Doug Powers

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Jules Taylor

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2024

8.9

Pretty classic NZ Sauvignon Blanc, gooseberry and grassy notes as well, nice balance, fresh, clean, balanced, medium-long finish, very good! — 12 hours ago

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Château de la Bottiere

Juliénas Gamay 2017

Doug Powers

8.9

Pop and pour, still shows some good red cherry fruit, though no longer primary, decent balance and length, this bottle is a little less mature than one I opened in December of 2024, but definitely time to drink up! — 2 days ago

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Domaine Tempier

Cuvée La Tourtine Bandol Mourvedre Blend 1995

Doug Powers

9.5

Pristine cork (3/4 dry), ripe redfruits (surprisingly still quite primary at age 31), generally soft tannins, some bottle sweetness is also front and center, then some garrigue and just a trace of bitterness at the very back end, super long, lingering finish, while I believe this will cellar further, it’s fantastic right now, so if anyone has this La Tourtine, it’s worth opening a bottle!! WOW!! — 4 days ago

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"Odedi"

Very nice

Ca' Rozzeria

Single Vineyard Campania Aglianico 2018

Doug Powers

9.3

Lovely blue and black fruits, this actually reminds me, in its flavor profile, of certain cool climate (Great Southern, Yarra Valley) Shiraz, great acidity, long finish, one of the very best Ca Rozzeria Italian reds I’ve had!! — 7 days ago

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Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande, “Luigi Maffini” is on the cork!!

Tom Casagrande

@Doug Powers - I’m not familiar with Maffini.

Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande, nor am I.

Robert Mondavi Winery

Reserve To Kalon Vineyard Fumé Blanc 2021

Doug Powers

9.2

Oak and white stonefruits, polished, clean, very good depth and acidity, long finish, very nice!! Gonna drink this w/grilled sturgeon! — 14 hours ago

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Dave

Next you're gonna tell us you caught the Sturgeon on a fly rod!

Doug Powers

@Dave, interestingly enough, Sacramento lies at the confluence of two rivers — American and Sacramento — in the area north of downtown Sacramento, there are weirs/causeways that handle flood problems (rant: because we Californians allow most of our excess rainfall to flow into the Pacific). Anyway, sturgeon, which is farm-raised around here, is big business in this area, I *believe” it produces more U.S, caviar than any other state. And the thing with farm-raised sturgeon — they are HUGE (50+ pounds) — so the local fish markets occasionally have it, very rich flavors!!

So, NO fly rods were involved, I generally hate fishing!! 🤷🤷

Dave

That is a neat story, but the fly rod would have been neater!

Aluvia

Gualtallary Chardonnay 2022

Doug Powers

9.1

Really lovely high altitude Chardonnay from Mendoza, crisp, very clean, refreshing, complex, I’d guess this should continue to improve in the cellar for 2-4 more years, but lovely now. — 6 days ago

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La Clarine Farm

Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Doug Powers

8.7

Solid foothills Cabernet Sauvignon, very low alcohol (12%), nice fruit, mature, time to drink up. — 7 days ago

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Laurent Perrachon

Roche Bleue Juliénas Gamay 2022

Doug Powers

8.9

Mineral, faint blue fruits, big structure, this Julienas (from the same producer as the 2017 Bottiere I just posted on) strikes me as a very different style (I would never have guessed the same producer, without looking at the back labels), this is leaner and will need some further aging to really shine!! — 2 days ago

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Domaine Tempier

La Migoua Bandol Mourvedre Blend 1995

Doug Powers

9.5

Unlike La Tourtine, this bottle’s cork wouldn’t come out in one piece, on first sip this is more dark-fruited and almost brooding aromatically and on the palate, massive fruit impression, great balance, also a super long, lingering finish, another WOW! While I hesitate to say this, in the old days I would describe this La Miguoa as rough and masculine, and La Tourtine as silky and feminine, but both are truly outstanding. The price tag from WinEx back in the day was still on this bottle, $22.99. — 4 days ago

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Dave

Nice! We're hopping on the next flight

Tom Casagrande

In my second wine biz job (mid-80s) I sold Tempier for Mosswood Wines, Gerald Asher’s company. It was a hard sell. No one had heard of Bandol at the time. Tempier hadn’t started making the single-plot wines yet. They had a regular bottling and a “Speciale Reserve” or “Reserve Speciale.” I can’t remember. I loved the wines and visited the region in ‘85 with my wine-hating then-girlfriend. The growers we visited were amazed that an American had heard of their region and were super hospitable.

Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande, the “enhanced basic” cuvée back then was “Cuvée Speciale”, not sure when Miguoa and Tourtine started, first vintage I saw was 1985 (and Kermit was the importer back then). I think Cabassou and La Louffe started in 1993 (a GREAT vintage, I still have a fair slug of that vintage for when you and @Dave finally ACTUALLY get on an airplane). By 1995 KLWM’s pricing had driven me to other sources, thus these 1995s from WinEx in the OC!!

Pepper Bridge Winery

Primordium Seven Hills Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Doug Powers

9.0

Very nice Washington Cabernet, I believe this was an experimental cuvée made at Pepper Bridge for a small label called “Jacomus Wines”, this was a 95-case production. — 8 days ago

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