Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

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2007 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru; Vieilles Vignes ; Domaine Marc Morey poised, fresh, balanced with plenty of lemon and citrus and just the subtlest hint of buttery wood and sweet spice. Mineral, with hints of bacon fat and raw meat. Acacia honey. Complex, but the terroir seems mixed and disjointe...

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2008 Gris de Toul; Côtes de Toul: Domaine Lelièvre oyster shell, orange, cooked lemons, grass, hemp and stewed lime, quite round and creamy, some minerals and wonderful length, intriguing and beguiling. 67+/100 2009 Langhe Nebbiolo; Renato Ratti tar, roses, cherry, plum, herbs, nice spicy, minera...

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Tom, I have based it on a UK University (at least a serious one) grading system. So the boundaries are arbitrary but effectively what makes sense coming from my educational background where you don't get 50 for turning up and 10 for writing your name. In fact getting above 60 is an achievement, 70 i...

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2010 Kung Fu Girl Riesling; Charles Smith, Washington State; USA grass, lemon, apples and a metallic, oily quality, some flowers and minerals, fresh and ripe, not overblown, and in fact very nicely balanced. Ripe apples, lemon curd, a touch of acacia honey, nice length. Modern and clearly new wor...

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Thanks Tom, I will get on to that.

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David, if for some reason is too long to fit in the signature.

I have tried on numerous occasions but to no avail.

Perhaps the BD can advise on how to go about that??

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2010 Barbera d'Asti Superiore "Old Vines"; Poderi Elia wood, spice and plum on the nose, elegant and fresh with herbs and flowers on the palate. Quite chocolate-y and woody on the finish. A touch of must, vanilla and perfume. Nice length, but it seems a bit subdued. It hints at some depth...

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Day 3 and this is complex, dusty, salty, with seaweed, underbrush, stems, blueberries, tar, classic dusty tannins with chocolate/truffle dusted cherry, mushroom, herbs, decaying leaves, white truffle, sand, red brick, complex, medicinal, balanced and fresh, haunting and beguiling; really beginning t...

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On day 2, this is spicy, perfumed, mineral and long with dark cherry, plum, salinity, graphite, coffee beans, tobacco leaf, tar and rosebush. Raspberry, and a silky smooth elegance. Softening and becoming more svelt and appealing. 68++/100

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Jono Beagle's hundred point scoring system. 0-29/100 not worth bothering with 30-49/100 good wine but I wouldn't buy a case 50-59/100 very good showing grape and terroir character 60-69/100 excellent example of a wine from this country/region/grape 70-85/100 one of the very best wines that the regio...

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2010 Langhe Nebbiolo; Az. Agr. Fratelli Cigliuti di Cigliuti Renato; Neive smoke, cherry, plum, earth, tar, some damsons and floral notes, herbs, roses, rosebush, much deeper and darker than in Italy, but this was popped and poured. Fresh, balanced and holding up against the spicy food. Herbs, rose...

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2011 Langhe Rosato; "Senza Spine"; Nebbiolo, Fratelli Grasso strawberry, roses, fresh, poised, herbs, rosemary, un-ripe raspberry, nice length, strawberries and cream frappucino, rosemary, garrique, clean, crisp and poised. Some tannin and space to develop and round out, but always an eas...

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2010 Bourgogne Blanc; Jean-Marc Pillot butter, lemons, grapefruit, herbs, minerals but a touch dilute. Well made, elegant, balanced, lime, sherbet, poise, precision, nice length. Sandy, grassy, wet stones, a hint of wood and wood tannin. Wax and lanolin lie underneath, this will develop and age nic...

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2011 Colomé, Torrontés apple, lime, nice freshness, fur, slate, minerals, nice weight and power, good, sherbet, lemons, good length and nice balance. Perhaps a touch modern and extracted but really intriguing and with good complexity. Slightly grassy and honeyed, with air it feels breezier, and mor...

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Thanks David, He helped us a lot in many ways, and it was a shock when we heard the news he was only in his 60s. He probably felt of us as more of his children than his own because of our mutual love of wines. He only has stuff he likes to drink everyday in his cellar, but he keeps it depending on v...

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Jadot just make excellent wines... Even from AOCs that one normally frowns upon. The more Jadot I drink/taste, the more I fall in love with their style, drink ability and simple good value.

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2010 Muscadet Sèrve et Maine Sur Lie; Domaine Tillières Unmarked bottle; I believe it to be the above domaine but it is definitely the above wine. yeast, nuts, slate, oyster shell, lemons, limes, smoked apple, a strong sur lie character, with poise, decent depth and freshness, it seems simple to be...

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2008 Barbera d'Alba Superiore; Fontanabianca earth, mushroom, chocolate, ash, cocoa, dark plum, must, fairly mineral but a touch simple, with a pleasant finish. Decent. 55+/100 Jono Beagle's hundred point scoring system. 0-29/100 not worth bothering with 30-49/100 good wine but I wouldn't buy a c...

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1999 Encostas do Tua; Vinho Tinto, Vinhos Vale de Corça: Douro Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca. leaves, herbs, sweet plum, cassis, tobacco, cedar, wood and a subtle developed character. Nice length, cassis, plum, herbs, liquorice, cherry, and some soft, subtle complexity, perhaps on...

