With such power there’s no way I would have ever have guessed this to be 20 years old, however it clearly has had time to soften and I speculate that the shift from your typical black to blue and yellow fruit is a sign of age? My only criticism, is that it is a little port like, particularly in its thick viscosity and I struggled to finish it.
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2015 The Wine Society The Society's 150th Anniversary Pauillac Château Batailley
4/5/2024 - theraredram wrote: 68 Points
Can’t quite make my mind up about this one. The nose has ample cassis, blueberry, honeysuckle, earth, nutmeg and some stereotypical Pauillac pencil. The palate has much the same with a herbal and mint note that somewhat reminds me of Fisherman’s Friends.
I’m a little surprised by how soft this is. There’s not a lot of tannin and the acidity is quite low which leaves the fruit tasting a little stewed. The finish is short lived but leaves a cloying texture which for some reason reminds me of rillettes.
I think this is just fine, if a little boring given the lack of “ooomph”. To be honest I think I’d rather just have the standard Batailley, although my notes are strikingly similar to the 2015 vintage.
It’s fine, glad it was just a half.
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