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• 2001 Château d'Yquem

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  5/2/2024 - ricard Likes this wine: 99 Points

  I was secretly hoping to be critical and say, nah, it's not all it's cracked up to be, but how wrong I was. It's the greatest sweet wine I've ever had, in fact one of the greatest wines of any kind I've ever had. You would not, could not, want to drink this every day. It's like listening to Mozart's Requiem for the first time and realising what beauty is. This truly is the most sensational wine. Believe it. What an absurd privilege.

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• 2001 Château Climens

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  5/2/2024 - ricard Likes this wine: 98 Points

  [DELETED EXPLETIVE]. So intense and assertive. Exploding with energy. Nutty and oily, viscous yet dancing with lightness, and every fruit on the planet concentrated in one jewel of unspeakable intensity and breathtaking beauty. Staggering and spectacular.

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• 2006 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques

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  5/2/2024 - ricard Likes this wine: 97 Points

  My first ever Rousseau (and who knows if I'll ever have another one). Slightly dull colour - perhaps because '06 isn't a great vintage. But Christ alive what a nose!!! Utterly exquisite. A cascade of ridiculous beauty. What rubies would taste like if they were food. If 2006 is sensational, what is 2005 like? This is what makes me wonder why anyone would want to drink anything else. Why? This wine is insanely good.

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