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2012 Puligny Montrachet les Meix - Guillemard Clerc

The youngest and thus the lightest in color, it is glimmering and very pale yellow, almost luminescent with a youthful  intensity.Right after pouring there was a faint waxy, resiny odor or even a slightly chemical smell. Luckily, it took only ab...

1999 Bourgogne Blanc - Comte Georges de Vogue

This vineyard produced wines that until 1993 was sold as Musigny Blanc, the only white Grand Cru in that area, but since being replanted between 1986 and 1997 the owner and cellar master decided to declassify it to a simple Bourgogne Blanc. I had very...

1976 Château Cheval Blanc

Coming from one of the mediocre years from the decade that was unkind to straight up disastrous in Bordeaux in general, I didn’t get my hopes up too much from this wine, even if it was a first growth.The color clearly reflected it’s age : very brownish with just the slig...

1989 Pommery Cuvee Louise Magnum

There is no better way to start the new year than with a big bottle of bubbles so for the first tasting of the new year we popped a Magnum of 1989 Pommery Cuvée Louise.Nice deep golden in color and very viscous for a sparkling wine, nice depth and clarity as well.

1995 Corton Charlemagne - Domaine Jacob Robert et Raymond

The last wine today was a Corton Charlemagne from 1995 by Domaine Jacob, Robert et Raymond. It had the slightly darker color of old gold or straw, very viscous as well, clinging to the glass as if attracted by magnetic force. Excellent bou...

1975 Inglenook Petit Syrah

For this we tried an Inglenook Petite Sirah during lunch, from 1975, the vintage when Francis Coppola first came to the estate.The wine is dense looking, still dark cherry in color, seems much younger than it actually is, so far so good.Aroma’s leap from the glass, even...

2009 Ca di Pian - Barbera d'Asti - La Spinetta

This producer is perhaps more famous for his excellent Barbaresco, but at a fifth of the price you can have a more than decent Barbera. This bright cherry red wine opens up with a bouquet of red and dark fruits, some oriental spices (a hint of cinnam...

2004 Le Pergole Torte - Montevertine

This to me is a stunning example of what sangiovese can be at its best.

Deep garnet to cherry red in color and even straight after opening an amazing complex bouquet leaps from the glass. Hard to decide which is more dominant with the smells of oak and insc...

1996 Chambolle Musigny Blanc 1 er cru - G Roblot-Marchand

None of us had ever heard of white Chambolle Musigny being produced, let alone having premier cru status. With exception of Comte de Vogüe’s plot of chardonnay I wasn’t aware of other parcels within the communes boundaries, so I have no id...

1994 Faustino I  Gran Reserva

For me this was a nice example of classic Rioja.Very dark cherry red still despite being already 20 years old. Also still giving off lots of fruitiness (strawberry jam) and boasting lots of vanilla with a dash of green and black pepper. The wine really coats the glas...