Kenneth Rosal

9.5

Appearance - Medium Ruby Colour

Aroma - Medium Plums, Black Cherries, Wet Earth, Spring Flowers and Cedar.

Palate - Dry. Medium Acidity. Medium Tannin. Low Alcohol. Medium Body. Medium Intensity of Black Current, Black Cherries, Plums, Earth and Graphite. Medium Finish.

Conclusion - Very Good Quality Wine — 4 years ago

Jason Gelman

8.9

pale lemon color, apples pears citrus on the nose w some floral aroma. off dry, high acid, medium finish. crisp and balanced, could use a bit more finish but conclusion Very Good — 6 years ago

Ted Boydston

9.1

A lovely Pouilly-Fumé, having a fine floral nose followed by pallet of limestone rocks tumbled in dried fruit and pressed mountain wildfires. Super long acidic finish with hint of smoke. Conclusion: Oh Yeah! — 7 years ago

Gary Slafka

9.2

Nice deep color with a full nose. Initial full frontal berries with rich mouth feel. Finishes from full to a crisp dry pepper conclusion. A great value! — 8 years ago

Frank Kuo

9.4

Nice color of golden yellow. Nose of refreshing sweetness, lemon sugar, not edgy, round, and some oaky flavor. Taste of concentrated sweetness like caramel wrapped around your tongue and balanced with nice fruits notes like lemon and citrus. Aftertaste lingering sweetness, dresses with slight hotness of alcohol puts an nice conclusion in this pleasant bottle. — 9 years ago

Charine Tan

9.0

RIP to the late Zlatan who passed a month ago.

Zlatan Otok is one of my favourite wineries in Croatia. I appreciate every single one of the wines that I've tried but that said, this Zlatan Otok 2010 Crljenak is my absolute fave.

In 2001 a research, funded by Mike Grgich of Judgement of Paris fame, on the origin of Zinfandel came to fruition. It confirmed that Zinfandel and Primitivo came from Croatia. Unfortunately at the point of discovery, the vines of Crljenak in Croatia was near extinction. Today, only a handful of Croatian wineries still produce this wine. As far as I've tried, the Zlatan Otok 2010 Crljenak is the best representation of this variety.

Notes: Colour is dark garnet with some clarity. On the nose, I get cboth red and black fruit, white and black pepper, slightly perfumey like amber and musk. The palate reflects exactly what's on the nose, carried off by vibrant acidity and prominent minerality. Tannins are slightly coarse but sweet, which means it should be aged in the bottle for a while longer but ready to be enjoyed now. What I love most is how it opens up and expresses itself on the palate like a triangle--from narrow and shy to wide and lively. This Crljenak has lighter body than most Californian Zinfandel.

The final conclusion: Yes please! It's slightly cheaper than Lytton Springs, and I'm getting more pleasure from this. — 9 years ago

Erik Nordman

9.1

Nose: dark dried fruits a la plums, raisins, and dark cherries, pungent oloroso sherry molasses-esque sweetness, spiced honey and toasted caramel. Quite sharp at the cask strength 60.1%. A bit of water cuts the numbing sharpness, and brings out the dark fruit and honey elements as well as the musty (in a good way) oloroso sherry notes. A very distinct orange ginger coffee cake aroma emerged with the addition of water as well.
Mouthfeel/body: very full and silky, viscous. Good tingle at cask strength. Not quite as viscous after the addition of water (obviously), but maintains its body and silky character.
Palate: More dark cherries, raisins, spiced dried fruit, cinnamon, more pungent molasses oloroso notes. A bit of water cuts the numbing sharpness of the cask strength alcohol volume and opens up the dark dried fruits notes and pungent sherry notes, as well as more spice.
Conclusion: Great whisky with plenty complexity and character for the price. Tastes a bit young and spirit-y at cask strength but since I typically cut it with a tiny splash of water, this hasn't been much of an issue. — 10 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.2

Appearance: Clear, Deep red-violet
Nose: Clean, pronounced blackberry, black cherry, plum, strawberry, sweet oak, and mineral.
Palate: Dry, medium-plus acidity and tannin, full body. Flavors of blackberry, black cherry, black currant, blueberry pie, plum skins, black raspberry, minerality, most appropriate oak in the background and on the finish. Long finish.
Conclusion: Very good.
Commentary: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. Big round multifaceted dark juicy fruits (plush), fruit forward without being jammy, excellent mouthfeel (grip). Very enjoyable now, and could age 3 years. Make it a multi-bottle purchase.
— 11 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.4

2012 "l'Original" Macabeu

Sight: Clear, light amber.
Nose: Clean, dried apricots, golden fruits, honey, wet stone, dried grass. Beautiful fall wine.
Palate: Dry, medium plus acidity, full body. Flavors of dried apricots and golden fruits, dried grass, baking spices, seasoned oak. Long finish.

