Pretty Young Thing

Krug

Grande Cuvée 171th Edition Champagne

Lemon in color with a golden hue.

Pretty nose with flowers, yeast, citrus, lemons, green apples, limes, spices, herbs and minerals.

Medium bodied with high acidity, and medium sized bubbles.

Dry on the palate with limes, grapefruits, citrus, green apples, light earth, minerals, herbs, sea salt and light spices.

Long finish with limes and light herbs.

This is a delicious Champagne, but feels extremely young. Elegant and nicely balanced. Complex and interesting. Rich and tangy. Soft and smooth.

Much better after 45 minutes of airtime, and better when not too cold.

Will continue to age nicely in the next 20 years.

Good by itself as a sipping wine or with food.

A blend of 45% Pinot Noir, 37% Chardonnay and 18% Meunier.

12.5% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$250.
— 2 months ago

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Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Paul K
9.5

Got a great deal on 6 pack of these two Bordeaux greats. Both got scores of 99, but the range of scores was pretty wide for both as well. I know I have to lay them down for 10 years+ but I wanted to try both for a baseline.
The Palmer is showing a lot more than the Ducru. It’s very enjoyable now! Nose is fantastic if a touch muted but still get nice cedar, black cherry, hint of floral, and something herbal. The palate is slate, cherry, blackberry, and currant. Not muted or closed in the least, but the slate thing overlays the fruit. Does that make sense? Help me describe that.
All in all I love this wine. Can’t hardly wait for 10 years from now. Guessing I won’t!
— 3 years ago

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James K

James K

I just picked up some of these two as well! Thanks for taking the hit and doing the early research. Much appreciated.
Deborah M

Deborah M

Beautiful 🤩!!
Paul K

Paul K

Thanks @Deborah M ! You’ve been on a tear lately!!!

Some Young Punks

The Squid's Fist Sangiovese-Shiraz Blend

Banger. Drained the bottle pretty quickly. — 6 years ago

Joh. Jos. Prüm

Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett Riesling 2008

Pretty light straw , still with a hint of green . Very youthful on the nose , with green apple , white flowers , light kerosine notes . On the palate a lovely weightless quality , steely with green apple , white fruits , light mineral hints and long fresh , wet slate finish. This is so fresh and young , I can imagine it still going strong for a further 10-15 years . — a year ago

Vino, Shay and 13 others liked this

Louis Roederer

Cristal Brut Champagne 2004

Light straw colour . Pretty mineral and focused on the palate . Linear with lemon oil , touch of brioche and white flowers . Quite intense on the palate with real focus , very fresh acidity but with enough body to cover . This tastes very young really and probably needs more time to be at peak . Wait another 5 years perhaps and will probably last another 10-15 — 2 years ago

Jeroen, Ira and 8 others liked this

Giovanni Rosso

Langhe Nebbiolo 2019

Quite light ruby , wide light ruby rim . Rose and strawberry, raspberry, red cherry scented, slight hint of anis and fresh herbs. In the mouth nice sweet red fruits , cherry and strawberry , that touch of anis again . Pretty refreshing acidity , quite fine but noticeable tannins . Reasonable length and overall nicely balanced . This benefitted from a bit of air , and though young was a good match with a rather simple pasta with Bolognese sauce. This is good from now (with food and time in the decanter ) though will offer good drinking over the next 3-5 years . A nice and well made Langhe Nebbiolo.
— 4 years ago

Ira, Severn and 4 others liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1996

Bit more lightening on the rim , more garnet . Touch more herbal on the nose with cedar , and grafite, much more lean and mineral on the palate. This takes quite a while to find its feet and benefits from quite a lot of air . In some ways a little unfortunate to be served between the 2000 and 1990 , which are a fuller , and more showy in style . However after a while this does show quite good length and balance , refreshing acidity . This is quite lean and mineral , focused and still pretty young . From now over the next 10 years. A little austere in style , reminds me a little of the 2005 in that aspect , though without that vintage’s intensity or density . — a year ago

Daniel, Jan and 8 others liked this

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

Pretty deep colour with very little bricking . Pretty deep cassis , black fruit nose , touch of truffle , grafite . Lovely red and dark fruits , great acidity , ripe slightly gritty tannins , long slightly slate and grafite finish . Young still , better with time in the decanter and will be better still in 5-10 years and will last a further 10. — 3 years ago

Severn, Ira and 11 others liked this

Château Larcis Ducasse

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

I love me a 2010 Bordeaux!!! Dont think this vintage has ever let me down and I definately prefer it to 2009. This was very smooth with lots of dark fruits. Still insanely young on the palate. I think these wines will go pretty much forever! — 4 years ago

Lyle, Aravind and 7 others liked this

Dom Pérignon

Brut Champagne Blend 2008

Legacy edition. Fine and sharp at the front, great bright fruit. A steeliness with a slightly creamy edge. Still young but pretty amazing material and nice stuff now. — 6 years ago

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Thijs Hendriks

Thijs Hendriks

This is exactly the same juice as the regular Dom Perignon. The only differences are the label, box and price. Smart marketing😇
Conrad Green

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I believe there is a different disgorgement date but they’re otherwise identical. They did taste slightly different. It’s a great wine