Domaine de Montille
Les Mitans Volnay Pinot Noir 2005
I’ve had this! Drank too young but still very memorable.
Domaine Marcel Deiss
Altenberg de Bergheim Alsace Grand Cru White Blend 2008
This is a magnificent effort. Golden yellow with complex nose of flowers, white fruit with honey, tangerine, tropical fruit and brown sugar added on the palate. Unctuous, oily and persistent mouth feel. All backed by adequate acid leading to a long, long finish. A field blend of 13 varieties. Auslese level sweetness. 41/2*, but you have to be down with the style. @Andrew Schirmer missed you. — a month ago
with Judy
Tenuta Col d'Orcia
Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2007
Without a doubt a noble and powerful wine. Delicious with lasagna, this could hold up to anything you throw at it. But at eleven years of age it still feels too young, needs more time to bring out the structure. Attenuated nose, big tannic grip. Cherries, leather, slightly astringent finish. Hold for at least another five years before revisiting.
Even with a 2 hour decant this stuff screams I’m not ready. Since the last bottle it has moved, at a glacial pace, towards a more coherent expression of Brunello. I suspect that a 4* wine lurks within but patience is going to be needed.
Thierry Allemand
Reynard Cornas Syrah 2006
The best wines tell a story. Some are immediately inviting and others slowly unveil their charms. This Cornas draws you in, its main plot (a beguiling black olive-game-spice accord) buttressed by subplots (fruit, acidity, earth) and fleeting characters. All told with a light-footed elegant style that you have to stop and slowly savor or you’ll miss it. Pure poetry.
Bonneau du Martray
Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay 2007
How was it? I wasn’t there, or else I’d have written the note 😂
5* all the way. Truly lives up to it’s Grand Cru classification. Partial payback by the wine gods for all the WB I’ve dumped with premox.
Lucky to have more.
@Andrew Schirmer sorry you missed out.
Lucky to have more.
@Andrew Schirmer sorry you missed out.
Cayuse Vineyards
Armada Vineyard Syrah 2008
Perhaps the most lovely WA syrah I’ve had the pleasure to taste. Deep garnet-purple, dark fruit, leather, smoke, powerful legs. Velvety. Very nicely integrated, but at the same but could benefit from a bit more structure.
Château de Fieuzal
Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2000
Surprised as 2000 was a great vintage. Too bad.
Joseph Drouhin
Clos des Mouches Beaune 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2002
Sweet sixteen. Colour: garnet cherry liqueur. Entrancing nose of violets, foliage, leather. A bit tight initially, but it unfurled and showed its charms very nicely. Palate is classic Beaune with extraordinarily vibrant acidity, elongated finish. Gorgeous, and more to go. Drinking beautifully now, you could hold for 10-20. What a treat! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 @Jim Wagonfeld
Jim Wagonfeld
5* The ethereal weightlessness of great burgundy. Just fabulous with a long life ahead. — 2 days ago