Conclusion: Outstanding wine for $21.99. — 11 years ago

Raymond Tang

9.0

Appearance: clear, pale, lemon; Nose: clean, medium intensity, capsicum, green beans, lime, smoke; Palate: dry, high acidity, medium-bodied, lime, powerful but smooth smokiness which creates medium (+) finish. Conclusion: good, great example of Pouilly Fume produced in Loire. Signature smokiness is not overpowering, yet integrates with the acidity and alcohol very well. One reason why it wasn't very good is the fact that it shows inferior existence of other flavours on the palate. — 12 years ago

Kenneth Rosal

9.0

Appearance - Pale Gold

Nose - Medium Intensity of Citrus and Tropical aromas.

Palate - Dry, Medium to High Acidity, Medium to Full Body, Medium Intensity of Lemon, Honeysuckle, and Orange Peel, Medium Finish

Conclusion - Very Good Quality Wine — 4 years ago

Andrew S

9.4

This feels like a well made wine. A really pleasing mineral/gravel note balances the deep fruits nicely. Continues to open over the 4 hours sampled. Tannins are relatively fine grained. Cocoa and crushed roasted almonds reverberate with the fruit at the conclusion. — 5 years ago

Ainsley

9.1

Clear, deep, garnet. Clean, pronounced, black fruit. Dry, medium acidity, medium/high tannins, medium body, long finish. Conclusion: Very good — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Bought in 2001 by Florence & Dominique Decoster. Ch Fleur was promoted to "Saint-Emilion Grand cru classé" in 2006. I did a vertical ‘12, ‘13 & ‘14, check my notes on ‘14 for conclusion. A blend of 80% Merlot, 15% Cab Franc and 5% Cab Sauvignon, deep red with big ripe fruit aromas and gentle notes of floral. Blue & Black berry flavors, great mouthfeel delivers nice balance on structured soft tannins that could benefit with more time, lingering finish ending with smoky mineral notes. Will cellar Nicely! — 8 years ago

Charine Tan

9.0

From the winery owned by Mike Grgich. A blend of Plavac Mali from Dingac and Trstenik.

Appearance: Maroon with brown rim
Nose: Red fruit, green twig, and rich earthy notes.
Taste: Prune, raisin, savoury spice, and game. Persistent, elegant finish supported by mature and sweet tannins

Conclusion: Delicious, juicy wine with good structure. Will buy it over and over again. — 9 years ago

David Kline

9.1

Wow! Amazing wine! You won't miss the barrel on this beauty. As the fruit tannins are omnipresent. Spicy with red currant and caperberry playing alongside gooseberry, blackberry and boisenberry seamlessly. Your first thought is grape-y, but that would be an abecedarian conclusion. This is wine with depth, unlike pretenders in unoaked territory, and entirely satisfying in every sense! Brava! Abrigado! — 9 years ago

with Courtney

Julia Weinberg

9.3

It went like down like this...
scott: what are you craving?
me: minerality!
[Scott brings blind wine]
me [after a few wrong guesses]: is it hunter valley semillon? Tyrrells vat 1 with some age?
[scott is impressed, I then admit I just had the 2005 2 days ago].

Conclusion: I am a slightly better blind taster than I thought. And the universe wants me to drink more semillon.
— 10 years ago

with Remi

Alessio Alexeev

9.0

Piercing wine with bursting fruity undertones and wobderful acidity. Still young so it's hard to make any conclusion now. — 10 years ago

Austin Beeman

9.1

Sweet dessert wine finish. Spice comes mid palate. Dried beeswax conclusion. $20 — 11 years ago

Anisha Rose

9.6

Celebrating the conclusion to an 8-day work marathon, it's lovely! — 12 years ago

Raymond Tang

9.1

Appearance: clear clarity, medium intensity, garnet. Nose: clean condition, medium intensity, aroma - cigar, black berry, fruitcake, stewed prune. Palate: dry, high acidity, medium (+) chalky tannin, flavour - dark cherry, chocolate, smoky, long finish. Conclusion, very good and approachable cab-sauv, great value for its price tag ($33), alcohol and flavour greatly integrated. — 12 years ago