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Whilst in Beaune on the way back from Piemonte, Mayuko and I went to a small bistro/WineBar that serves local foods... Typical Burgundian fare at good prices, including an innovative idea that was great fun, a Fondue Bourguigonne , which is lots of oil in a fondue pot, Charolais beef filet and you d...

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2000 Areni; Vayots Dzor: Old Bridge smoke, ash, cherry, dark plum, hints of chocolate, raisins, fairly dry, hints of cassis, and perhaps at its peak, soil and some minerals, graphite... A lot better than expected. A pleasant finish that mirrors the palate. 58+/100 http://i949.photobucket.com/al...

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Always been a fan of the Cab... Good value as well.

In fact I'm a big fan of WA Cabernet.

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2008 Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon; Cape Mentelle: Margaret River grass, herbs, gooseberry, lime, lemons, slate, marble, sleek and crisp. Minty. A nice length, and a nutty undertone that pokes through on the finish. Rich, powerful but never overbearing. Really rather pleasant. 57++/100 Jono Beagle's h...

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2007 Barolo "Flori"; S.C.A Araldica tar, roses, dark plum, earth, perfume and varnish, the initial VA type notes have blown off with air, herbs, sand and salinity, balanced and elegant. With a short but pleasant finish. For the money, excellent: 59+/100 2010 Lagrein, Cantina Tramin; Süd...

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2009 Dry Tokaji Furmint; Hétszölö smoke, lemons, lime, Moroccan lemons, grass, herbs, nice balanced acidity, elegant and interesting, hints of butter and rocks, a gritty note adds intrigue but it is a bit simple in comparison to some examples. Still it is very nice indeed. Nice persistent length. 5...

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2001 Gevrey-Chambertin; Domaine Georges Lignier et Fils En Demi-Bouteille comblanchien rocks, minerals, strawberry, cherry, raspberry, clean, pure, a bit of earth and muck, mushroom, hints of soy and rotting leaves, roses. Simple, with nice length. Drinking absolutely beautifully and with some spac...

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Perhaps he is trying to make a statement as always...

Paranoia?????

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The 95 is a really fantastic d'Armailhac...

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When I tried this it tasted like dried and fresh herbs, drizzled perfectly with cassis purée and was delightful in a 2002 way.

With that description I was told by a friends wife to "Oh, Shut Up, Jono".

That was a few years ago, so it is good to hear that the wine is improving nicely.

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2006 Quinta do Seival; Touriga Nacional, Tinta Roriz, Fronteira, RS, Brazil: Vinicola Miolo rich, round, plummy, some spice and tobacco, nice freshness, and a touch of volatile acidity, some nice length, earth, wood, cedar, leaves, rotten raspberry. Really interesting, and a really lovely wine, b...

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three nights later with a Vacuvin stopped in the neck ripe, round black fruits, more silk and velvet to the texture, rounded tannins and balanced. It feels almost subdued, but rounder and more giving. Still with nice length... Perhaps showing more restraint and less exhurberance but the youthful fr...

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1995 Barolo "Vigneto Rocche"; Az. Agr. Giovani Corino, La Morra soy, truffle, black and white truffle, truffle oil, squid ink, earth, coffee beans, decaying leaves, sous bois, rotting rose petals, roses, cherry, strawberry, crisp and refreshing with gritty, dusty tannins, this is drinki...

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Alex, I have been trying to fit an explanation into my signature, but it is too long. It is basically, a school marking system starting at 0. Based on a UK university interpretation of what is good. There is an explanation on one of the threads on Wine-Pages about the Chenin Blancs, but it causes mu...

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2006 Boekenhoutskloof Cabernet Sauvignon cassis, black plum, soil, cedar, raw tobacco leaf and herbs, depth, intrigue and some hints of ripeness left behind by the puppy fat. Bold, structured and gritty. This wine is just about getting into its stride, beautifully marrying old world spice, funk and...

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2011 Sangoma, Chenin Blanc; Coastal Region, South Africa lemon, lime, rich but elegant, pure, well rounded and easy drinking, with nice length and poise. Hair, animal, and some minerality. For £6.90, this is a brilliant wine. Hugely accomplished. 60/100 2009 Circumstance Chenin Blanc; Stellenbosc...

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Yes, the numbers all come from my head... If you come from a British University, 68% = a 2:1 which is the prerequisite for most graduate program's; this doesn't mean you can't get 100; (70+ being a first), it just means it is nearly of not impossible. This is where I have decided to play around. In ...

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Of course I know Liv-ex will make a buck from trading... I am a member and becoming a member is very stringent in terms of checks: Now, liv-ex only make money if two members have the wine to trade and come to an agreement on price. In the same way that Lloyd's of London is an insurance trading marke...

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I doubt Bob is on the take, and for Liv-ex it is more for publicity. I don't think they took much notice of their position when asking for the interview.

They are also trade to trade, so a platform for playing pass the parcel; usually not affecting retail prices as much as Liv-ex would like!

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Ah, Greek; Greek, I can't speak it either!!

I will add it to the signature!

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Yes, the thread below has a small explanation of the new system with which I am experimenting. Much like a University scoring system in the UK... I don't think I will ever give 100 points, as I don't think any wine will ever be perfect. So I have to use the lower end of the spectrum. Basically above...

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