Jose Lorenzo

9.0

The Millenials Barolo”. Labeled in protest to the excessive bureaucracy in the Italian classification system. Always a good choice. A bit more fruit forward than I prefer. — a year ago

Brent Young

9.3

DAY 1
Served with the Vinlog System
👃Wonderful if slightly reticent. Deep, fresh, and perfumed
👅Not fully open? After > 3 hours: elegant, floral, polished. Silky tannins. Lovely finish

The remaining wine was Slow Decanted™️ in my refrigerator

Revisited the wine on two more occasions

DAY 14
Several hours in the glass…
👃Red and purple fruits. Tar with light florals. Bright and chalky
👅Significant fruit with tar, earth, licorice. Spicy
raspberry/cranbery on the long finish. Drinking
well


Fratelli Brovia remains somewhat under the radar despite producing first tier traditionally styles barolos from excellent vineyards
This Brea has the density expected of a Serralunga barolo coupled with the finesse, nuance, & drinkability that comes from excellent winemaking.
-Pretty lightfooted for a hot vintage
-Totally enjoyable after some time in the
glass on all 3 occasions👏🍷
— 2 years ago

Brent Young

9.3

Day 1
Served with Vinloq System
Shut down hard. Hint of red fruit but is mostly acid and tannins. Not expressive. Followed 3 hours
No score on day 1

Day12
After preservation/refrigeration for 12 days
Very nice. Still not fully open but not shut down like Day1. Nice cherry fruit but finishes with drying tannins. Youthful. Pretty and enjoyable. Followed 2.5 hours
89 points

Day19
👃Dusty and smoky, candied and sour cherries. Raspberries. High toned. Mint. Floral. Nice
👅 After 2.5 hours this starts singing. Cherries, earth, florals. Pretty, elegant, and lifted. Med+ body. Tannins softer and fine
93 points

Needs more bottle age or “slow decanting” to show really well but excellent upside 👍
— 3 years ago

Brent Young

9.3

The Vinloq System was designed to be used on still wines only. However, sparkling wines are amazing

👅This is a great summer champagne and it combines crisp flavors with a touch of oxidation and solid minerality.
Honey crisp apple, even cider, and bruised apples are featured. Quite powerful personality. Lemon peel sweeps the palate clean on the finish.
Develops some creaminess as it warms

Solid bubbles 🙌🥂 — a year ago

Brent Young

9.7

Sauvage

DAY 1
Served with the Vinloq System
👃Whoa! Rustic with cured meats, earth, leather, blue/black fruits, charred wood, & garrigue. Love this💕
👅Purple fruit, olives, garrigue, licorice & smoke. Rich and savory. Bold and delicious. Old world/old school. Bring on the grilled meat🥩

Remaining wine was Slow Decanted in my refrigerator

DAY 12
👃More pretty and slightly less wild now
👅More composed and maybe less fruit forward

Some may prefer this with more Slow Decanting to add more elegance and tame the beast a little, but I prefer the full-on sauvage form👍

Follow Vinloq.notes on Instagram for full notes🍷 — 3 years ago

Brent Young

9.5

Mountain Cabernet

Served with the Vinloq System

Day1
Classic in style. Complex. Lovely
👃Blackberries, cherries, crushed stones, eucalyptus, graphite and spice
👅Very refined. Perfumed cherry fruit with graphite. Youthful

Kept in fridge under Vinloq preservation

DAY7
Silky texture. Elegant. Classic style

DAY9
Complex. Feels less than 15yrs old

DAY16
Finishes with sweet purple fruit and an excellent graphite note with spice. Silky. Drinking perfectly. No rush to open these but this in a very nice spot. Wish I had more bottles

Sean Capiaux is the winemaker here — 3 years ago

Brent Young

9.3

-Slow Aging Tuscan-
Poured this Bordeaux blend with the Vinloq System. 90 minutes of air before sampling
👁Yourhful dark red color
👃Cherries and red currants, cinnamon, vanilla and dried fruit
👅Lots of sweet fruit, slightly spicy with well integrated oak
-Powerful with a modern personality-

Stored remaining wine in fridge under Vinloq preservation gas for 21 days

Day 22-retains youthful appearance
👃Bright red and dark fruits
👅Red fruit with cinnamon. Finishes with black pepper spice.
Drinking well on day 22
Nice wine. It’s powerful and savory character is a perfect match for winter nights. Plenty of life ahead in it’s drinking window — 3 years ago

Brent Young

9.3

The Vinloq System was designed for still wines only. However, we love sparkling wines too.

👃Very expressive nose with nice interplay between the predominant minerality and the brioche, strawberries, marzipan, and florals

👅A rich and assertive profile with plenty of acidity and crisp bubbles that deliver energy and joy. It is both assertive and pretty. Just the right amount of sweetness keeps the fruit fresh and delicious. Long finish. Great with food or easily has enough verve to drink on it's own.

Drinking well. Excellent value for a rose from a major Champagne house🥂🥂

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— 2 years ago

Brent Young

9.3

Are we there yet?

Checking in on 05 Bordeaux

DAY1
Served with the Vinloq System
Youthful appearance. Nice, but still holding back

Let the remaiming wine Slow Decant in my fridge

DAY10
The sweet perfumed fruit is now open for business

DAY19
Best on this day
👃Fruit, tobacco, & cedar in equal parts
👅Silky. Refined personality. So pleasant. Nice herbal and tobacco followed by cedar on the persistent finish. Tannins are soft. Solid wine 👍

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— 3 years ago

Brent Young

9.2

Served with the Vinloq System from a 375ml after CNY dinner

Day 1
👃Apricots and honey🍯. Also peaches, and with time: pineapple and some light florality.
👅Peaches, tropical fruit, acetone. Hints of vanilla/oak especially on the finish.
Proper acidity and med sweetness
Alcohol not exposed. Nice 👍

Preserved in fridge under preservation gas. Sauternes resists oxidation well for multiple days or longer without preservation. However, I didn’t return to this bottle for over 4 weeks

Day 29
A new perfume note this time that I didn’t be notice on Day 1
A little more soft and rounded in character now but the same score
Still drinking nicely — 3 years ago