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Die Verkostung erfolgte blind in Viererflights mit
Aufdeckung nach jeden Flight. Wie schon oben zu sehen war, wurden die Weine
kurz vor dem Einschenken dekantiert. Die Gläser waren markenlose Stielgläser
in der Art Riedel Vinum Chardonnay.
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2003 Vernay Georges, Blonde de Seigneur,
Cote-Rotie, Rhone, France: 90
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Optic: Brilliant medium purple, fat tears.
Bouquet: Clean dark fruit, bit phenolic.
Taste: Medium body, rather unbalanced, bit spiky
acidity, slightly hot, intense bit bitter tannins. Very long finish,
wormwood in the aftertaste.
Overall: In total not uninteresting, may be a tad too
bitter.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 90.
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2003 Faury Philippe, Cote-Rotie, Rhone, France:
90
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Optic: Brilliant medium purple, fat tears.
Bouquet: Unobtrusive, dark red fruit, reluctant.
Taste: Medium body, bit vulgar red fruit, not very balanced,
type young Blaufränkisch, coarse tannins. Long finish, slightly bitter
tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Nose quite reserved, else potentially of
interest.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 12 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 7 for overall = total score of 90.
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2003 Les Vins de Vienne Hermitage, Les Chirats
de St. Christophe, Hermitage Rouge, Rhone, France: 92
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Date: Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:07
pm Author: Wilfried
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Optic: Light purple, fat tears.
Bouquet: Unobtrusive, dark fruit, reluctant.
Taste: Medium body, elegant, well balanced, fine
red fruit, delicate acidity, silky tannins. Very long finish, delicate
silky persistent tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Beautiful wine.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 8 for overall = total score of 92.
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2003 Jasmin Patrick, Cote-Rotie, Rhone,
France: 89
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Optic: Brilliant dark ruby, fat tears.
Bouquet: Unobtrusive dark fruit, hint of lard.
Taste: Medium body, intense coarse bitter tannins, masked
fruit, bit hot. Long finish, coarse bitter tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Falls short of being outstanding.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 16 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 89.
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2003 Chapoutier, Les Varonnieres,
Crozes-Hermitage, Rhone, France: 91
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Optic: Dark purple, fat tears.
Bouquet: Phenolic touch, bit sweet dark fruit.
Taste: Plump body, intense dark red fruit, vivid
acidity, bit rustic, solid tannins. Long finish, dark fruity coarse velvety
tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Bit hot, else of interest.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 7 for overall = total score of 91.
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2003 Courbis, Cornas, Rhone, France: 88
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Optic: Dark purple, fat tears.
Bouquet: Smoky touch, phenolic, masked fruit.
Taste: Medium body, bit coarse tannins, sweet palate
impregnating, tad hot, slightly rustic, acidic dark fruit. Very long
finish, massive persistent tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Tad too rustic.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 12 for bouquet + 16 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 88.
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2003 Chave, Offerus, St. Joseph, Rhone,
France: 89
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Optic: Medium purple, brilliant, fat tears.
Bouquet: Silky whiff of brett, dark fruit, manure.
Taste: Slim body, red fruit, slightly bitter tannins,
metallic note. Long finish, acidic persistent tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Just short of elegant.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 16 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 89.
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2003 Chapoutier, Les Granits, St. Joseph,
Rhone, France: 92
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Optic: Medium purple, brilliant, fat tears.
Bouquet: Phenolic touch, bit smoky, tad brett.
Taste: Medium body, bitter as ink, very intense dark red
fruit, intense palate impregnating tannins. Very long finish, bitter
velvety persistent tannins in the Aftertaste.
Overall: Powerful wine with impact, not elegant.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 8 for overall = total score of 92.
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2003
Hensel, Ikarus, Pfalz, Germany: 93
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Optic: Black purple, tints the glass, fat tears.
Bouquet: Slightly bretty touch, dark red fruit.
Taste: Plump body, dark red bitter tannins, a tiny bit
dusty. Very long finish, black ink in the aftertaste.
Overall: Wine with impact, warm feeling. Wine of
interest.
Score: 50 + 5 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 8 for overall = total score of 93.
Northern Rhone Vintage 2003 Tasting Graz 20061216 -
Pirate. Crossing Blaufränkisch x Cabernet Sauvignon = Cabernet Cubin.
Single blind. Decanted shortly before tasting. Generic white wine stemware.
Bottle count reduced by one.
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2003 Gerin Jean-Michel, La Ladonne, Cote-Rotie,
Rhone, France: 89
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Optic: Dark ruby, fat tears.
Bouquet: Vanilla, toast, roasted aromas, sweetish.
Taste: Plump body, bit hot, sweet-sour dark red fruit,
spiky mouth impregnating tannins. Long finish, spiky sweet-sour persistent
tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Bit unbalanced.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 12 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 89.
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2003 Gaillard Pierre, Rose Pourpre, Cote-Rotie,
France: 87
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Optic: Medium purple, fat tears.
Bouquet: Bit pungent, horse radish, phenolic hint of
brett.
Taste: Medium body, rustic acidity, strawberry
effervescent powder type red fruit, coarse tannins. Long finish,
effervescent palate impregnating tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Strawberry effervescent powder wine.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 11 for bouquet + 16 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 87.
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2003 Rostaing, La Ladonne, Cotie-Rotie, Rhone,
France: 88
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Optic: Brilliant ruby, fat tears.
Bouquet: Raw well hung meat, slightly repelling.
