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Doug Powers

2738 wines • 114 followers • 117 following

Ca' Rozzeria

Barbera d'Alba 2019

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Doug Powers

9.1

Medium-dark purple color, mostly dark fruit aromas and flavors, still quite youthful as well, very fine structure and depth, quite fine length, another very good Ca Rozzeria!! — 16 hours ago

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Bugno Martino

Rosso Matilde Lambrusco Ancellota 2024

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Doug Powers

9.0

Dark purple color, intense black fruits, super crisp and refreshing, excellent acidity, lovely balance, lingering finish, really a fine Lambrusco!! — 2 days ago

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Ca' Rozzeria

Chianti Classico Sangiovese Blend 2020

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Doug Powers

9.2

Lovely berry fruit nicely framed by some French oak, some pleasant earthy notes as well, nicely balanced with very good acidity, long, lingering finish with just a touch of tannic grip, these Ca Rozzeria wines are always well-done and great bargains!! — 3 days ago

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Alain Jaume & Fils

Domaine du Clos de Sixte Lirac Red Rhone Blend 2016

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Doug Powers

8.8

WAY better than the somewhat ordinary 2019 Gigondas we had earlier, this would be way better if it wasn’t 15% ABV (I mean right, @Tom Casagrande??), this has great, ripe, deep fruit, but frankly too much ABV!! — 5 days ago

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Tom Casagrande

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@Doug Powers - I suspect that, in the low-lying appellations of the Southern Rhone, it’s probably very hard to keep Grenache under 15% these days. We old timers remember when they were very, very different.

Bedrock Wine Co.

The Bedrock Heritage Sonoma Valley Red Blend 2023

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Doug Powers

9.0

[@Delectable Wine — this is the “Bedrock Teldeschi Ranch HERITAGE Dry Creek Valley] Still pretty closed aromatics, I can sense the Petite Sirah in this wine, which has shut it down mostly, on potential, I’m guessing this will someday merit 9.2 or 9.3, but it might need 8-10 more years in the cellar to get there. — 19 hours ago

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Les fils de René Quenard

Vin de Savoie Les Tours Chignin-Bergeron Roussanne 2011

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Doug Powers

9.0

Lovely aged Roussanne from Savoie, honeyed, viscous, still very fine acidity, lingering finish, very good! — 2 days ago

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Tom Casagrande

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Love Roussanne from Savoie!

Collin-Bourisset

des Hospices Moulin-à-Vent Gamay 2018

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Doug Powers

8.9

Still relatively youthful with a medium-dark purple color, as @Tom Casagrande said three years ago, ripe vintage, soft tannins, relatively lower acidity, lingering finish, I’d guess this is at or near maturity (so I need to drink up the remaining bottles in the next few years, overall solid Moulin-a-Vent!!
(Oh, and this was in a box with the final 3 bottles I purchased of 1983 Chateau Fonsalette “Cuvée Syrah”, which I’ll let stand up for a while to settle the apparent copious sediment!)
— 4 days ago

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Tom Casagrande

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Nice one!

Domaine des Baumard

Trie Spéciale Savennières Chenin Blanc 1995

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Doug Powers

8.9

Aged dry Chenin Blanc from Baumard, the “Trie Speciale”, which is always dynamite if consumed 7-12 years from vintage, this bottle is JUST a little older, honeyed aromas and flavors, still alive, but would of course be better if it was sweeter, amazing how long these wines will last, though, even if not optimum!! — 2 days ago

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Domaine Christian Ducroux

Régnié Gamay 2011

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Doug Powers

9.1

This biodynamic Regnie is from an outstanding vintage, and is still quite vibrant and fresh on the palate, red fruits, actually the acid is so good it tastes younger than it actually is, lovely!! — 3 days ago

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Tom Casagrande

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Livin’ dangerously I see! 😅😅

Mount Langi Ghiran

Cliff Edge Shiraz 2019

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Doug Powers

9.1

Lovely dark fruits, rich without being heavy, nice balance, good length, very fine Aussie Shiraz! — 4 days ago

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