Poggio Antico
Altero Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2009
Like this producer but prefer their more elegant traditional bottling. A bit hot on the nose, then deep cherry fruit and sweet oak. — 10 days ago
Copain
Harrison Clarke Syrah 2005
This was an exceptionally nice wine. Very youthful, just picking up secondary flavors. Cornas-like olive and smoke for the first couple hours. Opened up to blackberries and cassis. Despite my initial hesitation with early years Copain, this was very well balanced. — 23 days ago
Daniel-Etienne Defaix
Domaine du Vieux Chateau Vaillon Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2005
Killer Chablis. Great to taste with this perfect bottle age. Lemon and honeycomb. Flinty with crisp acidity. Gripy mouthfeel. — 2 days ago
Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello
Mascarello Freisa Langhe Toetto 2015
This is good. More open and approachable than the Rinaldi fresia from a couple months back. Dark in the glass and a little hot at first. Strawberry perfume, licorice, big tannins. — 3 days ago
Domaine de L'Arlot
Clos des Forêts St. Georges Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2004
In a nice secondary phase. Will drink my other bottle soon. Smoke and crushed flowers on the highly aromatic nose. A bit thin at first but puts on weight and opens up with red fruit after an hour. Enough acid and freshness. — 15 days ago
Copain
James Berry Paso Robles Roussanne 2004
Stunning. Slight oxidative note blew off after a quick decant. buttery. Tropical fruit and apricot. Waxy texture. Enough acid still there to keep the finish going and going. — 3 days ago
Alain Graillot
Crozes-Hermitage Syrah 2017
Nice for crozes. Tannins chunky and rustic. Dark fruit plus herbs. — 5 days ago
Arnot-Roberts
El Dorado Gamay Noir 2018
Pretty strawberries and watermelon. Definitely fruity but not over-the-top carbonic. Quaffable with a chill. — 15 days ago
Bernard Dugat-Py
"Coeur de Roy" Tres Vieilles Vignes Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir 2004
A difficult wine to rate and atypical of burgundy (would have guessed syrah blind). On the plus side, this is drinking almost ludicrously young for a 16 year old wine and solid core of dark, muscular fruit cane through after some time in the decanter. On the downside, this is extracted to the point of dryness and the fruit was quickly swallowed by stem-y tannin. When will this wine be ready, if ever? — a month ago
Michael Greene
Just got the littoral spring release last week and popped this to taste one young. Took an hour to open in the decanter but didn’t disappoint. Primary, bramble fruit. Has that black tea/spice thing that seems typical of this vineyard across vintages. And that finish...incredible. Stashing then rest away for now. — a day ago