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2005 Château Clerc Milon
5/20/2024 - Winedog1 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Coravin. Another baby Mouton Rothschild. Gorgeous, classic left bank style. Nose of stewed plums, forest floor, dried flowers, and some candied fruits and nuts; beautiful bouquet. Fruit and acid on the tongue. Dry, tart, olive, mushroom, truffle, and then sweet finish. After opening: orange peel (on the pallet) and then exhaust (on the nose); medium sediment. Opened in preparation of tasting the 2001 in about three weeks (all other 2000 and 2001 Bordeaux have already been imbibed).
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2018 Turley Zinfandel Old Vines
5/20/2024 - Winedog1 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drinking this is like eating a blueberry pie; it is uncanny. Blueberry pie filling! Wet rocks. Minerals. White pepper. It is difficult to stop pouring more wine. I tend to go on streaks with certain wines, winemakers, varietals, styles, regions, etc. I am going to miss the 2018 Old Vines when fully depleted from my wine cellar. The run cannot continue forever, and I have not been on one like this since the 2018 Fattoria Petrolo Torrione.
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2020 Château Monbousquet
5/18/2024 - Winedog1 Likes this wine: 95 Points
A follow-up to the recent 2005 and 2019 tastings. Monbousquet has my interest right now. Obviously still young, but undoubtedly a knockout. Full body. Extra powerful. Very potent. Major graphite. Boysenberry, like the extinct Knott's Berry Farm pancake syrup. Some forest floor. Three pours: Coravin the first night, and bottle opening the third night. So delicious the first night that I went back for another Coravin pour. Like the 2019, the way the fruit hits the pallet immediately is highly satisfying. Nontraditional pairings: The Chastain burger and fries the first time, and pulled pork the second time. I will continue to track down different vintages given my current intrigue. I have found a new Bordeaux to collect! Still very high QPR relative to Pavie, the best comp I know. Any other similar Bordeaux that I should try near the Monbousquet price point? I would appreciate the community's advice. Revised upward to a 95.
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