Brent Young

9.3

Day 1
Served with Vinloq System
Shut down hard. Hint of red fruit but is mostly acid and tannins. Not expressive. Followed 3 hours
No score on day 1

Day12
After preservation/refrigeration for 12 days
Very nice. Still not fully open but not shut down like Day1. Nice cherry fruit but finishes with drying tannins. Youthful. Pretty and enjoyable. Followed 2.5 hours
89 points

Day19
👃Dusty and smoky, candied and sour cherries. Raspberries. High toned. Mint. Floral. Nice
👅 After 2.5 hours this starts singing. Cherries, earth, florals. Pretty, elegant, and lifted. Med+ body. Tannins softer and fine
93 points

Needs more bottle age or “slow decanting” to show really well but excellent upside 👍
— 4 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

A bit of a shock to the system for the Burgundian palate. But nice to change it up sometimes! Massively concentrated and pretty opulent to me, but there is a line of racy acidity that balances its weighty texture and full body. It‘s intensely flavored and layered with stone fruit, butterscotch, hazelnuts and hints of burnt orange and marzipan on the finish. A finish which goes on forever. The wine seems to pick up a presence of alcohol over time. Either that or it could have been that dessert altered my palate by the end of the meal. Either way, very enjoyable and always a nice treat to have arguably our country’s best Chard, but for the most part, I‘ll stick to Burgundy 🙃 — 5 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

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

9.2

We tasted a lot of wines in #montalcino and this is the bottle we bought to take home with us. Delicious and generous. #brunello ANNUAL PRODUCTION:
30.000/35.000 bott.
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PRODUCTION AREA:
The vineyards are in the hills of Montalcino, at different heights and with a sun exposure until sunset. The age of the vineyards from which we select the grapes destined to produce Brunello is more than 20 years. Average altitude of the vineyards: 250 mt s.l.m.
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SOIL:
Tuffaceous clay, very rich in fossils.
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GRAPE VARIETY:
Large Sangiovese 100%.
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TRAINING SYSTEM:
bilateral and balanced cordon.
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DENSITY FOR HECTARE:
5.500
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PRODUCTION SYSTEM:
The vineyards are subject to thinning of bunches, the average criteria is, in good vintages, three bunches of five stay on. The grapes thus obtained are further selected in the cellar, where they are processed according to the old tradition. It proceeds to intense extraction in the early stages of fermentation, followed by long quiescent maceration on the marc; the maximum temperature is raised up to 33 °C and maintained at high values until the racking. The ageing in wood lasts 36 months in oak barrels from Slavonia hl 17.50. It follows bottle ageing for 12 months far beyond the mandatory minimum of four months from production regulations. — 5 years ago

Ashley Loafman

8.9

White blend from Tremonti, Campania. 40% Biancatenera, 40% Ginestra, 20% Pepella. Very old vineyard with mother plant 200-300+ years old. Strong Tramontana winds, pergola vine system. Aged 6 months in steel. Organic. 12% alcohol. — 6 years ago

Brian S

9.3

Green apples and pear, with what tastes like oak aging but was told it was 10-15 year solera system. Very complex grand cru that I would love to revisit in 5-10 years. Still trying to understand this one. — 7 years ago

Bryce Pinkos

10

Great wine by local grower who was formerly a heart surgeon. The label is many to be the circulatory system. — 8 years ago

Alan Weinberg

9.2

friend had the wine recently and couldn't get over how good it was. He's right. Great acidity that is integrated well, ripe dark cherry fruit, creamy texture. Very sauvage. The fruit is very intense, cherry essence and the nose is powerful and also intense--just like the wine. No mushrooms, but there is a little sous bois. Would have called it 93 or 96, really good middle age red Burgundy. I like it. Rated 1 on the Zanotti binary system, meaning worth drinking. — 8 years ago

Brent Young

9.3

-Slow Aging Tuscan-
Poured this Bordeaux blend with the Vinloq System. 90 minutes of air before sampling
👁Yourhful dark red color
👃Cherries and red currants, cinnamon, vanilla and dried fruit
👅Lots of sweet fruit, slightly spicy with well integrated oak
-Powerful with a modern personality-

Stored remaining wine in fridge under Vinloq preservation gas for 21 days

Day 22-retains youthful appearance
👃Bright red and dark fruits
👅Red fruit with cinnamon. Finishes with black pepper spice.
Drinking well on day 22
Nice wine. It’s powerful and savory character is a perfect match for winter nights. Plenty of life ahead in it’s drinking window — 4 years ago

