Domaine Fournier-Longchamps
Chamboureau Savenniéres Chenin Blanc 2014
Mineral, floral, still pretty youthful, very good acid and also some nice structure, longish finish, very good Savennieres!! — 19 hours ago
with Jim
Château des Trois Chardons
Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1995
Violets, dark fruits, still tannic and structured, owned and produced by the family of the cellar master of Chateau Palmer, this is wonderful Margaux, needs more cellaring (5-10 years??), excellent juice!! — 6 days ago
with Jim
@Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego -an Interestingly enough, I used to subscribe to Claude Kolm’s wine journal, he’s the one who raved about this property. Then I found an in-bond source for the 1994-1996 and 1998-1999 in Glasgow (Scotland), and purchased cases of each vintage. Finally, by then (early 2000s) my brother had started his wine importing company, so I had the cases shipped to southern France to one of his producers who added the 5 cases to an incoming shipment as “samples” (legal at that time). Circuitous, but worth it for what’s in the bottle!! 🤷🤷
I’d never heard of this property before!
@Doug Powers Awesome backstory. The things we do for love. Like walking in the rain or the snow...
Château La Grange
Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2004
Solid left bank Bordeaux, too much green notes, this is solid, but green notes really detract, OK. . . . — 6 days ago
Domaine de la Pépière
Château Thébaud White Blend 2014
Muscadet - crazy longevity
@ESF, this particular cuvée (as well as the “Clisson” from Pepiere) are only made in the best vintages, but I expect this 2014 to easily last 5 and probably really 10 more years, I think I have 3-4 bottles left.
Doug Powers
Lemon, honeysuckle, this is really an outstanding off-dry Petit Manseng, great job Hank!! — 17 hours ago