Marc

I dunno. I'm only allowed to send you whites.....

Tasted today:

'23 Château du Cèdre Juvéniles - Just a beautiful example of new wave Cahors - fresh and juicy, tannin and extract kept lower than the old 'black wine' days, finished in concrete rather than wood. Fresh acidity gives this a lot of range at the table.

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Tasted today:

'23 Maison Stephan Grenache VdF - 1st Grenache I've seen/tried from Jean-Michel Stephane, and this is high-toned, crunchy, and favors the leaner, more structural side of Grenache. Not complex, but quite drinkable, and notably missing any baked fruit.

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Tasted today:

'22 Ciro Picariello Greco di Tufo - Vintage after vintage, across the whole lineup, these wines are tremendous values. This is full of citrus, carrying density without broadness, finishing with zippy acidity and just a touch of phenolics. Refreshing.

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Tasted today:

'18 Lafarge Clos du Chateau Des Ducs - I want to say this was great, but it was just kinda meh? Plenty of time in the decanter, good food, and ...fine? Maybe still too young. Maybe expectations too high. But I feel like for the $ it should be better.

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Tasted today:

'20 Parpette Côte-Rôtie Montmain - I guess there's a market for this wine, but covering up such lovely fruit with new oak - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . Maybe in 20 years the vanilla is gone and the spice is integrated, but the rest of this wine is likely also gone.

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Tasted today:

'23 Tissot Trousseau Carbo - Heck yeah! I love when fun wine and serious wine is the same wine. The carbonic maceration pulls out a little extra fruit that sits at the core of this wine, surrounded by the usual elegant tea-tannin and herbal intrigue.

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It's been a minefield in Beaujolais since 2015, I'm always happy to find a bottle that reminds me why I fell in love with the wines years ago. Good producers trump vintage/climate change, but even following that rule, I've opened some super-ripe or mean & green bottles. I guess that's everywhere tho

Tasted today:

'22 Sunier Régnié - Granite coming through in spades, pretty but not super-ripe red fruit, iris and other floral aromatics. Classic expression, so drinkable. In the rollercoaster of Beaujolais vintages, so nice to find a bottle that just tastes right.

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Tasted today:

Nowack Autre Cru - 100% Meunier, bottled at a lower pressure than most Champagne, 💯 singular. Full of hard red raspberry candy with only the lightest tinge of coppery color; the lower ATM gives it a rounder and more generous mouthfeel. Super cool.

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Tasted today:

'15 Wind Gap Nellessen Syrah - these have always been cool-climate, structure first wines; the fruit has returned after hiding for a few years. Olive/brine/smoked meat with blueberry and blackberry fruit. Not Côte Rôtie, but not obviously CA either. 🔥

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Tasted today:

'17 Mas Candí Indomable Corpinnat - 50/50 Xarel·lo/Sumol, 5 years on the lees, Brut Nature. Citrus & red fruit, zippy with extra palate weight from the lees contact, nice mousse. A delight and worth the $, which I don't say very often about Corpinnat.

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Tasted today:

'23 Kaffefi Soki Soki - BioD skinsy zibbibo. Fresh & full of terpenes - the floral/sachet/citrus jumps out of the glass and assaults the nose. Zippy clementine juice on the palate w/ a little structure to hold it together. Not my cuppa, but well done.

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A small % of the palomino is left in sun for a day passito-style to concentrate the sugars & allow fermentation over 15%. No spirit added, so the whole thing is pure fino deliciousness without any of the angles or volatile aggressiveness. A cheese plate, tinned fish, a bottle & me is a happy thing.

Tasted today:

Luis Pérez Fino Caberrubia Saca V - Holy shit balls 🤯 the most fascinating sherry I've had in years. Incredibly clean, strong flor notes without being too aldahydic. There's lovely fruit rounding out the hard edges, begging for another sip. 1/2

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I started drinking these years ago when Dressner brought them into the US & no one had heard of the Jura. Eye opening/mind blowing wines for $30. Now the prices are insane and there are many other producers who bring similar joy (Saint Pierre, Renardiere, Bornard, etc) so I'll put my $ elsewhere.

Tasted today:

'15 Overnoy Ploussard - 🦄 wine, really never reaches retail shelves these days. Pretty and elegant, deep fruit that pulls back to reveal structure & a quiet herbal note after an hour open. Shockingly fresh at 10 years old. A wine for contemplation 1/2

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Tasted today:

'15 Werlitsch Ex Vero III - Austrian SauvyB+Chardonnay, bio-d, native ferment, on the skins for a couple days. These can be reductive AF early on, at 10 there's just a hint of flintyness, but tons of citrus & texture & just a touch of oxidation. Great

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Tasted today:

'22 Marco de Bartoli Bukkuram - did you want concentrated golden raisins and dried orange peel in wine form? Really sweet but balanced with a ton of acidity? This is the wine for you. Singular, fascinating, ends up a little too sweet for my palate.

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Tasted today:

'22 Tyler Sanford & Benedict Chardonnay - Justin Willet is making magical Chardonnay from Santa Barbara's great sites. Where so many opt for density and richness, he finds balance and tension, orchard fruit run through with citrus, mint and tarragon.🔥

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Tasted today:

'23 Âmevive Ravie - GSM blend that delivers a true Vin de soif from Santa Barbara. I'm always looking for bottles like this - juicy, fresh, touch of structure, barely medium weight - that will pair with just about anything on the table. More please.

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Tasted today:

'21 Perillo Coda di Volpe - Don't see too much of this around. Classic Italian white - high acid, herbal, citrus, a little bitterness on the finish, refreshing the palate. There's a pleasing mid-palate richness that sets this apart from Fiano, say.

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Tasted today:

'22 Envinate Albahra Chingao - 0/0 Garnacha Tintorerra (Alicante Bouchet), inky dark, wild, feral, juicy, herbal, captivating. Eminently drinkable, structure + acidity in just the right proportion to bring you back for another sip. So much energy here

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Tasted today:

'13 Perillo Taurasi - Aglianico/Campania/hot - usually not a combination for me. This, tho! So fresh, plenty of acidity, spicy/herbal notes wrapped around dark but not super ripe fruit. Best vintage of this I've had; not for the more-is-more crowd.

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You know, I'd seen it both as Poulsard and Ploussard for years, and only recently learned that they use Ploussard in the village of Pupillin, because of local dialect.

Tasted today:

'21 Domaine de la Renardiere Ploussard - what a great vintage for this! Extremely pale, but not lacking punch, there's a ton of fresh red fruit here and only a little funk and none of that Poulsard poopiness. Just enough tannin to hold the palate. 🔥🔥🔥

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Was stunning. Not as wild as Rinaldi can be, a little more buttoned up, but not the worse for it. Definitely out of my personal price range without a little inside edge on some cellar bottles many years ago. That said, if you have the resources for this kind of bottle - zero hesitation. Exceptional.

Tasted today:

'08 Conterno Cascina Francia - two hours in the decanter to find its feet; did not disappoint. Seamlessly melds power & high toned aromatic elegance, this is ideal Barolo for me. Of course, it should be at the current $, but that's never a guarantee.

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Tasted today:

'21 M. Davis Estates Cabernet Sauvignon - Not super extracted, barrel notes well integrated, acidity not baked out. Nice example of what Napa can do well when the winery isn't going for more-is-more. That said, expensive and ultimately indifferent.

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Tasted today:

'05 Chateau Certan de May - Great, unless you're looking for plush fruit, which isn't here (and never was, I imagine). Much more about tobacco and leather and balsam. Refined, more muscular than elegant, and lovely with a strip steak and roasted veg.

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