FW Bok Nan Lo 2003 Pichon Lalande Pauillac 2003 Pichon Lalande Pauillac 9/10 stars GOOD POTENTIAL Moving on to a younger vintage of Pichon Lalande seemed like I was thrown a fruit bomb and it exploded right under my nose. The secondary/tertiar... 2003 Vintage 9 Stars Bordeaux Cabernet Saugvignon France Merlot Pichon Lalande Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo 1999 Pichon Lalande Pauillac 1999 Pichon Lalande Pauillac 9/10 stars MINERAL DRIVEN Amongst the flight of 7 vintages of Pichon Lalande, this seemed to have a different character. It was unsettling at first but then I understood w... 1999 Vintage 9 Stars Bordeaux Cabernet Saugvignon France Merlot Pichon Lalande Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo 1990 Pichon Lalande Pauillac 1990 Pichon Lalande Pauillac 9/10 stars BOTTLE PROBLEM? I previously had a 1990 and was blown away by the content and compared it to an 89. But for the vertical tasting, I was slightly disappointed by... 1990 Vintage 9 Stars Bordeaux Cabernet Saugvignon France Merlot Pichon Lalande Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo Les Referts Flight 3 Les Referts Flight 3 10/10 stars LES REFERTS FLIGHT 3 This was the 3rd flight of the 18 producers of Les Referts being served on this crazy night. The lineup was: 1. Louis Latour 05 2. Marc Morey 09 3... 10 Stars Burgundy Chardonnay France Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo 2010 J.M. Boillot Puligny Montrachet Premier Cru Les Referts 2010 J.M. Boillot Puligny Montrachet Premier Cru Les Referts 9/10 stars PROTeGeE 2/2 Read my past two posts to understand where I’m leading to. JM Boillot, a grandson of Etienne Sauzet, learned everyt... 2010 Vintage 9 Stars Burgundy Chardonnay France Jean Boillot Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo 1997 J.M. Boillot Puligny Montrachet Premier Cru Les Referts 1997 J.M. Boillot Puligny Montrachet Premier Cru Les Referts 8/10 stars PROTeGeE 1/2 Read my past two posts to understand where I’m leading to. JM Boillot, a grandson of Etienne Sauzet, learned everyt... 1997 Vintage 8 Stars Burgundy Chardonnay France Jean Boillot Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo 2010 Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Referts 2010 Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Referts 8/10 stars LOST FAITH 2/2 Second Etienne Sauzet bottle in this flight of four, again disappointing with slight premox character. I really think E... 2010 Vintage 8 Stars Burgundy Chardonnay Etienne Sauzet France Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo 1997 Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Referts 1997 Etienne Sauzet Puligny Montrachet 1er Les Referts 6/10 stars LOST FAITH 1/2 Etienne Sauzet was a great winemaker, but I must confess it was only confined to the Grand Cru wines, my encounter with... 1997 Vintage 6 Stars Burgundy Chardonnay Etienne Sauzet France Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo 2010 Smith Haut Lafitte Les Hauts de Smith 2010 Smith Haut Lafitte Les Hauts de Smith 9/10 stars SKINS Not often I have to use this vocabulary to describe a wine, but this bottle turned out to be an absolutely fruit skin character. Think Pomel... 2010 Vintage 9 Stars Bordeaux Cabernet Saugvignon France Merlot Smith Haut Lafitte Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo 2012 Jean Philippe Fichet Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts 2012 Jean Philippe Fichet Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts 9/10 stars UPCOMING WINEMAKER Fischer as a winemaker was relatively unknown to me until I keep bumping into it in Puligny First tasting... 2012 Vintage 9 Stars Burgundy Chardonnay France Jean Philippe Fichet Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo 2014 Faiveley Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts 2014 Faiveley Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts 8/10 stars RARE PRODUCER 2 Faiveley, being a negociant, buy grapes all over the place. However this was my first time coming across Faiveley slappi... 2014 Vintage 8 Stars Burgundy Chardonnay Faiveley France Tasting Notes 2017
FW Bok Nan Lo 1985 Clos du Clocher Pomerol 1985 Clos du Clocher Pomerol 9/10 stars DRASTIC EVOLUTION I wasn’t having much expectations for this wine as it’s relatively unknown, but I bought it as I loved Bordeaux 85 vintage very much. I decide... 1985 Vintage 9 Stars Bordeaux Cabernet Franc Clos du Clocher France Tasting Notes 2017