Martinez

9.0

100% Pedro Ximenez from vineyards in Moriles Altos, one of the top areas within the Montilla-Moriles appellation. Vines are rooted in albariza (tosca hojaldrada) soils. Aged for an average of 3 years under flor in the solera system and bottled en rama (unfiltered). Intense nose with notes of toasted almonds and yeast. Sharp, very dry and saline on the palate. A very powerful and sapid, quite persistent wine. Umami 💣 — 4 years ago

Ericsson

9.5

I gave this wine 95 points, JS gave it a perfect score. And the more I think about this dilema, the more I agree with JS, as hard as it maybe for me to accept... Maximize the scoring system. Thoughts? — 5 years ago

Eric

8.9

An aperitif wine to engage the palate and build the appetite for dinner on this wet covid day inside. Even Jake won’t go out. This wine isn’t a Ferrari - more like a spiffy Honda with metallic paint and a nice stereo system. Nice wine. — 6 years ago

George Hesse

9.6

What a treat! Thanks to the Coravin system, this exquisite Mouton Rothschild was available by the glass! — 7 years ago

with Jennifer

Bob McDonald

9.6

Colour of Rich Yellow Gold. I served this wine in Red Burgundy Glasses. Oxidative Sherry like notes from the solera system. Also the first Champagne I have ever decanted. Mature developed flavours. Notes of hazelnut and mouldy orange. An amazing wine - not really Champagne as we know it. 100% Avize Chardonnay. Disgorged 4th July 2008 so plenty of bottle development. Following the advice of Roscoe Halligan of Prince Wine Store (after he had been advised by Selosse himself) regarding Decanting and appropriate stemware, and required age I can now say I “get” Selosse Substance, appreciate it and will buy in the future. He bottles at the minimum atmosphere required by law. Unique can be an overused word with Wine but I am confident in saying this is truly unique. Fitting for my better half’s birthday! — 8 years ago

Brent Young

9.0

My first JB Becker wine
Day 1 Served 2-3 glasses with the Vinloq Wine System and let it breathe in the glass for ~90 mins
Nose- Lemons and mint with a mineral backdrop
Taste- Minerality complements the lemongrass, mint, and lemon citrus notes. There is a candied aspect to the fruits suggesting tropical fruit. The salty minerality makes this refreshing.

Stored the bottle in the fridge under Vinloq Preservation Gas

Day 16 Finished the bottle and it seemed unchanged. There were the same lemon and citrus notes and that rocky minerality was still present
This seems like it would shine with a decade + cellar time and I plan to bury my remaining bottles at least that long — 4 years ago

Martinez

9.2

Like Valdespino’s Fino Inocente and Amontillado Tio Diego, it is sourced from the Macharnudo Alto vineyard, the highest point and probably the most famous vineyard in the Marco de Jerez and made with with specific casks from these Fino and Amontillado rerouted to oxidative aging. Aged for an average of 25 years in the solera system. Beautiful aromas of caramel, orange rind, and iodine. Sharp, precise, quite saline, with flavors of hazelnuts. Very very long finish with lingering hazelnuts — 5 years ago

Jamie Durfee

9.4

Note the bottle is the 2018 Pinot which was not found in the system here yet.
All their wines are the bomb diggity! — 5 years ago

Lindsey King

9.4

🥤 Down the hatch ! — 6 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Vincent Girardin continues the winemaking tradition of his father and grandfather before him, and expanded the appellations in his domaine either through inheritance, purchase, or a system of leasing called "fermage." Aromas of stone and citrus fruits. The palate shows lemons with crisp apple, mineral & oak notes. This medium-body wine has good balance with integrated acidity, lingering, finishing smooth with a citrus mineral ending. Very Nice! — 7 years ago

Michael Piaker

8.9

6 April 2018. Verre de Terre, New York, NY. — 8 years ago

Katherine Bordelon

Court of Master Sommelier Guild member

9.1

The canopy system used in the Rias Baxias region of northwest Spain provides for ample aeration and keeps the vines protected from the moist ground which breeds an environment not conducive to support healthy clusters. The Galician climate receives moisture from the Atlantic and is mostly sticky, warm and rainy with rain ☔️ most days during the year. Winters are a bit harsh and cold. The humid, salt air is what this viticultural environment is all about. The mostly white wines made here are highly acidic, with notes of tart, green apple 🍏 and white flowers. Most wines are aged in stainless steel and some see new, French oak for a few months. Then they are aged in the bottle. You can cellar them for up to 5-6 years. The Albariño grape is the most expensive and most difficult to produce in all of Spain. — 8 years ago

with Edmond