5/21/2024 - David J Cooper Likes this wine:

Dark, impenetrable garnet. Very young nose, dark fruit and winery smells, a bit of floral as well. Dry dark fruit and lactic flavours. Needs 5 years. Lots of potential.

5/19/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

This was the Brut Reserve. At least that is what the label said. Disgorgement date 2020. The cork however said 2008 and was totally compressed. Very mysterious. Nothing in the glass would deter me from thinking this could have been an 08.

Clear light gold, lots of autolysis, lemon lime and mineral. Delicious apple and lemon flavours and a long dry finish.

5/18/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Bright light orange. Bright nose, citrus, apricot, melon and spice. Dry textured stone fruit flavours with some tannins in the finish. A lot of fun to drink.

92 with room for improvement. Unique.

5/14/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Fairly dark. Bright red fruit, berry and red cherry wit a bit of earthiness. Great berry and spice flavours and a fantastic dry fuzzy finish. The tannins are great. This wine needs time.

Like a great young Pegau or Donjon.

5/14/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Thanks to NEECIES I had this for the second time in 2 weeks. It took a bit of time to open up and when it did it was fabulous. I scored it a point lower because the previous bottle allowed me more time to focus on its charms.

5/14/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Dark red. Ripe red fruit and tire shop. Ripe berry and licorice flavours and a quite tannic finish.

Modern.

5/14/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear light red, clear edges and slight browning. Medium nose, funk, pepper, plums and dried mushroom. Aged Northern Rhone flavours and weight and a nice dry resolved finish.

Elegant Northern Rhone style wine.

5/14/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Medium light gold. Nose of apple, pear and pineapple. A tiny bit of oxidation, one would expect. Dry textured mouthfeel, baked apple and pineapple. The finish is smooth but dry.

I think this showed very well. It rewarded the effort to hold a few more years.

5/14/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear light yellow. Vegetal notes at first, green herbs, citrus and pear. Dry slightly rich orchard fruit and citrus flavours and a beautiful dry finish.

Very good wine.

5/11/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

This was fine. I didn’t pay much attention to it but it was nice to drink. Same as previous bottle. Very approachable.

5/11/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

This was very nice to drink with an early Mother’s Day lunch. Quite traditional with just the right level of sweetness. Not rich by any means but not bracing like typical Zero Dosage wines.

Lots of lemon, mineral and autolysis.

5/7/2024 - David J Cooper Likes this wine:

Really nice Northern Rhone. Earthy, berry fruit, pepper and plum. Dry and balanced.

5/7/2024 - David J Cooper Likes this wine:

Coral pink. Great funky, floral, red cherry nose with a bit of wet gravel. Dry earthy cherry flavours and a clean finish.

Nice Radda character in a pink wine.

4/28/2024 - David J Cooper Likes this wine:

Clear light yellow. Fairly intense Soave nose, pears, kiwi, wet gravel and pine nuts. Delicious dry oily pear and citrus flavours and a dry lemon finish.

4/28/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Medium red. Great earthy black cherry and thyme nose. Delicious textured cherry, berry, dried mushroom and currant flavours. The finish is long and balanced with a bit of thyme.

I don’t remember ever having a BdM so good at this age. My experience with young Brunello has never been this much fun.

4/27/2024 - David J Cooper Likes this wine:

I just love this. Bright red berry, and cherry dominate the nose, with a nice bit of earthiness in the background. Delicious red fruit dominate the flavours and the finish is all about the acid.

I have a few of these and a magnum. I would like to let them rest.

4/27/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear light gold. Lovely unmistakably Chardonnay nose, a bit of reduction, lemon, pear and wet rock. Delicious dry lemon, orchard fruit and mineral flavours, a touch of ripeness on the dry stony finish.

Delicious, and more like the 19, than the 20.

4/26/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear light gold. Ripe tropical fruit and lemon. Both sweet and bitter flavours and a blowsy finish.

4/24/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear medium red. Floral red cherry, berry and spice nose. Vibrant sour cherry and red berry flavours and a concentrated electric finish.

So alive. Young exciting Chianti. So much to look forward to with 2021.

4/21/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

This bottle, which I decanted for a couple of hours seemed very tight compared to a previous sample.

4/19/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Medium light red. Lots of fresh floral red cherry fruit. The nose is very open and beautiful. The flavours are delicious with lots of fresh cherry and berry fruit and the finish is slightly minty and balanced.

Decanted an hour or more. Great fruit forward Chianti Classico. I have 4 more. It will be tough to resist. It seemed to have a lot of Radda character. Not what I expected from this producer.

4/13/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Light yellow. Great nose, lots of green apple, pine nuts, wet stone and lemon. Delicious dry mineral, lemon and apple flavour and a great fresh finish.

I love this. Great QPR. The only downside is the bottle. It ways just over 32 oz empty.

4/12/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

A bit dark for Burgundy. The nose is a bit tight. Black cherry and spice. Very nice bright cherry, spice and herb flavours an a dry elegant finish.

Should develop in the next few years.

