Domaine Michel Gros
Vosne Romanée Pinot Noir 2012
2012 vintage. Solid cork and fill. Decanted and tasted after 20 mins and 45 mins. Medium body. Nice dusty, dirty, funky nose with just a hint of barnyard that dissipated quickly. Great integration and showing quite well currently. Likely another 5-7 years in this current state. Not improving at this point 12.13.24. — 2 days ago
Château Larrivet Haut-Brion
Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 1998
Château Marquis d'Alesme
Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2018
2018 vintage. First visit with this producer as it's rarely glimpsed in the Southern California market. Smoky, plummy nose. Medium body. Smooth, velveteen entry on the front palate that cruises the length of the performance until the fine-grained tannins at the conclusion. Super classy. Exactly zero speedbumps at this juncture. Refined enough to appeal to long-time BDX drinkers and inviting enough to welcome first-time BDX initiates. Showing beautifully now with very little to resolve. No personal history to draw on with this property but stylistically and regionally, feel this can easily go 10-12 years without effort/variation. Past that point, not prepared to say/speculate. 12.17.24. — 4 days ago
Charles Van Canneyt
Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2014
2014 vintage. Subtlety, thy name is this wine. Light-medium body. Raspberry, strawberry and menthol in the initial impressions. A bit more supporting fruit in the fringes but this stayed consistent over the course of two hours. Seemingly in a transitional phase. Not super-demonstrative but just enough elsewhere with focused concentration and finishing thrust. 12.20.24. — 20 hours ago
Giacomo Grimaldi
Barolo Nebbiolo 2017
2017 vintage. Medium body. Upon opening, fairly compact for a “resto vintage”. The usual tar and dark cherry notes. The longer this was open, the more fanciful it got. French Toast. Cola nut. Chambord. Eucalyptus. White pepper. Pomegranate/hibiscus. Transitioned into a Barolo/(red) Burgundy hybrid. Not enuff structure to go more than 4-5 years in this current uniform. Would attempt another open field tackle again in the near future tho. If you wanna crush an above-decent Barolo tonight without infanticide/ca$hi$h/non-compliant tannin issues, you could do immeasurably worse. 12.15.24. — 6 days ago
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
2019 vintage. 2019 vintage. — 20 hours ago