Marta Jackowska

9.7

Initial aroma very sweet (caramel, toffee) and red fruits. Extremely long and intense finish for such a young wine. 30 mins after opening became somewhat leathery.
Passed the key test of our rating system - I couldn’t stop drinking it! 👍🏼 — 10 months ago

with Neville

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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— 3 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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— 4 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 — 4 years ago

Brent Young

9.0

My first JB Becker wine
Day 1 Served 2-3 glasses with the Vinloq Wine System and let it breathe in the glass for ~90 mins
Nose- Lemons and mint with a mineral backdrop
Taste- Minerality complements the lemongrass, mint, and lemon citrus notes. There is a candied aspect to the fruits suggesting tropical fruit. The salty minerality makes this refreshing.

Stored the bottle in the fridge under Vinloq Preservation Gas

Day 16 Finished the bottle and it seemed unchanged. There were the same lemon and citrus notes and that rocky minerality was still present
This seems like it would shine with a decade + cellar time and I plan to bury my remaining bottles at least that long — 4 years ago

Ericsson

9.5

I gave this wine 95 points, JS gave it a perfect score. And the more I think about this dilema, the more I agree with JS, as hard as it maybe for me to accept... Maximize the scoring system. Thoughts? — 5 years ago

Eric

8.9

An aperitif wine to engage the palate and build the appetite for dinner on this wet covid day inside. Even Jake won’t go out. This wine isn’t a Ferrari - more like a spiffy Honda with metallic paint and a nice stereo system. Nice wine. — 6 years ago

Vanessa

9.3

Weingut Wittmann is a longstanding member of the VDP – an association of quality-minded producers in Germany who impose upon themselves more rigorous rules than are imposed under German wine law, in pursuit of excellence, authenticity, & a purity of terroir expression.

This is the “GG” 2021 Wittmann Morstein Riesling, made with fruit from a Große Lage-designated vineyard site (i.e., Morestein) pursuant to the VDP classification system, which means it’s a top quality site, akin to a “grand cru” vineyard in Burgundy, capable of producing fruit for age-worthy wines of distinction.

We’re drinking it in a youthful (and still delicious!) state now – stored in the right conditions, it could age for a decade+…

In appearance, this wine has a medium lemon hue with medium (+) intensity of precise and lifted aromas and flavors including white peach, apricot, mango, kumquat, green apple, lemon peel, lime zest, blossom, honeysuckle, wet slate, flint, oystershell, saline, and petrol notes.

The palate is bone dry with medium alcohol (12.5% ABV), a medium body, and racy acidity.

It’s elegant, angular, & nuanced.

We’re pairing it with grilled, spice-rubbed pork tenderloin and roasted brussels sprouts. — a year ago

with Deked1

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👏🍷
— 4 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 👍
— 4 years ago

Martinez

9.0

100% Pedro Ximenez from vineyards in Moriles Altos, one of the top areas within the Montilla-Moriles appellation. Vines are rooted in albariza (tosca hojaldrada) soils. Aged for an average of 3 years under flor in the solera system and bottled en rama (unfiltered). Intense nose with notes of toasted almonds and yeast. Sharp, very dry and saline on the palate. A very powerful and sapid, quite persistent wine. Umami 💣 — 5 years ago

Martinez

9.2

Like Valdespino’s Fino Inocente and Amontillado Tio Diego, it is sourced from the Macharnudo Alto vineyard, the highest point and probably the most famous vineyard in the Marco de Jerez and made with with specific casks from these Fino and Amontillado rerouted to oxidative aging. Aged for an average of 25 years in the solera system. Beautiful aromas of caramel, orange rind, and iodine. Sharp, precise, quite saline, with flavors of hazelnuts. Very very long finish with lingering hazelnuts — 5 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.2

We tasted a lot of wines in #montalcino and this is the bottle we bought to take home with us. Delicious and generous. #brunello ANNUAL PRODUCTION:
30.000/35.000 bott.
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PRODUCTION AREA:
The vineyards are in the hills of Montalcino, at different heights and with a sun exposure until sunset. The age of the vineyards from which we select the grapes destined to produce Brunello is more than 20 years. Average altitude of the vineyards: 250 mt s.l.m.
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SOIL:
Tuffaceous clay, very rich in fossils.
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GRAPE VARIETY:
Large Sangiovese 100%.
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TRAINING SYSTEM:
bilateral and balanced cordon.
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DENSITY FOR HECTARE:
5.500
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PRODUCTION SYSTEM:
The vineyards are subject to thinning of bunches, the average criteria is, in good vintages, three bunches of five stay on. The grapes thus obtained are further selected in the cellar, where they are processed according to the old tradition. It proceeds to intense extraction in the early stages of fermentation, followed by long quiescent maceration on the marc; the maximum temperature is raised up to 33 °C and maintained at high values until the racking. The ageing in wood lasts 36 months in oak barrels from Slavonia hl 17.50. It follows bottle ageing for 12 months far beyond the mandatory minimum of four months from production regulations. — 6 years ago

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. — 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 🙌🥂 — 3 years 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🍷 — 4 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 — 4 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 — 4 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

A bit of a shock to the system for the Burgundian palate. But nice to change it up sometimes! Massively concentrated and pretty opulent to me, but there is a line of racy acidity that balances its weighty texture and full body. It‘s intensely flavored and layered with stone fruit, butterscotch, hazelnuts and hints of burnt orange and marzipan on the finish. A finish which goes on forever. The wine seems to pick up a presence of alcohol over time. Either that or it could have been that dessert altered my palate by the end of the meal. Either way, very enjoyable and always a nice treat to have arguably our country’s best Chard, but for the most part, I‘ll stick to Burgundy 🙃 — 5 years ago

Jamie Durfee

9.4

Note the bottle is the 2018 Pinot which was not found in the system here yet.
All their wines are the bomb diggity! — 6 years ago