Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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Red |
2019 Thymiopoulos jeunes vignes de Xinomavro / Young Vines Naoussamore |
5/23/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 90 pointsHas already had a couple of more years in my cellar than my previous consumed vintage and has clearly benefitted from the (unintentional) extra bottle age. Dark red fruits and berries with maquis herb influences and merest hint of truffle. Tufa minerality. Outstanding vale. |
White |
2019 Jean-Claude Bessin Chablis Vieilles VignesChardonnay more |
5/22/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 90 pointsCrisp apple with ripe williams pear nuances. Fullish but with good green zesty acidity and pebbly minerality. At its peak. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
White |
2021 Cascina Amalia Langhe Rossese BiancoLanghe DOC more |
5/21/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 pointsFloral nuances and gently aromatic spice coat this steely tangerine fruited wine. Very clean with assertive but integrated acidity giving a surprisingly long dry finish. Excellent in spite of being a tad one dimensional - I suspect depending on its grippy elements to hold it together. |
White |
2021 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Leistenberg Riesling KabinettNahe more |
5/20/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 pointsAlready with a hint of diesel on the nose. Viscous by Kabinett standards with a crystalline sweetness. Flavours of ripe white cherry with sharp cooking apple nuances for contrast. Granitic minerality and suppressed acidity prevent any cloying. |
Red |
2015 M. Chapoutier Côtes du Roussillon Villages Latour Dom de Bila-Haut V.I.T Visitare Interiore TerraeGrenache Blend, Grenache more |
5/19/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 pointsSon-in-laws birthday dinner. 2 bottles aerated & decanted together for 2hrs. My last. |
White - Sparkling |
NV Denbies GreenfieldsSurrey Champagne Blend more |
5/19/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 90 points2 bottles for son-in-laws birthday dinner. Apéritif with nibbles. |
Red |
2018 Domaine du Gros 'Noré BandolMourvèdre Blend, Mourvèdre more |
5/18/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 90 pointsSavoury dark orchard fruits with minerally cherry taking the lead. Dry spice. Medium bodied but with good concentration of flavours. Just hitting its plateau (breathe well) and should be good for 10yrs from vintage. |
White |
2015 Olivier Leflaive Meursault Les VireuilsChardonnay more |
5/17/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 90 pointsSalinity and chalky Meursault traits. Hints of pineapple/aromatic fruit and citrus zest. Decent acidity balances but the whole has lost the intensity of my earlier reviews. |
White |
2009 Tyrrell's Johnno's SémillonHunter Valley more |
5/16/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 92 pointsLime, meadow herb and even a touch of bay on the nose. Core of restrained exotic fruit and citrus zest with flinty/chalk minerality. Perfect balancing acidity. |
Red |
2014 Lamé Delisle Boucard Bourgueil Cuvée PrestigeCabernet Franc more |
2/4/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 pointsA favourite Cab Franc of mine over the years - I still have the '76 in my cellar! |
White |
2019 Léon Beyer Gewurztraminer Réserve PersonnelleAlsace Gewürztraminer more |
2/2/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 pointsAs per my July '23 note. |
White |
2013 Mount Pleasant Wines Sémillon Single Vineyard LovedaleHunter Valley more |
2/1/2024 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: NRTightly coiled with citrus core and hints of viscosity. Powerful acidity a tad unintegrated at present. Infanticide in my view - needs at least another couple of years in cellar to start displaying all its elements followed by a long evolutionary period in the stratosphere. |
Red |
2018 Seppeltsfield Grenache BarossaBarossa Valley more |
11/3/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 89 pointsMy last and drunk at the right time while acidity continues to give balance. |
Red |
2016 Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico RiservaChianti Classico DOCG Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
11/2/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 90 pointsMy last in this format. |
White |
2006 Château Laville Haut-Brion BlancPessac-Léognan Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend more |
10/31/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 92 pointsI suspect this is starting to go into decline as the herbal and asparagus elements noted earlier are threatening to dominate as the acidity and grip start to fade. Still more than OK (if pricey for the quality) but for drinking soon. |
Red |
2008 Chateau MusarBekaa Valley Red Blend more |
10/29/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 pointsFirst time I've broached this Musar vintage and was impressed even if it is scheduled for the relatively short term. |
White - Sweet/Dessert |
2000 Tokaj Classic Tokaji Aszú 6 PuttonyosFurmint Blend, Furmint more |
10/27/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 93 pointsDinner at friends - my contribution. 10 years since my previous note. Old fashioned style of Tokay which I prefer for high Aszú examples rather than the anaemic "pure" trendy styles of recent years. Deep ruddy brown colour. Marmalade and dark honey, smoke, Zanzibar spice and core of pectic acidity bringing the wine together and lingering on the palate forever. Easily enough for eight guests even in 50cl format. |
Red |
2017 Les Grandes Serres Châteauneuf-du-PapeRed Rhone Blend more |
10/27/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 89 pointsDinner at friends - this CNP had all the characteristics you would expect: dark à point hedge fruits, dry spice and firm, rounded and integrated tannins. While not a profound example of CNP - more than fitted the bill accompanying their rib of beef (second time in week!). Very moreish. |
Red |
2015 Domaine Zafeirakis LimnionaTirnavos more |
10/26/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 pointsAs per my September '23 note. At its peak. |
Red |
2007 Bodegas y Viñedos del Contino Rioja Viña del OlivoTempranillo Blend, Tempranillo more |
10/24/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 92 pointsMy last and drinking beautifully now. Has been approachable (and too tempting!) for a number of years and should hold up for a few more. |
Red |
2014 Anthonij Rupert Cabernet FrancFranschhoek Valley more |
10/22/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 pointsMy last two and drank in the perfect place accompanying our Sunday rib of beef. |
Red |
2020 Symington Douro AltanoRed Blend more |
10/18/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 89 pointsA junior Chryseia in style but representing really good value at a quarter the price (bonus point). |
White - Off-dry |
2019 Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch (Erben-Thanisch) Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Kabinett feinherbMosel Saar Ruwer more |
10/15/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 pointsPerfect with roast pork and trimmings! |
Red |
1990 Château Ducru-BeaucaillouSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
9/25/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 91 pointsThis case has been so variable both in quality (flawed - to 93pts) as well as in character that I can only mark it based on enjoyment rather than any other criteria. So this was an enjoyable enough 91pt bottle which nevertheless has to be disappointing given the vintage! |
White - Sparkling |
2004 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston ChurchillChampagne Blend more |
9/24/2023 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 94 pointsCelebrating other half's reurn after success at the x-country riding Nationals in Derbyshire. |