Quiet Resolve

E. Guigal

Château d'Ampuis Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2012

Quiet, with a lot to say. — 9 days ago

Peter, Shay and 5 others liked this

Azienda Agricola Fontodi

Flaccianello della Pieve Colli Toscana Centrale Sangiovese 2012

Dried cherries, figs and dark chocolate rounded out with baking spices and cedar. This wine is incredible and a perfect way to enjoy a quiet Eve of Christmas Eve before the family festivities — 4 months ago

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Gut Hermannsberg

Hermannsberg GG Nahe Riesling 2018

Lyle Fass
9.6

Nose has the classic porphyry aromas and are just wonderful. It’s so expressive. Such mineral precision. Insane clarity of wet stone aromas. Nose is a bit quiet as well as it’s too cold. Palate is hauntingly elegant with unreal rockiness and sappy minerality. Not much fruit right now but the underlying architecture is perfect. Stunning purity. This is a rock star. Literally. What intense minerality on the finish but so so elegant. Just stunning. Some apricot now on the nose. Crystalline purity and just so well made and everything in its place. A stunner. — 2 years ago

Severn, Andrew and 9 others liked this

Clos Saint Jean

Deus Ex Machina Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend

Very interesting south Rhone, very dense but quiet flavorful. — 3 years ago

Domaine François Raveneau

Butteaux Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 2015

Very polished and restrained. Grippy with chalk and cool lemon. Limestone. Poised and quiet but quite fleshy. — 13 days ago

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Lyle, Tom and 7 others liked this

Domaine Ramonet

Les Ruchottes Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2004

A late evening pop and pour. Light canary gold color. Notes of citrus and white stones, tan spice. Nice mouth feel with ample acidity to match the nice fruit-forward nature of this wine. This was tight and quiet, given the lack of air it had. Still, a high-quality wine and bottles in condition like this have 10+ years in front of it. 93+ — a year ago

Jan, Nicolas and 18 others liked this

Bonneau du Martray

Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay 1992

Tasted blind. Medium gold color. Another great aged white burg nose. Notes of ripe apricot, citrus, river stones, and tan spice. More quiet in the mouth. Lighter in acidity than the 89 LL Latour CC next to it. Grows more power and complexity with air. Still in a good drinking window, but would drink up sooner rather than later. Guessed old 80s Raveneau. — 2 years ago

Daniel, Bob and 22 others liked this
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Château Le Tertre Rôteboeuf

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

1998 vintage. Top-notch fill (almost too good) and perfect cork with very little lower-level saturation. Decanted and tasted over the course of two hours. Appropriate, chunky sediment. Last tasted 12.17.23 (9.2). Had some nice older leather, dry summer earth and ripe plum in the nose throughout with only a modicum of "funk" that blew off quickly. Medium body. Still vibrant color. Initially, the experience was front-loaded but, after 30 minutes or so, the fruit and structure began to fill in/slide back and balance out the mid-palate and finish. More consistent specimen than the one tasted almost 3 months ago. Don't feel it needs more time to knit/resolve affairs but can likely hold in this phase for 4-5 years without degradation. 3.10.24. — 2 months ago

Ira, Ron and 15 others liked this

Vietti

Masseria Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2001

Nice regal scarlet color, translucent. Nose is quiet at first but with air it shows notes of red fruit, rose petals, some anise and some dry brush. Feminine. Nice balance of fruit and structure. Good now but could use a little more time on its side to gain more complexity. — 2 years ago

Juan, Paul and 13 others liked this

Va Piano Vineyards

One Wine Reserve Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

At 10.5yrs old, this private label WF cab is, well, straight forward and touch underwhelming. The fruit is clean and does trend toward WA state pedigree, but the power and tannic resolve have fallen short by the order of one magnitude. Very pleasant nevertheless…and completely fine for Tuesday burgers ;) — 3 years ago