MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.0

#minervois #muscat #muscatpetitgrains — a month ago

J gutz

9.7

Delicious! — 4 months ago

Simon

10

Sweet, dessert wine, melon and peach flavours. Lychee. Smooth — 3 years ago

James Mitchell

8.9

Super big smell, super smooth drink. Peppery, gamey, made me want food. — 4 years ago

Ron from VA

9.1

Linear yet elegant…dense, darker red fruit carries balance thru the attack into a medium+ weighted finish (think artisan cola) - highlighting fine grain tannins. Fall Herbs lend subtle accent to polished build. Oak is not intrusive The 2016 Meritage is a blend of 45% Merlot, 28% Petit Verdot, 9% Cabernet Franc, 9% Malbec, and 9% Cabernet Sauvignon. The majority of the fruit came from Rougemont vineyard in Keswick, VA, with the remainder coming from Adventure Farm, Wild Meadow, Carter's Mountain, and Honah Lee. The grapes are fermented with natural yeast in stainless steel tanks and then barrel aged in 54% new French oak individually and blended for a total of 21 months. We believe that the Bordeaux blends produce some of Virginia's best and most expressive wines. The 2016 Meritage blend is a reflection of what we strive for in both the grape growing and winemaking. — 5 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.5

There are excellent wines, and then there are magical wines. But some fewer still are singular and peerless, unique in their bearing, composition and inspiration. Such is the case with Burg. A stupefying field blend that harnesses everything that Alsace might be or become and transmutes it into something akin to watching the evening sun burst through a technicolor stained glass window on high. An all-encompassing blend of Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Sylvaner, Muscat d'Alsace (white and red), Muscat à Petit Grain, Riesling, Gewurtztraminer, Traminer, Chasselas, and Chasselas Rose. This old bottle yielded wine the color of amber, smelling like candied orange peel, beeswax, and dried yellow flowers. Silky flavors of citrus rind, bergamot, honeysuckle and candle wax mix with still-excellent acidity and a stony underbelly that lingers through the candied-mandarin-rind finish. Slightly to moderately sweet. A wine of meditation to be sure. — 5 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.3

Hay and an animal side when just opened, turning into more red fruit, raspberries and spices. The wine is delicious, tart classy red fruit balanced with soft tannins with a beautiful grain, the finish is long, classy and elegant with a slight feel of wildness. Still got gas in the tank and delicious now. 92-93

Au départ, Nez de foin, animal se change ensuite sur plus de fruits rouges, framboises et épices, comme un côté anisé. Le vin est délicieux, un petit fruit acidulé, mais balancé par des tannins magnifiques, avec une finale presque sauvage mais avec classe et élégance tout de même. Superbe bouteille à point, mais encore dans son plateau de maturité je pense. 92-93
— 6 years ago

barak heller hayun

8.9

100% petit verdot from cotes de bourdoux appellation.

full body grain-y and stony, those black and red fruits with cedar and chewing tobacco.

long 🎯

took an hour an a half to open up.
very enjoyable. — 3 months ago

David Kline

9.5

2010 vintage. Black cherry and black currant with cigar box and allspice and a touch of multi-grain on the nose. Black and bing cherry with chewy tannins and rooibos. Plum tartness, and an interesting grape-y aspect. Ripe currant and licorice.
This is more like it!


#chateaulynchbages #lynchbages #pauillac #appellationpauillaccontrôlée
#leftbank #bordeaux #grandcruclasséde1855 — 2 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Tons to unwind here. Black and green olives, clay and uncooked peat, multi grain bread, pecan, black sesame, mushroom fricassee, grilled filet with beurre blanc and jus. Sage, mint, and tarragon. All cohesively woven together; immaculate. That’s just the nose. Graphite and oak pencil the initial signature, which delineates the oeuvre. The cherry life cycle, from underripe to dried expressed in black and red; still-grainy tannins supporting. Raspberry tart, briary berrries. Rooibos tea, cinnamon and clove. Impeccable.



#chateaulafonrochet #lafonrochet #saintestephe #grandcruclasséde1855 #2001bordeaux #bordeauxrouge #leftbank #misenbouteilleauchateau — 3 years ago

Daniel M

9.2

Remembering Jean Pierre Marty, former wine director of Talbot who passed earlier this year. Jean Pierre was my father's best buddy from university.
The nose is made of tar, a bit of cocoa and coffee, black currant, a bit of green bell pepper (?) and bit of heat too. The palate is great! Superb acid drive, very subtle, silky mouthfeel, black currant, cocoa notes too, before a massive mid palate in form of a sphere that initiates some disturbance in the mouthfeel with a layer of grain, powering up a long finish of black currant, cocoa, that silky mouthfeel with a grain and a nice bitter touch that shows up in the end. Great testimony of a great wine and a great wine maker. — 5 years ago

Michelle H

9.0

Lovely to drink with dessert. I taste pear, honey, and orange with tiny little bubbles. Sweet but delish! — 6 years ago

Matt Sharp

8.9

Nice earthy, whole cluster but rounded with fresh red juicy. Big fan — 6 years ago

Juan Moreno

9.3

Great surprise. Flowers in nose wake up your memories from a spring's field. Fresh, young, great company for light pasta. — 7 years ago

Amelia Mowry, CSW

9.6

Aromas of blueberry, black currant, lavender and rose petals. Earthy graphite and savory herb favors with hints of spice and cocoa powder in the glass. Creamy and fine grain tannin finish. Could have aged for another 20 years easy. — 4 months ago

with Lou, Cristian and 1 other

John Bratincevic

9.3

NOSE: wet, dark, wormy dirt. Berries - both blackberry and raspberry, like a mix . Slate.

TASTE: quite good - smooth tannins with a little “grain” - nice acidity - lovely black raspberry. Great stuff. I got a killer deal on this. 93.

EDIT: another review noted cedar and that is right. — 2 years ago

Vanessa

9.4

This wine was singing. Layered aromas and flavors including blackberry, cassis, fig, plum, cedar, nutmeg, violet, potpourri, leather, clove and well-integrated, fine grain tannins. — 4 years ago

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Daniel P. Drake

9.2

This evening the wine of choice is the 2018 Mount Veeder Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. The blend is 92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot and 4% Malbec.

The nose gives us notes of black cherry, blackberry, black raspberry, plum sauce, spice, vegetal notes, green bell pepper, black pepper and violets.

On the palate there are sumptuous notes of black cherries, blackberries, black currant, vegetal notes, black pepper, green bell pepper and a nice earthy component.

The wine is medium to full bodied with medium to medium + acidity and medium+ grippy fine grain tannins which moves subtly into a long black fruit, black currant finish. A lovely wine that is not overly hard on the pocket book. What a way to start the week. The week ahead looks bright. Please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷

On the palate — 5 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

Tar, cedar, black currant and maybe a little bit of red currant too. It's a very nice, noble nose. The palate is well designed. A strong acid drive, a good width with a nice matter on the side, a bit of a grain which expands in the rear to create a nice wall of tannins which are now well integrated. The finish shows a nice blossoming fruit, these fine tannins too, creating some asperities, a nice, noble bitter note appears at the very end. It's a bit under the 2 previous vintages I tasted but it's a very good wine for the vintage. — 6 years ago

George

10

Pure perfection — 6 years ago