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Susan Neil

160 wines • 5 followers • 12 following

Travaglini

Gattinara Nebbiolo 2010

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Susan Neil

Susan Neil

9.5

Clear tawny garnet with aromas of tart cherries, roses, dried orange zest and baking spice. Soft mellow tannins with cherry, orange, clay pot and potpourri flavors. Medium bodied with high acidity, complex long finish. Very cool irregularly shaped bottle — 7 years ago

Yves Boyer-Martenot

Bourgogne-Aligoté

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Susan Neil

Susan Neil

8.8

Crisp citrus and green pear with briny minerality — 7 years ago

Bodega Monte la Reina

Claudia Moreno Frizzante Verdejo

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Susan Neil

Susan Neil

7.0

Pale gold, peach and ripe pear aromas, lighly effervescent, quite sweet peachy flavor with no minerality, simple and soft-drink like- had to dump the rest, not faulty but not for me — 8 years ago

Corte Aura

Franciacorta Blend

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Susan Neil

Susan Neil

8.8

Pale yellow with faintly apple aroma, apple, bread and lemon flavors crisp with fine bubbles, but less effervescent than champagne. — 8 years ago

Cathy Brown Sims
with Cathy

Mud House Wines

Marlborough Pinot Noir

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Susan Neil

Susan Neil

9.2

Clear Ruby with the vivid aromas of cherries, dried roses and a whiff of potting soil, Cherry, red currant and baking spices on the palate, light bodied for a red, very light soft tannins, clean finish with some minerality. Very tasty and plays well with food! — 7 years ago

Dom Pérignon

Brut Champagne Blend 2009

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Susan Neil

Susan Neil

9.8

Susan had this 7 years ago

Greywacke

Marlborough Pinot Noir 2014

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Susan Neil

Susan Neil

9.7

Deep garnet with nose of stewed blackberries , plum, leather, old baking spices and forest floor; round rich flavors on the palate of cassis, pomegranate and spice, with some vanilla, cedar and soft tannins. The best of new world fruit richness with old world style earthy, spice notes and moderate acidity. Wow! — 8 years ago

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Andre Scherer

Alsace Gewurztraminer 2016

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Susan Neil

Susan Neil

8.5

Pale straw, aromas of honeycomb, lychee, candied grapefruit zest and carnations, quite sweet, with a hint of petrol as well as the lychee, grapefruit and honey. Full bodied, medium acidity. — 7 years ago

Chehalem

Three Vineyard Estate Grown Pinot Gris

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Susan Neil

Susan Neil

9.2

Pale yellow with ripe pear, Meyer lemon and melon aromas, peach-mango, lemon zest, pineapple and wet stone on the palate, medium bodied, medium plus acidity, off-dry but balanced by mineral and spice on the finish — 7 years ago

Skouras

Saint George Nemea Aghiorghitiko 2013

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Susan Neil

Susan Neil

8.9

Deep ruby with cherry and plum aromas and flavors with smoky black pepper on the long finish, medium acidity with smooth tannins — 8 years ago