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Red

2002 J. Rochioli Pinot Noir Russian River Valley

10/29/2014 - Jeffsta Likes this wine:

92 points

Very sweet. Black fruit leads, some red fruits, plenty of acid to back it up, all nicely balanced. Bare hint of reductiveness. Secondary flavors just beginning to emerge. Amazingly youthful for a 12-year old wine. While my taste lately is inclining away from the ripeness of California Pinots, there's a lot of pleasure here. Drink the next in a year or two.

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10/29/14, 9:24 PM - An hour after opening: more distinct flavors of plum and currant. Lots of acid! At least five years left in this one, from a cold cellar, maybe 10. Whether it'll improve: not clear - look forward to seeing.

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White - Off-dry

2009 Markus Molitor Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese #18 Mosel Saar Ruwer

5/31/2014 - Jeffsta Likes this wine:

90 points

Flavors of banana, peach, honey, hint of lemon meringue. Some bright acidity. Lovely with marrow bones. Not at all profound; a simple pleasure. Might improve.

Jeffsta commented:

7/1/14, 7:31 PM - Improved after a month in the frig under Coravin; more honey, more unctuous mouthfeel, just a hint of truffle. 91 pts.

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White

2006 J. Rochioli Chardonnay Russian River Valley

6/9/2014 - Jeffsta wrote:

87 points

Not special in any way, either good or bad. Best I can say: decent acidity.

Jeffsta commented:

6/16/14, 7:57 PM - After a few days in the frig under Coravin: some notes of banana, tons of sweet oak and vanilla, long on the midpalate. 88 pts.

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Red

2006 Chateau St. Jean Cabernet Sauvignon Cinq Cépages Sonoma County

5/31/2014 - Jeffsta Likes this wine:

92 points

Tastes like Paulliac; very much belies its new world origins. Plummy, red fruit, cedar. Not overly sweet, rich, or jammy. Lead pencil on the finish.

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6/6/14, 8:30 PM - After a day under Coravin, the fruit is bolder, jammy; not as nice. 90 pts.

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