Doug Powers

9.1

Super floral and mineral aromas and flavors, great acidity in 2021 gives this a lot of crispness and freshness, also quite dry in 2021, long, lingering finish, excellent Alsatian Muscat! — 20 hours ago

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Doug Powers

9.5

Absolutely beautiful Montelena Cabernet, violets, beautiful aromatics, still some structure (and this seems to have 10+ more years of ageability, long, lingering finish, really a super fine bottle of this wine (last bottle seemed fully mature)!! — 3 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.4

Beautiful Loire Cabernet Franc, just a touch of green in the fruit, but with that cool climate feel, long finish, terrific wine, thanks to Eric Texier for telling us (my wine group) that Lenoir was making great Cab Franc!! — 4 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.2

Slightly honeyed and sweet aromatics up front, on palate still very youthful, great acidity, long, lingering finish, I found this orphan in a box recently and am VERY pleased as to how well this wine is currently showing!! — 20 hours ago

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Doug Powers

9.6

Sweet dark plum aromas and flavors, this wine still shows nice structure and has many more years ahead before it reaches maturity, long, lingering finish, excellent Bordeaux that will likely longer than me!! — 3 days ago

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Doug Powers

8.5

Not surprisingly, the most evolved of tonight’s trio of Siduri “Hirsch” (1997, 2000 & 2001), some underlying Brett (horsey) aromatics, but this also shows some lovely tart red-fruits aromas and flavors, solid Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, time to drink, especially if I’m correct about the Brett in this wine. — 6 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.1

Lovely, relatively full-bodied Spatlese, not particularly tart nor acid, very different than the 2001 Mosel Spatlese, but quite a long finish, very good! — 3 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.1

Lovely, tight mousse, tiny bubbles, nice complexity, long, lingering finish, very nice!! — 3 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.0

Medium-dark purple, youthful, a tad tannic, but really solid redfruited Cabernet Franc, long finish, needs further aging, very good!! — 4 days ago

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Doug Powers

8.7

More dark-fruited than the elegant, red-fruited 2001, this is pretty disjointed and tannic, lacking the lively acidity of the 2001, interesting contrast, though admittedly I don’t remember much about the vintage seasons of 2000 vs. 2001 Hirsch vintages, good, but ready to drink. — 6 days ago

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