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Neal Martin, January 26, 2023
This article cleans out my cupboard of miscellaneous Bordeaux tasting notes. It embraces legendary bottles and iconic vintages, minnows and seasons long-forgotten, even derided. Few pleasures in life surpass that of a bottle of wine with years under its belt.
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Moor Hall, Lancashire, UK
Neal Martin, January 2023
Moor Hall completely blew me away; lofty expectations surpassed and then some. It takes the best parts of its peers and combines them into something greater.
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2020 Marco De Bartoli Rosso di Marco, 91 points
The 2020 Rosso di Marco (Pignatello, a local biotype of Perricone) opens with a fresh bouquet of crushed strawberries, roses and white pepper. It's round and supple, with dark red fruits and spices. Zesty acidity adds a sweet and sour twang as vivid notes of licorice fade. (EG)
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1895 Cossart Gordon Bual
Neal Martin, January 2023
Few wines are as indestructible as Madeira. Plenty of 19th-century wines continue to thrive. Following a recent exploration of Frédéric Mugnier’s Chambolle Les Amoureuses, we finished with this fine 128-year-old Madeira that affirmed its time-bending properties.
1989 Domaine de Trévallon Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence Les Baux
1974 Diamond Creek Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Gravelly Meadow
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