Marcel Lapierre

Morgon Gamay 2005

9.2

Shifting to a more feminine and elegant profile, after almost 20 years this still has a lot to offer. Complex fruity and umami notes of cherry, currants, pepper, spice, cured meat, tossed earth and truffle.
Great effort, year after year. — a day ago

Shay, Jan and 8 others liked this

Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe

La Crau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend 2004

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Gorgeous, traditional and generous.
Not too sweet, not too rustic; right in the middle 🎯
Soft notes of plums, black cherries, beefstew, garrigue, brown spices and a whiff of hearty umami nuances like porcini, sundried tomatoes and vegemite/soysauce.
Well balanced, medium bodied and full of detail and finesse. Great stuff. — 2 years ago

Peter, Jan and 15 others liked this

Milan Nestarec

Umami Pálava Blend 2018

Christoffer Hjelm

9.3

‘18 4 lyfe — 2 years ago

Whitcraft Winery

Pence Ranch Pinot Noir 2015

Michael Mallon

9.0

A new world pinot with elements of the old world: some fruit, forest floor, umami notes, spice. — 3 years ago

Saiya Shuzouten

Yukinoboisha Yamahai Junmaiginjo Unpasteurized Sake

Mitch Kirkman

9.7

Quite a bit of melon coming through and some umami. One of our new favourites. — 2 months ago

Penfolds

Grange Bin 95 Shiraz 1999

Big Wave Dave

9.5

1999 at Penfolds tasting. Very expressive and complex nose - dark brooding plums, leather, dried herbs mixed with a strong savoury note from the oak. The palate starts big and jammy but then moves into secondary flavours of sweet soy, umami, and mushroom. Tannins have integrated. Very fine. — a year ago

with Racquel

Kalin Cellars

Livermore Valley Sémillon 2001

Brent Young

9.3

DAY 1
Served with Vinloq to assess Slow Decanting
👃Oranges/lemon verbena, white flowers, barrel notes, tea, spice, varnish. Nice show!
👅Fruit with buttery oak touches. Open and expressive. Great balance of fruit and new French oak notes

Remaining wine was Slow Decanted

DAY 13
👅Round & soft. Buttery, orange & vanilla. Tea. Toasty. Umami. Finishes dry & salty. No bitterness as it slowly fades away…

Summary: Direct kinship to great wines of Sauternes. Delivered equal thrills on Days 1 & 13

This Kalin Semillon is a recent release after 20 years in bottle. Firing on all cylinders. No reason to wait💕🥂

Follow “Vinloq.notes” on Instagram — 2 years ago

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Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

That old school Kalin delayed release (or library juice) is something more wineries should strive for. The older vintage/current vintage (for Kalin) Kalin releases are always worthy...esp with the whites.

Brent Young

Totally agree. This was my first Kalin wine but I am a fan. This bottle was quite the value too. So much character and a wine that required significant effort to produce 🍇 Can’t underestimate the investment in keeping these bottles in house for so many years before releasing them 👍

L' Umami

Willamette Valley Pinot Noir of Oregon 2022

Donald Williams

9.5

A lovely wine with our salmon entrée. — 7 months ago

with Bonnie

Franz Hirtzberger

Smaragd Honivogl Grüner Veltliner 2007

Thijs Hendriks

9.8

Seductive, lychee, soapstone, white pepper. Harmonious, papaya, orange zest and salty minerality. Ultimately balanced. Umami in excelcis. 98+ — a year ago

Jeroen, Joe and 7 others liked this

Château du Tertre

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Jakub Kalinowski

9.2

Needs a bit of time to open up, but then… wow!!
So aromatic & enticing, dusty, red fruit galore, with some minty undergrowth,
On the palate this is plush, yet fresh, dusty, super fine tannins, juicy acidity, a hint of Balsamico umami.
Nice depth, great length. Delicious stuff!! — 2 years ago

Lyle and Daniel liked this

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