Doug Powers

9.2

Medium-dark color with some bricking, this is more backward and less evolved than the 1990 side-by-side, showing dark fruits, some Brett, but some tannic structure as well, lacks that sweet American note of the 1990, long, lingering finish, and I’d guess another 3-5 years of further improvement.

I really adore these early Pesquera Crianza (the regular cuvée, the Gran Reserva was always too much of an oak show for my palate, a wonderful find a few weeks ago while doing some cellar rearranging!! — 5 hours ago

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Doug Powers

9.3

[50% Pinot Meunier, 25% Pinot Noir, 25% Chardonnay] This shows lovely tight mousse, some green apple from the Chardonnay, longish finish, very nice 1er Cru!! — 3 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.0

Rose petal and floral aromas, medium-bodied red berry fruit, solid structure, very good acidity, medium-long finish, very nice Italian red! — 4 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.1

Cork didn’t want to come out of this bottle, medium color with some bricking, lovely sweet American oak aromatics with some faint Brett notes, soft tannins, excellent acidity and balance, long, lingering finish with some sweet fruit, excellent!! — 5 hours ago

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Doug Powers

9.3

[75% Roussanne, 18% Grenache Blanc, 7% Picpoul] Waxy, oily, viscous, floral aromas on this predominantly Roussanne blend, very tart acid balance (likely from the Picpoul), crisp, some fatness, comes across as very young and in need of further aging, lovely Central Coast Rhône blend!! — 2 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.2

Dark purple color (darker than the 2019 Vespolina), lovely blueberry aromas and flavors, some underlying minerality, rich and nicely complex, longish finish, this needs more cellaring. (Apparently this is 90% Croatina, 10% Vespolina, the DOC rules require at least 85% of single varietal for label to identify the principal grape.) — 4 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.0

Sweet oak, spice and dark fruits, very nice balance, good complexity and length, lovely foothills Zinfandel!! — a day ago

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Doug Powers

8.8

Spicy, redfruited, structured, I like the lowish ABV, nice balance, medium-long finish, solid Lodi Zin! — a day ago

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Doug Powers

9.4

[En Magnum] Lovely perfumed older Bordeaux, violets, green olive, cassis, cigar box, great balance and depth, just hitting early maturity, very fresh, long, lingering complex finish, excellent!! — 3 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.1

This shows lovely lemon zest, some minerality, good acidity, this tastes so much more youthful than I would have expected, medium-long finish, quite good still!! — 5 days ago

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