Jaugaret, Jaugaret, VdF

Let's leave aside QPR for this TN (from a restaurant list). Pop and pour, with most of it consumed with entrecôte béarnaise with veal agnolotti and charred radicchio. The nose is a throwback to Bordeaux of yesteryears. Great aromas of cool herbs, fresh plums and red berries, damp earth and just the faintest hint of darker berries. Complex yet fresh nose that just feels right. The palate is just a wonderful balancing act of weight and acidity. Some might find …

Had the 2014 before (undrinkable) so I was excited, decanted for 1, 5 hour, nose was sincere St. Julien, taste was in the beginning seductive but later some acid appear in the aftertaste, so not a wine I would buy anymore.

Decanted and followed closely for several hours, the nose shows a charming if somewhat demure composition of wild raspberry, leather, loam, and a touch of pyrazine. There’s good acidity and ample tannin on the palate, but not much depth of fruit or length on the finish. Encouragingly, a day of air helps - redcurrant and rose really pop on the palate and linger on the finish, addressing some of my initial concerns. I should imagine this will land somewhere in …

Winorama: A winter in Wineland III; 1/4/2019-1/13/2019 (Portland/Willamette, Eureka, Napa) : Cab+Merlot blend. The first thing that comes to mind is bubblegum and then I gotta tell you it was really hard for me to get much else. Very fruity. Some raspberry. But there's almost this sweet powder style to it (which isn't really true - this is indeed a dry wine). On the heels of the more precise pinots in the tasting this was a bit more intense.

No decant, just pop and pour, nose delicicious, taste has some acid backbone, soft tannins, needs more time, come back in a year.