Minassian Young Vineyards

Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2012

Silky silky smooth...so well made. Still young but very enjoyable. Has a long future ahead — 9 months ago

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Jan de Weerd

Jan de Weerd

Wow. You are on a roll!
Andrew McIntyre

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@Jan de Weerd was a good night! Sore heads the next day though 😵‍💫

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2017

Very fresh, bright, elegant and young, but accessible. An excellent Yquem in small format. We loved it ! — 4 years ago

Adriana Pagliano
with Adriana
Adriana, Severn and 2 others liked this

Masseto

Toscana Merlot 1998

First time ever I taste a Masseto but what a great wine. Almost 20 years old but still vibrant and young. Fruity but complex. Remarkable complexity and length. One of the best Italian wines you can ever taste ! — 8 years ago

Ira, P and 5 others liked this

Corison

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Although young, quite smooth with plum, blackberry and mocha. I need to add this to my cellar and let her sit for 5 - 10 years. — 9 years ago

Rick MazerADAM STROMFELDDavid Skurnik
with Rick, ADAM and 1 other
David, Mike and 13 others liked this

Thierry Allemand

Chaillot Cornas Syrah 2012

Brett Zimmerman
9.4

Young Syrah at its best! #allemand — 10 years ago

Chris LaddCraig Lewis
with Chris and Craig
Craig, Michael and 13 others liked this

Château de Beaucastel

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend

Baking spice and tart black cherry. Too young but it's showing pretty well - 2007 — 11 years ago

Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe

La Crau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend

Great tannins, balance, nose. Still quite young. — 9 months ago

Barbara Gazley
with Barbara

Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2013

Rich, full bodied, and very long on the palette after an hours decant. Dark fruit abounds; tannins we’re fine and we’ll integrated. Still quite young in presentation with decades of life remaining i. This vintage! — 3 years ago

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Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1996

Epic wine. Very young😇 full bodied, no hard edges at all. This is a very well aged Barton. Classic Bordeaux. — 7 years ago

pascal, Jan and 8 others liked this

Domaine Jamet

Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2007

If there were ever an archetypical Syrah, Jamet's Cote-Rotie would be a strong candidate. To me this is a pure expression of a classic Northern Rhone Syrah. It is not a single site, but a blend of terroirs, encompassing over 20 sites mostly from hard rock schist bedrock with little to no topsoil. There is NO Viognier in this wine like one might expect from most Cote-Rotie that might have 1-5% co-fermented.

Importantly, there is also a lot less of the oak character that can dominate and overwhelm many Northern Rhone wines. The oak maturation, while not short at 22 months, only uses 15% new oak with no trace of it on the palate as it is perfectly integrated. Grape bunches are whole cluster fermented and macerated for up to 3 weeks.

The 2007 we have here was drinking superbly for a young wine, showing lively and racy layers of peppercorn spice, roast beef, and warm blackberry and currant fruit from the hot 2007 vintage. While from a warm vintage, not a hair is out of place. Density and purity exude from the nose and hint at what a brilliant future this wine has. Perfect acidity and fleshy ripe tannin provide the backbone structure for father time to peel back the layers of this beauty. I will be chceking back in 5 years at the earliest.
— 9 years ago

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LM Segal

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Nice note. 🍷
Tom Kobylarz

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Thanks! 🍷

Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1944

1944
One of the mysteries of wine. Young (yes, young), fresh (yes, fresh) red fruit, balanced, well-integrated tannins (no surprise). Great floral aromatics that evolved as it warmed. This wine had no business being as hedonistically delicious as it was.
— 11 years ago

Eric, Eric and 2 others liked this

Pierre Gonon

Saint-Joseph Syrah 2011

Not a birthday night. Gonon too young but outstanding. Everything else just exceptional. — 9 months ago

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars

Artemis Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

K L
9.0

Ok. Too much Tabasco / leather. Still young. — a year ago

Matt Dill
with Matt

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Young, with notes of black olives, tobacco and leather. The merlot does not seem especially well integrated. Finish and length of the wine is excellent and quite velvety. Perhaps more time would help — 6 years ago

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

Bolgheri Red Bordeaux Blend 2006

Wow... so young... so much promise... Terrific. — 7 years ago

Freek, John and 11 others liked this
Shay A

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@Bill Bender : Thanks for sharing that bottle. It deserved to be enjoyed by itself for more analyzing! Would love to try again and enjoy over a night.

Château Margaux

Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1986

Desmond Echavarrie
9.0

Still young and a little closed. Great density and texture — 10 years ago

Adriel, David and 9 others liked this

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Hermitage Syrah 2001

2001 vintage. Lovely youthful notes here. Still way too young. Plummy and mixed berries, some smokey oak, mulberries. On the palate, medium body, tannins are well integrated, hints of black pepper and nutmeg. White chocolate. Yummy despite its youthfulness. Open in 2025. — 10 years ago

Marcel Lapierre

Morgon Gamay 2012

Paul Einbund
9.0

Tight and young but perfect as evah — 11 years ago

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