Doug Powers

9.4

[En Magnum] This is absolutely a beautiful, 30-year-old, Beaucastel Rouge in large format, mostly clean (just a trace of Brett), red fruits, still some structure, but not tannic, balanced, complex layers of flavors, long finish, really a top-notch Beaucastel with old school ABV (13.5%)!, lovely!!! — 2 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.1

While a year older than the 2022, this is less ripe (12.5% bs. 13% for the 2022) and this shows more crisp and also more spicy, long finish, really a classic Alsatian Pinot Blanc for me!! — 4 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.2

GSM blend from the Grampians in Western Victoria (Oz) (60% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre), lovely red-fruited Grenache and rich, smoky, blue-fruited Syrah, solid structure and cool climate tone to the fruit, drinks well tonight, though I’d surmise it should easily last 3-5 more years in the cellar, very fine!! — 6 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.2

Cork went backwards into the bottle, but was intact. Lovely medium-red color, faint bricking on edge, dried red fruits, subtle American oak, very suave on the palate, yet still shows some tannic grip into the long, lingering finish, I’ve long adored these 1980s/early 1990s Pesquera “regular” Ribera del Duero tintos, which avoided the much more lavishly oaked Janus Riserva cuvée, and most amazingly, how long these $18-20 regular cuvées will age!! — 8 days ago

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Doug Powers

8.8

Lovely Austrian white, spice and floral aromas, medium-bodied, excellent acidity and length, medium-long finish. — 2 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.2

Rich, sweet oak, intense dark fruits, also shows some heat (14.5%), this is a serious Aussie Shiraz that screams for at least another decade of aging (as @Bob McDonald has said previously), drinking this tonight feels like robbing the cradle??!! — 3 days ago

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Doug Powers

8.3

Oak, fruit is staring at oxidation, I should have had this a couple of years ago, medium finish, another wayward bottle recently discovered. — 7 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.3

Petrol undertones show first, lovely apricot aromas and flavors, this is still incredibly youthful, this wine will probably outlast me, long, lingering finish, but this really holds at the sweetness level (Spatlese) and isn’t in any way cloying, great juice!! — 2 days ago

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Doug Powers

8.9

Ripe pear, white peach, floral and mineral aromas and flavors, with a nice spicy note as well, nice balance, solid richness into the lingering finish, very nice! — 4 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.3

Excellent GSM blend (42% Grenache, 40% Syrah, 18% Mourvèdre) from the Grampians in Western Victoria (Oz), blue and black-fruited Syrah and tree bark Mourvèdre aromas and flavors, less red-fruited Grenache in this subtly higher acid 2021 vs. the 2022 that is also open, finish is a little cleaner and less tannic, long, lingering finish, my preference of this 2021 vs. 2022 showdown. — 6 days ago

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