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Wine	Like It	Don't Like
2017 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Clos du Bourg	Yes
2006 Cameron Pinot Noir Arley's Leap	Yes
2001 Cigliuti Barbaresco Serraboella	Yes
2016 Castello di Verduno Barolo	Yes
2002 Salvatore Molettieri Taurasi Cinque Querce	Yes
1999 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco Riserva Pora	Yes
2006 Capezzana Carmignano Villa di Capezzana	Yes
1999 Elio Grasso Barolo Ginestra Casa Maté	Yes
2006 Conti Costanti Brunello di Montalcino		No
2020 Proprietà Sperino Piemonte Rosa del Rosa	Yes

2017 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Clos du Bourg
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5/7/2024 - ciaovito Likes this wine: 92 Points
Telltale apple sauce, ginger, honey and quinine. Very tangy with nice acidic lift. Although I like this wine, not sure if it will be a 10-12 year vintage. Seems to lack a bit of character older Bourg have shown .
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2006 Cameron Pinot Noir Arley's Leap
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4/27/2024 - ciaovito Likes this wine:
This is an absolute masterpiece of a wine. Hot vintage in Oregon with lots of wines showing pruney notes for a long time and this wine astounds. Relatively clean for a Cameron wine. Showing a touch of effervescence and zingy acidity, red raspberry fruit and autumnal bitter tea, Just a delight. Well stored bottles have some time to drink up but why wait ?
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2001 Cigliuti Barbaresco Serraboella
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4/13/2024 - ciaovito Likes this wine: 95 Points
Cork slipped out quite easily with my Durand and initial thoughts were negative. But then a quick sniff and we have a very correct wine. Extremely tight bottle with superb structure and class. Highly recommend decanting and giving plenty of air. Sweet fruit, fairly linear even with air, tannins, acid and length abound. Just a beautiful wine and if this bottle is any barometer of others, then wait if you have more
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Rote Kappelle says:

11/29/2023 1:32:00 PM - Welcome aboard the good ship Crazy Taster! May I enquire what tempted you to board?
Weinberg Falls says:

10/4/2022 2:34:00 PM - Thanks for your message, always nice to hear that a note encourages another bottle to be popped. Keeping madeira in a decanter is a Royal Navy tradition I inherited from my grandfather. An officer would always keep a decanter full of madeira and one of port in the house, to be passed around the table after each dinner. The decanter of madeira follows the port, and is always passed to the left! Strange traditions that are fun to keep alive in a modern world. You have an excellent cellar!
randyjc says:

5/27/2020 7:17:00 AM - Thanks for the fanning. I looked at your tasting notes and your cellar and notes reflect my own. I hope your restaurant is surviving this awful mess of a pandemic - what’s happening in the industry is, of course, a tragedy. I often am in Portland as my younger son lives there - what is your restaurant? My guess is that the wine selections are made with more care than in most places. I don’t know if there can be private messages through CT but if you have a moment to write please email to randvwine@gmail.com. I enjoyed reading your tasting notes.