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Chante Le Merle Vieilles Vignes Châteauneuf-du-Pape Grenache - Mourvedre Blend 2022
Reddish in color with medium intensity.
Red fruits on the nose and medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate, well balanced and complex.
Showing raspberries, strawberries, plums, red currants, earth, light wood, spices, coffee, dark chocolates, light tobacco leaf and peppercorn.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a delicious Grenache from Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Fresh tasting and already drinking beautifully, even though it is very young. Elegant and nicely balanced. Complex and engaging.
Will continue to age nicely in the next 15 years. Showing good potential to become a 94+ point wine.
Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food.
A blend of 86% Grenache from old vines with 7% Syrah and 7% Mourvèdre. Aged in large French oak barrels.
15.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$60. — 3 days ago
Shafer Vineyards
Hillside Select Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2003
2003 vintage. Opened and decanted without issues or concerns. Used a Durand to open and cork was in great shape. Tasted after 30 minutes. The usual light-medium body. Plenty of polish at the 20+ year marker with unanticipated, ruff splash of chunkiness on the finish. Approx 4-5 years away from the absolute, top of the bell curve now but, given the pedigree, could possibly absorb that timescape another 5-spot and I wouldn't argue. Drink now or later. Either or. Ain't gonna disappoint unless you swing exclusively on Napa mountain fruit vines. 7.1.26. — 7 days ago
Altesino
Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2018
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Sandhi Wines
Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay 2022
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Initial conclusions: this could be Chardonnay, Albariño or Pinot Gris from France, the US, Spain or Italy. This is giving me Chardonnay vibes and while my first thought was Chablis, this has the markers of a Sashi Morman wine. So I’m going with that. Final conclusion: this is Chardonnay, from the US, Oregon, Eola-Amity Hills, 2022 and because I said it, Evening Land. LOL! Do I get credit for calling the winemaker and not the winery? Scoring points for sure. Tasty stuff in the style I’ve come to expect. Drink now through 2032. — 2 days ago
Château Calon-Ségur
Le Marquis Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2020
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