Taste: Medium body, acid red fruit, bit coarse
tannins. Long finish, coarse persistent tannins.
Overall: Atypical smell and taste. Faulty bottle?
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 12 for bouquet + 16 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 88.
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2003 Chapoutier, Ermitage Les Greffieux,
Hermitage Rouge, Rhone, France: 89
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Optic: Dark ruby, fat tears.
Bouquet: Delicate roasted aromas, slightly hot, same
time cool.
Taste: Medium body, strong acidity, slightly cooked
fruit, dense tannins, unbalanced. Very long finish, massive acid persistent
tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Powerful but unbalanced.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 16 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 89.
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2003 Chave, Hermitage Rouge, Rhone, France:
90
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Optic: Medium purple, fat tears.
Bouquet: FAt, nutty, bit smoky, rancid.
Taste: Medium body, sweet-sour dark red fruit, coarse velvety
tannins. Long finish, persistent tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: No grip, acid aftertaste.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 90.
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2003 Jaboulet, La Chapelle, Hermitage Rouge, Rhone,
France: 92
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Optic: Light purple, fat tears.
Bouquet: Bit smoky and roasted aromas, delicate dark
red fruit.
Taste: Medium body, good balance, delicate acidity,
dark red fruit, silky tannins. Long finish, silky fruity persistent tannins
in the aftertaste.
Overall: Certainly a nice bottle, not much weight but
rather elegant.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 8 for overall = total score of 92.
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2003 Remizieres, Cuvée Emilie, Hermitage Rouge,
Rhone, France: 94
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Optic: Black purple, tints the glass, fat tears.
Bouquet: Lactic touch, dark fruit, smoky, volatile
phenols, fresh distilled grape brandy.
Taste: Rather full body, very good balance, massive
dark fruit, silky persistent tannins, elegant. Very long finish, delicate
palate impregnating tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Powerful wine, same time quite elegant - this
wine has it all.
Score: 50 + 5 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 18 for
taste + 8 for overall = total score of 94.
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2003 Guigal, Chateau d'Ampuis, Cote-Rotie,
Rhone, France: 90
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Optic: Brilliant ruby, fat tears.
Bouquet: Dark red primary fruit, bit pungent.
Taste: Medium body, acid dark red fruit, roasted aromas,
cool, slightly coarse tannins. Very long finish, sweetish palate
impregnating tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Interesting wine, but not perfect.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 12 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 7 for overall = total score of 90.
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2003 Gerin Jean-Michel, Les Grandes Places,
Cote-Rotie, Rhone, France: 89
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Optic: Dark ruby, fat tears.
Bouquet: Dark cool phenolic, dark red acid fruit,
ascending alcohol.
Taste: Medium Body, primary red fruit, bit acidic, rather
coarse tannins. Long finish, acid fruity tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Acidic yet a tad fat.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 16 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 89.
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2003 Ogier, Belle Helene, Cote-Rotie, Rhone,
France: 91
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Optic: Light purple, fat tears.
Bouquet: Primary acidic cassis, bit pungent.
Taste: Medium body, acidic red fruit, slightly bitter
acidic tannins, some backbone. Very long finish, persistent tannins in the
aftertaste.
Overall: Wine of interest, nose should get better over
time.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 12 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 8 for overall = total score of 91.
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2003 Rostaing, Cote Blonde, Cotie-Rotie,
Rhone, France: 88
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Optic: Medium ruby, fat tears.
Bouquet: Chocolate, toast, silky.
Taste: Medium Body, acidic red fruit, bit coarse
tannins, bit rancid. Long finish, bit rancid tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Think, I will quit buying Rostaing wines.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 12 for bouquet + 16 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 88.
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1994 Guigal, La Turque, Cote-Rotie, Rhone,
France: 86
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Optic: Dark garnet, bright, fat tears.
Bouquet: Very fragile nose, phenolic hint.
Taste: Medium body, decent acidity, slightly palate impregnating,
masked fruit. Long finish, sweetish masked fruit in the aftertaste.
Overall: Bad bottle. Score therefore questionable.
Score: 50 + 3 for optic + 12 for bouquet + 15 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 86.
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1996 Chapoutier, Les Varonnieres,
Crozes-Hermitage, Rhone, France: Corked
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Badly corked.
NoScore.
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1988 Chave, Hermitage Rouge, Rhone, France:
Bottle Fault
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Very ripe nose with a nasty corked note behind. Taste
slightly moldy. May be no serious cork but clearly a bottle far from
flawless. Rats.
NoScore.
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1997 Krankl, Sine Qua Non Imposter Mcoy,
California, USA: 89
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Optic: Medium ruby, fat tears, fine floating sediment.
Bouquet: Bit pungent dark fruity sweet red nose.
Taste: Plump body, slightly sweetish red fruit,
sweetish impregnating tannins. Very long finish, sweet sour bitter candied
tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: May be not a bad wine but definitely not to
my taste.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 12 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 6 for overall = total score of 89.
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1990 Jaboulet, Thalabert, Crozes-Hermitage,
Rhone, France: 91
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Optic: Light ruby, fat tears.
Bouquet: Herbs, soy sauce, mature, bit pungent.
Taste: Plump body, sweetish red fruit, bit spiky
acidity, intense palate impregnating tannins. Long finish, sweet fruity
velvety persistent tannins in the aftertaste.
Overall: Nice mature bottle.
Score: 50 + 4 for optic + 13 for bouquet + 17 for
taste + 7 for overall = total score of 91.
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