Tasting Notes: Weekly Roundup

Happy Friday! Before we celebrate the coming weekend, we want to look back on drinks the Delectable community enjoyed and consumed this week. We've gathered a handful of reviews and notes that caught our eye. From detailed notes to standout photos, the Delectable community was busy this week, and there are so many great posts to read. Mark your favorites and pick up a bottle to try this weekend. Cheers!

Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1995

1995 vintage. Good fill. Excellent cork with minimal saturation. Decanted and throwing a tad extra sediment…a nice mix of chunky and powdery sed. Tasted after 30 minutes and 2 hours open and decanted. Light-medium body. Dark cherry and earth in the nose. These transferred over and slapped on a fudge chocolate note on the finish. In a good place now and not improving. Would seem to hold steady in this standing for another 3-4 years. 6.6.24. — 2 months ago

Lyle, Andrew and 28 others liked this

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé

Bonnes Mares Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2019

Excellent and age-worthy! — 2 months ago

Michiel, Byron and 6 others liked this
Michiel Gruijthuijsen Van

Michiel Gruijthuijsen Van

Why drink this so Young?
Carmen

Carmen

@Michiel Gruijthuijsen Van - there are 5 more bottles aging!

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2012

Great structure, complex and delicious. Could still use a few more years of ageing but not complaining - it is a Cos afterall. — 2 months ago

Ira, jesus and 2 others liked this

Azienda Agricola Fontodi

Flaccianello della Pieve Colli Toscana Centrale Sangiovese 2016

Needed a full 2 hr decant from dbl Mag but boy-oh-boy was this awesome. Sour cherry and iodine, saddle leather on the nose, classic Sangiovese palate turned smooth as silk. Many years to go but 🔥🔥🔥 right now. — 2 months ago

Bob, Jay and 31 others liked this
GaryWEdwards

GaryWEdwards

Beautiful wine!

Du Cropio (Giuseppe Ippolito)

Damis Riserva Cirò Gaglioppo 2015

A real live wire act. Perfectly balanced on the razors edge between fruit stone and acidity. — 2 months ago

Ira, jesus and 3 others liked this

Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

This wine was singing tonight. Absolutely gorgeous nose. The fruit was ripe and so well integrated with minerality and a great mouthfeel. Was wonderful with some wagyu steaks. — 2 months ago

Joe, Bob and 9 others liked this

Chateau Montelena

The Montelena Estate Calistoga Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Medium to full bodied with nicely balanced tannins and acid, this wine was very drinkable but still young and could be held for many more years. More sediment than I expected with flavors of cherries, mocha, and eucalyptus. — 2 months ago

Amelia Mowry, CSWCristian Mendoza
with Amelia and Cristian
Tom, ARNS and 12 others liked this

Ichiro's

Malt & Grain Blended Whisky

Vanilla and nutty grains, hints of honey, light fruity notes, and complex. Very nice. — 2 months ago

Bob, Anthony and 2 others liked this

Château Lafite Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

Bordeaux 98 is getting better and better — 2 months ago

Jan, Jelle and 16 others liked this
Ron R

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I have several of these.