Ira Schwartz

9.2

So damn smooth. Full of peach and grapefruit. My wheelhouse . — 5 years ago

Jason Gelman

8.9

certainly too young but instructive to try nonetheless. ruby with garnet edges showing some early age. medium intensity. deeply complex nose w roses, figs, dried cherries & cranberrries, clove, pepper, mushroom, truffle. palate dry w medium acid, tannins super high and intense. finish was medium in length, can detect some signs of excellence but overshadowed by tannins. conclusion very good and needs to age considerably longer. — 6 years ago

Philippe Dupuis

8.9

Blind tasted. Nose is very tight; star fruit, green apple, hints of poolside vapors. First sip is intense, acidic and tight as well, a few chews revealing structure and contained complexity. A nice buttery and ripe fruit retro really shows the quality of the wine, in conclusion. Very hard to describe - a thinker - that's for sure. Still very young - a sleeper - that's no doubt, pleasure was partly intellectual. I'd recommend to carafe for half a day or to taste the bottle over a few days. Taste around 14 degrees. Impressive !@Rajat Parr — 7 years ago

with Marco

Matt Trader

9.2

Thought I'd update a few notes of wines from my Christmas list while sick in bed.

I've come to the conclusion, based on experimentation, that it takes 6 hours exactly to let a younger Barolo like this finally open up. Instead of herbaceous qualities, you get more fruit concentration and sweet cherry at the core, with beautiful rose water floral notes, game, subtle note of tar (though would show more in years to come) and a light touch of rosemary. The tannins were well integrated and softened by this point, leaving a wine that was powerfully balanced. This wine made a lovely duck pairing. 2009 will drink now, through 2027 easily. — 8 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

Best bottle of fonreaud opened so far. Conclusion : fonreaud in great vintages needs at least 10 years to have its oak finally well integrated. And then it's a wonderful fruitful playful wine — 9 years ago

Ralph M

9.1

Beautiful nose very plummy with blueberries upfront then little smokiness and oakiness on mid palate medium body silky . Love it second day.
Delicious blend Bordeaux style
60% Cabernet , 40% merlot(not conclusion)
— 10 years ago

John Petzold

9.0

Aroma is excellent, the nose calls for more and the taste doesn't disappoint, the tannins hold the aftertaste until it's pleasant conclusion. — 10 years ago

Vin Naturel

9.4

Roussette de Savoie 2011 "Altesse" Domaine Pasquier

Nous annonçons officiellement la saison de la raclette 2014/2015 ouverte ! Ben quoi ? Si nous le faisons pas, qui va le faire ? Personne !
Avec de la raclette on boit quoi ? De la Roussette de Savoie ! Je vous vois déjà venir, la Roussette (cépage aussi appelé Altesse), ouais, bof. On va compter jusqu'à 3 et à 3, vous aurez oubliez tout ce que vous avez déjà goûté en Roussette, et vous pénètrerez dans un nouvel univers gustatif, olfactif (et pif et paf), attention : 1, 2...3 !

Pour commencer, il faut préciser que ce vin est réalisé dans les règles de l'art, de façon traditionnelle et non-interventionniste : vendangé à la main, avec une vinification sans intrant et sans aucun ajout de soufre (donc pas de mal de crâne à l'horizon), puis une année d'élevage en foudre et enfin on attend jusqu'à ce que le vin soit prêt à la vente (1 an).

La robe est claire, limpide, le nez s'ouvre pleinement en offrant une large palette aromatique où se mélangent fleurs blanches, miel et pâte de fruit, sur de légères notes agrumées.

La bouche : délicate et fleurie (aussi), elle s'inscrit parfaitement dans la continuité du nez et offre une belle acidité, sur la craie, avec une longueur tout en gourmandise (coing, fruits secs). La maîtrise est bluffante et le rendu impeccable ;)

Conclusion : un vin superbe, très près de l'exceptionnel qui fonctionnera parfaitement lors d'un apéritif plutôt marin (tartare d'algues, anchois, sardines) ou sur un poisson de lac. Bien évidement, c'est sur la raclette qu'il prendra toute son aise, c'est même délicieux.

Acheté 12 euros à la P´tite cave, boulevard de l'hôpital dans le 13e arrondissement, métro Gobelin.

Merci à Olivier et Nadège


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#roussette — 11 years ago

Freddy Foot

Sommelier Restaurant Gary Danko

9.4

Got this as a fun blinder... My initial conclusion was all over the place! Great wine but! — 12 years ago