4/11/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Deep garnet red. Great nose of blackberry, tea, pepper, warm earth and roasted meat. Dry earthy berry flavours with a dry balanced pepper tinged finish.

Absolutely delicious and exciting. Perfect balance.

4/11/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

A longer decant this time. It seemed less ripe and more traditional than my previous note.

4/7/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

A bit tight and green on the nose. Nice reductive Chardonnay flavours and a dry finish.

Needs a year or two.

4/7/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Light yellow. Light nose, that unwinds with swirling, stone fruit, lemon and oyster shell. More intense flavours that mirror the nose but are a bit more intense. The finish is dry and mineral.

4/7/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Quite dark. Intense nose of black fruit, espresso, smoked meat and pepper. Dry rich earthy Syrah flavours and a long dry rich tannic finish.

I loved this in a way that I love the occasional bottle of Cayuse I have had.

4/4/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Poor glasses and short decant. Hard to say. Dull, high acid.

3/30/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Fairly dark red. The nose is a bit oxidized, black cherry, forest floor, menthol and plum. Dry earthy cherry and herb finish and a resolved finish.

For me this lacks energy.

3/29/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

The nose was still not giving much after 3 hours. The palate though was creamy black cherry, dried mushrooms, spices and rock. The finish was not too tannic.

Still developing but the nose needs to put on a bit of weight.

3/28/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Deep purple. Very young red fruit and balsamic nose. Quite wild. Lots here for the future but a definite hold until 2026ish.

3/26/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

I decanted for about 4 hours. The results were stellar.

Light purple red. Mid weight red flowers, black cherry, warm earth and berry nose. Dry dark fruit and spice flavours and an elegant balanced finish.

3/24/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear medium red. At first the nose was a little disjointed but a half hour in the decanter fixed that. Pure Sangiovese fruit, red cherry, berry and tobacco. Dry pure cherry fruit flavours, not at all hot. The finish is long and delicious.

Lots of room for improvement one of the finest Chianti Classicos.

3/24/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear light yellow. Reductive lemon, brine, and wet stone nose. Dry lemon, brine and mineral flavours and a dry precise finish.

I really like this, a much better wine than my note sounds.

3/22/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Beautiful gold tinged pink with vigorous mousse. Very nice nose, yeast, spice bread dough, mineral and mandarin orange. Delicious balanced yeasty cherry and mineral flavours and a gorgeous dry citrus tinged finish.

Best bottle of three I tasted since November 2023.

3/22/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Medium red. The nose is very secondary, forest floor, leather, black cherry and thyme. Delicious creamy feeling cherry, berry and spice flavours and the most approachable finish in any Flaccianello I have had. The flavours are long and the tannins perceptible in the back of the mouth.

3/20/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear medium light red. Earthy, herbal black cherry fruit with a bit of campfire. Dry earthy cherry flavours and a dry slightly hot mid weight finish.

On the dry and elegant side. Should put on a bit of weight.

3/14/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear light yellow. Mid weight nose, fresh pineapple, citrus and kiwi fruit nose. Dry green fig and lemon flavours and a nice dry stony finish.

3/14/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Light orange. Great nose, spiced apple, citrus, green herbs and mandarin orange. Dry fresh citrus and red apple flavours and an earthy dry finish.

I have had this twice now and really liked it.

3/14/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Very corked.

3/14/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Oxidized in a big way. Dried out, smells like cherry and cheap tequila.

3/13/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

This bottle was very elegant compared to previous ones. More creamy, spicy red cherry and berry flavours and a bit softer on the finish.

Decanted for 90 minutes.

3/12/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Medium light red. Medium intense nose, red cherry, warm earth, mint and berry nose. Dry elegant cherry, currant and thyme flavours with a nice balanced herbal finish.

3/12/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear light gold. Nice nose, apricot, green apple, wet stone and a bit of exotic fruit. Restrained and dry stone fruit and mineral flavours and a bit of richness in the finish.

More interesting than the 2022 Inama Classico.

3/10/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

A great bottle, decanting a couple of hours brought out a great nose, floral red cherry fruit with a fair bit of earthy meaty funk. Delicious red cherry and beef broth flavours an a dry floral finish.

Unique wine, floral and funky.

3/10/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Clear light yellow. Very tight nose, stone fruit, green apple and white flowers just tied up and a bit shy. Delicious dry apricot and lemon flavours and a dry tight finish.

Needs time.

3/4/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Light red. Not a great nose, a bit muted. Sour cherry, red berry and spice but not very bright. Great spicy red cherry, leather and spice flavours and a beautiful finish. Very fine grained tannins leaving a nice smooth feeling.

I hope the nose improves. I did buy it at the Westwood BCLDB store. A place where good wines go to die. Really tragic conditions.

3/3/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

Medium red. Very fresh, floral, red cherry, pepper and beef broth nose. Delicious lifted red cherry and pepper flavours and a light on it’s feet dry finish.

3/1/2024 - David J Cooper wrote:

A very serious BdM. Nose of blackberry, forest floor, graphite and balsamic. Very concentrated, good now but greatness promised.

At a walk around tasting. Very good wine.