| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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| White |
2019 Château de Cérons Graves BlancSémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
5/23/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 91 pointsWow! Impeccably made, fresh, medium-bodied & truly vibrant effort from new acquaintance Ch de Cérons (v19, 12.5% ABV, 50 Savvy B, 40 Sémillon, 10 Savvy Gris), citrus-driven w subtle apricot, peach & yellow pear & a great balance. Pale, yet shimmering straw-yellow in appearance. Impressive Savvy B-driven nose w elderflower, gooseberries, backbone of yellow stonefruits, tad of spice. Medium-bodied, alive palate, steaming w ripe yellow fruit, balanced by perfect acidity, classic Graves poise, lengthy, lemony close! |
| White |
2018 Juan Carlos Sancha Rioja Blanco Cerro La Isa Viñedo Singular BlancoTempranillo Blanco, Tempranillo more |
5/19/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 95 pointsSecond (& final?) encounter w Juan Carlos Sancha’s Cerro la Isa Blanco (v20, 13.5% ABV, 50% garnacha blanca, 20% malvasia, 20% viura & 10% turruntés) - re-defining t Rioja Blanco scene w its uppercutting elegance, freshness & cold-climate attitude. Deep, intense golden in appearance. Engaging, sophisticated bouquet w citrus, crushed limestone, green & yellow apples, peach. Utterly lively, m-bodied palate, fresh, saline, citrus-driven w fine focus, tension. A tad spicy, closing on a mineral-lingering, peppery note! |
| Rosé |
2021 Domaine Sylvain Pataille Marsannay Rosé Fleur de PinotPinot Blend, Pinot Noir more |
5/25/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 94 pointsOption f National Wine Day 2024 was Sylvain Pataille’s Fleur de Pinot (v21, 13.5% ABV) - a stellar Marsannay Rosé offering a stunning display of complexity while at t same time being addictive & gloriously charming. Medium pink in appearance, yet fairly translucent. Gorgeous, effusive scents of fresh red berries - cherries, raspberries, cranberries, red flowers, whiff of smoke & roasted black pepper, dried violets & herbs. M-bodied, acidic & mineral drive, elegant & vinous, closing bright, textured & semi-bitter! |
| White |
2020 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art SeriesMargaret River more |
5/21/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 95 pointsWorld Chardonnay Day 2024 - celebrated in style w this knockout Margaret River CH in the most recently released vintage (v20, 13.5% ABV) - all-in-balance, cold climate-fashionista, elegant & stealy, mirroring Chablis while retaining Oz charm. Pale straw-yellow, greenish reflections in the glass. Nose w readily available fresh pears, green apples, wet stones, distinct lemon & lime-drive, just a tad of barrel spice. Greenish palate, flavours echoing nose, minerality & smoke, seamless salinity, lingering 90s finish! 4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2019 Domaine Tempier Bandol La MigouaMourvèdre Blend, Mourvèdre more |
5/21/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 94 pointsOption for t 2024 National Mourvèdre Day - admittedly one sensational grape variety - was old comrade-in-arms Domaine Tempier & the new acquaintance La Migoua (v19, 14.5% ABV, reversed GSM blend of 55% Mourvèdre, 25% C, 15% G % 5% S) - a masterpiece evidencing t skills of this domaine. Shiny dark ruby-red, translucent in appearance. Sensationally fresh nose w red fruits - raspberries, cherries, licorice & smoke, Medi herbs & pepper. Frank, layered, elegant, graphite-driven, balanced, drinking tremendously well now! |
| Red |
2018 Domaine du Tunnel (Stéphane Robert) CornasSyrah more |
5/20/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 93 pointsFor #LundiCornas (#18), revisiting this ’pure-as-pearl’-styled Cornas f Stéphane Robert & Domaine du Tunnel (v18, 13.5% ABV) - quintessentially quaffable, quality-wise playing Ligue 1. Dark purple, fully translucent in appearance. Fruit-driven nose, deep-scented, cool cassis, cherries, plums, herbs, tad of roasted black pepper. Sensual, seductive m-bodied palate, lively w precise acidic structure, salinity & graphite paving the way for a juicy, fruit-forward core, fine tannins, closing bright & elegant! Class-act! |
