Jan de Weerd

8.7

Hmmm 🤔. Trying to get the right words but there is only one that keeps coming back. Disappointed. Been in my cellar for 10 years or longer and had super high expectations. Strong oak flavors still dominated, the fruit had a hard time to come through and after a few hours just gave up. What do you do? The aftermath wasn’t that great for me. — 14 days ago

Jan de Weerd

9.5

Wow. I did NOT expect this. I kinda given up on Salentein because of the poor way they received us back in 2024. But we were there as well in 2020 a nd bought this barrel select Malbec. It is AMAZING!!!! Medium body but so expressive, layers of red fruit flavor, polished tannins that guide it to the most perfect finish. Makes you feel grateful. — a month ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.3

Surprising Rose from the foothills of Helderberg Mnt in Stellenbosch. Body and structure! — 2 months ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.1

I had given up on the Delectable App and surrendered to the thought I lost all my wine reports, but hey, it still seems to be alive and actually working much better. So hoping for the best, I am going to keep my scores again. Here an okay Brunello. Certainly not great. Strong acidic note that kept the fruit and complexity hidden. Storing it for one day made it worse. Not sure how both WS and JS scored it 95+. — 3 months ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.2

Going from Argentina to the Loire Valley of France, staying with Cab Franc. I am actually not a huge fan of (near) 100% Cab Franc so I keep trying 😅 ….to proof myself wrong. This one really did. Medium body, dark fruit, a bit of an earthy, almost baryardy note while super vibrant and fresh. BTW, we just published a ‘don’t blame the grape’ blog on our website for people like me who like to say they don’t like a specific grape variety. What we learned was that the same grape can be expressing vastly different in different regions of the world, different winemakers… go to SpokenWines.com/explore to find the blog. Curious what you might think. Cheers. — 23 days ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.1

From scratch bruschetta using our garden ripened tomatoes, screaming for Chianti. This 13 year old Chianti Classico Reserva from the heart of Chianti answered the call. Intense, tangy pie-cherry fruit and a grippy finish with rustic tannins. Our wine moment of the day 👍. — a month ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.6

Excellent wine. Concentrated, all in perfect balance, soothing finish. That! deserves a high score. But 😳 hearing the story behind this wine…. That brings this wine to outer orbit. Here it is: https://youtu.be/7qURFipuKBI?is=CBh5GSrQQsRKzH63 — 2 months ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.1

The wines in Mendoza have rapidly evolved over the last 15 years. One winemaker told us that they put the previous 100 year evolution into a 10 year revolution with new vineyard management techniques and winemaking methods. New expressions of Malbec and new varieties. El Enemigo is a winery that is an example of the latter. They are focusing on single vineyard expressions with Cab Franc. This particular one was a bit more single note than I remembered tasting at the winery. Maybe the 11 years of age started to show with the fruit being a little less expressive. Still good though. Soft, fine grained tannins, a little spice on the background lifting the red/dark red fruit. — a month ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.7

Amazing mesmerizing Pinot. Each sip is an adventure. It keeps evolving. You have to quiet and listen to its whisper. It’s had the earthy mineral burn characteristic of Central Otago. But so perfectly integrated with the nuanced fruit and fine grained tannins. The bottle just evaporated in thin air. Where did it go??? Yeah, a mystical wine. — 2 months ago

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Jan de Weerd

9.4

Expressive dark red fruit with a strong foundation of polished dark tannins. Smooth finish that leads you to the next sip. Drinking it right in the middle of the vineyard that produces it. — 3 months ago

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