How good is this! It’s a complete wine. So beautifully balanced between sweet and savoury. A dance between raspberry, black olive and black pepper on the finish. Took about 2 hours of air to find its true expression. Fortunately I have one more bottle.
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Last bottle unfortunately. Drinking superbly. Had with sesame encrusted tuna and it was a great match. Opened slightly oxidative but this blew off quickly and the wine was pristine. Acid and fruit in good balance. Complex. So lovely. Another example of the longevity of these wines.
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This bottle was cellared for several years which didn’t help. It had a touch of brettanomyces which may have further developed during the cellaring. I suspect the producer encourages it to give his wines complexity, especially if the fruit is poor, but the unsuspecting consumer suffers later. The bottle was drinkable at this level but clearly this is not a wine for keeping. The wine may be ok when fresh so other comments might be more informative.
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2011 Domaine Vincent Paris Cornas Granit 30
3/7/2024 - dichris Likes this wine: 95 Points
How good is this! It’s a complete wine. So beautifully balanced between sweet and savoury. A dance between raspberry, black olive and black pepper on the finish. Took about 2 hours of air to find its true expression. Fortunately I have one more bottle.
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1996 Marc Brédif Vouvray
1/8/2024 - dichris Likes this wine: 95 Points
Last bottle unfortunately. Drinking superbly. Had with sesame encrusted tuna and it was a great match. Opened slightly oxidative but this blew off quickly and the wine was pristine. Acid and fruit in good balance. Complex. So lovely. Another example of the longevity of these wines.
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NV Charles de Cazanove Champagne Tête de Cuvée
12/5/2023 - dichris wrote: 88 Points
This bottle was cellared for several years which didn’t help. It had a touch of brettanomyces which may have further developed during the cellaring. I suspect the producer encourages it to give his wines complexity, especially if the fruit is poor, but the unsuspecting consumer suffers later. The bottle was drinkable at this level but clearly this is not a wine for keeping. The wine may be ok when fresh so other comments might be more informative.
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