Recent single blind tasting.
All wines showed very well.
I was enamored of the Celestins because I'd never tasted one before. Its garrique nose was quite remarkable. Somehow, it reminded me of the nose on a bottle of Les Beaux Monts 1er cru Burg from years past. IMO, the nose on Celestins is as uniquely identifiable as that of a Burlotto Monvigliero ...
Whites:
2022 Sine Qua Non Distenta: California, Roussanne, Chard, Petite Menseng
2022 Aubert Powder House: Sonoma, Chardonnay
2021 Pášxa Rockgarden: Walla Walla, Marsanne, Roussanne
2019 J Rochioli Little Hill: Russian River, Chardonnay
Reds:
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2012 Neely Upper Picnic Block Spring Ridge Vineyard: Santa Cruz Mtns, Pinot Noir
2019 Emmolo: Napa, Merlot
2007 Petrolo Galatrona Valdarno di Sopra: Tuscany, Merlot
2017 Booker Vineyard 'Ones': Paso Robles, Syrah
2013 Del Dotto Cabernet Sauvignon 9 Oaks French Blend Lot M: Napa, Cabernet
2015 Bodega Numanthia Termanthia: Toro, Tempranillo
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2011 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve: Tuscany, Sangiovese
1990 Jaboulet La Chapelle Hermitage: Rhone, Syrah
2012 Familia Nin Ortiz Planetes de Nin: Priorat, Carignan Garnacha
2016 Henri Bonneau Chateauneuf-du-Pape Reserve des Celestins: Rhone, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Counoise and Vaccarese.
2015 Le Dome: St Emilion, Cab Franc Blend
2018 Calon-Segur: St Estephe, Cab Merlot
2022 Lo Nuevo Pocapalla Jumilla: Murcia, Spain, Cab Sav
