Doug Powers

9.2

Dark purple color (darker than the 2019 Vespolina), lovely blueberry aromas and flavors, some underlying minerality, rich and nicely complex, longish finish, this needs more cellaring. (Apparently this is 90% Croatina, 10% Vespolina, the DOC rules require at least 85% of single varietal for label to identify the principal grape.) — 4 hours ago

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Doug Powers

9.2

Much darker purple color than the Grenache, dark fruits, nice structure, moderately ripe, medium-long finish, excellent Frankland River Mourvèdre!! — 2 days ago

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Doug Powers

8.1

Found a couple of these in a box of reds, never intended to hold them this long, but at least the color is now orange (🙄🤷). This actually still smells and vaguely tastes like Chablis, with still-piercing acidity, medium-bodied, this was likely very good 10 years ago, but the fault here is mine, not the winery. — 5 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.0

Rose petal and floral aromas, medium-bodied red berry fruit, solid structure, very good acidity, medium-long finish, very nice Italian red! — 4 hours ago

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Doug Powers

8.2

By comparison to the 2008 Oudin 1er Cru, this is much more evolved, decent acidity, medium finish, drinkable. — a day ago

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Doug Powers

9.0

Mineral, some flinty matchstick (SO2?), really great acidity and surprising length for a Bourgogne Blanc, really fine bottle of Chardonnay!! — 3 days ago

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Doug Powers

8.9

Dark fruits, earthy notes as well, nice weight, medium weight, medium-long finish, very good Loire Gamay! — 5 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.1

This shows lovely lemon zest, some minerality, good acidity, this tastes so much more youthful than I would have expected, medium-long finish, quite good still!! — a day ago

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Doug Powers

9.0

Lovely cool climate, redfruited Grenache, soft tannins, drinks beautifully right from the bottle, medium-long finish, very good Frankland River red!! — 2 days ago

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Doug Powers

9.1

Another “find” from my cellar, Ducroux is really an amazing producer of fresh and complex Gamay, very redfruit, crisp, pure, and super refreshing, long finish, very fine natural Beaujolais!!! — 5 days ago

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