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Parker Coonawarra Estate Terra Rossa First Growth Coonawarra 2001

Parker Coonawarra Estate Terra Rossa First Growth Coonawarra 2001

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Parker Coonawarra Estate Terra Rossa First Growth Coonawarra 2001

The wine is still dark with just a little bricking on the rim. Complex nose of black berries, spices, smoke, cedar wood, very expressive but balanced. Mouth coating on the palate, it’s silky and velvety. Long and savoury finish with a refreshing acidity.  The wine feels ready even if it could have last at least an another 5 years in the cellar as there is lot’s of life and power left in it. It was a really beautiful wine! Excellent+ (92)

Made of 86% Cabernet-Sauvignon and 14% Merlot. Aged 20 months in new French oak barrels. Alcohol level of 14%

I bought this bottle many years ago at the LCBO, the alcohol monopoly from Ontario. Does not seems that this wine is still available around there nor in Québec

Producter’s website: parkercoonawarraestate.com

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Sterling Vineyards Reserve SVR Napa Valley 1994

Sterling Vineyards Reserve SVR Napa Valley 1994

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Sterling Vineyards Reserve SVR Napa Valley 1994

The cork crumbled at bottle opening, but thankfully, nothing went into the bottle. Still brightly colored even if it did showed some bricking on the rim. Nose of candied berries, leather, old wood, smoke and sweet spices. Really tasty, it does deliver and give what I usually expect from a californian Bordeaux blend styled wine with a majority of Cabernet-Sauvignon; a good moment! Still have plenty of life, a very long finish and it tasted well through the 2 hours we took to go through the bottle. We enjoyed it quite a lot. Excellent (91)

Made of 70% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc, 10% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot and 1% Malbec. Aged 23 months in american and french oak barrels. Alcohol level  of 13,5%

Sterling Vineyards website: sterlingvineyards.com

Sterling Vineyards Reserve SVR Napa Valley 1994

Vietti Castiglione Barolo 2012

Vietti Castiglione Barolo 2012

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Vietti Castiglione Barolo 2012

Medium brick garnet color. Pretty nose of fruit, flowers, fine spices and leather. Fine, fresh and typical of Nebbiolo wines. Charming on the palate with balance between finesse and rusticity. Flavors of wild berries, dried flowers, leather, sweet spices, all this in a long lasting finish! Will be a Grand vin for sure and is drinking beautifully from now. Can’t imagine this wine but coming from a better vintage! Tasted with Elena Penna Currado from Vietti. Excellent+ (92)

Made of Nebbiolo. Aged 26 months in cask then 8 months in stainless tanks prior to bottling. Alcohol level of 13,5%

Will be available soon through private import with Réserve et Sélection: reserve-selection.com

Vietti’s website : vietti.com

Tasted at an event by Réserve et Sélection with Elena Penna Currado from Vietti, and yes it does make the moment better!

E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Mouline 2006

E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Mouline 2006

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E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie La Mouline 2006

The wine is quite dark colored. Fine nose of spices, luxurious but balance oak aromas that lift the wine instead of overpowering it. This will be so much more complex with more cellaring time! Flavors of berries, spices (cinnamon), flowers with a fatty and rich oaky twist but in the same time well integrated and balanced. It’s deep and complex even if in its early years because this wine is really young. Even so, the wine is good and drinks well, like an oak plate carring fruits on it. My first time ever with one of the three “Lalala” from Guigal. Tasted blind without knowing which wine it was. Superb+ (94)

Made of 89% Syrah and 11% Viognier. Aged 40 months in new oak barrels. Alcohol level of 13,5%

Not available at the SAQ for now.

Domaine Guigal’s website: guigal.com

Le Domaine E. Guigal is represented in Quebec by Les Sélections Fréchette: selectionsfrechette.com

René & Vincent Dauvissat Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2007

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René & Vincent Dauvissat Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2007

Beautiful medium dark gold color. Powerful nose from bottle opening and only got prettier with more air. Rich fruit nose with citrus fruit, poached pear, spices and a gentle hint of oak. Typical salty and mineral Chablis aromas are also there, but in the background. Bright palate with good acidity and powerful salty, fruity, mineral flavors with again, just a touch of spices and oak. So long finish. Among the best white wine I ever had. Sublime (95)

Bought at a wine store in France by a friend since Dauvissat’s wines are not available around here. Merci Baptiste!

More informations about Domaine Dauvissat:

larvf.com  (in french)

rarewineco.com (in english)