Soooo good. If you can picture sucking on a river stone that’s been dipped in the ocean, drenched with zesty lemon juice and then sprinkled with orchard fruits, then you’ve got a good idea of this beauty’s flavour profile. The acidity is punchy and focused but the wine has a brilliant lithe texture that provides absolutely no sharp edges. Killer juice. OK, so it’s not the most complex white burg, but it’s a seriously gluggable drink.
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Tightest cork ever, which came out with some elbow grease in pristine condition. Given a two hour decant and consumed over a couple of days. Looks its age in the glass with a mid garnet core and rusty rim. This beauty offers up dried cherries, red berries, cherry stone, florals, earthiness and some sous bois. Plenty of mouth counting minerals and some powdery tannic grip at the finish. Balanced and lithe. Lovely stuff.
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Double decanted and drunk over two nights. Plenty of jammy black fruit with liquorice, juniper, earth, graphite, leather, and some peppery spices. Clocking in at 14.9%, the high alcohol is very noticeable on the nose, palate, and sides of the glass. While it doesn’t stick out too much, it is warming and not my style. A big wine on the palate. It’s glycerol sweetness is punchy and while velvety, the tannins are still a little powdery. Not my cup to tea, but for those who like bigger new world reds, this is pretty good and ready to go with a good decant.
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2020 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Bourgogne-Aligoté
5/10/2024 - JonathanP Likes this wine: 93 Points
Soooo good. If you can picture sucking on a river stone that’s been dipped in the ocean, drenched with zesty lemon juice and then sprinkled with orchard fruits, then you’ve got a good idea of this beauty’s flavour profile. The acidity is punchy and focused but the wine has a brilliant lithe texture that provides absolutely no sharp edges. Killer juice. OK, so it’s not the most complex white burg, but it’s a seriously gluggable drink.
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2010 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Ile des Vergelesses
5/7/2024 - JonathanP Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tightest cork ever, which came out with some elbow grease in pristine condition. Given a two hour decant and consumed over a couple of days. Looks its age in the glass with a mid garnet core and rusty rim. This beauty offers up dried cherries, red berries, cherry stone, florals, earthiness and some sous bois. Plenty of mouth counting minerals and some powdery tannic grip at the finish. Balanced and lithe. Lovely stuff.
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2004 Shafer Relentless
4/28/2024 - JonathanP wrote: 91 Points
Double decanted and drunk over two nights. Plenty of jammy black fruit with liquorice, juniper, earth, graphite, leather, and some peppery spices. Clocking in at 14.9%, the high alcohol is very noticeable on the nose, palate, and sides of the glass. While it doesn’t stick out too much, it is warming and not my style. A big wine on the palate. It’s glycerol sweetness is punchy and while velvety, the tannins are still a little powdery. Not my cup to tea, but for those who like bigger new world reds, this is pretty good and ready to go with a good decant.
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