Metley & Bounds

Desparada

Sackcloth & Ashes Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2013

This is their tete de cuvée and it shows! I am a big fan of Desperada and this falls right in line for me. There is a hair of residual sugar that is right at the line of where I like it - pushing all the bounds. Great job. — 8 years ago

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That waxing salon in ‘The 40 year old virgin’ that Steve Carell went to seems gentle enough....

Robert Mondavi Winery

Unfiltered Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1995

With a hint of eucalyptus and a robust spicy fruit flavor this wine truly encompasses all that Mondavi can be. It truly sustains all temporal bounds. — 8 years ago

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Domaine Marquis d'Angerville

Fremiet Volnay 1er Cru Pinot Noir 1996

Casey Curbow
9.4

Still so fresh, pure and delicately expressive. Intricately in bounds. — 9 years ago

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Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1967

Perfect. Sweetness layer and integrated. The wine was out of bounds with great length and it's clear this can go another 30 years. Orange marmalade with penetrating silky mineralty this wine was perfect in any way we measure greatness. — 10 years ago

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Robert Sinskey Vineyards

POV Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend

This has improved leaps and bounds from a couple years ago. The Merlot is singing! — 10 years ago

Krug

Grande Cuvée Brut Champagne Blend

My love for Krug knows no bounds. Bready, yeasty notes jump out of the glass towards you but quickly soften into those of honey butter. Ginger and spice notes. Lees driven but well integrated with medium high acid. This champagne is so complex that it's almost impossible to truly detect where one note of flavor ends and the other begins. — 10 years ago

Château Candastre

Le Rosé du Gaillac Rosé Blend 2014

'14 Vintage. Been tasting Gaillac roses for years, and I must say they are leaps and bounds from where they were a decade ago. Fruity, with a watermelon nose, and tart cherry and in ripened apricot on the palate. Great US import future for these wines. — 10 years ago

Domaine Tempier

Cuvée Spéciale Cabassaou Bandol Mourvedre Blend

Leaps and bounds the best tempier I've had. — 8 years ago

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Hofgut Falkenstein

Niedermenniger Sonnenberg Spätlese Feinherb Riesling 2016

Can't drink enough of these. Buyer beware, they have bounds and bounds of raw Mosel power. — 8 years ago

2C Wines

Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

A miserable day just got a lot better 🍷I started drinking this wine in The barrel and as it matures it improves by leaps and bounds 🍷This will be a big deal wine within 18 months🍷 — 8 years ago

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Terra Bianca Srl

Campaccio Toscana Sangiovese Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Day one and minimal aeration I got a bit of balsamic on the nose and pallet. It seemed like peak may have passed. Still quite drinkable. Day 3 aeration (using the suction preserver) and the flavor is leaps and bounds better. Nose of earth and red berries, maybe even raspberry. Pallet is smooth (no tart or bitter flavor), more earth, silky tannins and more red berries. Not a thick Cab beast, but pretty, floral, and impressed with the turnaround. — 9 years ago

Alban Vineyards

Central Coast Viognier 2012

Amazing, still young and fresh, bright mineral notes with the honeysuckle still fresh the weight is spot on, light on its feet with bounds of big White peaches. Loving this wine today! — 9 years ago

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Crown Royal

Northern Harvest Rye Fine Blended Canadian Whisky

Crown Royal's Northern Harvest Rye is NOT standard Crown Royal fare. Northern Harvest Rye is leaps and bounds above any other Crown Royal product I’ve tasted.

Aromas of toasted nuts, pepper, burnt sugar, cloves and cinnamon waft up from the glass. It’s nice, complex, and a touch sweet.

The flavor mirrors the scent, but the pepper notes are dialed back. It’s a soft and smooth rye, not harsh, peppery nor astringent like some can be. A touch of biscuit (think cream cracker) is present in the flavors and it brings to mind a fine bourbon.

The finish is long, warm, and sweet. I’m pleased and surprised.

But unlike Jim Murray, I cannot say this is the best whiskey I’ve had all year. I’m not even sure it’s the best new offering I’ve had all year. Still: it's fantastic.
— 10 years ago

Y Rousseau

Rosé of Tannat 2014

Slightly out of bounds bringing a plusher, rounder mouthfeel without going to far.
Strawberry, tangerine on a salmon facade. Expected more dryness from tannat
— 10 years ago

Hervé Murat

Le Clos Duc Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Pinot Noir 2011

I am floored! Fass man was absolutely right. Amazing stuff/qpr. Huge difference from 2010 by leaps and bounds. — 11 years ago

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Wait, we shipped this? I can't keep track! Lol. His 2011's are across the board BETTER than his 10's. And just wait for the 12's!!!
9.7
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Ahhh. I see. This is Clos Duc NOT Les Herbues.
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It needs 6 hours to actually get "there."

Favia

Rompecabezas Amador Syrah Blend 2013

Soft, doesn't overstretch it's bounds. The fruit is precise, but not overdone. Excellent. — 8 years ago

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Domaine des Pierres Sèches Sylvain Gauthier

Sainte-Épine Saint-Joseph Syrah 2014

Lyle Fass
9.5

Love this wine. Sylvain has made leaps and bounds in quality since I started working with him. Gorgeous nose. Red fruited granite infused very boisterous nose. Some nice chocolate and cocoa. Gorgeous lift and so clean. Palate is juicy and complex with wonderful elegance and terrific high quality tannin. So fresh and dazzling length. Terrific concentration and purity. This is totally showing out of its mind. — 8 years ago

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Rubicon Estate

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

12 years and tightly wound, but made leaps and bounds coming to the fore. Incredible rim to rim India black. Botanically rich in licorice and rosemary bordering on Ünderberg. Raspberry liqueur, blackberry jam and charred oak aromas mellowed by sweet madura tobacco and clove. Mint chocolate and vanilla, black currant, hazelnut coffee, and just enough smoke and graphite, to keep it complex and real. A powerfully structured wine from ancient, storied vines! — 9 years ago

Bodegas Olarra

Reserva Añares Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2009

Very nice! My love for Rioja knows no bounds. — 9 years ago

Arianna Occhipinti

SP68 Terre Siciliane Nero d'Avola Frappato 2014

On a big #Sicily kick of late, this is a step or two up from yesterday in complexity and class. Another steal at $22-25 this is also a blend of Nero di Avola and Frappato. The nose started out reduced, but the palate was clean. The nose grew leaps and bounds after an hour to a fresh mix of red fruit perfume ala Burgundy, fresh cut flowers, and a little wet stone funk. The palate is light as a feather, fresh and consistent with bursts of blood orange, cherry, subtle spice. The finish streams on with excellent acidity and fine, though quite firm, youthful tannin.
#occhipinti #sicily #frappato #NeroDiAvola
— 10 years ago

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Avery Brewing Company

Out of Bounds Stout

A N
9.4

Very nicely balanced. A well-rounded stout. — 10 years ago

Domaine Leflaive

Sous le Dos d'Âne Meursault 1er Cru Chardonnay

Showing leaps and bounds ahead of the 2008. — 10 years ago

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Sasha Agapov

Sasha Agapov

Had 06 a week ago and was deeply disappointed.