Formidable Wines

Château des Jacques

Moulin-A-Vent Gamay 2018

Raspberry sauce, red cherries and cinnamon stand out in this well structured Beaujolais. Formidable! — 3 years ago

Tom, Serge and 4 others liked this

Keplinger

Caldera El Dorado Mourvedre Blend 2010

1/2 hour decant (little cloudy sediment). A formidable dark tawny red color with decent bricking. On the nose: subtle nose of stewed meat, iron, cherry, smoke, and herbs. Taste: A creamy, smooth medium plus body wine with mouth coating raspberry, minerals, tar, leather, little chocolate, and a smokey tobacco medium plus finish. Drink em now or over the next few years. Cheers! — 3 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
with Brenda
Brenda, Ira and 17 others liked this

Azienda Agricola Valentini

Trebbiano d'Abruzzo 2010

Reduction initially, but with air and much swirling, it opened up. Beautiful and balanced. Wait at least 5 years. Formidable structure. — 5 years ago

Keith, Byron and 1 other liked this

Château Joanin Bécot

Côtes de Castillon Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

John J
8.9

Formidable for an aged merlot blend (2010). Wet stone nose and then my french education gets serious. Hint of smoke and herbs on the palate, grippy tannins and ripe blackberry fruit.
Nearing pop and pour readiness, tasted five times over three days.
— 6 years ago

Aston Estate

Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2014

30 min decant(little cloudy sediment). A formidable medium garnet color with some bricking. On the nose: perfumed notes of raspberry, vanilla, forest floor, and cedar. Taste: A creamy, juicy, balanced wine with red plum, smoke, touch of blueberry, minerals, earth, spicy vanilla oak, and a medium finish. Sticking pins in my Packers doll and crossing my fingers, let's see what happens. — 3 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
with Brenda
Brenda, Paul and 15 others liked this
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Le Haut Medoc de Branaire-Ducru

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Once part of the Beychevelle estate, this is the 2nd wine of Chateau Branaire Ducru. The grape varieties are typical Bordeaux, with Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. A medium bodied wine, with plum, blackberry and cassis. The fruit is very present, with soft tannines. After 10 years in the bottle still young, but soft, and years ahead of it still. Surprisingly good quality for about 17-18 Eur. Formidable! — 4 years ago

Peter, Kathie and 12 others liked this

Château La Fleur-Pétrus

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2012

V M
9.7

Sunday funday this wine is a perfect elegant pair to burgers and Cajun shrimp to eat and drink outdoors. This 2012 is drinking beautifully. Elegant yet expressive it brings forth the best of 2012 pomerol. Flowers and summer BBQ smoke on the nose it has bright red and purple fruit on the palate that while not overwhelming holds its own against spice and meat. It’s light enough to enjoy outside but formidable enough to linger without overwhelming a summer afternoon. Bravo to this wine. — 6 years ago

Shawn, Eric and 16 others liked this

Domaine des Croix (David Croix)

Les Grèves Corton Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2010

The youthful nose is dominated by high toned fruit notes of red cherry, pomegranate, raspberry with accents of allspice, iron ore and whole cluster fermented fruit, There is depth and complexity in the aromas but still quite coiled and restrained. Reticent but elegant red Pinot fruit flavors alongside a focused mineral edge. Dense fruit based tannins intertwined with the refreshing acidic zing provide a formidable structure. The finish has emerging but restrained red fruit and Corton power. This appears to need 3 to 4 more years to develop as air added layers but still reminded slightly reticent. I feel the wine will show well for many years. — 3 years ago

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Seavey Vineyard

Napa Valley Merlot 2005

Double decant and pour (decent sediment). A formidable dark garnet color with some bricking. On the nose: very aromatic nose of dark plum, green vegi, leather, sandlewood, menthol, wet forest floor. Taste: soft, rich, medium body wine with dark plum, tobacco, smoke, minerals, and a very dry spicy minty mocha medium plus finish. — 3 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
with Brenda
Brenda, Hugh and 17 others liked this

Matthiasson

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

First bottle since Saturday night’s bacchanal in tony West Des Moines (I still have 20+ wines to post)....it may be a combo of a great wine with low etoh and depriving myself for too long but this was just tremendous tonight. Formidable backbone and oozing balance, restraint and ripe red fruit. Floral dried cherry and pound cake. — 5 years ago

Bill, Shay and 27 others liked this