| Rosé |
2022 Clos Cibonne Tibouren Côtes de Provence Cuvée Prestige Carolinemore |
5/4/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 94 pointsFourth consecutive of the arguably top-notch Cuvée Caroline (v22, 14.5% ABV, 90/10 Tibouren/Grenache, bottle no 1,106) - consistently outperforming key peers w its balance & elegance in a rarely seen serious & vinous way. Deep salmon in appearance. Expressive & impressive nose, rich & round w an abundance of complexity, vanilla & barrel spice, toasted notes of exotic fruits mingling w strawberries, citrus & Medi herbs. Opulent, not overly so, palate, fresh w force, strawberries, closing on a juicy, citric-dry note! Keep for further complexity! |
| Red |
2021 Domaine Louis Cheze CornasSyrah more |
5/6/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 92 pointsThis week’s #Lundi Cornas (#16) was a revisit to 2023 NR surprise producer of the year (in my book), Louis Chèze w a new vintage of the domaine’s ever so elegant & ethereal Cornas (v21, 13% ABV). And the 2021s continue to excel w supreme freshness & excitement. Ruby-purple, translucent w darkish core in the glass. The wine opens w fresh, perfumed-drenched scents of cassis & blackberries w a core of cherries & white pepper, loaded w herbs & a whiff of smoke. Airy, cool, graphite-driven palate, tannic-bitter finish! |
| White |
2019 DuMOL Chardonnay Wester ReachRussian River Valley more |
5/7/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 93 pointsThe joy of drinking DuMol & the Wester Reach Chardonnay again (v19, 14.1% ABV) - 2.5 yrs since I last had this wine in this vintage - still an incredibly intense & lavish RR CH experience. The wine has dressed itself in gold in terms of appearance. Nose slightly reticent at first pour, opening up to deep & rich scents of peach & apricots, almonds, butterscotch, vanilla & barrel spice. Palate is round, even more tropical than nose w mango & pineapple, loads of citrus, striking acidity, mineral-drenched, long close! This truly combines US & European CH characteristics, still v young! |
| White |
2022 Paradies Meddersheimer Paradiesgarten Riesling feinherbNahe more |
4/28/2024 - JensAgo wrote: 84 pointsTranquil, somewhat flat & definitely characterless Riesling Feinherb f Weinkellerei Hechtsheim (never heard of them) (v22, 11.5% ABV), easy-drinking in an unblemished way - acceptable for a supermarket-styled wine! Pale straw-yellow, closer to transparent in appearance. Expressive, somewhat cooked nose w fine scents of lime & lemon, pineapple, melon, yellow apples, peach & apricot, quite floral w warm spice. Palate affected by signifikant residual sweetness, tempered by placid acidity, closing juicy, sweet & short! |
| White |
2021 Barta Tokaji Öreg Király Dűlő MádFurmint more |
5/15/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 91 pointsExciting, stringent & young Furmint signed Barta Pince (v21, 13% ABV) - fresh & vibrant, reminiscent of a steely Chablis made f vines f a ’historical 1st class vineyard’. Straw-golden, typical greenish reflections in appearance. Nose driven by notes of green apples, lemon & lemon peel, whiff of kiwi, smoky flint, just a tad of peach & honey. Reverberating, elegant palate, spirited acidic structure, crushed gravel - truly mouthwatering crisp & close t chewy - uppercutting the tongue, pears joining, dry-saline close! I would keep this for a few years. |
| Red |
2021 Antonio Maçanita + Nuno Faria Madeirense Tinta Negra dos Villõesmore |
5/18/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 91 pointsI hereby proclaim this the Summer Wine of 2024 - t transformative wine journey that António Maçanita and Nuno Faria have made me venture into has certainly been incredibly rewarding, these guys are re-defining wine. The Tinta Negra Dos Villões (v21, wee 11.5% ABV, 7,398 bottles produced) is breaking new ground, shiny ruby & fully translucent. Billowing w both balsamic & fresh raspberries & forest strawberries, herbs, oyster shells, t palate being etheteal, ultra-alive, juicy, closing w a firm, whopping sea breeze! |
| White |
2021 István Balassa Furmint Tokaji Nyulászómore |
