Freshness is at the forefront with the 20% Cab Franc pushing the Merlot to the side and flooding the senses with red/purple licorice, red cherry, and floral notes on the playful attack. With more…
With 65% Sémillon, 35% Sauvignon Blanc, and 148 grams per liter of residual sugar, this 2021 Yquem boasts a sweeter, more tropical, and richer profile, presenting as one of the sweetest Yquem's in…
It's been five years since last having this wine. I pulled a Coravin glass of this a few months ago and thought it was one of the most boring wines I'd ever tried in my life. Red currant, red cherry,…
This fell flat with a 4-5oz Coravin pull. It was next to a 2015 Rauzan-Segla that initially was just as dumb, but managed to wake up and eventually obliterate the Belair-Monange. The B-M displayed…
This is what I look for in a Bordeaux with some age on it. Fresh and complete, with both solid fruit flavors and complex secondary and tertiary notes adding interest. Red/black cherry and plum…
Red fruit dominant, with smatterings of black currant, hope chest, black tea, and cedar. Though I found this to be fresh and solid, its overall flavor profile drank older than what I'd expect from…
I see high praise here, and fundamentally I certainly understand it. I just didn't experience it to the full throttle degree of others. Sun drenched leather, sherry, oolong tea, burnt orange zest,…
A few Coravin pulls from this bottle remind me that 2020 Cheval Blanc is an off-the-charts pure and regal expression, but it will require patience for sure. This had a flash in the glass of…
Brighter red cherry with some purple-black fruit kick off the straight-shot profile of the 2019 Margaux. To no one's surprise, this is about as primary and linear as it gets in its current state. The…
Incredible polish and poise here, with a linear profile that is just starting to give in the fruit department. This presents as a fairly serious wine, and one that will need more than a handful of…
This bottle was pristine, and needed at least a couple of hours of decanted air to get into form and offer some decent flavor expansion. Plum, black cherry, cedar, dusty spice, and subtle hints of…
There is a polish here that immediately adds to the textural profile of this Canon. Somewhat plush, but not so much that it makes for too fruity or flabby of a delivery, the 2018 is similar…
When in St. Emilion recently, there were a lot of wineries and wine shops pushing out their 2011s, declaring that the vintage had come around and was in a great drinking window. Honestly, I always…
A just fine, fun-ish, easy going, smooth, simple, kinda fruity, BBQ on a sunny May afternoon kind of wine. Don't think about it. Nothing for me to seek out necessarily, but it's ok if you just want…
The 2006 is a bit reserved, and even tired along its execution of red and some black fruit flavors, with a shorter than expected finish. A 2009 eclipsed this by a mile. The 2006's freshness was…
The story on this wine (and the subsequent marketing and price push) is more interesting than the wine itself. Essentially, the wine had to be labeled "L'Interdit" because plastic wrap was used in…
A compelling bottle of wine. In great spot, with smooth tannins but great grip, relaxing just enough to allow the dark and somewhat earthy fruit come in. This obliterated a 2006 Valandraud next to…
Compared to the 2019 Virginie de Valandraud Blanc, the nose here is muted, with some alcohol aroma masking any other aromas The palate is more vegetal, with grass, lemon verbena leading the charge.…
The 2019 Virginie de Valandraud Blanc wakes you up with a truly heroic nose of apricot and peach, with the palate very similar but bone dry; pineapple rind and stone fruit add interest. A balloon and…
I had much to gush about with this 2016 back when I had it in April. My notes still ring true for the most part, but this bottle was a bit more reserved. Clearly, 2016 is a solid vintage for…
An enticing floral note kicks off the lemon and white rock flavors that makes for a zippy but also solidly weighted profile. There is some grass here, but it is more mineral and yellow fruit driven…
The entry is initially filled with an alluring flowing of purple and red berry fruit, rounding out on the finish and developing a smoother glide on the back end, especially with some swirling in the…
