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  • 2021 Mount Brown Pinot Noir Grand Reserve

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    5/13/2024 - Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 91 Points

    Late night at home. Drank in Grassl Cru and Gabriel Standart. Screw-cap.
    Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
    Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of earthy roasted coffee-bean toast oak, dark red cherries, black cherries. Developing.
    On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13.5%), medium tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of bitter coffee-bean, toasty oak, earth soil matter, sweet spices, cinnamon, sweet dark red cherries, black cherries with some brown sugar. Long spicy finish with bitter-sweetness.
    Very good quality. Great QPR. Has serious substance for some ageing. Not shy currently also. Will probably warrant a higher score if the oak integrates well and the fruits and other elements hold up in tandem.

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  • 2018 Domaine Antoine Lienhardt Gevrey-Chambertin

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    5/9/2024 - Derek Darth Taster Likes this wine: 91 Points

    Late night at home after work. Drank in Gabriel Standart and Grassl Cru.
    Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
    Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of fresh fragrant earthy funk with meaty bits, garden flowers, spices, ripe red cherry fruits. Developing.
    On the palate, dry, medium+ to high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), medium tannins, medium body. Medium flavour intensity, with gentle flavours of fresh earth, fine crushed stones minerality, sweet spices, fresh ripe red cherries, raspberry, bit of ripe stems and hint of fresh meat. Medium finish.
    Very good quality. Gentle Gevrey village very drinkable right now. Juicy fruits. Could develop nicely over the next 3-4 years also.

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  • 2020 Domaine Belluard Gringet Vin de Savoie Eponyme

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    5/5/2024 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 91 Points

    Late night at home with J. 1 day old bottle. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart. The story, the wine, the history. Poignant that I enjoyed the read of "Godforsaken Grapes" recently.
    Appearance is slightly cloudy, pale intensity, lemon colour. Thin legs.
    Nose medium intensity, with aromas of apple cider, sour lemon, yeasty lees, hint of alpine flowers. Developing.
    On the palate, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12%), medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of intense sour lemon, apple cider, quince, skin contact lees, sweet refreshing alpine flower juice, minerality. Long zippy acidic finish.
    Very good quality. Refreshing invigorating wine that feels so unique. Feels like it might age well too.

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  • Weinheber says:

    5/20/2023 1:56:00 AM - Hi! You ever drunk Riesling from Austria, Wachau? Greetings Reinhard

  • pclin says:

    1/15/2021 12:28:00 AM - Send me private message at CT discussion forum, so we can exchange contacts.

  • darren81 says:

    6/19/2020 2:53:00 AM - Awesome, thanks for the recommendation! Will keep an eye out for it. Time to drink in the Phase 2!

  • bugles says:

    6/10/2020 7:09:00 PM - ey Derek, The Carnasciale is an interesting intellectual exercise given the grape varietal. You can see both the Cab Franc and Merlot in notes in there. We did it over a zoom blind tasting and everyone was guessing it to be Cab Franc straight off that bat. The wine was bit closed at first after opening the bottle, but letting it air opened it up beautifully but then after about an hour, it falls off the cliff. So I'd recommend to drink with a few people. It will definitely be appreciated but it wont be a hit I think. Specially at that price point. I have a slight doubt that perhaps I drank it 1-2 years too early.

  • grapenomad says:

    4/2/2019 8:57:00 AM - Hey Derek, will bring a bottle of Barovo back!

  • HODGO17 says:

    9/26/2017 6:43:00 PM - Hi Derek-- thanks for the connect. Just as an FYI im an investor in a premium wine business called The Local Drop. We are a diverse business doing everything from a premium wine club through to corporate wine management and run a heap of events. Let me know if we can help and if youre interested in an invite to our first wine event in Singapore? cheers, Craig

  • Bandreas says:

    3/9/2016 2:24:00 PM - thanks for the info Derek. Why they do not mention the stylistic change I do not know. But it is there and is big. Best Bandreas

  • Yiannis says:

    9/8/2015 2:24:00 AM - No, my family name is Papadakis. Howevwe Yiannis Karakassia MW is a very close friend of mine.

  • deatovino says:

    3/22/2014 9:46:00 AM - Hi there. I appreciate all your detailed tasting notes here. I'm also a big fan of wines from the Piedmont and Tuscany. I'm trying to build my cellar of Barolo in particular, branching out to Brunello as well.

  • clairenclarence says:

    9/26/2013 1:51:00 AM - 1 bttl of massetto 08 to clear at $500.any taker??

  • Bam_Man says:

    9/2/2013 9:24:00 AM - Yes, and at around $1,100 a pop, at least in my case that 2001 Masseto is likely to always be just a dream!

  • Davyd Chong says:

    4/20/2013 10:51:00 AM - I notice that all your tasting notes are only for Italian wines?

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