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• 2022 Domaine Les Capréoles Beaujolais Lantignié l'Amourgandise

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  5/3/2024 - dsamuel Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Medium violet
  Medium plus aromas of fresh red/ blue fruit with dark florals and dried/fresh herbal notes
  Medium bodied with palate of fresh/ dried red and blue fruit and hints of balsamic
  Medium tannins and medium plus acidity with medium alcohol
  Moderate finish led by fruit
  I get a Burgundian style here, without typical notes of crunchy fruit from semicarbonic maceration
  From Lantignie, currently attempting to obtain Cru status and just west of Regnie

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• 2015 Domaine Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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  4/26/2024 - dsamuel Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Double Blind tasting
  Medium ruby color with mild rim clearing and mild bricking
  Medium plus aromas of black cherry/ plum with rhubarb/ leather and cigarette ash - dried florals/potpourri notes appearing with time in the glass - no new oak notes
  Medium plus bodied with palate of red/ black cherry with syrup notes and again ash notes
  Medium plus medium grained tannins and medium plus alcohol with medium plus acidity
  I initially was thinking volcanic origin due these ashy notes but this really didn't match the other findings
  I called this Aglianico but really didn't feel the color was right
  Floral/ potpourri notes didn't really become evident until opened for a while
  I really enjoy this wine and see better things to come - would hold 5-7 yrs or now with a healthy decant

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• 2018 Weingut Neumeister Sauvignon Blanc Klausen

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  4/26/2024 - dsamuel Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Double Blind tasting
  Pale gold color
  Medium aromas of candied lemon and yellow florals with mild noted of grass and green herbs with dry rock minerality
  Medium bodied with palate of fresh lemon/ orange and apple with distinct minerality at back of palate
  Medium plus acidity and medium alcohol with mild to moderate phenolic bitterness
  Medium length led by acidity and bitter notes
  I went with Albarino here due to my perhaps overcalled phenolics - didn't really pick up the pyrazines until after the reveal
  In any case I really liked this SB - very different from both Loire and NZ
  My first encounter with this wine and quite impressed
  Drink now or hold 3-5 yrs

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