Château Tour Grand Faurie

Château Le Grand Faurie

Saint Émilion Grand Cru Merlot Blend 2012

Strolled into Trader Joe’s; the shelf was stocked with this. Couldn’t believe it. Picked up another half case. This is a phenomenal bordeaux and one of the best QPRs around. Haven’t tasted in a year and it’s just as memorable. Lots of great mushroom and sweaty gym socks with a dusty, tannic finish. Perfect example of a phenomenal wine at sub-$20 that drinks at 3-4x the price. — 6 years ago

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Ken Z

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@JJ Lumia , I have no experience with this producer. You obviously enjoyed it. Drinking well now?
JJ Lumia

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Totally. Drink up!

Château Le Grand Faurie

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

Good. Rich, dark cherry but balanced. Bought at Mitsukoshi for ¥5,000. — 6 years ago

Château La Tour-Martillac

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend

Color : Red
Wine estate : Château Latour-Martillac
Designation : Pessac-Léognan
Name : Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé
Country : France
Vivino : 4/5
Note : A purple dress, a floral and fruity nose on hints of prunes. A woody touch on the palate with long, organized and precise tannins. Being very dry, we feel correctly the complexity proposed and allows us a pleasant tasting.
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Une robe violet, un nez floral et fruités sur des touches de pruneaux. Une touche boisée en bouche avec des tannins long, organisé et précis. Étant très sec, on sent correctement la complexité proposé et nous permet une dégustation agréable.
— 7 years ago

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Claude Dugat

Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru Pinot Noir 1996

Incredibly dense nose. Toasty and intense fruit. Really lush dark blue and red berry with a deep undertow of savory, forestry notes- almost new world in mouthfeel. Very pure and powerful. A tour de force. What fruit!... deep and long — 7 years ago

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Bryan Thomas

Bryan Thomas

1996 - always have been a fan of Dugat. Black in color with plenty of extraction and flavor - in no way over the top. So much fruit that it would have been hard to say this was 96 as the acidity was very well integrated. Mouth coating and full with excellent persistence and length. Very good!
9.5

The Infinite Monkey Theorem

Christianson Vineyards Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend

Got this in a flight during Denver airport food tour 2016. Was really tasty from local CO winemaker — 9 years ago

Château Grand Faurie La Rose

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Lovely needs to breath a bit smells delightful tastes like chocolate plumbs — 10 years ago

St. Joseph Vineyards

Ice Wine Vidal 2013

My least favorite of the 5 on the Ice Wine Tour, but still very good — 10 years ago

Tom Sells
with Tom

Pehu Simonet

Selection Grand Cru Brut Champagne

NYE sparkling tour wine #7 rich, paired well with lobster — 11 years ago

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Château Tour Grand Faurie

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2015

Young St. Emilion blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. Red berries, plum and smoky notes. Medium to full bodied, chrisp acidity and some heat from alcohol. Still a little bit off, needs year or two to settle down. Don’t know can I wait so long for this very decent wine with excelent value. — 6 years ago

Nina Saari
with Nina

Domaine Ponsot

Cuvée Vieilles Vignes Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Pinot Noir 1990

Tour d’Argent. Tawny, heavy color in the glass. The Somm smiles. I smile. The room smiles. This is killer juice that opens with a fragrant bouquet of ripe bing cherries, earthly spice, some sois bois, and some Asian spice. I’ve had this wine probably 10+ times and this is easily the best of them. Silky smooth. The nose is sexual. Killer juice. Worth the price. — 6 years ago

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Alan Weinberg

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How does Notre Dame look from there? Wine list still good or picked over? Have fun.
Mike Saviage

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In Feb there was scaffolding covering the rear. Now there is more scaffolding, some signs of the fire and no spire of course. Sad.
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The list is still a monster. Old stuff is picked through but it’s all relative because mid 90s is now “old stuff”. If you know what to look for there are good options. Ps the food is significantly improved at TdA. Even better this time vs Feb. Worth a look again.

Château Tour Renaissance

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2012

This wine was excellent !! It paired well with many dishes and was fantastic on its own. — 7 years ago

Fattoria Di Sammontana

Chianti Sangiovese Blend

Tomatoes, leather and black pepper... lots of acid. A good Chianti, I was a little early opening... Part of the September Grand Tour Wine Club from Verve Wine. — 8 years ago

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Moët & Chandon

Grand Vintage Brut Champagne Blend 2008

Tasted at the end of the Moet & Chandon cellar tour — 8 years ago

Philippe Jambon

Les Baltailles Gamay 2005

Rubis très foncé
Nez betterave fruit noire épices sans aucune volatile
Bouche enorme matière mais ultra délicate une importante largeur avec un fruit qui explose en bouche. Tres grand vin sans sulfite élevage 6 ans un tour de force
— 8 years ago

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Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot

La Tour de Curon Le Clos Côtes du Jura Chardonnay 2012

Jimmy Smith
9.6

Wow. Broad, very minerally, much more elegance. Excellent balance, breed, character. One of the stars of Jura. Long length. Like a Grand Cru Chablis/Montrachet cross with a nutty Jura twist. Awesome. — 10 years ago

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Pierre Callot

Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne Chardonnay

NYE sparkling tour wine #8. My fave of the evening. Light touch, just a bit yeasty — 11 years ago

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Bernard Magrez

Servitude Volontaire du Chateau La Tour Carnet Grand Cru Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Special bottling from Chateau La Tour Carnet for its 2005 Vintage, dark purple burgundy in color, smell of red fruit, plum, and raspberry. Decanted for two hours before pouring, taste of sour cherry and black berry. Still taste lots of fruit, fine tannin with smooth finish, full body with a medium to long finish. — 12 years ago

Château Tour de Lagarde

St. Émilion Grand Cru 2009

Deep garnet purple in the glass. Abundant nose of cassis and graphite, echoed on the palate with a bit of additional black fruit. Medium acidity. Medium tannins. Lengthy, dark finish. Classic right bank Bordeaux that’s drinking very well now, but still has a few good years left. Filet with Bordelaise is a natural, but work your way out from there. — 6 years ago

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Château Tour Baladoz

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2011

Oak and spice aromas. Lots of oak. Darker red fruit and some black, lots of oak spice on the palate. Way too young right now. — 6 years ago

Sam Marshmallow
with Sam

Château La Tour du Pin

Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classe Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

I had a bottle of this wine a while ago and it was spectacular: 94pts. The second, which I drank a few weeks ago, was very good, but not as good as the first one, but still pretty decent: 90 pts. On average 92. A fine claret by the owners of Cheval Blanc. — 8 years ago

Taittinger

Comtes de Champagne Grand Crus Brut Blanc de Blancs 2006

Tasted at the end of the Taittinger cellar tour - incredible! The extended lees aging really comes through on the pallet, rich and a little buttery. Also sees 5% oak aging for two weeks — 8 years ago

Château de La Tour

Clos Vougeot Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2007

2007 vintage. Vieilles Vignes. Medium brick garnet hue. Herbal, white flower, white pepper, earthy and forest floor. Very attractive nose. On the palate, great balance of fruit and tannins - tight grain. Herbal character to the fore, black currant and slight mint. Good length. Ready to drink now as I think the fruit is starting to dry out. — 10 years ago

Brouwerij Rodenbach

Grand Cru Ale

In continuing my tour of sour beers... — 11 years ago

Château Vieille Tour La Rose

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

Delicious, flavorful wine from Marco's favorite French winery — 12 years ago

Marc Stow Bailly
with Marc