ARISTOS - Chardonnay Duquesa - 2010
- - 95 points-
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Peter Richards, April 2016Sumptuously nutty, savoury Chardonnay grown at altitude and made by magician François Massoc....
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Sumptuously nutty, savoury Chardonnay grown at altitude and made by magician François Massoc....
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Very faint notes of mandarine and earth emanate from this delicate, closed wine. All the flavors...
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Fulsome notes of ripe, juicy pear lead straight to a fluid, concentrated palate that holds a...
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The pure, delicate but ever so authentic scent of fragrant Muscat grapes rises from the glass. The...
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There is just enough reduction present to push the underlying fruit to the background though it...
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Sourced entirely from vineyards in the cool (in both sense of the word) Uco Valley sub-region of...
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Pale old-gold in colour, and searching, winey scents with an amplitude which recalls mature...
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Tight, fresh and concentrated with subtle toast and intense lemony fruit. Really vibrant with ripe...
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Very bitter on the mid-palate and finish, but pleasantly so, with charred black fruit, dried herbs...
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Classic Old World Pinot Noir! Juicy and expressive with an amazingly great price. Aromas of sour...
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Healthy deep red. Musky aromas of redcurrant, oak and smoky minerality, with a touch of reduction....
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Bright, dark red. Delicate, nuanced aromas of wild blueberry, macerated red fruits, crushed rock...
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aged in 100% new oak; bottled in July): Good medium red. Extroverted nose combines raspberry, dried...
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Good deep red. Aromas and flavors of black raspberry and espresso are sexed up by a wild gamey...
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Bright medium red. Initially reticent, brooding nose opens to offer pungent cranberry and...
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Full medium red. A note of reduction dissipated to show complex, inviting aromas of redcurrant,...
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Bright, dark red. Very pure but youthfully subdued aromas of raspberry and flinty minerality. Silky...
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(bottled in late August): Bright, dark red. Delicate, nuanced aromas of wild blueberry, macerated...
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Inky ruby. A vibrant spice- and mineral-accented bouquet evokes ripe black raspberry and blueberry,...
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Showing the freshness and minerality that's often a feature of Altamira wines, this is the finest...
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Brilliant violet. A heady, expansive bouquet evokes black raspberry and mulberry preserves,...
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The 2010 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is slow to open and I spent a good amount of extra time...
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This is firm, tight and upright in the Trimbach house style, subtle and precise, though the 2012...
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Immediately reminds of 2008 and will go down a similar, slowly turning and evolving path. So...
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