Brilliant Mistake Wines

Ecker

Zweigelt Brilliant

Drank on 5th Dec 2024 at Plymouth’s Le Vignoble raclette night.
Bright red, centre and rim.
Vanilla on the nose and the mouth, soft and nice.
— 3 days ago

La Rioja Alta

Reserva Viña Ardanza Rioja Tempranillo Garnacha 2015

The 2015 Viña Ardanza is only the third vintage of this wine that I’ve tasted, yet it has quickly become perhaps my favourite Rioja - for quality, value, style, and sheer pleasure. This is a match for the brilliant 2010, with an outrageously pure and beautiful nose of balsamic paste, bitter orange, black cherry, fig and vanilla. The palate is supple but firm, quite dark in character, with a gorgeous medley of black and red fruits, perhaps slightly fuller bodied than the 2010, and carrying through to a long, bitter orange, tar and tobacco-laced finish.

This is just such superb stuff, and to say it sells for around £20-30 a bottle, it’s a cellar must.
— a year ago

Clos Rougeard

Saumur Champigny Cabernet Franc 2011

Delicious, brilliant nose and structure. Full of berry and jam — 2 years ago

Romain, Tom and 6 others liked this
Douglas Braun

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Amazing wine

Pierre Gonon

Saint-Joseph Syrah 2018

Lyle Fass
9.7

Brilliant, supple, olivey and open. — 12 days ago

Pooneet, Jay and 24 others liked this

Château Haut-Brion

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 1997

Girl. Sup? Shoot. This was utterly brilliant tonight. Classic Bordeaux yet, even at 26 years young, somewhat precocious still. A beautiful mix of deep, dark and red fruit with currants, blackberries and cherries with chocolate, purple flowers, green pepper, tobacco, earth, leather and awesomeness. Plenty of structure to keep this strutting for years to come. Fabulous balance and complexity. Drink now through 2047+. — 3 months ago

Bob, Ceccherini and 14 others liked this

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1953

Performing way above my expectations. Brilliant color, strong fruit and fabulous balance. — 2 years ago

Ira, Ted and 10 others liked this

Domaine Ghislaine Barthod

Les Cras Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2015

A bright Ruby red in colour. Red florals, touch of violet with red cherry and notes of compost heap. A dusty component to the nose Barb thought. Not as much perfume as I was expecting in a Premier Cru Chambolle. Medium bodied and latent. More mineral, dusty and earthy than a new world Pinot Noir. A perfect match with Duck a l’Orange. One of the 1001 wines. This was a major stuff up. I meant to drink the 2013 and picked the 2015 by mistake which is nowhere near ready. — 2 years ago

Ray, Douglas and 20 others liked this

Domaine Drouhin

Laurène Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2019

Brilliant cherry. Perfect at Thanksgiving or anytime. November 2024. — 15 days ago

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Egon Müller

Scharzhofberger Kabinett Riesling 2015

Absolutely brilliant. Sensational combination of richness, concentration, and freshness. — 5 months ago

Ira, John and 6 others liked this
John Howard

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The best!

Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

Delectable Wine
9.8

The 2016 Palmer is a brilliant wine from Thomas Duroux, though I feel it will ultimately be surpassed by the 2018. You cannot argue with the nose: intense black cherries and raspberry fruit, crushed violets and crème de cassis (as if there was a touch of Pauillac in there). The palate is medium-bodied with fleshy, sensual tannins, perfect acidity, velvet smooth with layers of chocolate-tinged black fruit, hints of black pepper and cedar towards the sustained finish. It is a fabulous Palmer that will give much pleasure. Tasted at the Palmer vertical at the château. (Neal Martin, Vinous, August 2023)
— a year ago