Jan de Weerd

9.3

Great pairing with a Malaysian style, curry based dish from Green Chef. The warm, peppery flavors, full bodied soft tannins in this Southern Rhone perfectly matched it. 1 + 1 = 3. That is so fun about wine. — 4 days ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.3

Nice dark, dried fruit, leathery, tobacco-y Rioja. Very balanced, good old world style body and nice evolving flavors during the finish. — 11 days ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.4

Surprising Shiraz from Barossa Valley. It drank like a cool climate Syrah from the US. Fresh acidity, full bodied, dominating black pepper and strong notes of dried plum, initially tart but evolved to a sweeter edge giving it richness. Nice rounded tannins giving it a pleasant finish. — 24 days ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.1

Potent, rich dark fruit blend with a strong tannic structure that, unfortunately didn’t really open up and remained rather single note. Also a bit of a green edge, reminiscing of unripe green olives, that stood out and wasn’t integrated. — a month ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.4

Blind tasting. I was very confused it had a lot of the sweeter warmer herbal flavors like marjoram and thyme yet it had still this cool dark currant, cassis body with just the softest, gentle tannins. What could it be. I didn’t guess it but Tammy revealed she had picked a 2012 100% Cab from Dunham. Just amazing, tasting the magic of Eric. It was awesome. — 4 days ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.6

Fantastic Amarone. Or was it the cheese? We paired it with Le Gruyere and it was exquisite. Rich dark fruit infused with earthy flavors. Fresh, medium rounded tannins that were well integrated with everything that was going on int this wine. — 17 days ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.5

Pure old country style. No fruit other than perhaps dark, tart cherry and tomato. Mostly a juice with notes of cigarette box, dark unsweetened chocolate, black tea and hints of granite. Medium but very dry tannins. Balanced, pleasant finish. — 25 days ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.3

Aged very well. While still a great backbone, the wine had converted to dark, mineral, almost sweet notes of autumn leaves, oak and tobacco. Tannins were very present but very smooth giving it a lingering soothing finish. — 10 days ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.7

This was an awesome wine! Currant, mulberry, dark blueberry and tart strawberry fruit red soaked in course tannins, which transformed into a soft pleasant landing during a 3 minute lingering finish. Drew came through! Go COUGS!! — 13 days ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.3

Central Otago makes just the most fantastic Pinots and Two Paddocks ranks with the best. This Pinot had a lot of dark red fruit layered in this rich mineral, earthy background that is so typical for this region. Well balanced, great finish. — a month ago

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