5/18/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 90 pointsMid-elevation, volcanic soils & István Balassa - a perfect match (or storm?), here w the Balassa f vineyard Nyulászó (v21, 13% ABV, 1,600 bottles produced) - a sincerely explosive, pure & young impression of Furmint where you will certainly understand the concept of soil & soul to wine. Pale straw-yellow, green reflections in the glass. Nose w edgy scents of green apples, smoke, wet stones, grapefruit & lemon. Banging citrus-acidic structure, precise palate, striking mineral-drive, closing bright & grape-bitter! |
| White |
2022 Domaine Auguste Clape St. PérayMarsanne more |
5/16/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 92 pointsFresh from release at the Retail Monopoly, Pierre Clape’s spellbinding Saint-Péray (v22, 14% ABV, 90/10 Marsanne/Roussanne) f pre-dominantly old vines never stops to amaze me - billowing w deep-trenched scents & flavours, banging complexity, the epitome of NR whites! Rich, round nose, alluring fresh apricots, peach, pears, all yellow & brooding, supremely spiced & tangy. Full-bodied palate shaped by mouthcoating minerality, salty acidity, viscious intensity, impeccably vinous, citrus-bitter, opulent, moreish close! |
| White |
2022 Miklós Csabi Mór CsodaEzerjó more |
5/16/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 88 pointsOption for the 2024 International Ezerjó Day was miklóscsabi Csoda Ezerjó (v22, 13% ABV) - made in a rejuvenating, yet bodied style w ample freshness, placid structure & fair complexity - v pleasant indeed & a solid reminder of the quality to be found in Hungary. Leaf-green w golden-yellow reflections in appearance, unfiltered. A core of fresh green apples & pears is lined by freshinging zestiness, vanilla, wet stones, almonds & honey. Nuanced, m-bodied, balanced acidity, fine depth of flavours, crisp, dry, breezy close! |
| White |
2020 Domaine Weinbach Pinot Gris Cuvée Ste. CatherineAlsace more |
5/18/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 92 pointsI opted for France and Alsace for the 2024 Pinot Grigio Day, here represented by quality Domaine Weinbach & the Cuvée Ste. Catherine (v20, 14% ABV) - yellow, modern & to be honest, quite vibrant. Deep yellow, golden reflections in t glass. Alsace-typical nose w creamy-deep scents of yellow fruits - apples, pears, honeyed melon & apricots, tad of butter & vanilla, yet surprisingly oriental spiciness. Full-bodied, yet retained freshness, mineral-driven, salty & round palate, flavours echoing nose w added lime, super-persistent, oily close! |
| White |
2020 Rotem & Mounir Saouma Côtes du Rhône Villages Inopia BlancWhite Rhone Blend more |
2/29/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 91 pointsHaving thoroughly enjoyed a glass of t Grenache Blanc-dominated Inopia (v20, 14% ABV) earlier in 2024 as well as t knock-outer white Neuf Magis f Saouma (aka Le Moine), I opted to go for a full bottle, closing Feb in a proper manner. And yes, it truly shines - gorgeous fruit, perfected, rounded texture (18m on t lees) & superb complexity. Beautiful golden in t glass. Nose brimes w white flowers, lime & lemon, peach, tad of vanilla, flint. Round, rich, yet cool, fresh & versatile, m-acid, neat, chalky & lingering! |
| White |
2020 Felton Road Chardonnay Block 2Central Otago more |
5/10/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 91 pointsFirst go w the Felton Road B2 in this vintage (v20, 14% ABV) - appears slightly close-woven at first pour, clearly citric & quite rich in alcohol, opening up throughout bottle to citrus heaven w a tropical touch & go attitude. Straw-yellow, crystal-clear in appearance. Nose w deep scents of nectarine, lemon & grapefruit, ripe lime emerging w further air, marzipan & butter w a touch of wood. Mineral-driven, taut, m+-palate, peach & apricot adding to the flavour profile, barrel spice & lime-drenched, oily acidity. Hold for now or decant. |
| Red |
2022 Filipa Pato Baga Bairrada Dinamicamore |
5/4/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 90 pointsKick-off bottle for the 2024 Dia Internacional da Baga was Filipa Pato’s DNMC aka Dinâmica (v22, 12% ABV) - a very fine entry-level introduction to this grape w grape-specific expressions & the purity & ethereal vibe always at forefront chez Filipa. Beautiful medium ruby, cherry reflections, fully translucent in the glass. Open, intensive nose featuring deep & pure scents of cherries, raspberries, strawberries, black pepper & various dried herbs. Light-bodied, balsamic structure, glou-glou-stylad, fine mature fruit, decent, grippy finish! |
