CHAMPAGNE BOLLINGER - La Grande Année - 2005
- - 94 points-
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November 2015A powerful, structured and graceful 2005, showing deft integration of the rich, chalky...
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A powerful, structured and graceful 2005, showing deft integration of the rich, chalky...
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Ripe fruit, graphite and spice notes herald this bright and aromatic white, with laserlike acidity...
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"When we tasted the 2002 Grande Annee in 2012 the wine earned 95 points, impressive for its pale...
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Colour: very deep purple. Nose: ripe fruit, spicy, creamy oak, toasty, characterful, earthy notes....
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A vibrant, peppery Australian red wine with a black plum mantle and warming shawl of mouth-filling...
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Forward, fruity aromas of black cherry, raspberry and cassis set up a high-acid palate that's...
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Medium red. Red cherry, plum, bitter chocolate and licorice on the nose, with complicating hints...
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A juicy flood of earth-to-cherry graphite. The strawberry-cinnamon-cherry fruit keeps whetting the...
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“(bottled in early June; a blend from multiple sites; 100% barrel fermented, with a touch of new...
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The 2009 Brut Fleuron is round, voluptuous and racy. Explosive and spherical on the palate, the...
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Monopole. Mid cherry. Smells sweet fruited and gentle. Really lovely soft fruit and tannins,...
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Medium red. A touch of reduction to the aromas of redcurrant, spices, meat and underbrush. Juicy,...
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The 2012 Barolo Margheria is a bit deeper and richer than the Bricco Fiasco. Savory herbs, dried...
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This offers a slightly exotic touch on the nose with rosewater, litchi and juniper berry wrapping...
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This Spätlese was harvested at 87° Oechsle from the old vines (planted in the 1950s-1960s) in the...
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Already bottled in 2014 (hence the AP ending with 14), this little textbook of a summer wine...
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The Veldenzer Elisenberg Kabinett is made from the same fruit harvested at a low 82° Oechsle as...
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The 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon 1882 shows just how compelling this vintage is, even at the...
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"A lush, dense syrah with meat, dark berries and hints of herbs. Full body with soft, velvety...
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Bright, sleek and distinctive, with pineapple, grapefruit and mineral flavors set against a tiny...
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A Sicilian red with tension and structure. Blackberry, walnut and violet aromas and flavors with...
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Plush and supple, with a juicy quality to the plum, raspberry and wild strawberry flavors. Fresh...
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Firm, focused and dense, with green olive—accented black fruit flavors, finishing with licorice...
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