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Château Potensac

Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

For a common Medoc wine from a great vintage this bottle did not disappoint! The wine was approachable after an hour of air, and the wine was still a little tight albeit the tannins were well integrated. While I would not suggest cellaring this wine any longer, I wouldn’t hesitate ordering a bottle if it was on the wine list! — 7 years ago

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Intriguing Red 2016

I enjoyed this wine with a nice steak — 8 years ago

Bollini

Trentino Pinot Grigio 2014

Wonderful! Fruity and full bodied. Not the thin stuff so common these days... — 8 years ago

Domaine de la Ferme Saint Martin

Les Terres Jaunes Beaumes-de-Venise Grenache Syrah 2014

Really nice. With air, the nose exhibits smoky, stony wild dark berries. Nicely concentrated, focused, and very pure tasting. Intense minerality with very clean dark berries. Loads of soft tannin, full bodied but no heat. Decent acids. Shares a lot in common with wines from the neighboring town of Gigondas. Very good value. — 9 years ago

David, Isaac and 2 others liked this

Equipo Navazos

No. 44 La Bota de Vino Blanco Florpower Palomino Fino

I wish this style was more common. Combines everything there is to love about fino sherry (salty, nutty, oxidative) in a lower alcohol package at 11.5%. — 9 years ago

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Château Lalande-Borie

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Zach Cherry
9.1

Classic Bord Rouge, at a great price. I have this weird suspicion it has a lot in common with Ducru Beaucaillou...just a thought. — 10 years ago

Casa Castillo (Julia Roche E Hijos)

Jumilla Monastrell 2013

My first Monastrell did not disappoint happy to keep tasting grapes outside the common ones — 10 years ago

Eduardo Bolaños
with Eduardo
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Avenel Cellars

Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel 2013

Blackberry and plum. Higher alcohol then I prefer but that's common with Zinfandel. Had with pizza and thought it was really good. (Total Wine) — 11 years ago

Domaine Filliatreau

Château Fouquet Saumur Cabernet Franc 2012

Domaine Filitreau I sing of thee. The wine is "tight", a Cabernet franc that needs none of the all to common help from Merlot to hold its own. Mid tannin/texture make fine drinkability. Love to smell the plum later, later. I have to urge you to decant, and drink SLOWLY. Allow some of that tightness to wain. — 11 years ago

Aaron Burr Cidery

Ginger Apple Cider

Cure for the common cold. Upstate apples with "Chinatown" ginger and carrot. Way better than ginger tea.
— 11 years ago

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Larry Irving

Larry Irving

Huh! Should have picked up a bottle while at the Shop


Coming down w a cold :-)

Common Roots Brewing Company

Beta Experimental India Pale Ale

A simple styled New England IPA. I put this down to the session strength, which makes it much more palatable. A good one for #internationalbeerday — 7 years ago

Gautham Iyer
with Gautham
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Trixie

Trixie

Great color. 🍻

Newmans Own

Common Good California Red Blend 2014

Started this bottle whilst painting the walls, fortunately had leftovers for winding down after work the next day. Must buy again! — 8 years ago

Azienda Agricola Valentini

Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 2011

Noble reduction envelopes the melon-pear aromas of this "common" white variety. This is all about the human hand and its ability to transmit attributes that evoke pleasure. Terrific. — 9 years ago

Kurt-Inge, Conrad and 1 other liked this

Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin

Vaudésir Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay 2012

So Chablis. So acid driven and expressive. Most common comment was "wow" — 9 years ago

Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik
9.5

Stunning! Great purity and a strong sense of minerality lift this un-evolved to considerable heights. Juicy citrus, cool herbs, chalk and perfectly judged oak treatment with piercing acidity, this is built for the long haul, it has more in common with Friuli's greatest wines than high end Bdx. New wave stuff! — 10 years ago

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Greatwall

Cabernet Sauvignon

Another great experience with Great Wall , but be aware and careful with fakes , quite common here... — 10 years ago

Drinkward Peschon

"Entre Deux Mères" Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Notes of dark cherry, cocoa, leather,, tobacco on the nose, tannin developing, a little tight, nice but some what thin mid palate common in 2011 vintage, nice finish. — 11 years ago

Morlet Family Vineyards

Bouquet Garni Bennett Valley Syrah 2011

Delicious wine from a tough vintage. After 4 hrs of decanting the fruit is coming out while the oak is settling. Look forward to another 3-5 years to enjoy another bottle. I think this vintage will surprise many common and critic. — 11 years ago

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Alzinger

Dürnsteiner Federspiel Riesling 2011

Focused, perhaps even austere compared to the common Wachau style. Lime, mint & petrol. Bone dry. — 11 years ago

David liked this

Verus Vineyards

Furmint

Super tasty not-so-common varietal — 7 years ago

Jess
with Jess

Domaine A. et P. de Villaine

Les Clous Côte Chalonnaise Chardonnay 2011

Very pleasant
Focus on a minerality not common
— 7 years ago

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Nalewka Babuni

Cherry Wine

Raspberry variant of a common polish dessert wine. Really sweet as expected with a good raspberry finish. Does not appear to be fake. — 8 years ago

Sequillo Cellars

Swartland Chenin Blanc Blend

Tastes like sunset on a Caribbean island. Oh wait, I was on a Caribbean Island. So much crisp fresh acidity with a sweetness you don't expect, but quickly becomes welcome on the palate. A nice alternative to your common Sauv Blanc for a sundowner. Great with plantain chips and a strong man at your side! — 8 years ago

Michael Korcuska
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Lagier Meredith

Mount Veeder Syrah 2012

Yotam Sharon
9.1

A first taste of legendary geneticist Carole Meredith's wines from Mount Veeder. We had the 2011, 2012 and 2013, and while vintage variations were obvious, so was the sense of place common to all three. The 2012 is riper and broader than the leaner 2011, but classic Syrah pepper and floral notes are there. The 2013 was a touch sweet but these are wines clearly made with preservation of terroir character in mind. I'd love to retaste them with more age. Rating here is for the 2012. — 10 years ago

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Nice notes, Yotam
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Yes, Yotam. A nice revealing, yet concise description.

The Eyrie Vineyards

Melon de Bourgogne 2011

Wow, real knockout stuff. This is not domestic Muscadet - there's not much in common besides the grape. It has the bright, pure fruit but it is put together in a much fuller style, more like a white Burgundy (minus the oak) than Muscadet. I don't say Chablis because while it's an intensely mineral wine and cranked up to 11 in that department, it's not a marine minerality. The mineral element here is volcanic (and so is the soil), bringing to mind all those cliches about aromas bursting from the glass and so forth, and it's every bit as driving on the palate. — 10 years ago

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Domaine Des Vignes du Maynes (Julien Guillot)

Cuvée 910 Clos des Vignes du Maynes Mâcon-Cruzille Pinot Noir 2013

Pinot | Gamay | Chard - not common for mixed race blends in burgundy, but this one ranks superior to the others I have previously experienced. High toned, soft flower components and a lingering sapidity. — 11 years ago

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Butternut

California Chardonnay 2012

Like cream soda. So good so unique. Not a common flavor you find. Highly recommended. — 11 years ago

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Filippi

Colli Scaligero Castelcerino Soave Garganega 2008

Has more in common with traditionally made Cru Chablis than you could possibly imagine... — 11 years ago