| Red |
2021 Hirsch Vineyards Pinot Noir The Bohan-DillonSonoma Coast more |
4/24/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 91 pointsNew vintage of Jasmine Hirsch’s Bohan-Dillon (v21, 13% ABV), surely a pleasing, precise, seductive & quintessential expression of the Hirsch Way of making Pinot Noir. Medium ruby, fully translucent & shiny in the glass. It brims, yes brims, w typical Hirsch notes - wild raspberries, cherries, forest floor, peppery character - all in all superbly clean & advanced for such a young wine. Pleasantly sappy & soft palate, fine acidic structure, fruit-driven in a cool style, quite elegant yet linear, juicy, light finish! Ready to go! |
| Red |
2021 Porseleinberg SwartlandSyrah more |
4/20/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 95 pointsThe latest vintage or Porseleinberg (v21, 13.5% ABV) is simply stunning - the grace of RSA syrah bottled in an ethereal, pure & sappy fashion - complex, layered & nuanced winemaking. Deep purple-red, violet reflections, semi-translucent in appearance. Gloriously perfumed w red cherries, raspberries, lavender, lots of spice. Excellent concentration on the m+-bodied palate, yet ethereal in style due to perfectly balanced acidic structure, juicy, fruit-driven to perfection, layered, understated tannins, v long close! |
| White |
2016 Dominio del Aguila Albillo Viñas ViejasRibera del Duero more |
4/21/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 95 pointsA handful of years since I have had this exquisite RdD Albillo f the masterminds at Dominio del Aguila (v16, 13% ABV) & to be honest, the winemaking of Jorge Manzón is just truly inspiring. Age-marked appearance, deep & shiny golden. Nose kicks of w ripe scents of lemon, jasmine, yellow apples, apricots & peach, opening up to nutty, honeyed & smoky aromas. Sappy, saline & textured, massively concentrated palate, ripe fruit, added quince, waxed lemon, firm acidity, juicy & nuanced, leading to a bitter-fresh finish! Simply splendid! |
| White |
2022 Antonio Maçanita + Nuno Faria Madeirense Caracol dos Profetasmore |
4/16/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 93 pointsContender f surprise of the year, this Madeira cuvée made by Azores-based António Maçanita in collaboration with local Madeiran lads (v22, 12.5% ABV, 100% Caracol, bottle no 2,166/4,733). Stunningly complex f first pour to ever-lingering close. Golden, shiny in the glass. Nose excels w smoke, salt, lemon, wildflowers not to say seashells & orchard fruits, toasted almonds. Weighty palate, viscious intensity, steely like a GDR sprinter, glamourous, textured close to chewy, honeyed w a v long, mineral-saline finish! |
| White |
2019 Verónica Ortega Bierzo CALGodello more |
4/19/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 92 pointsComplex, moreish, savoury - fine winemaking all over again signed Verónica Ortega & CAL (v19, 12.5% ABV, bottle 2,817/3,400) - made f high-altitude Godello vines. Deep golden, presumably age-marked, in appearance. Nose brimes w deep & pronounced scents of bruised yellow apples & pears, hints of lemon, white blossom, hints of salt & fine minerals adding interest. Hugely intense palate, fresh & again age-marked, dense, ripe & rounded fruit & structure, quite crunchy, textured, layered mineral-saline & honeyed finish! |
| Red |
2018 Burrowing Owl Pinot NoirOkanagan Valley VQA more |
4/18/2024 - JensAgo Likes this wine: 90 pointsOpening British Columbia Wine Month 2024 w this beautifully crafted, humble VQA Okanagan Valley Pinot Noir f new acquaintance Burrowing Owl (v18, 13% ABV) - healthy & lively in a modern New World style. Super-pale ruby, fully translucent in appearance. Bright, pure & vibrant nose w deep-sweet scents of farmed strawberries, cranberries, tad of raspberries & red currant, dash of pepper, leading to a ethereal yet fruit-driven, acidic-fading light+-bodied palate, fine fruit, slightly linear, succulent, inviting close! |
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