Le Raisin A Plume

Dow's

Vintage Porto 1983

[8 hour decant] Impenetrable, super opaque dark purple color, seriously, color is SO DARK it looks like 5W-30 motor oil after 10-15 thousand miles, lovely raisin aromas and flavors, tending a little dry as Dow’s VP does, super long, lingering finish, if any Vintage Porto could easily go 100+ years, this might be it!! Seriously, the color alone suggests a VERY YOUNG barrel sample, AMAZING!! — 10 days ago

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Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

@Doug Powers It was not an outlier. The 1983, surprisingly, is likely the best vintage porto ever from this house. Straight up now.
Peter van den Besselaar

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😂 motor oil after 15 thousand miles, love the description 🫶
Jan A

Jan A

My birthyear, will try to find some 🔥

Luigi Righetti

Capitel de Roari Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2016

Best wine I’ve had in a while. Liquid raisin! Smells like oak, campfire, and raisin. Tannic and astringent but full bodied with some sweetness-almost port-like. Definitely not cheap but also not the most expensive wine on the shelf. 100% worth it. Enjoyed with bolognese. Would love to have again — 3 years ago

Peter HeyboerDiane HeyboerEthan Heyboer
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Le Raisin & L'Ange

Pause Canon Gamay Syrah

Glou glou but also polished. Not rough around the edges. Just a nice, fruit forward, easy drinking quaff. — 4 years ago

Romano Dal Forno

Vigneto Monte Lodoletta Valpolicella Superiore Corvina Blend 2010

Very dense and black in colour. These wines always remind me of Fruit and Nut milk chocolate. The colour makes you think full bodied but it’s actually light to medium bodied. A luscious mouth filling palate with the savoury milk chocolate together with notes of raisin and date. Supple yet persistent tannins. Reminiscent of a Priorat Garnacha in some respects. — 4 months ago

Tom, Severn and 24 others liked this
Ray Vanderhoff

Ray Vanderhoff

Great Wine…… Great Vintage!

Château Lanessan

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2016

Poured through an aerator and sat for 15 minutes…

NOSE: strong, clear cassis. Meat. Pine, forest. Very mild chocolate and a little ash - and some raisin - but the cassis dominates.

Taste: medium weight, elegant, fruity bordeaux, with enough tannin to balance it perfectly - as on the nose, cassis and dark berry flavors dominate, but with a good herbal backbone. Simpler than I’d hoped, but just so very well made it doesn’t matter. Would love to taste this in a few years. 92.
— 2 years ago

Ron, Bob and 6 others liked this

Croft

Vintage Port Blend 2003

2003 vintage. Rich, silky, still quite youthful. Rum raisin, stewed cherry, raspberry coulis, dark cocoa, chocolate-covered espresso bean, something a little medicinal, harsher manifestation of cinnamon, bark. — 3 years ago

Daniel P., Brent and 1 other liked this

Klein Constantia

Vin de Constance Natural Sweet Muscat à Petits Grains 2020

Smelling this i'm reminded of the sweet wines in Piemont. Elderflower is the dominant note on the nose and I expected this to be quite light...it isn't! Sweet and sticky with lots of citrus peel and later a bit of raisin and spice. Was impressive and original. Paired with pear frangipan — 10 months ago

Ted, Lyle and 8 others liked this
Austin Hohnke

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A wine written about by both Charles Dickens and Jane Austen!

Cascina Degli Ulivi

Le Pendu du Raisin Moscato Cortese

Lightly funky, acidic, dry and does taste a bit like a cider — 2 years ago

Allegrini

Palazzo della Torre Veronese Corvina Blend 2018

Delectable Wine
9.0

The 2018 Palazzo della Torre comes to life in the glass with a vibrant mix of balsam herbs, black cherries and cloves. It’s cool-toned in feel, yet silky and stacked with dark fruits and exotic spices. A tantalizing mix of zesty acids and minerals keeps the energy high, as the 2018 tapers off potent yet completely balanced and fresh. The Palazzo della Torre is fantastic, especially at this price point. After tasting the 2017 last year, I was a little worried about a stylistic change, but talk about making a comeback. This is a mix of Corvina Veronese, Corvinone, Rondinella and Sangiovese, where a small portion of the grapes are left to raisin for three months prior to vinification. (Eric Guido, Vinous, April 2022)
— 3 years ago

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Giuseppe Quintarelli

Valpolicella Classico Superiore Corvina Blend 2012

#4. Amarone perfection. Raisin and fig notes, acid, on the hotter side. Wish I’d put together a cheese board for this. Seemed like unanimous favorite. — 4 years ago

Ray, Peter and 21 others liked this
Ray Vanderhoff

Ray Vanderhoff

Absolutely brilliant wine!