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Castellucci Miano

Miano Sicilia Catarratto 2021

Ooh, mineral goodness to go with restrained fruit. Perfect w pesto and tomatoes. See prior notes. — a year ago

Sarah B
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Pierre Bourée Fils

Pernand-Vergelesses Chardonnay

Ooh, I like this one a lot. From the nose to the palate it’s just aromatic and balanced. Gentle menthol notes from oak influence with an undercurrent of flint and minerality. Well extracted with fantastic acidity. I wish I could afford to buy this on the regular. — 3 years ago

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Koehler-Ruprecht

Kabinett trocken Pinot Noir 2016

drank like a dream on day 2 ooh ooh ohh!! — 5 years ago

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Malatinszky

Noblesse Villány Cabernet Franc 2012

Ooh ooh ooh! I’m drinking a Hungarian cab franc. Am I a wine hipster now? Where are my skinny jeans and man bun? — 5 years ago

Di Filippo

Montefalco Sagrantino 2011

Over 4 years since the last time I opened a bottle from this case and ooh it is smoking! Perfumed, black fruits, intense plum, cassis?, huge secondary and tertiary spicy leather and herbs and forest, super smooth Tannins undetectable with the steak but still really grippy and prominent after. However, nicely integrate and balanced. — 3 years ago

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Domaine Gros Frère et Sœur

Richebourg Grand Cru Pinot Noir 1969

WOTN! Just stunning! Old but fresh. Light, but not. Ooh! This is why people go nuts over Burgundy! 50+ yo and kicking butt! — 5 years ago

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Severn Goodwin

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Almost every '69 vintage I've tasted has been alive and kicking and delicious!
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But, I've not had a Rich. at this age, so you are a lucky man!

Saltari

Le Vigne di Turano Amarone della Valpolicella 2012

Brilliant expression of an amarone valpolicella. Black cherry flavours and sweet tannins. A wee bit of cloves and spice...ooh...and some interesting tobacco notes. Quite different from its cousin, the Sartori Corte Bra. Can't stop nosing this one — 3 years ago

i Clivi di Ferdinando Zanusso

Clivi Brazan Collio Goriziano Friulano 2007

Andrew Holod
9.3

Extended aging on lees? I couldn't remember that in my cellar. What I knew was that I had a big dish of braised cardoons, my first ever attempt at cooking or eating them. What to pair with this pungent, artichoke scented veg... Something to offset its bitterness, with body, not a ton of tannin; maybe a Langhe rosso? Hrm, maybe a skin contact Vitovksa? Ooh, I have these old i Clivi wines. Hrm, Brazan is the oldest, let's give it a shot.
Cardoons: artichoke, bay leaf, floral (daisy family), reminds me of Chrysanthemum tea w DimSum many years ago in NYC.
Wine: deep golden, reverberant bass notes, resinous, shows a vanilla tinged, slightly volatile edge next to the cardoons.
About as excellent a pairing as I could hope for in Covid-Year 2.
— 4 years ago

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